Hello Club Greenthread!
Welcome to our new blog! Here we will be sharing all of the fun activities and special talks that we will be having throughout the semester. We hope that you will regularly check here for pictures and information.
We want to thank our two helpers, Mary and Gaby, in a very special way for doing such a fantastic job decorating our Club Bulletin Board, which will have the monthly motto and activity posted.
As you all can see from the title of the post, this month we made "Fish in a Bag" -which were little bags of soap with plastic fish, a huge hit with the girls! We started off by melting 3 blocks of clear glycerin soap in the microwave, and then carefully pouring the hot soap into the plastic bag. Finally, the girls would drop the fish in and with the help of Ms. Jenn, they would pin the back closed with a clothes hanger and with another clothes hanger place it in the freezer to set.
You can see them below setting in the freezer:
While the soap cooled in the bag, Ms. Annamarie gave a talk on "The Me I want to Be." Every girl was handed a flower and asked to compare herself to her flower.
Just like the flowers, the girls are beautiful, delicate, cheerful and need to be nurtured. They discussed the ways in which a girl is nurtured to grow into a more beautiful flower: reading good books, watching positive movies, taking care of oneself and finally focusing on others and not just inwards.In order to be a better "Me," the girls were encouraged to respect themselves and others, and to be the best person they can be in order to inspire others!
Finally, Ms. Annamarie ended her talk asking the girls to give their flower to someone who makes them feel loved.
From there it was back to the kitchen to retrieve the bags and finish the project by tying them with ribbon.
And here are the girls with their finished project:
Thank you to all the girls, moms and helpers that made this first meeting a great success! Remember that next month we will be meeting on October 26th, last Saturday of the month, at 10am. The project will be to learn to write a Thank You Note (as well as decorating it); the talk will be on Gratitude, given by Ms. Cristabel. We look forward to seeing everyone next month!
Fondly,
Club Greenthread Coordinators
