http://www.great-group-activities.com/group-activities-blog.html The Great Group Activities Blog keeps you up-to-date with all additions and changes to the Great-Group-Activities.com website. Subscribe here. en-us group activities Mon, 07 May 2012 20:24:17 GMT Mon, 07 May 2012 20:24:17 GMT great-group-activities.com http://www.great-group-activities.com/wedding-farms.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/wedding-farms.html Here are some favorite wedding farms, plus how to shop for free for farm wedding destinations in USA and around the world Sat, 05 May 2012 03:39:37 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/country-wedding-invitations.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/country-wedding-invitations.html Country wedding invitations: From customizing beautiful designs (100s to choose from) online to DIY methods with pressed flowers, sealing wax and more. Sat, 05 May 2012 03:30:05 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/barn-dances.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/barn-dances.html Barn dances are enjoying a revival. Here are tips and ideas whether planning a traditional old-time country barn dance, or one with a modern eco-twist. Sat, 05 May 2012 03:28:10 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/country-wedding.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/country-wedding.html Three great country wedding ceremony activities and rituals from the most successful weddings in the countryside Sat, 05 May 2012 03:26:44 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/diy-wedding-flowers.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/diy-wedding-flowers.html Gather to create DIY wedding flowers for an enchanting and charming celebration Sat, 05 May 2012 03:22:22 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/farm-wedding.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/farm-wedding.html Great farm wedding ideas from favors to entrances to vintage and farm girl wedding attire Sat, 05 May 2012 03:20:17 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/historic-costumes.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/historic-costumes.html Historic costumes from lavish & realistic enough for Hollywood to great but less expensive to creative and almost free! Sat, 05 May 2012 03:18:25 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/make-incense-from-scratch.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/make-incense-from-scratch.html Easily make incense from scratch at home, even turn it into a home business Sat, 05 May 2012 03:16:10 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/making-candles.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/making-candles.html Ceremony ideas including resources for how-tos on making candles, making masks, ideas for “releasing old ties, ” sending wishes to heaven, and more. Sat, 05 May 2012 03:14:07 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/second-wedding-ceremony.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/second-wedding-ceremony.html The third or second wedding ceremony and its pre-wedding activities are usually being planned by couples who now know what they really want. Here are ideas. Sat, 05 May 2012 03:12:10 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/wedding-inspiration.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/wedding-inspiration.html Fill yourself with wedding inspiration with photos of unique wedding attire for the creative historic ceremony or country wedding Sat, 05 May 2012 03:06:31 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/wedding-on-a-farm.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/wedding-on-a-farm.html Planning a wedding on a farm? How-to articles, themes, resources, tips and ideas Sat, 05 May 2012 03:04:46 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/group-fundraisers.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/group-fundraisers.html Group fundraisers don’t have to mean selling or working for others. Here’s an idea many are cashing in on. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 22:53:34 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/starting-a-kids-club.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/starting-a-kids-club.html Thinking of starting a kids' club? Here’s a template for how to start a club for kids from rural to urban to small town. For neighborhoods, parents, churches, schools and other groups. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:36:48 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/may-pole.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/may-pole.html Making a May pole and how to do May pole dancing. Fun group activity for schools, garden or rural weddings, agritourism events or true spiritual spring festivities. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:56:43 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/potlucks.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/potlucks.html Neighborhood potlucks can be even more fun and meaningful with a “Slow Food” theme. Neighbors discover a sense of roots and deeper community at these culinary events. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:25:03 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/indoor-camping.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/indoor-camping.html Indoor camping can have that vacation and adventure feeling with these ideas – including a safe, smoky indoor campfire scent. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:46:02 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/fourth-of-july-ideas.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/fourth-of-july-ideas.html Here are Fourth of July ideas for old fashioned but green intergenerational fun, and tips on Fourth of July food. Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:39:10 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/educational-activities.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/educational-activities.html Here are educational activities & classroom models that have proven exceptional. Tue, 14 Sep 2010 19:00:42 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/felt-boards.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/felt-boards.html Felt boards (or flannel boards) and the felt board images to stick to them. Plus fun and educational ways to use them. Tue, 14 Sep 2010 18:51:30 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/group-t-shirts.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/group-t-shirts.html Need group T shirts for your group? Family reunion? Camp? Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:28:21 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/planning-family-reunions.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/planning-family-reunions.html Planning family reunions: Great tips from organization to family T shirts to activities. Make your reunion a huge success. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:19:54 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/small-home-business-ideas.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/small-home-business-ideas.html Small home business ideas for groups of friends to start together, or for individuals who like to work with groups (teach workhops, plan events, start a kids camp). Wed, 18 Aug 2010 21:04:52 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/life-coach-courses.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/life-coach-courses.html Unique life coach courses and more ways to earn income as a life coach. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:59:29 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/healthy-school-lunch.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/healthy-school-lunch.html With these healthy school lunch ideas and the home assembly line, families bond, kids have more of a desire to eat their lunches, and precious family time is saved. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 01:26:55 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/costume-themes.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/costume-themes.html Costume themes for grown-ups, kids or intergenerational groups can go beyond the ordinary. People of all ages love excuses to wear costume and enjoy costume-related activities. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:13:31 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/workshop-facilitation.