Nature Pals - Teaching Individual Worth

I was trying to figure out what to have my little Beehives do for an activity to teach them about individual worth. I was looking online for fall crafts and found this cute one on Disney.com - The directions for how to the do the craft are posted below. I had them create a nature pal for whoever was not there that night first. After they made a pal of themselves and of someone else I taught a lesson. The lesson I shared scriptures of how we all are of worth even though we may be different on the outside and even have different styles. I also talked about how so many others did not know who they are and what they are worth and it is our job to help them - that is why we made a pal for the missing girls. I talked about how our joy will be great if we bring ourself into God's Kingdom, by realizing what we are worth...but how much more joy it will be if we bring someone else too. I think the girls really enjoyed it. (more of my lesson plan is below)

Personalized Nature Pals
This take on a classic camp craft inspires your family members to create versions of themselves with natural treasures from your own backyard.

Prep Time: Under 1 hour
What you need:
Sticks and twigs

Hand pruners (a parent's tool)

Hot-glue gun

Flat stone

Colored pencils

Small objects from nature, such as pinecones, pine needles, pieces of bark, acorns, and leaves

8-inch piece of twine (optional)

Seasons: Summer
Materials: wood
Instructions:
1. Trim the sticks with the pruners and hot-glue them together to form a body with arms, a torso, and legs.
2. Draw a face on the stone with colored pencils, then glue it to the torso.
3. Glue on the other features, such as pinecone feet, an acorn cap, bark pants, or a pine needle skirt.
4. Once the glue has set, you can hang your project5 by tying the twine into a loop, then gluing it to the back.


LESSON PLAN
What does this activity have to do with individual worth?
D&C 18:10, 16 (talk about how that one soul is themselves)
Isaiah 13:12 – we can’t figure out who we are and see what we can become without the Lord’s help
Why do you think I asked you to make one for the YW missing first?
Mosiah 28:3; Alma 31:34-36 – teach the stories; teach them that we should feel this way towards the other young women who are not here
D&C 18:16 (then tie it in that if they can bring others with them, how much more joyous)