activity days

We just had our Activity Days Recognition Activity! Our theme was temples and testimony or a "T-party". In preparation of this activity, we took the girls to the temple and then had them write down their testimony at the end. I took all of the pictures so that we could do something with them to give to them or their moms. When I got home and started looking at what I had, I decided that I wanted to do a little bit more than just put them in a frame. So I did this little fun project. I was so excited with how they turned out! I shot the picture in such a way that you could see the structure of the temple and have no doubt as to what it was. And I made sure their was plenty of room above the girl for all of the fun writing. I hope the girls will all hang them in their rooms and treasure them.

Here is how you make them:

1. In photoshop, add a "grunge" type border, their name, year, and temple in different fun fonts. I used different digital kits and fonts that I bought from http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/

2. I saved the photos to a disc and took it to staples to be printed the odd size that I needed.

(9 1/4 X 6 1/4)

3. Buy a board at Home Depot. I used one that was 9 1/4" across and then cut it 6 1/4".

4. Sand the boards.

5. Paint the edges and an inch around the edge of the front.

6. Using a spray adhesive, adher the photo to the board.

7. Using a spray top coat(matte finish), spray the finished product with several light coats.

8. Attach ribbon to the back with a staple gun. We asked the girls what ribbon color would match their bedroom but did not let them know what we were doing.