Saturday, February 2

Oh The Places You'll Stand

It's been a while since we've had a
Sundae Served Saturday!

 This week I wanted to share with you my Mom's fantastic New Beginnings!  This is where the girls coming into our churches girly youth program, Young Women, come to learn a little more about the program and begin to feel welcomed by their leaders and new friends.

Most importantly the Young Women have a theme in which they strive to Live the Young Women Values.  Those values are Faith, Divine Nature, Choice and Accountability, Knowledge, Good Works, Integrity and Virtue.  Each value has a color to associate it.
Mom found her idea HERE on Sugardoodle.com for a Seuss Themed New Beginnings.  She used most of the ideas she found from there.

She wanted to start the night by reading the book Oh The Places You'll Go! by Dr Seuss.  But, she asked me to rewrite the book so that it would match there theme Stand in Holy Places. I was super excited to do this for her!  And thus Oh The Places You'll Stand was born!  THEN... the very next sunday a lady in our ward handed me a copy of Green Eggs and Ham (The Missionary Version).  Hilarious!  So then I had to make sure mine would be able to fit the pictures in the book so you could cut out the poem and paste it in like hers!
Tada!!!  It looks awesome right?
The book ends up talking about Young Women Values, what each of them stand for, and a lot about the different places you will stand.  It's meant to be uplifting and remind you that when you stand somewhere scary all you need to do is remember the values YOU stand for and you will be okay!
 I created a printable which you can get BY CLICKING HERE!
 
You just cut it out and paste it into the book!  I tried to match the font perfectly, but I am no Dr Seuss.  So be sure to cut a little extra room around the letters and trim down if you need too.
Awesome Sauce right?
I love it!
Click HERE if you didn't click the printable the first time!
The font I used for the cover is HERE.  It's called Doctor Soos Bold.
I can't wait to show my friend on Sunday!  

So first my mom read the story.  The gym behind them was closed off by curtains.  When she finished reading they opened them so the girls could see Dr. Seuss Valueland!
 The truffula trees are made from pipe covers and tissue paper.  She wanted pool noodles but couldn't find them at this time of the year.  My brother downloaded some Seuss music which was playing in the background (Mommy was good at enlisting help!)
Tables were set up around the area and each value had a colored table.
Each value also had a Suess book assigned to it.
Faith (White) - Horton Hears A Who
Divine Nature - The Sneetches
Good Works - The Kings Stilts
 Individual Worth - I Wish I Had Duck Feet
Knowledge - I Can Read With My Eyes Wide Shut
Choice and Accountability - The Lorax
Integrity - Horton Hatches An Egg
Virtue - I Had Trouble Getting To Solla Sollew
Beforehand Mom had the girls make mini Truffula trees out of pom poms and pixi sticks as a wednesday night activity.  When people came to visit their table the girls would read a little something they wrote about how the value pertained to the Dr. Suess book.
Doesn't it look great!
The girls also spent the activity making these awesome paper lanterns!

After walking around the Seuss room the girls were all invited to another area for a surprise performance!  My mom had the young men act out "If Dr. Seuss Wrote the Book of Mormon!"
Click HERE for that printable.

Afterwards they played a game where the girls were asked questions about values.  If they had done something in the scenario they had to stand up.  If they stood up they got a gum-ball of that value color.  At the end she asked them which color they had the least of and then challenged them to work on that value all year.  The link where she found that idea is HERE.  They have great instructions.

Then they all drank Pink Ink and ate cake!
I can just imagine how amazing it all looked in person.  I am sure my words don't do it justice. Mom said when the girls turned around for the Seuss room everyone gasped!   Don't the girls look so happy!  See their tiny Truffula Trees?  I guess tons of them wanted to take home the giantic truffula trees!  What a great reminder of the evening.  What an amazing thing they all pulled off together!  Makes me miss being in Young Women!

30 comments:

  1. Jessica, you did a great job on your book! Your Mom did a great job for New Beginnings:)
    Loved it!

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    1. Thanks! I get my awesome from her! I had fun rewording the story. I took my copy to church today for the Young Women in my ward to pass around.

