Young Women Value Rocks

Remain Steadfast and Immovable

With The Young Women Values....

A tag with the above quote will be attached to a bag of these Young Women Value Rocks and given as a favor at our Mother Daughter Dinner to be held the evening of the Young Women General Conference Satellite Broadcast on March 29.

The Rocks will also be used as part of the table decorations scattered around the centerpieces.

(I will update with photos)

There are 9 rocks in each set. Seven Rocks with the Young Women Values, and one rock with "Steadfast" and one rock with "Immovable"

These turned out super cute (photography does not do them justice) and reinforce the Steadfast and immovable always abounding in Good Works theme for 2008 along with focusing on the

Young Women Values.

These wold be a great Young Women Girls Camp Craft or a great Activity for the girls to make on a Weeknight activity.

See below for directions and tips on how to make your own Young Women Value Rocks.

The above rocks are before the final distressing ink is sponged on.

I adapted the Rock Idea from my friend Jan (a major craft queen) who made these Gratitude Rocks for our Ward Thanksgiving Dinner Table Decorations. They have been reused for a few years now and are a big hit. They make for great Table Conversation. Each rock features a blessing to be thankful for.....Some are serious and some a light-hearted.

The Rock Factory! Our Young Women Leaders gathered at my house for a morning and cranked these out. We made enough for 25 sets in just an hour or so. The only thing left to do was to sponge on the distress ink, which I did later when the Mod Podge dried. They are just so cute.

Here are Basic Directions, but nothing is hard fast. All of you crafty people will most likely have a method that works best for you!

• Purchase 2 bags of Rocks at Home Depot, Lowes, etc. I bought the Large River Rocks and there were still not very many large ones. This was enough to make 25 sets of 9 Rocks.
• Rinse rocks and let them dry before working with them.
• Purchase parchment paper to type the words on.
• Print the words in Dark Brown Ink in various font sizes. Choose the same font style for each one. I used anywhere from 14-20 font size depending on the size of the word(s) and the rocks. I made a page with all the words on it in each font size, this gave a few choices when matching up the rock sizes and the size of the words.
• Crumple up the printed parchment paper and then open it back up. Carefully tear around each word so the edges are torn and jagged.
• Use Mod Podge to attach the word to a rock .Coat the rock with the Mod Podge (not too thick) Place the coated rocks on Waxed paper to dry.
• Once Rocks are dry, use a fine sponge blotted on to a Distress Brown Ink Pad and sponge around the edges of the word and all over the rock. Be careful not to sponge over the top of the word.
• Once the ink dries, if desired, coat with one more layer of Mod Podge and let them dry.

These directions are very general.

If you have questions, please e-mail me with questions or other methods you find work well when you make these Young Women Value Rocks.

Another idea is to make a set of rocks for each Young Woman (or for a friend as a gift, etc.) with positive qualities about that person. Place them in a bag with a tag that says...."You Rock"

or

Make The Young Women Value Rocks with a tag that says... "Stand Solid as a Rock with The Young Women Values"

You can take this basic idea so many places!

Please let me know how you use this idea for your Young Women or as a gift, etc!

Have Fun!