What a Character
Idea by Cheri Benavides
 

Earlier in the year the girls had a few assignments that all tied together.  We went to the public library and then they were to  1) learn about a famous author and study their life and read or listen to one of their works and do a short report on it.  2) Find out about schools in another country ( my daughter wrote my sister serving a mission in Portugal).  So going along with this we entitled our awards night as "What a Character".  They dressed up as a character in the book they read.  And for a refreshment the girls brought something that had to do with the time (era) of their author or the book they had read. And as a program the girls read their reports about the author or book and told about who they had dressed as and read their report on the school in another country.  In the middle of this we gave out the awards.  It gave these girls all a chance to have their night to "shine".  All of the girls that participated that night were all home schooled so it also gave them a chance to do something that they normally don't get to.  As an example of what they had done I'll share what my daughter did!  Her author was Laura Ingalls Wilder.  So, she dressed as her.  Gave a report on her life.  She had printed off of the computer pictures of her different homes, made a pioneer wagon with a Barbie car, and dressed up her different  sized Barbie's as the Ingalls family.  For her part for refreshments she shared homemade wheat  bread, dill pickles. I think that by having a program and the girls sharing what they have done is a good way to have the parents involved.  I also tell the audience about the activities and service projects we have done since out last recognition night.  We invite the families, primary presidency, and branch presidency and anyone else that  we know that is interested in what the girls are doing!