MOTHER'S DAY PIES:
- One year in YW I remember going to one of my
leaders homes
and we made a ton of pies. Just real simple pies with no bake
crust.
Lists were passed around in Priestood to sign up to buy a pie.
There
were I think 3 different kind of pies which we offered to
sell.
The mothers were surprised and we all delivered them to the
houses.
It was so much fun making them and we earned a lot of money from
it. MOTHER/DAUGHTER ACTIVITY: - We decorated
the R.S. room with white Christmas lights, we had white table cloths on
all the tables, 2 helium balloons at each table that were tied down by
small pretty plastic floral bags with Hershey kisses in them, with
heart
confetti and curly ribbon around the table to add to the
decoration.
We brought in some torche lamps - (the tall ones that you can adjust
the
amount of light it gives off) and dimmed them and had some really nice
music playing in the background. We also had a beautiful bouquet of
flowers
as a centerpiece on the main table that we gave out to the moms at the
end. When each mother/daughter came in we invited them to take a
booklet and a pen. We had an opening prayer, welcomed them, told
them that this was their night to feel like a queen. We gave them
a few minutes to each fill out their booklets which had questions
like: My favorite memory is...Something I'm sorry for...One of
the
things that I am most grateful for...etc. They were each to fill
out the questions in regards to their relationship with their mother or
daughter. We then had them put those aside. We had invited
the girls to bring whatever they needed for the pampering phase of the
activity. We had little buckets for feet to soak in and lots of
towels.
We had girls giving foot massages, back massages, hand massages,
facials,
manicures. It was whatever the mother wanted. We pampered
them
for about 45 minutes, cleaned things up, and had them go back to their
seats. We then asked each pair to stand and we asked the mother
to
share something she had written in her booklet, then the daughter.
After
they had both shared, the daughter remained standing and told her mom
why
she loved her and what made her special to her. It was a major
cry
fest and we went through so much tissue!! We served
angel
food cake with strawberries at the end and gave them a flower and a
magnet
with this quote, "Mothers in Zion, we pray for you. We sustain
you.
We honor you as you bear, nourish, train, teach, and love for
eternity.
I promise you the blessings of heaven and "all that the Father hath"
(D&C
84:38) as you magnify the noblest calling of all. Ezra Taft
Benson"
We also had the mothers and daughters exchange their booklets. It
was a great activity and one you could do anytime, not just for
Mother's
Day. MOTHER/DAUGHTER DRESS ALIKE: - The Mia
Maids planned it. They had mother and daughter dress alike (we
had
everything from blue jeans and matching tee-shirts to dresses--we told
them they could make paper hats if they wanted to, but nobody did), a
speaker
that talked about being a mother, a talent (and I use the term loosely)
show--really cute and funny dumb stuff with the girl and her mom, and
an
elegant dessert. The girls paired up and decorated the tables (we
used the rounds). The girls just love doing stuff with their
moms!
It's so great! My daughter hasn't quit talking about it! MOTHER/DAUGHTER DATE: - We had a great
activity
with the girls and their moms. (Everything was kept secret from
the
moms until they came that night.) We played a game like the newly
wed game where the moms left the room and the girls responded to five
questions
about their moms. the moms came back in, answered the questions,
and if the answers matched, points were given. Repeat for
questions
about the girls. Then all moms went out in hall and five took off
socks and shoes. Girls guessed whose moms they were just by
seeing
the feet only. This was funny! Then all girls dressed up
their
moms for a fashion show. There were prizes for most creative,
funniest,
most elegant. The girls were so excited about this- they had some
hilarious and creative ways of dressing up their moms. We video
taped
the moms modeling down the runway. We ended with the girls standing up
one by one and saying two things they loved about their moms. MOTHER/DAUGHTER ACTIVITY: - We had a mother
and daughter slumber party. The invitations were little felt
long-johns
with a flap in the back with the invitation under it. We had them
bring blankets, pillows, teddy bears, ect.. They were also supposed to
dress in their pajamas. We had popcorn and finger foods, so they
could even get crumbs in their beds. Then we played a "how well
do
you know each other" game and the girls presented their mothers with
some
candy leis that we had made in another activity. It was a great
success.
We had two inactive mothers, and two non-member mothers come. The girls
keep bugging us to do it again.
Tessie CAKE DECORATING: - When I was in the YW
program
we wanted to teach the YW how to decorate a cake. We had a
specialist
come in to do that, but rather than just waste the cakes we decided to
do this around Mother's Day. So we went about 2 weeks before
Mother's
day, in to the Priesthood classes and asked who wanted to buy a cake
for
their wife for Mother's Day. They were told the price, what it
would
look like, who was making it, and that we would deliver it the night
before.
We got over 60 cakes ordered. Each girl was asked to bring 2
baked
cakes ready for decoration on the Saturday before Mother's Day.
We
had an absolute blast decorating them, the girls learned a new skill,
and
they saved several marriages I am sure!!! We heard back from the men
and
the moms, and all were very happy with this project. Cherri Wright
MOTHERS