Christmas Party

Describe it...   

I made cakes with homemade frosting, we did a white elephant exchange and played a game to compete for a Sacred Grounds gift certificate. 

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 23

Publicity: I put posters on every door. 

$5

Positive Outcomes: The girls liked this a lot.  The white elephant was a lot of fun and they were really excited about the gift certificate. 

What would you have done differently? Make sure that everyone has the same type of gift-either gag or real. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, it was a good break during exam week. 

Ice Cream Social

Describe it...   

Ice cream social.

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 15

$40

Positive Outcomes: Everyone loves ice cream

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, it was a good way for the girls to get to know each other, I would do it right at the beginning of the year.  

Decorating Vases

Describe it...   

I found directions for making home-made vases in a craft magazine. We used paper mache to cover plastic bottles and then we used craft paint to decorate them.  We also ate brownies! 

Location Location Location... Hall

Number that Attended: 5

Publicity: Posters on the doors. 

Set-Up:  I put out supplies and made brownies. 

Clean-Up: I cleaned up!

$5-10

Positive Outcomes: The girls that came really enjoyed the activity. 

What would you have done differently? I would have made a example  vase so that the girls would have a better idea of what we were making-it would have been good for advertising. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  No, because not a lot of girls came. 

Decorating Cookies at Floor Mom's

Describe it...  

We went to our Floor Mom's house and decorated sugar cookies. 

Location Location Location...

Floor Mom's House

Number that Attended: 2

Positive Outcomes: We had a lot of fun... the three of us.  The girls on the floor loved the cookies that we made! 

What would you have done differently? Maybe do it in the hallway not off campus. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  No, I would do something different without our floor mom instead. 

Door Stops and Root Beer Floats

Describe it...  

I had the girls over to my house where we decorated rocks with tissue paper, glitter, ribbon and Mod Podge so that we could have fun door stops, then we had Root Beer floats.

Location Location Location... My house

Number that Attended: 15

Publicity: Posters, Facebook group

Set-Up: 10 minutes, taken care of by me! 

Clean-Up: My mom took care of it.

$ Mom covered the floats, so $5

Positive Outcomes: The girls really liked making the rocks, they talked the entire time and now they(the rocks) are outside of the doors.

What would you have done differently? Used rocks that were heavy enough to hold the doors. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, but with a new floor because no one needs two door stops. 

Movie Night with Snacks

Describe it...  

We watched "My Best Friend's Wedding" and had snacks (popcorn with M&Ms and graham crackers with peanut butter)

Location Location Location... Gainey Lobby

Number that Attended: 15

Positive Outcomes: The girls really liked it.  They had a fun time just watching the movie together.  It helped that it was before fall break because no one really wanted to do homework. 

What would you have done differently? More M&Ms and Knives. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  I would because the girls really liked it even though it was a simple activity.  This was also good for a weekend because it was not super long and it was on campus so girls could come and go. 

Making Rice Bags

Describe it...  

We drove into Jackson together to pick out material for our rice bags.  Then we bought the rice.  Then we went back to our hallway were I taught them how to make rice bags.  I also made up some cookie dough and had popcorn for snacking.

Location Location Location... Hall/Jackson

Number that Attended: 6

 

$14

Positive Outcomes: The girls really liked this.  We got to go shopping together and have fun in the store and then it was fun just sitting in the hallway and talked  randomly and listening to music. 

What would you have done differently? More advertising earlier. 

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, because it got us off campus and we got to learn and build relationships with one another while we sewed. 

Dare to Be Great

Describe it...  

We went to the Parlour in Jackson to get a mini "Dare to Be Great" 

Location Location Location... The Parlour
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Number that Attended: 8

Publicity: Anna Zenz (SLA) took care of posters. 

$23

Positive Outcomes: We liked this because it got us off campus again. 

What would you have done differently? Nothing

Would You Do This Activity Again? Yes, there is nothing better than Ice Cream! 

Fimo Pens

Describe it...  

I taught the girls how to make decorative pens with ballpoint pens + "Fimo" clay.  We also watched American Idol while we made the pens.

Location Location Location... A room in the hallway.

Number that Attended: 15

Publicity: Poster in the hall 

$25

Positive Outcomes: The girls really likes making the pens, I several of them using the pens through out the semester. 

What would you have done differently? Nothing

Would You Do This Activity Again?  I would do this again because it was very simple and fun!  

 

Denny's Breakfast

Describe it...  
We all went to breakfast Denny's but at 12:00am.  I bought an appetizer for the floor. 

Location Location Location... Denny's

Number that Attended: 9

Positive Outcomes: The girls like this because we got off campus.

What would you have done differently? Nothing

Would You Do This Activity Again?  Yes, it is simple and for some reason everything is funnier late at night!