Women love to feel pampered, but they often lack the time (and money) to treat themselves to a little pampering.
A Spa Event can pamper both the inside and the outside!
I’ve had the opportunity to serve on the planning team for three different spa events over the years.
Today I’m going to share with you some ideas for a DIY Spa Event.
You can easily adapt these ideas for a Ladies’ Night Out, Women’s Ministry fellowship, Mommy group meeting, or an outreach event such as pampering women at a local shelter.
For this particular DIY Spa event, our team set up different stations in different rooms. We broke our women into smaller groups of 6-8. Each group had 20 minutes to complete the station before rotating. Everyone completed all 4 stations.
Rather than having your women rotate, you could have them select a new station every 20 minutes. You’d want to have more stations than you have time slots. This would give your women a chance to choose the activities that minister most to them.
8 Spa Station Ideas
1. Sugar Hand Scrub – Give women the opportunity to create their own scrub to take home and/or supply enough scrub for everyone to have the experience of using the hand scrub. You’ll need 2/3 cup sugar, ¼ cup canola oil, a half pint mason jar, and essential oils for each participant.
2. Paraffin Spa Bath
– Chances are someone in your church or neighborhood may have one that you can borrow. In addition, you’ll need additional wax
and gloves
(1 pair per person). The wax gets really, really hot and takes about 90-120 minutes to melt. Be sure to plan for the prep time and then turn the heat ALL the way down. I strongly suggest putting a sign up that cautions women that the wax is hot.
3. Nail Station – For sanitary purposes provide new bottles of nail polish for women to use and then keep. You’ll also want to stock this station with nail files, cotton balls, and nail polish remover. (Shop the Dollar Store.)
4. Health Foods Bar – Give women the chance to chat while enjoying healthy foods. Fruit and veggie trays are perfect. Spa waters (containing fruit or mint) in pretty glass carafes add to the experience.
5. Foot Baths – You’ll need a source of water, lots of paper towels, and a couple of volunteers willing to sanitize the tubs after each use. Tubs can be purchased at The Dollar Store. In advance prepare at least two different types of Fizzing Foot Soak. See my Fizzy Foot Soak post for the recipe.
6. Prayer Station – Set up a quiet corner with Bibles, scripture verses, and instrumental hymns
playing softly. Provide pampering for the inside – not just the outside!
7. Bath Salts Station – give women the opportunity to mix up their own bath salts to use at home later. Martha Stewart shares an easy recipe here.
8. Rice Sock Station – Provide supplies for making rice socks – tube socks, lots of rice, rubber bands, and essential oils (lavender/peppermint). One of our team members made covers for our socks.
Tip: Use plastic tablecloths to cover all of the tables. It will make clean-up a breeze and protect tables from any spills (nail polish, remover, etc.).
Your DIY Spa Event doesn’t have to be over the top or super-girly to minister to your women.
If your team will focus on loving your women through this event, each woman will leave feeling loved, pampered, and special.
Your turn to share: Have you hosted a Spa Event? What did your ladies love about it?
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Are there any specific devotionals or scripture used with this night?
Not that I can recall, though I’m sure a quick Bible search would yield many results including Proverbs 31.
Could you please share how you plan how much of everything to buy? We are hosting a spa night at our upcoming ladies retreat. We are planning for 25 ladies to attend the retreat. I don’t want to buy too many supplies, but I also want to have enough. BUT, I don’t think all ladies will want to do everything~facials, mani, pedi are the options. For example, I’m sooo ticklish so I’d never want a pedi. I might would paint my toes, but I wouldn’t need all the pedi items. These aren’t items you want to share, but I also don’t want to put together 25 pedi kits and only have 10 used. We are on a ridiculously tight budget so I want as little waste as possible. Any thoughts? TIA!
Vicki, I almost always over estimate! You could ask your women to sign up for the spa treat they’d like. Then you’d know exactly how many kits to make. Just make sure you bring the list or label the materials with their names – some of them will certainly forget what they signed up for. 😉 OR you could just say, “we have 15 facial packets and 15 pedi kits, please choose 1.” Any extras could be donated to a local women’s shelter. Though there is the chance someone will get stuck with a spa treatment they don’t like. I hope that helps!
Thank you so much for these ideas! I’m planning a spa night for a bible study group. Hugs and blessings.
Hope you all have a wonderful spa night! Glad I was able to help with your planning. 🙂
I have been thinking of having a Spa Day for the Single women Ministry that I lead. Thank you for all the wonderful ideas. I have a better idea now of what we can do using the limited resources that we have. Thinking of doing it at the end of May. Will let you know how it goes…..
Super!! I would LOVE to hear how it goes! I know many of us have very limited budgets to work with. I hope this helps you to stretch yours. for a different spa event we were able to get businesses to come in for free and donate their services – Mary Kay did a hand scrub, a spa gave free chair massages, a salon gave free consultations, etc.
Cyndee: No, there were no cost to the church or the women’s group. The ladies volunteered their service, as a blessing thru our regular manicurist.
I am planning a Minister’s Wives Spa Day before Mother’s Day, around a lake clubhouse, with a walking trail, and can hardly wait to use your ideas. Instead of a “prayer station”, I am asking everyone to bring a blanket/chair/towel. During boxed picnic lunch they will be given quiet time, using their Bibles and a guide. Since our church is down from the lake, we will provide babysitting service too! I am really so excited and really appreciate your ideas!
Susan – Quiet time at the lake sounds awesome! (Wish I could come!!) So glad you were able to find some ideas to help with your planning! Praying God blesses your Spa Day!
Thank you for sharing your ideas. Our women’s ministry group hosts a “Pamper Me” day each year during the fall. During that time, we have a manicurist, pedicurist, hairdresser, masseuse, eyebrow waxing, and sometimes facials for the ladies. We also host a luncheon. During the meal we have a guest speaker bring a message. Oh yes, less not forget our craft project. We open it up to all ladies (church, community, and ladies from local businesses. I plan to use a couple of your ideas. Thank you again!
Twila – Oh how fun! Thank you for sharing the details of your “Pamper Me” day. I’m sure a lot of other leaders will find it helpful! Would you mind sharing what/if you all charge for the event and if/how the manicurist, hairdresser, etc. are paid? Thanks in advance!
Great ideas! We have a ladies night out for the community once a month and this will be great!