Bonding over the love of aprons can be a wonderful activity. Many of us remember our moms or grandmothers wearing aprons. They are a historic part of our society.
What’s not to like about an apron. They are practical, have some history to them, and they can be so unique and beautiful. Many are just works of art.
Heads up! An apron theme can make a wonderful bridal shower!
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Apron Event Concept
—Originally Posted January 26, 2009 as “Once Upon an Apron”.
—Last updated June 2020
The event themes on the website can be used for showers, parties, women’s ministry retreats and activities, or church functions. Each theme will have one or several possible spiritual applications. I give you lots of info and ideas—You pick just a few to enhance your event. More ideas can be used for showers and parties, but less is always more for ministry events.
Theme Title Ideas
- Aprons and Serving
- Aprons and Tea
- Apron Histories and Godly Legacies
- Apron Love
- Aprons of Love
- Apron Pockets
- Apron Pockets and Serving Hearts
- Apron Strings
- Apron Stories
- Apron Strings, Mixing Bowls, and Stirred Hearts
- Apron Strings, Rolling Pins, and Stirred Hearts
- Aprons With Attitude
- Baking up Friendship
- For the Love of Aprons
- It’s A Cover-up!
- Once Upon an Apron
- Pockets and Strings
- Prepared for Service
- Pretty Aprons
- Serving Together
- Serving up Friendship
- Starched Aprons
- Starched Aprons and Soft Hearts
- The Legacy of an Apron
- The Perfect Apron
- The Ties That Bind
- Tied With Love
- Ties of Blessing
- Wisdom In My Apron Pocket
Spiritual Applications
- Focus on honoring godly women.
- Focus on mothers, grandmothers, daughters, and friends by highlighting their friendship, love, and commitment to each other. Use as a call to love and inspire each other—make each other better as women.
- Focus on God’s protection (like an apron covering us).
- Focus on God providing those in our lives such as mothers to cover us with love.
- Focus on how we are tied to each other as Christians through Christ.
Theme Verse Suggestions
“The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; That they may teach the young women…” Titus 2:3,4a (KJV)
Devotional Starters and Workshop Ideas
- Download the Apron Theme Devotional Starters. (pdf)
- Download some Feminine Devotional Writing Starters.
- Find More Devotional Writing Starters
Simple Decorating
- Tray filled with apron and kitchen items
- Line tray with an apron, extending out beyond tray.
- Add in some kitchen items such as a mixing bowl, large spoon, recipe book, and recipe box.
- Small flower arrangement in a mason jar
- String a line with aprons
Icebreakers
Apron Accessory Memory Game
- Pin several items to an apron and hanging out pockets for someone to wear at the beginning of your function.
- Make sure she walks around where everyone can see her.
- After several minutes have her leave and take off the apron. See who can remember the most items pinned to the apron.
- For a Mother’s Day event, use things like a diaper, dishtowel, hanky, husband’s tie, small receiving blanket, pacifier, kid’s hat, socks, etc.
- Tie a few “loud” things on her, like rattles, or bells just for fun!
Discussion Starters
- Do you wear at apron when doing dishes or cooking? If so, describe it for us.
- Do you have any memories of anyone in your family wearing an apron? Such as your mother, grandmother, an aunt, etc.
Music
- Blest Be The Ties That Bind
- A Mighty Fortress
- How Firm a Foundation
- Faith of our Mothers
Favor Ideas
- Aprons
- Any kitchen utensil or gadget
- Mini rolling pin with cute hang tag
- Measuring cups (find some cute ones!)
- Measuring spoons
- Dish soap aprons (Use Google or Pinterest to find directions.)
- Papercraft aprons (Use Google or Pinterest to find directions.)
Door Prizes
- Apron
- Aprons look really cute folded and then rolled up and put inside a mason jar for gift giving.
- The Apron Book by EllynAnne Geisel (Amazon)
- Table Cloth/Napkin Set
- Rolling Pin
- Recipe book holder
- Dishtowel/potholder Set
- Cookbook
- Recipe Box
- Devotional Journal
Just for Fun
Apron Contest
Have everyone wear an apron. Give prizes for the most unique, most colorful, the most worn, etc.
Apron History
Have ladies bring in aprons that have a “history” to them, such as a grandmothers, mothers, etc. Have a sharing time.
Invitation Shapes
For the programs, cut out an apron shape out of colorful card stock paper and glue lace or ribbon on them for the ties.
Apron Fashion Show
Use your guest to model. You could veer it just to vintage aprons. They are so detailed and beautiful. Be sure to point out all the wonderful details of each model’s apron in your show “script”.
Group Craft
Have embellishments such ribbons, buttons, ric-rack, etc. to decorate plain purchased aprons as a craft project.
Group Project
Work on an apron sewing project as a group. Make a few aprons for your church kitchen or for your nursery workers.
Swaps/Exchanges
- Recipes. Nothing goes better with aprons than recipes!
- Cookies
- Aprons. Give a price limit and have everyone bring aprons to exchange.
Cake Walk
Have a few of your best bakers make cakes for your event and have an old fashioned Cake Walk. If you are working on raising money for a specific project, have your ladies “donate” a few dollars to participate in the cake walk.
Food and Serving
- Have anyone that is serving to wear aprons.
- Good old fashioned food or serve something that used to be all the rage, such as jello salads or fondue.
Photo Source
Want the photo used for the page title of this theme? Find the original at Unsplash here.
Be sure to read the 8 Reasons to Wear an Apron by Yvonne over on the Stonegable Blog.
Please leave any extra ideas for this theme in the comments. Or if you have used this theme, let me know! Love hearing from you.
Creative blessings,
Julia
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