Life App: 3 Basic Truths - Wisdom, Faith, & Friendship Theme: Base Camp Date: Summer 2013 We are using Base Camp as our Summer XP this year, but we are not kicking it off until the last week of June. Read more about that decision here. We realize that while we aren't...
Life App: 3 Basic Truths - Wisdom, Faith, & Friendship Theme: Base Camp Date: Summer 2013 Base Camp is Our Summer XP! This summer, rather than going with our usual plan to implement 252 Basics' annual Summer XP, we've decided to use Base Camp as our Summer XP . We plan to implement...
The Cricut has many cartridges which provide different fonts and various shapes. Because they are expensive, we've invested in a few that can be generic but will also give us the opportunity to have something fun and different. Here are a some of our favorites: The...
It's Not Summer in the Northeast Yet "Summer" (according to the public school calendar) does not really start in the northeast until mid-late June. Schools are usually in session until around mid June and then the don't go back in session until the last week of...
It's May in North America and that usually means warmer weather and spring flowers. But, if you're a 252 Basics user...
Life App: Patience Theme: Play it Cool - Trust It's Worth the Wait Date: May 2013 A WOW FACTOR! We loved the idea of The Chillinator that 252 Basics suggested for Week 1 and planned to create one. As we talked about it, we realized this had the potential for creating a...
Life App: Patience Theme: Play it Cool - Trust It's Worth the Wait Date: May 2013 Our Finished Product We launched the Life App of Patience today. We worked up until the last minute on our environment, but it was worth it because I think there was a definite WOW factor! You...
Poster board is readily available at craft stores, office supply stores, super stores and even supermarkets. It works well when you are creating something that does not need to be used long term and when you do not need the sturdiness of foam core, but...
In addition to a hot knife, utility knives are very helpful when designing and creating sets. Here are a couple of our favorites: This one is best for cutting 1" insulation foam as we can extend the blade and cut straight through to score the foam, then make...
All of our take home pieces (God Time Cards & Parent Cue Cards) get printed on colored card stock each week. In addition, many of our small group resources (certain activity pages, etc) are printed on card stock. We also use cardstock to cut out...