Marci Coombs

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Back to School BREAKFAST.

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Yes…school starts tomorrow.
{Can you BeLiEvE it?!}
I had our Young Women over on Saturday morning for a little Back to School Breakfast.
I wanted something to get them motivated…both spiritually and physically….for the new school year.
Here’s a peek at some of the details:

I  covered the tables with red and white polka dot wrapping paper, found in the $1 bins at Michaels.
The brown paper bags that the utensils are placed in are from Hobby Lobby.
My ‘place mats’ are 12 x 12 pieces of scrapbook paper.
Handwriting strips are from the Dollar Tree.
The printable circles are from TomKat Studio.
Water bottle labels are from Tip Junkie via Love Party Printable.
Pencil tags are from eighteen25.
As for centerpieces, I did an assortment of apples, crayons and glue sticks.
{Because if THAT doesn’t scream Back To School…I dunno WHAT does, right?}
Silver chalkboard pails were found in the $ bins at Target.
Framed printable is from eighteen25.
As the girls arrived, I had them each take my 
BACK TO SCHOOL is COOL quiz.
Prizes {extras of what our YW closet has collected in the last year} were given out to the top 3 highest scores.  It was a good little sumthin to keep the girls occupied while the food finished and everyone arrived.
Update 8/4/15 *** YOU CAN NOW DOWNLOAD
 A COPY OF MY
FREE PRINTABLE QUIZ HERE!!!!
 
Printable banners are from TomKat Studio.
As for the spread – we served: Blueberry muffins, fresh fruit, Egg and Hashbrown casserole and French Toast Roll ups.

Once the girls were finished eating, we had a small ‘program‘ of sorts.
My counselors and I each took a couple of ‘subjects‘ and spent 5-10 minutes discussing.
Subjects covered were:

Fashion Merchandising – modesty
English – not swearing and not gossiping
P.E. – Praying Earnestly
Social Studies – making good friends
Creative Writing – keeping a good journal 

I wrapped up the morning by showing THIS message.
It’s my all time favorite and I really felt like the girls could benefit from seeing and hearing it.
COME WHAT MAY AND LOVE IT.
That’s what I enoucraged them to do this  year…despite their trials and adversities that may come with friends, classes, teachers….
COME WHAT MAY AND LOVE IT.
Don’t we have THE CUTEST girls?!?
Linking up to Lil Luna.

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  4. Hello! I am going to do this fun idea with my activity day girls next week. Is there any way I could get a copy of the back to school quiz? I tried searching to see if I could find it on your site, but didn't have any luck. Thank you! dustinandstaci@yahoo.com

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  6. I just came across your blog. Amazing ideas!! Can I have a copy of your quiz? We are having a back to school RS activity on Friday and I love your quiz. If so my email is: alysona@gmail.com
    Thanks for sharing your ideas!

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  7. Not sure if you are still giving out copies of your back to school quiz, but I would LOVE one!! Just found out I need to do an activity right away. Thank you for sharing so many great ideas! You are always such a big help!!
    Julie
    jboehmer@shaw.ca

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  28. OK I'm jumping on the bandwagon here asking for a copy of the quiz as well as the recipe for the french toast rolls. YUM! I love your blog and have alreayd sent the link to my fellow YW leaders. Thanks for sharing. You do great work!

    brettandhope@gmail.com

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  31. Can I also get a copy of the back to school quiz? We have year round school here in my part of AZ so are starting this week! We are having a fun back to school night for our YW in a couple days and just found your ideas! Love it!! cindafish@gmail.com

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  39. Hey! Thanks for throwing such an amazing party! My mom and I were so inspired that we threw our own! I posted about it and gave you lots of credit. Also, Emily (one of your YW counselors) was in our home ward here in Utah. Small world, right? Tell her hello from the Esplins!

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  43. I am doing a Back to School dinner this week. I am going to copy your ideas to the letter! They are so cute. So like everyone else I would love a copy of the back to school quiz. Please send it to julieanncaramels@gmail.com. That would be great thanks!

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  47. So cute! I love it all and the message is so good. Looks like the young women and if that is your calling then you are doing awesome. They are lucky to have you!!! I would love for you to link this up to The CSI Project this week. The challenge is back to school. You can link up now through Friday.
    Come on over!
    http://www.thecsiproject.com

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  66. Soo impressed with all your darling ideas. I agree, I wanna be in your ward and be in YW's again so I can revel in all the darling things you do!!!

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  69. Marci!! You are UH-mazing.

    If I told people I was 15, do you think they'd believe me? My plan now is to move into your ward, and be one of your Mia Maids.

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