Our Last Month!

We are in our final month before our Tea Party and badging ceremony.  The girls are working hard to earn their last few petals for Wreath I.  May 5th, Evie will present St. Bridget for the petal of truthfulness.  On May 15th, we will have our final Tea Party and petal presentation.  Work hard little flowers to earn all your petals!

St Joan of Arc Necklaces!

St. Joan of Arc

Virtue: Obedience

The girls enjoyed picking out the symbols and pictures for their own personalized necklace.  Each necklace had the words: immediately, without complaining, cheerfully, and completely to remind the girls that they must remember these things when they are being obedient. The necklaces were extra special since they resembled the dog tags many of the parents wear proudly to work everyday.

Little Flower Mardi Gras Fellowship!

 

In honor of the virtue, Love of Neighbor, our MAFB Little Flower Group hosted the Mardi Gras Fellowship for our Catholic Community.  Thanks to the hard work and sacrifice of our Little Flowers (and their mothers) we had a very successful fellowship with games, donuts, and coffee. 

Despite the lack of heat on a -40 degree day I would say we had a very fun time together.

 

The tables were set up in a large cross pattern to give the most room for people to sit and have access to the five activities.  The room was decorated with yellow, green, and purple table clothes, beads, and tissue paper pom poms.

                                     The mask making table with stickers, feathers, and ribbons.

Halo Saint game (thank you to other Little Flower Groups for the idea!).  A family used pool noodles and wrapped them in yellow duct tape so they would not break any windows or other children if they got tossed too hard.  The family used sand in used litter soda bottles and covered them with pictures of the saints.  Each child received one prize when they got a halo around the saint.

The fish game.  Two magnetic fish games were bought off amazon.com.  The children would use fishing poles to try and catch magnetic fish. If they "caught" a fish they received a small bag of goldfish for a prize.

The Saint Memory game.  Kids had fun trying to match all the adorable saints from Happy Saints.com.  As a prize each child who played got to take home a baggie with their own Saint Memory Game.

Knock Down the Sins Game.  Kids had fun throwing the balls to break down the sins. They had just as much fun stacking them up again.  As prize they received a small rubber ball with a scripture verse.

The donut table with coffee and juice.

Another view of our fellowship hall.  It shows that a lot can be done in a small space if things are organized well.

People enjoying the fish game. You can see our Little Flower manning the table.  We had each Little Flower sign up to oversee each activity.

Halo Toss in mid-throw!

Knocking down those sins!

Even the bigger kids got into the Saint Memory Game!

People enjoying the refreshments despite the frigid temperature inside the fellowship hall!

Notice the hats and coats still on people.

Little Flowers at work.

Mask making.

Little Flower Tea Party and Badging Ceremony

 

 

 

Our first badging ceremony was beautiful thanks to the hard work of a special family.  We enjoyed pink tea (lemonade) and each Little Flower shared 13 things they gave to each of the other girls as an act of loving thy neighbor.  The 13 items could be anything the Little Flower chose.  We had prayer notebooks, rosaries, pencils, cookies, quotes, bookmarks, and prayer cards.  Next, each mother presented their daughter with the badges she had earned thus far in our journey through Wreath I.  Each Little Flower earned her badge of faith, hope, Love of God, and Love of Neighbor. 

 

 

 

 

Our next project is hosting the Mardi Gras Fellowship for our Catholic Community.  The girls worked very hard preparing decorations and games we will be sharing with our parishioners on Sunday!  The Little Flower Group is definitely growing the virtue of Loving thy Neighbor and a Love of God!

 

Meeting 2.24.14

Dear Little Flowers and Families,

We will be meeting tomorrow 2.24.14 at 6:30 for our Tea Party and Badging Ceremony.  Please bring 13 things to share with other Little Flowers. This can be anything that you decide.  13 cookies, notes, pictures, Holy Card, saint quotes, pencils, stickers, candies, whatever your Little Flower decides.  We are showing love of neighbor at this meeting and preparing for the upcoming Mardi Gras celebration, Sunday, March 2nd.  The Little Flowers are responsible for set up and hosting the Mardi Gras Fellowship on March 2nd.  Please arrive at the chapel by 9 or 9:15.  More information will be given at the meeting tomorrow!

Katie

Meeting update

Little Flowers and Families,

You will see I posted my favorite ideas from other Little Flower Groups.  At the last meeting we divided up our last few meetings and assigned families to be responsible for the craft that corresponds with the different saints. 

St. Frances de Chantal:  February 17th Tea Party and badge presentation.  Each Little Flower is to bring one item for each Little Flower as we show "Love of neighbor".  This can be as simple as a card, prayer, or an item to share at our Tea Party. 

March 3rd St. Joan of Arc: Caitlin and Sarah are responsible for the craft. The virtue is obedience, the color is white, and the flower is the carnation.

March 17th St. Cecilia:  Mary, Hannah, and Grace are responsible for the craft.  The virtue is piety,  the color is blue and the flower is the forget-me-not.

April 7th St. Catherin Laboure:  Evelyn is responsible for the craft (bring tin foil and cardboard) we are making miraculous medals. I will try and post the pictures of the craft.  The virtue is humility, the color is violet, and the flower is the violet.

April 21st St. Frances Xavier Cabrini: Julie and Bella.  The virtue is industry, the color is yellow, and the flower is the daffodil.

May 5th St. Bridget of Sweden: Leah and Audrey.  The virtue is truthfulness, the color is light orange, and the flower is the narcissus.

We have had to speed things up so we get through everything for wreath I by summer.  Please let me know ahead of time if you need anything or if you can't do your designated day.     Please mark your calendar now for our final badging ceremony, May 19th and invite  your entire family to attend this meeting.

Family Night/Mardi Gras

Hello Minot Little Flowers,

We 'volunteered' to host the Mardi Gras celebration following Mass March 2nd.  This would be a great time for us to prepare and implement our Family Faith Night and incorporate that with the Mardi Gras celebration.  I have posted the pictures and descriptions of the other Family Faith Night that a Little Flower Group presented for their church.  These are just ideas, feel free to come up with your own ideas for games or crafts.  I am asking that each family choose one idea and be responsible for implementing it on March 2nd.  Please post what your family would like to do.  I think if we all work together we may come up with all the supplies we need between the families and the Church supplies.  Thank you for your support with this endeavor.  I believe we can give our Catholic Community quite a fun and faith filled fellowship prior to the Lenten season.