January: T-shirt Headbands

Hello Club Greenthread!

Wow, how the first two months of 2014 have whizzed by! Our apologies for the delayed post on January's meeting, which was wonderful. In the next week, we will have a double edition, as we tell you about February's Club activity too.

The topic of January's meeting was: ORDER "Good order is the Foundation of all good things"-what an important virtue to practice~ Mrs. Jenn gave a wonderful talk on this and here are some of the points:

We give ourselves to God first each day, by starting and ending each day with prayer.
He orders our days and knows what is best for us, and so it is important to keep Him present and to offer our work to Him.

Each day decide what is the most important task first and it helps to have a chore list or routine to follow. Better to do homework first, for example, so we are not late finishing up and rushing through it. Then, if time permits, we play and help out. Finish things well.


Put things away as soon as you're done using them so that you don't accumulate a lot to do at the end of the day. Have a designated place for each item and always put it back in the same place (shoes, backpacks, toys, books) because this saves time and energy.

Keeping order gives us more peace and happiness, because we are not frustrated. Our families have more time together if everyone helps to keep the home in order.

Next it was time to move on to our activity: making headbands from old t-shirts!!! It was such a fun and creative activity and the girls were delighted to see their finished products.

First we had to cut the t-shirts into long strips. Then we pulled and stretched out the fabric. Next we stapled three strips together in order to braid the fabric.

The girls added ribbon intertwined with the fabric, which looked great.

Once that was done, it was time to measure the braided headband around the head in order to know where to cut and glue it together.

Many embellishments and cute add-ons were handy once the braided headband was ready to go. The girls added flowers, butterflies, buttons and all sorts of gems and beads.

They each had their own style and flare, which made them beautiful.

This is certainly an activity that the girls can all do from home, so we encourage the moms to help them out.

Thank you to all the girls and moms who participated and made this meeting possible. We hope that you all have successfully practiced order this last month and we look forward to seeing your new headband creations.

-Club Greenthread Team