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/workshop-facilitation.html Workshop facilitation DIY template: From teaching art in your own home to teaching workshops around the world. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:36:27 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/start-a-kids-camp.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/start-a-kids-camp.html If you plan to start a kids' camp, here are insider’s tips on current trends and making your kids’ camp popular and prosperous. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 20:23:21 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/jewelry-making-business.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/jewelry-making-business.html Your jewelry making business can be a great success, selling your creations around the world while you enjoy making jewelry at home. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:52:22 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/dog-walking-business.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/dog-walking-business.html Starting a dog walking business? Here’s a great real life example and tips to make yours stand out and your income stream grow. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:20:27 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/home-food-business.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/home-food-business.html Want to start a home food business? I loved starting one, and the time is even riper now to start yours. Here are tips and a start-to-finish how-to. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:58:00 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/sell-crafts.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/sell-crafts.html In today’s locally-made, artisan loving world, you can sell crafts as a full or second income. Don’t forget these methods for selling crafts from home. Ideas of crafts to sell, also. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:30:25 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/start-a-publishing-company.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/start-a-publishing-company.html Start a publishing company at home literally making bookstore quality books (trade paperback or hardbound) for 75 cents each or less, with VERY inexpensive bookmaking tools. Also info on magazines. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:10:11 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/fun-writing-activities.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/fun-writing-activities.html This is one of the most fun writing activities we’ve ever facilitated, great for both adult or kids’ writing activities, and can be adapted to a shorter creative writing project. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:13:33 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/teaching-writing-workshops.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/teaching-writing-workshops.html Tips for teaching writing workshops that wow the students, excel their skills, and turn both brain hemispheres into allies. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:42:55 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/elementary-science-activities.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/elementary-science-activities.html When elementary science activities like these combine “big picture” with hands-on, they are more deeply retained. Projects can be quick, using everyday materials, yet very meaningful. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:33:59 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/youth-group-fundraisers.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/youth-group-fundraisers.html Here are the youth group fundraisers and causes that we’ve seen make good amounts of money, and make good differences in today’s youth. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:31:12 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/home-food-preservation.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/home-food-preservation.html Resources for home food preservation how-tos (some free, some very unique) and complete planning guide to host a local food harvest celebration with family, friends or community. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:17:43 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/farm-activities-for-kids.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/farm-activities-for-kids.html Farm activities for kids have come a long way since staged petting zoos. From releasing ladybugs to heirloom melon patches to “training” dairy sheep lambs. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:42:21 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/living-in-the-countryside.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/living-in-the-countryside.html Posperously living in the countryside: The May Day celebration is a great group activity for helping restore rural communities. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:20:32 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/group-camping.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/group-camping.html There’s nothing like group camping in the country or wilderness. Here are some tricks to group rural and wilderness camping with family or friends, plus resources for earning income via camping. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:03:35 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/strawberry-fun.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/strawberry-fun.html Strawberry fun: Set aside one day for this strawberry fest for making strawberry preserves, strawberry wine, and other strawberry delights. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:44:55 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/may-day-activities.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/may-day-activities.html Here are May Day Activities as well as articles on making May baskets, making the May Day Pole, and doing the May dance around the pole Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:16:22 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/backyard-fun.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/backyard-fun.html Backyard fun doesn’t have to mean building structures or buying outdoor toys. This simple idea gives nature-deficit-disorder kids just what the dirt doctor ordered. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:57:20 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/may-day-baskets.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/may-day-baskets.html Make unique traditional and eco-friendly May Day baskets, learn flower arranging, plus fun ways to deliver May baskets. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:12:02 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/childrens-book-activities.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/childrens-book-activities.html Here are children's book activities that make kids love reading, increase reading retention and make reading come alive. Pre-school -- elementary. Fiction and non-fiction (science, nature, etc.) Mon, 19 Jul 2010 20:00:28 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/backyard-farming.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/backyard-farming.html Backyard farming can mean backyard chickens, garden honeybee hives, raised bed food gardens and more. But it can also mean bringing rural-type neighborliness to town and city. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:38:14 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/block-parties.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/block-parties.html Great block parties: Neighbors have an unforgettable time & strengthen sense of community. Block party themes, activity centers, local and artisan food ideas, even a competition BBQ recipe source. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:58:26 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/lawn-renovation.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/lawn-renovation.html Lawn renovation that’s quick and eco-friendly goes great with old-fashioned lawn games for great lawn parties. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:33:49 GMT http://www.great-group-activities.com/corporate-activities.html http://www.great-group-activities.com/corporate-activities.html Corporate activities from relaxation sessions to corporate scavenger hunts can cut losses and increase profits. Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:18:06 GMT