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  2. How AMAZING is this? My prayers were answered. I wanted to do a Dr. Seuss theme for New Beginnings to kick-start our girl's camp with the same theme. I sent a cry out on Facebook for help and your blog was sent to me immediately!! This couldn't be more perfect for what I'm doing. I was expecting to piece together a bunch of ideas, but all the work is done for me with your blog post!!! THANK YOU so much for sharing!!! Lisa

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    1. You are very welcome! I am so greatful to have a mommy who shares her ideas with me! I have never been called to serve in Young Women. I am usually in Primary... maybe one day! But for now I am happy playing with the little ones!

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  3. Your printables for the Dr. Suess book just come out black screen....... Any helpful hints? THANK YOU for the ideas!!!

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    1. http://tay.frih.net/cafe/Stand%20Places.pdf

      Here is the link again... I can't find any problems with it! I am so sorry!

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  4. Could you email me the printable for the new words that you wrote for the Dr. Suess book? I was able to see it a few days ago, but for some reason that link isn't working for me anymore. I'm hoping to get it all printed and done today, if possible. You can email me at dixon.holly@gmail.com. Thanks so much!

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  5. The link doesn't work for me either. Can you send me the dr Seuss printable as well? Skaboom111@aol.com

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    1. Ok.. I fixed the link. I am not sure what was wrong, but I had my brother fix the download site. Hopefully it works.

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  6. Hi, Jessica. I love your "Oh, the Places You'll Stand" book. I was wondering if you had an editable version you would be willing to share. I would like to customize it for the 2015 Mutual theme of service. Thanks for your willingness to share your talents with others. aroberts0547@yahool.com

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    1. Would you mind sharing your edited version for the 2015 theme? You can email me cjgs_04@hotmail.com

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  7. I would also like to be able to change it up a bit for 2015 if you are willing to share. BTW love love what you have done!

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  8. I love this! I'm also hoping for an editable version of this to match this years theme and make it "Oh the Places you'll Serve!" Please email me at ames.erin@gmail.com.

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  9. I'd love the editable version if possible as well for the 2015 theme. Please!!! danielle12@hotmail.com

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  10. If anyone has come up with a version for "Oh the places you'll serve" for 2015, I would love a copy! kirstenegraham88@gmail.com

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  11. Oh the places you'll serve is our year long theme...Has any one creative edited the text of the book to fit the 2015 theme? I would love a copy. We are giving the girls a book for their birthdays this year....lovejoytracy@gmail.com

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  12. Could you email me any hard copies you have too? sdcdtc@juno.com

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  13. I too would love a version for YW 2015 theme...Anyone come up with one yet? Please email sweetsally623@yahoo.com

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  14. I did change it to a Microsoft word file so I could change the names to my YW girls names. Here you can download it too. You can try this link that was for my free download but if you have problems, I can email you the file as well. sweetsally623@yahoo.com
    https://nitrocloud-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/%28525456381%29%20oH%20%20the%20places%20you%27ll%20go%20Stand%20Places.docx?response-content-type=application%2Fvnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document&Expires=1433489759&AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWR6KL3Y3RXHOUTQ&Signature=liNI2soBmihuEU8UlSauEh53Ufc%3D

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    1. Sally S. You are amazing! Are you saying you recreated it to be Oh the Places You'll Serve? I wasn't able to upload the document. If you could email it to me I would love to share it on my site! I would give you the credit of course. As you can see I am NOT a full time blogger. I really just share what I have when I make it.

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    2. Could I please get a copy? Heatherarave@msn.com. Thanks a ton

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    3. Sally,
      I would love a copy emailed to me, if you could! Thanks sooo much!
      christyc@infowest.com

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  15. I am new to serving in YW and I saw this and loved it!!! Did you re-create is using the new theme. I see lots of comments, but I didn't know if it happened. If possible would you mind sharing?

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  16. Could I please get a copy with this years theme? You can email it to me at heatherarave@msn.com. Thanks

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  17. Could I please get a copy with this year's theme too? Thank you so much. Tacherry6@yahoo.com

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  18. Could I please get a copy with this year's theme too? Thank you so much. Tacherry6@yahoo.com

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  19. We're using this for New Beginnings and saying "Oh the Places You'll Go As You Press Forward". We had the girls make all sorts of arrows from construction paper and write all the places they hope to go. (In addition to the paper lanterns and truffula trees. I made them Personal Progress Book covers and were also giving them each an arrow charm to add to their torch necklace.

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    1. SheriR, we are planning our New Beginnings with the same theme as you did, do you have any other ideas or pictures you can share, I would love it. deannegayler@yahoo.com

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