Springdale Girls' Day Out

The following was written by Springdale Primetime leaders Molly Kurtz and Michelle Lee. Former counselors at Camp War Eagle, the University of Arkansas students devote their time to the CWE365 program every week.

Primetime Girls with Molly and Michelle

It was a cold Saturday morning at the end of February and the day for our small group’s Girls’ Day Out had finally arrived!  We were so excited to see our girls outside of Primetime and by the smiles and energy they had, they seemed excited about their special day too!  We started with eating pizza and the girls started talking and getting to know each other better, especially the ones who went to different schools.  The first activity we had planned for the girls were making a homemade facemask (made of unflavored gelatin and milk) and a sugar scrub to make their hands really soft!  While applying the facemasks, we warned the girls that it might hurt a little to take off and ended up being really fun to apply it and wait for the mask to turn hard before removing it! Next we did hair, makeup, and nails and we let each girl choose which hairstyle she wanted.  Several of the girls wanted lots of curls, which took a long time, but it was definitely worth their patience when they saw the final result!  While waiting to get hair and makeup done, we had a dance party as we jammed out to some random funny YouTube videos, a CWE playlist from last year and Pandora Christian Hits Station.  They also picked out some of the silly props like tutus, boas, jewelry, and more for their pictures!  When each girl was finally done with hair, makeup and nails, we had a photo shoot planned for the group around the Jones Center.  All of the girls got individual shots with her props of choice and we had lots of hilarious group shots around the Jones Center as well.  They were so creative with posing and staging themselves for some more professional pictures and some funny pictures. We had decided to have the hang out with our small group to make the girls feel special and pampered. It was so important for us to teach them life lessons concerning care for personal hygiene. We also gave them some thrifty options for beauty products, so they know they don't have to spend more than they should in order to take care of themselves! The girls were able to make their own hand scrub and face mask. The girls loved it and so did we! It was a great afternoon filled with beautiful girls showing their true colors, building relationships, and just having fun!