Prayer Themed Printable Handout

       I am going to girl's camp again this year!  I wrote about the projects I did for camp last year here, here and here.   This year, I am working with the older girls, ages 16-18, who actually help to run the activities at camp. They are called Youth Camp Leaders, or YCLs.  One of the things they do for the younger girls is give them devotionals every night before lights out.  Tonight, we are having a planning meeting where we are sharing ideas for devotionals with each other.  Since there are 5 days at camp this year, we figured that if we all shared ideas, the girl's could pick the ones they felt inspired to give.  I took a trip to DollarTree to get inspired and here are some of the ideas I came up with! 

        The theme for the youth in our church this year is James 1:5.  

"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him."

     So, obviously, I thought of owls and the fact that they are often used as a symbol of wisdom.  As always, click on the pictures for more instructions.

This is a super inexpensive way to make a handout. These owl notes come 36 in a package!

Just use some fancified writing to add a message!

I couldn't find these owl shaped sheets on the website, but they had a lot of them in our store.  So, look for them there.
       They also have these sparkle owl cutouts!  I had some flower stems that used to have cookies on them.  The cardboard that the cookie was attached to is still on the stem.  So, I wrote a message on the owls and plan to make them into a bouquet.  Each girl will be able to take one.  You could actually stick the owl to a daisy or something if you needed to.

How could I resist these sparkly owls?

It was hard to get the Sharpie to show. If I was super industrious, I would use my Cricut.

A vase full of these owls will be so cute!

       Finally, getting away from the owl theme, I remembered that I had seen this quote on Beauty4ashes and I really liked it.

"The distance between you and your Heavenly Father is the same as the distance between your knees and the floor."

     So, when I found these rulers, I knew in my mind what I wanted to do.

The great thing about these rulers is that they come 3 in a package for a $1! You can purchase a case for $48, which means you get 144 rulers! What a coup for teachers or anyone who wants to make a campful of these handouts that I am going to show you! That is a bushel of them!

     Here is what you will need to make these simple handouts:

• rulers
• card stock (any color you want!)
• printer
• glue gun and glue sticks
• The pdf file below.

Don't look too closely at my crooked edge. My paper slicer is broken. I need a new one.

I used a little hot glue to attach the print down the side of the rulers.

       Here is the pdf so that you can download and print your own handouts!  Just click the button! 

Prayer Ruler Handout

     If you have any great ideas about prayer, and/or using a survivor theme at camp with prayer as the underlying message, please give them to me in the comments section!  I hope these ideas will inspire you! 

       You can check out DollarTree's new summer catalogue here!