Alternative Theme Titles:

• Putting Starch Into Your Life
• Fresh Natural Looking Christians
• A Finished Work
• Finished and Protected in Christ
• Fresh and Crisp
• What He Begins - He Finishes
  
  Theme Verse Suggestions:
  
• "...Even so we also should walk in newness of life."   Romans 6:4
  
  Devotional:
    Putting Starch Into Your Life
  
  Decorating Suggestions:
  
  Color Scheme
  No suggestions.
  
  General Decorations
  
• Bring in anything related to laundry. An ironing board and iron, spray starch cans, box of laundry soap, fabric softener bottle, bleach container (preferably empty:), Basket of folded towels or laundry, Laundry baskets, Washboards, nostalgic laundry signs.
  
  For The Tables
  
• Starch cans, irons, and clothes pins with a few added flowers or greenery.
  
  See Centerpiece and Table Arrangements
  
  Focal Point
  
• Ironing Board Display - Make a display with an ironing board, iron,starch can, and a shirt draped over ironing board as if it was being ironed, with an open Bible on top of the shirt.
• Clothesline - String a clothesline with some clothes hanging on it or hang page size related verses (you could print them on the computer).
  
  Games and Ice-breakers:
  Guess The Laundry Slogan
  
  See the Icebreakers Index for more ideas.
  
  Music:
  
• Breath On Me, Breath of God   Hymn
• Spirit of the Living God (fall fresh on me) Chorus
• Whiter Than Snow Hymn
  
  Favors:
  
• Magnet Clothespins With Verse - Clip on theme verse card. Embellish the card with stickers or ribbon.
• Any type of clothespin craft.
  
  See the Favor Index.
  
  Just For Fun:
  
• Share a Homemade Starch Recipe:
  4 tsp. cornstarch
  2 cups warm water
  Shake well before each use.
• Starch Project - Have new empty spray bottles on hand. Use the ingredients to the homemade starch and have everyone make up a bottle together to take home with them. It's very simple, just put the ingredients in a spray bottle. Shake well and you are done. You could have cute labels for the bottles done up too.
  
  Doorprizes:
  
• Can of Spray Starch (tie a ribbon around or put on a bow:)
• Any Laundry Product (tie a ribbon around or put on a bow:)
• Ironing Board Cover
• Bag of Clothespins
• Laundry Basket
• Laundry Gift Basket - Small Laundry basket filled with laundry items such as clothespins, spray starch, small laundry soap box, dryer sheets, etc.
  
  See the Door prize page
  
  Skits:
  See the CLM Skit Links
  
  Food Suggestions:
  See the Recipe Resource Page

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Copyright 2001-2007 Julia Bettencourt
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