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The Hundred Dresses Relief Society Activity

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 12/02/16Updated: 11/18/20

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100 Dresses Relief Society Christmas Activity

The story of The Hundred Dresses was the perfect way to kick off the holiday season for our Relief Society Activity.

100 Dresses Relief Society Christmas Activity

At church, I am in charge of all the activities for the women 18 and older.  I have been doing this for a few years now.  We recently had our holiday dinner and activity and I wanted to share the evening with you. We hold our holiday activity in November and I love it.  It’s set a great ton for the upcoming holiday season and you don’t end up with all your holiday parties in a few week span.  I highly recommend it.

The Hundred Dresses

Several years ago, my daughter was in a theater production at Brigham Young University called The Hundred Dresses.  The play is based on a children’s book by the same name. I fell in love with the story and wanted to be able to share it with the women at church.  Our holiday activity was the perfect opportunity.

The book was a Newberry Award winner and is the story of Wanda Petronski, a Polish girl who is ridiculed by her classmates for wearing the same faded blue dress every day. Wanda claims she has one hundred dresses at home but no one believes her and as a result, she is bullied continually. The class feels terrible when Wanda doesn’t show up for school one day and they learn her family has moved away.  By that time it’s too late for apologies and Maddie, one of Wanda’s classmates, ultimately decides that she is “never going to stand by and say nothing again.”  Then one day Wanda’s classmates learn that she really did have 100 dresses.

The One Hundred Dresses Activity

Story of Kindness and Love

It is a sweet story of the need for kindness and love, that everyone has a story and most of the time we don’t know the whole story.  It is a story that teaches that bullying is wrong and each person matters.

Reader’s Theater

We presented the story in a reader’s theater version and some of the young women from our ward played the parts.  They did a fabulous job!

Leading up to the evening we asked the ladies to go through their closets and donate any gently used dresses or skirts they may no longer need.  We found a charity here in Portland that works with refugee woman to donate the dresses to.  The walls were decorated with some of the dresses we collected.

The One Hundred Dresses Activity

Since the theme of the night was dresses, a couple of my committee members created the cutest centerpieces for all the tables using little origami paper dresses.

The One Hundred Dresses Activity

The grass and twigs came from our yards.

The One Hundred Dresses ActivityI thought they were just about the cutest thing ever!!  Here is a You Tube tutorial on how to make the dresses

The One Hundred Dresses Activity

There was also a little blue dress in honor of Wanda on each table.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1hUH6BRleM

In honor of Wanda’s polish heritage and we served cabbage rolls or halupky and it was a huge hit!  It was served with some candied carrots and green salad.  Dessert was gingerbread cake with lemon sauce and whipped cream.  The recipe came from the Lion House Cookbook.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1hUH6BRleM

We recruited some of the men from church to wait on us and do dishes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1hUH6BRleM

It was a delightful evening and the perfect way to kick off the holiday season.

If you’d like to see some of the Christmas programs we’ve done in the past for Relief Society go here:

The Women Who Knew Jesus Relief Society Program and Dinner

The Christmas Jars Relief Society Program and Dinner

Why Christmas Trees Aren’t Perfect Relief Society Program and Dinner

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  1. Lisa Pellegrini says

    Posted on 3/11 at 6:58 am

    Could you please share a copy of the script with me? This is such a wonderful way to include the young women in Relief Society! Thank you!

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    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/12 at 7:16 am

      sent

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  2. Christine says

    Posted on 3/10 at 3:11 pm

    Hello, I love this activity idea! Would it be possible to get a copy of your script?
    Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  3. Dixie Zinn says

    Posted on 3/8 at 9:49 am

    I just read this book to my children. It’s one of my favorites. What a great idea to use it as a RS activity.
    Could you email me the script?

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 3/12 at 7:15 am

      sent

      Reply
  4. Krista Sloan says

    Posted on 3/5 at 12:50 pm

    Hi can I please get a copy of the script ?
    Thank you

    Reply
  5. Rebecca says

    Posted on 2/27 at 4:30 pm

    Leigh Anne,

    I’d love a copy of the script if still available… going to have YW model and host.

    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 2/27 at 6:52 pm

      sent

      Reply
      • krista sloan says

        Posted on 3/5 at 4:32 pm

        Can I please get a copy of the script also, Thank you so much.
        Krista Sloan

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        • Leigh Anne says

          Posted on 3/6 at 12:30 pm

          sent

          Reply
    • Krista sloan says

      Posted on 3/4 at 9:02 am

      Can I please have a copy of the script too ? Thank you so much
      Krista

      Reply
  6. Sherri Matyas says

    Posted on 2/18 at 2:21 pm

    Would love a copy of the script also if it is still available!!
    Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 2/27 at 6:52 pm

      sent

      Reply
  7. Courtney says

    Posted on 2/12 at 9:43 am

    Love this! I’m in charge of our ward’s RS Birthday activity, and I’d love a copy of the script too, if you don’t mind. Thank you so much!

    Reply
    • Leigh Anne says

      Posted on 2/13 at 6:46 pm

      sent

      Reply
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