Beach Party

This one is great for when going to the actual beach isn't going to happen. We had this as a joint activity with the guys.

• We started outside with a beach towel water balloon tossing contest and some frisbee throwing. It then got dark so we moved inside.
• We spread out beach towels and blankets on the gym floor and had a picnic. We ate hot dogs and chips and that kind of stuff. In the background we had the Beach Boys playing.
  
• We then had a limbo contest. (I even had the limbo song playing!)
• Next was the hula hoop contest, that was entertaining when some of the leaders gave it a try.
• Then was the sandcastle building contest. For this I made a bunch of batches of sand play dough (see recipe below) We divided into 3 groups for this - beehives & deacons, teachers & mia maids, and laurels & priests) We had the bishopric judge the castle creations.
• We then played some indoor volleyball with a monster volleyball, or you could use a blow up beach ball.
• Last but not least we announced the winners of the sandcastle contest - and everyone won in some "category" or another that the bishopric made up. We handed out candy leis to all the contest winners from whole night and we made sure everyone won at something so everyone got one. (Look below for instructions for making the leis.)
  

You could do this activity in the winter when everyone needs some summer fun, and just omit the water balloon part.

Sand Dough

• 2 cups sand
• 1 cup cornstarch
• 1 cup water

Boil the water then add in the sand and cornstarch and mix mix mix, use those muscles!

Easy Candy Leis

You will need:

• saran wrap
• candy
• curling ribbon
• scissors

On a large table, or counter, or on the floor (the clean floor) unroll a bunch of the saran wrap to the length you want the lei. Place a piece of candy every few inches. Fold over the saran wrap to wrap up the candy. Tie a 6 inch (approx) piece of curling ribbon in between each candy. Tie the two ends together to make the necklace. Et Voila! an awesome candy lei!

note:You can trim the ribbon short or curl it up, what ever you like. I used three different colors of ribbon too.