Mardi Gras Party 2015

Don't forget to wear your sashes next Sunday, February 15th for our Mardi Gras Celebration!  Please be a the annex by 8:30 for set up!  More hands make for lighter (and faster) work!  Here are the pictures from last year to get us motivated!

St. Angela Mericci

Prudence

We had an awesome presentation of St. Angela Mericci tonight from the Corbin ladies.  We learned the meaning of prudence and made adorable paper bag books for the Rosary.  Such a cute idea and all you need is several paper bags folded in half and stapled together.  Then we added the prayers of the Rosary and made cute cards with the mysteries of the rosary that slide into the ready made pockets of the brown paper bags. This idea of using paper bags to make books could be used with anything.

Generosity

 Never measure your generosity by what you give, but rather by what you have left.

Fulton J. Sheen

                            

   Here are the dates we discussed tonight

Next meeting January 16th:  Work party for the Mardi Gras Celebration.  We will need Evie to bring the small babies for the others to bake into their cupcakes.  I will have the supplies for the various saint games we will have for our fellowship.

February 2, 2015 St. Angela Merici/ Craft/Snack Mickayla Family

Mardi Gras Fellowship following Mass on February 15th 10 am

February 16, 2015 Little Flowers Prepare and Practice for the Stations of the Cross

February 27, 2015 Little Flower Host Stations of the Cross @ 5 pm Lenten Soup and Supper Potluck following Stations

March 2, 2015 Little Flower Tea Party

I just thought of something, why don't we make this dinner, we can do small sandwiches and then veggie trays and fruit.  If you can think of something I forgot on this list please let me know!

We will need:

 plastic table cloths 5

Pink Lemonade (for tea)

Cookies or cupcakes (1 per girl)

Veggies

Fruit 

Peanut butter sandwiches

another type of sandwiches with no peanuts

I have the tea cups and plates.

Please let me know what you would like to bring!

Special item:

Last year each girl brought one gift to give each others.  This could be a special quote, a card, small notebook, pencil, treat, just something that symbolizes a virtue or saint we have learned about this year. The girls must try and come up with this idea on their own.  Sisters may give one thing from both of them.

March 16, 2015 

Blessed Mary of the Incarnation

Not sure who signed up for this one!

April 6, 2015 

St Teresa Benedicta (Edith Stein)

Janessa and Malia

April 20th 

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton 

Leah 

Wreath II October 2014

Wow, another year is about to begin for our Little Flower Group!  Time seems to move so quickly.  We had to say "goodbye" to some very special Little Flowers this year but we have also welcomed some very special new Little Flowers to our group.  We begin our first class tomorrow with St. Faustina.  I can't wait to share Sister Faustina's story with our little group.

Tea Party and Badging Ceremony

 

We began with the St. Therese prayer then each girls was called upon to read a virtue and the memory verse that went with that virtue.  After reading their verse we lit a candle then the girls received their petals and a rose.  For the future I will make sure each girl knows ahead of time what verse they will be reading so they can practice at home.  The girls were a little nervous.  It was a great way to review all we learned this past year.  I am so proud of our Little Flowers!

 

Sacrifice beads.  A mother bought the beads in a variety pack, cord, a variety of crucifixes, and the Marian Medals for the Sacrifice Beads. The girls enjoyed creating their special beads.  Directions are in a previous post.

Our delicious food.  Each families was asked to bring an item to share.  We had no doubles of anything, the miracle of the Catholic potluck!

Making Sacred Heart or Immaculate Heart melty beads

 

Our Lady of the Visitation Little Flowers Club

Another phenomenal Little Flower blog!  Thank you Our Lady of the Visitation Little Flowers Club for posting such great activities!  You inspire us with your creativity for the learning about the Saints, Mary, and Jesus!

http://littleflowersofjesus.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2014-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&updated-max=2015-01-01T00:00:00-08:00&max-results=6

Little Ways website with Sacrifice Beads/Good Deed Beads!

We are also making sacrifice or good deed beads at our last Tea Party/Badging Ceremony.  Check out this great website for information and great ideas:

http://thelittleways.com/how-to-make-sacrifice-beads

Download Printable Instructions (PDF)