Making cards for others...

"That one indeed is a man who, today, dedicateth himself

to the service of the entire human race."

Sadly, I didn't have my camera on me during class today so I'll just post images for a general idea of what I'm talking about. :(

Supplies:

Construction paper
colored pencils, crayons, or markers
glue sticks

Optional:
Stickers

Since service was the lesson of the day, we first ran through some flash cards and spoke about the importance of helping others.

As timing would have it, there's a Baha'i holiday coming up called Ayyam'i'Ha so we had the kids make greeting cards for their loved ones.

In summary, before the class, I prepared however-many blank cards we expected the kids would go through as well as wrote out the greeting or quote onto pieces of paper that could be easily glued into the card.
While in class, they glued the greetings into the cards then decorated them with markers, stickers, or even wrote additional messages. Sign the name of the artist, and you're done!

The kids' cards were adorable with things written like, "I Love Mom, from Jon" as well as additional drawings and stickers. They were super-excited to give their parents the cards after the class.

This is a LINK to the Gold Star Legion ( self-named junior youth group ) that got together to make cards and chocolate chip cookies for a retirement home as a way of spreading sweetness and celebrating Ayyam-i-Ha.