Highland 9th Ward Young Women: Frozen - Let it Go YW Laurel Class Activity

For our weekly Laurel activity we held a "Frozen- Let it Go" Party. The girls received the following invitation and I asked them to think about every girl in our class and come up with something that is special or unique about them. I didn't want - she's nice, she's cute, I really wanted them to come prepared to tell us specific things about the other Laurels and they did...

We decorated the room with snowflakes and I had made two banners. One said "Magic Mirror" and the other said, "Let it Go." We served blue slush, snowflake sugar cookies and white chocolate dipped pretzels.

We started by talking about negative feelings we each have about ourselves. Each girl wrote down all the things they hated about themselves, all the qualities they disliked about them and then we burned them up. We actually went outside and lit them on fire. I used a #10 can and each girl took turns throwing their papers into the can and saying "Let it Go." The girls really loved this part of the activity. We then came back in and I found a sing-a-long version of the song Let it Go from the movie Frozen and we played the song and sang it at the top of our lungs.

I then turned the evening around by telling them the story of the son of King Louis the 16th. He was kidnapped by evil men who had dethroned his father, the king. These men knew if they could destroy him morally, he would not be heir to the throne. For six months they subjected him to every vile thing life had to offer, and yet he never yielded under pressure. This puzzled his captors, and after doing everything they could think of, they asked him why he had such great moral strength. His reply was simple. He said, "I cannot do what you ask, for I was born to be a king."

I told the YW that they are like the king's son, each of them have inherited a royal birthright. Each of them have a divine heritage. "They are literally the royal daughters of our Father in Heaven." Each of them were born to be a Queen.

We then watched this Disney Princess Video

We talked about how much the world places so much emphasis on physical attractiveness and would have you believe that you are to look like the elusive model on the cover of a magazine. The Lord would tell you that you are each uniquely beautiful. When you are virtuous, chaste and morally clean, your inner beauty glows in your eyes and in your face. Look into the mirror of eternity. Remember who you are!!! You are of noble birth. Don't compromise your divine inheritance.

Chalkboard Activity

We had each the girls come and stand in front of the chalkboard with a banner that said "Magic Mirror" and then each other Laurel came up and wrote all the great things about the girls. After the girls were done writing on the chalkboard we made the girl turn around and read out loud all the great things that were written about them. I took their picture, printed it and put it in the frame for them to take home.