The Enrichment Cottage

Compiled by Shiloah Baker

Ideas according to the ABC’s for inspiration for creative Enrichments

We’re going to start a game! Here are the directions:

Tell us:

Your first name:
whatever letter it begins with share a Relief Society related tip, hint, idea, poem, whatever!

We have quite a few newbies. Here are directions to our current “idea” game!

If you wish to play again use your last name, then use that letter. 3rd time, city, 4th time, state, 5th time country, 6th time, email address, etc.

Letter B:

BBQ Basics- learn to grill better than any man!
Better Homes- And Better Gardens- based on the magazine- lots of red checkers!
Beans – the healthy, inexpensive, delicious food! How to!

-Shiloah Baker

Letter C:

Last name: Cavanagh

Casserole making day to help sick sisters.

-Gail Cavanagh

Letter E:

I’m Em.

How about an Activity or Enrichment Meeting called “Everything Easy” featuring an Easy sewing project like pajama pants or scripture totes. Easy Meals that take 15 minutes or less to prepare. Easy “quick clean” tips for keeping things neat and tidy without it taking all day. Easy Entertaining Ideas from birthday parties to block parties. Easy gardening featuring herbs in pots. etc. You could have the invite be a big red circle on a gray background to look like the Staples Easy button, with the caption “That was Easy!”

or….How about “The Great Escape” featuring relaxing things like foot and hand massages, manicures, and pedicures, facials, games, a movie, chocolate, etc. You could have an invitation with a dangling rope over a wall saying “do what you have to and escape for an evening of fun”, or an image of a woman squeezing through a tight opening…with the caption…”can you squeeze us in to your busy schedules?”

or… an “Eeyore Eve,” with a guest speaker talking about depression and another sister talking about ways to energize and exercise.

Letter F:

Fort Bragg:

How about a Freedom Feast, a dinner with poems and stories of our founding Fathers and mothers.

Fat-Be-Gone- diet class, walking group, etc.

Letter G:

Hi my name is GAIL. I am starting a group called GET GOING. We are mostly elderly woman in our (wee) branch who have difficulty walking, so have just started to do sit down exercises.

My name is Gayle and what about “Great Gardening Tips”
-Gayle Henrie

Letter H:

Name: Holly (in California)

Holiday cookie exchange–Have people bring 6 dozen of their favorite holiday cookie (with the recipe), then you exchange cookies and leave with 6 dozen different delicious holiday cookies. (for more info, check out http://www.cookie-exchange.com/& )
Homemade ice-cream–perfect for a summer social!
Lost Homemaking skills–have a group that teaches the “lost arts” of knitting, sewing, crocheting & quilting
How is your ark holding up? — Emergency Preparedness (check out this site for it! and for a great Enrichment on emergency preparedness)

Last Name: H = Henrie Helpful Hints for the House

-Gayle Henrie

Letter K:

KEARNEY- Kick the can, red rover, mother may I. Maybe a blast to the past game night.

Letter M:

Melane:

Mangos – how to freeze, recipes, etc.
Marriage relations – how to prepare (for singles wards), how to strengthen
Music – how to lead, importance of, RS Choir or musical group (we have an ukulele group)

Letter N:

NEBRASKA- Night cap, or Night around the camp fire. Like we used to at girls camp. I think Ladies just want to get together and tell ghost stories and have some chocolate.
-Shay

Hi my name is Nicole. How about some titles!

“Bear Necessities of Life” – Jungle theme (like from Jungle Book) Lessons on
whatever are the necessities for your ward, testimony or practical skills

“Navigating in the Last Days” Patriarchal blessings, following the prophet, etc.

“Nourish the Inner You” – pampering night

“Love Thy Neighbor” – easy ways to share the gospel, or a lesson how to use
the manual preach my gospel

“Nine Ways Not to say No” or “No, No, No”- Perhaps a class on parenting

“Night at the Movies”

“Noble Birthright” This could be a great activity the emphasizes the worth
of the sisters.

Letter P:

My name is Pooh and I think a summer Pot luck dinner is a nifty idea. Make it at the beach ( in front of my house) or at a park, and everyone brings a dish to share, a chair or blanket to sit upon and a sweater or sweat shirt and sun screen. And…a camera! We can have a fire and sing around it and swap stories.

-Pooh in CA

My name is Pauline and and one fun thing we have done in our En group is go to High School PLAYS, they are very cheap and when our young women and men see us supporting them they are thrilled. One play we had a whole section of the floor. It was one of the ways we could get our YAW teachers and Presidency to RS enrichment!

Letter S:

Have a Summer Social! It could be beach party style with flip-flop invitations. Decorate flip-flops, have a Las Vegas legs class on shaving techniques (or sunless tanning tips too), serve summer salads and have it at a sister’s house with a pool!

“Super Sleuths”- Book of Mormon questions, BOM story night, etc.

“Spiritual Homemaking”- the “real” importance of an organized home. Could be based off of the scripture D&C 88:119

“So, you want to be a ______?” Fill in the blank

-Shiloah Baker

My name is Shay

:

I I would love a SUPER SOAKER DAY!

Where we can play water balloon volleyball, get some water guns out, and have teams, and eat ice cream! or a SWIMMING PARTY

First Name: Shanen
Short Stories- We live in AZ and it is HOT, we are going to the library as a weekly activity to listen to their story hour for the little kids and the older kids can check out library books for summer reading.

Letter W:

Name: Wendy

Event: Welcome Breakfast. Have a breakfast at the end of the school year to welcome the Laurels that have just graduated. You can play some ‘get to know you’ games so the Laurels feel like they know others better and the sister can get to know each other and the laurels better. Have Welcome Baskets or bags made for the Laurels with things that will help them feel more included and better understand RS.

Would you like to play along?

Email us today! or comment!

By: Shiloah Baker

www.enrichmentcottage.com

Here is a compilation of class or HPFE night titles along with the corresponding ideas on what to do for each class. This list includes twenty titles of various themes. These are similar to the 100 Creative And New Class Names download that is offered on the Enrichment Cottage. Part two is in the making and should be available soon. Enjoy and may you be blessed in your efforts in this calling!

About The Author: Shiloah Baker is a homeschooling mom to seven children. She lives in North Carolina where she runs her business from home. She has made it her mission to help the sisters in the gospel with all that Heavenly Father has blessed her with. Please visit her websites at: http://www.enrichmentcottage.com and http://www.homemaking-cottage.com

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