Alternative Theme Titles:

• What's In Your Purse?
• What's In The Bag?
• The Contents of Me!
• What I Carry
• Bag Day
  
  Theme Verse Suggestions:
  
• "I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
  and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,
  who loved me, and gave himself for me.    Galatians 2:20
  
  Devotional:
  What's In Your Purse? by Julia
  
  Decorating Suggestions:
  
  Color Scheme
  No suggestions.
  
  General Decorations
  
• Decorate using lots of handbags, purses, totes, and any type of bag.
• Make some styrofoam purses for decorating
  Red Hat Purse (Very cute! From Dow)
  
  For The Tables
  
• Small arrangements in purses. A little greenery or silk flowers poked into the tops of them.
• Helium filled balloons tied to bags (shopping bag type) or to purse handles.
  
  See Centerpiece and Table Arrangements
  
  Games and Ice-breakers:
• In The Bag
• Purse Get Acquainted Game
• Purse Scavenger Hunt
• What's In A Ladies Purse
•   Print Purse/Bag Icebreakers (Includes 4)
  
  See the Icebreakers Index for more ideas.
  
  Music:
  
• Search Me O God (James E. Orr)
  
  Favors:
  
• Mini Purses or Tote Bags. (Type the keyword "bag" into the searchbox at Oriental Trading. They have several types.
• Make small little purses or bags to fill with little candies, a travel pack of tissues, etc.
  Printable Purse (Scroll to bottom of page - Computer Crafts by Kathleen)
  Purse Template (Kt'z Bitz)
  Purse Template (Stampington)
  Purse Template (The Crafty PC)
  Paper Tag Purse (Bella Online)
  Bag Printables (Mardar's Stuff)
  Shopping Bag Template (Donovan's Templates)
  
  See the Favor Index.
  
  Just For Fun:
  
• Do a Purse Craft - There are several direction links up under "Favors".
• Do a Used Purse Charity Project for a Local Women's Shelter.
  Used Purse Charity Project
  
  Doorprizes:
  
• Purse
• Tote Bag
• Purse "Basket". Fill a purse or tote bag with several fun items. Place on colored cellophane and pull up ends as you would a gift basket and tie with ribbons.
• Purse Size Umbrella
• Keychain
• Any item you would find in a purse such as gum, mints, lipstick, small compact mirror, etc.
  See the Doorprize page
  
  Skits:
  See the CLM Skit Links
  
  Food Suggestions:
  
• Assign each lady a "bagged" snack to bring in (chips, pretzils, cookies, popcorn, M &Ms, etc.)
• Have "bagged" lunches.
• Purse Cake (Betty Crocker)
• Fruit Purse (Family Fun)
  
  See the Recipe Resource Page

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