Little Flowers Girls Club

Littlest Flowers

2009-2010

 

This year our Little Flower group opted to split the girls up a bit more.  This gave the older girls and opportunity to be there own group where they can dig deeper into the virtues and explore their faith in a more age appropriate level.  And since we had 8 new girls coming into the group we had to add a wreath I.  This group is now being led by yours truly and my friend V. 

Now because these new girls are 5-6 year olds V had an idea to morf the wreath I a bit to suit the age group.  We mixed the saints a bit and used simple biographies for their history.  In addition to our own little crafts each group, wreath I, wreath II young ones and wreath II older, will host the tea craft for our LF Tea Party at the end of the year.  There are lots of wonderful ideas and I'm really looking forward to this year.  Lot's of work ahead of us but, I hope that the girls will enjoy it.

 

Resources & credit:

• Ecce Homo Press for materials, monthly newsletter, and girl's own montly newsletter
• Sacred Heart Books
• Little Flowers Girls Club blog
• Little Flowers Yahoo Group
• Shower of Roses 

Craft supplies:

• Oriental Trading Company

This is what we hope our year will look like:

 

~ September ~

virtue: Love of God

Saint: St. Therese

Craft: sacrafice beads

• reading to them about St. Therese using the Treasure Box series
• discussing her love of God
• Made hand prints onto a table cloth that will be used during our meetings Mary will be placed in the center surrounded by little hands
• we added a few quotes in the center of the table cloth

~ October ~

Virtue: Obedience

Saint: Mary (as a child)

Craft: making a rosary

Tea Craft: braided napkin ring

added activity:  sashing ceremony

• since we had so many girls missing at the first meeting, mine included, we opted to do the sashing ceremony this month.  It was lovely and we followed the examples from the ceremony and prayer handbook
• there was the reading of Mary as a child
• discusion of the virtue.  I used the Leading Little Ones to Mary book to talk to the girls about obedience and how this is pleasing to God when we obey.  It was very sweet to have them want to be just like Mary.
• Our craft was a pre-prepared beaded rosary kit.  There was more preparing than I thought there would be but, it turned out ok and the girls really liked beading their own rosaries.
• We closed with the sashing ceremony and each girl then presented Mary with a carnation and a decade of the rosary.

Even with a fussy baby and a distracted 3 year old in the mix the meeting went very well.  Hopefully, I can get some pictures to post soon.  The rest of the year will be posted monthly.  Not a promise to do so since I don't post all the time.  But, I'll do the best I can to keep up.

 

~ November ~ 

Viture: Truthfulness

Saint: St. Bernadette

Craft: grotto

Tea Craft: Mosaic Flower Pots

 

~ December ~

Virtue:  Hope

Saint: St. Imelda

Craft: hope chest

Ivy

Snack: heart shaped brownie?

 

~ January ~ 

Virtue: Love of Neighbor

Saint: St. Rosa of Lima

Craft: Bird house

Peony

Snack:

 

~ February ~ 

Virtue: Faith

Saint: St. Agnes (introducing Nellie)

Craft: Sunflower Faith Magnet

Tea Craft: tea placecards

Sunflower

Snack: sunflower decorated cupcakes

 

~ March ~

Virtue: Piety

Saint: St. Jacinta

Craft: sacred heart prayer pocket

Forget me not

(Lent)

Sanck: fruit kabobs or rainbow decorated cupcakes

 

~ April ~

Virtue: Industry

Saint: Blessed Kateri

Craft: make up crafts for tea

Daffodil

Snacks:  daffodil cupcakes

 

~ May ~

Virtue: Humility

Saint: St. Anne of Guigue

Craft: bookmarker/ spiritual bouquet

Violet

Snack: mini violet cupcakes