YW 2013 theme poster and wood block activity

This is a handout that I made for the Young Women using the youth theme for the year.

I wanted to signify that standing in holy places meant anywhere you are can be

a holy place.  So I went to the Church's site to see what they were doing.

This is their poster.

I love that she is in the wilderness which could signify the world but standing firmly on a rock, which I interpret to be Christ, our rock.  And she is looking up to her Heavenly Father for inspiration with a face of hope.  The other leaders and I agreed that this was a perfect expression of

how we saw the theme for the year.  

The issue was then to make it into a printable that would fit on a wood block

so that the girls could add it to their block from last year's theme (see here what we did).

So I did a little Photoshop magic and just used the graphic of the girl. Mine seems very similar to the Church's.  I used the same colors, just different lettering.

It's formatted for 6x7.5" to fit a 2x6 piece of wood.  The height is exact but the sides wrap around a little.

I cut and sanded the wood (next time I'll have Lowe's cut it for me.  My saw gave out towards the end).

The girls painted the wood then Modge Podged the handout to the wood.

We cut ribbon in the Personal Progress colors, tied a knot and hot glued to the front.

Some of the girls looked through my ribbon and found a rainbow ribbon to use instead.

We are also using this to put on the front of our binders for us and the girls.

You are welcome to use this for Church or personal use.