Chores – scavenger hunt
For a mutual activity split the young women and young men into equal groups of 4. YW and YM should be mixed when making the groups. after spliting into groups hand each group a chore list with things on it such as vaccuming, doing dishes or dusting etc. go around your ward boundries and try to do as many chores…
Dance Dance Revolution
Dance Dance revolution contest. Laurels/Preists Miamaids/Teachers and Beehives/decons are pared. Three TV’s and 6 dance pads would be ideal. Two pads per TV so that beehive could dance at the same time with decon etc. All line up according to groups two at a time dance for a set amount of minutes. Judges are the leaders. Prizes are given, Snickers…
Communication with Parents
We did a fireside in our ward that was quite successful. It was on Communication with Parents. We invited the parents to…We did a fireside in our ward that was quite successful. It was on Communication with Parents. We invited the parents to come with their youth and really promoted this activity. We wanted to do something different than a…
Tithing and Blessings!
I started by reading the Lord’s promise to those who pay their tithing: 3 Nephi 24:10, “Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house; and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there…
Summer Scripture Splash
Before each activity we briefly discussed the background for the scripture on the poster or explained how it applied to us or the activity. 1. Squirt guns “The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.” Proverbs 13:9 Two to four people race to put out lit candles by squirting the flames with…
Ten Commandments Fair
When we gathered at the beginning we went over the ten commandments. Then we broke into groups and we had pin the beard on moses, commandment bowling- number the ten pins then the ones they don’t knock down they try to remember and recite them, ring toss- kind of the same as bowling- name the ones that you get,balloon toss-…
Sugar Cube Temples
Make sugar cube temples. We did it as a college ward and it was a lot of fun. I wouldn’t recommend it for children because hot glue guns are dangerous as some of us learned.
Fashion Show using Home Items
you have all the girls use things like(boxes garbage sacks etc…) and they half to use those things to make modest clothing. I had this one girl take a garbage bag and make a dress she tied string on it and anything you could think of then she made a purse out of a box and card board for shoes.…