Adventures in Activity Days: Preparing for your Adventure

I had a hard time in the beginning. I didn't know what was required of me and I often felt as if I were in the midst of chaos those first couple months. It didn't help that the binder I got from the previous leader only had a couple handouts from previous activities and a more than year old outdated phone list in it (yikes!!!). There was also little to no planning ahead of time and activities were often planned very close to the day they were to happen. I CAN NOT WORK LIKE THAT!!! I am an organization nut. I need to plan ahead and I need to know that things are taken care of. I also found that there wasn't a whole lot out there in the way of helping me organize my binder for what I needed. So…I made what I needed myself. And now I am going to share it with you.

First you will need a few links to some of the things I use quite a bit for my papers, handouts, invites, etc.
1) you will need the font I use on most of my binder papers:
http://www.1001freefonts.com/always_in_my_heart.font
2) the website above has lots of other really cute fonts that I use as well. Browse and find stuff you like and use it. It makes for really awesome handouts.
3) Clip art: there are 2 places I go the most for this. Some stuff is free and some you have to pay for but I found that even the stuff I pay for is well worth the investment.
a) http://melonheadzillustrating.blogspot.com
b) http://www.djinkers.com
4) I use a lot of digital scrapbook paper. You can find links to quite a few free ones on http://www.pinterest.com/ just search for free digital scrapbook paper.