Telepaper
Need at least 5 or 6 people playing but the more the better. No maximum amount. This game is just like the popular game telephone, except on paper. Everyone playing sits in a circle and at the top of their paper writes a sentance. Sentances can be anything they want it to be except no color words. It should also…
Journey Through the Scriptures
We did this as a Primary Activity Day. We wanted the children to feel a stonger connection to the scriptures, and to get to know some of the scripture heros, therein. We had the children come dressed in Biblical, Book of Mormon attire. We seperated them into four groups, and set out to journey through the Book of Mormon, Doctrine…
The Decadent Valentine Party
The party is for the RS sisters to just enjoy each other’s company, but we did include a service activity also. The party had two parts. Part one we met at the church. We carpooled over to our local assisted living facility. The enrichment leader had met with the facility’s activity director weeks before and arranged the day, time, etc.…
Music Conducting Lesson
Teach the participants to find the beat of several songs. Teach the participants conducting patterns through the use of visual aids and music playing. After the group has practiced several songs and patterns, hand out the glow sticks and have the participants activate them. Once the sticks are activated, have the music leader stand in front of the room. Turn…
Napkin Wedding Dresses
We had a leader discuss Temple marriage with the YW. She mentioned why it is important, etc and then we discussed wedding dresses and what they need to be modest and temple worthy. Then the YW were divided into three even groups and given all of their napkins and tape and sent to a separate room. The young women were…
YW Mutual Activity Ideas – LONG list
Angela N emailed me this list of ideas that her ward has assembled under the title “Activities with a…Angela N emailed me this list of ideas that her ward has assembled under the title “Activities with a Purpose” Make Family Home Evening Kits Family Home Evening Recipe Book: Make a family home evening treats recipe book. Have some samples of…
Testimony Gloves
My mother is currently working with Sister Oaks (Elder Dallin Oaks’ wife) on a project called “Testimony Gloves.” These are a simple tool that Sister Oaks is using to help leaders teach the concept of a testimony to children across the world. Each finger of the glove has a picture of the five basic elements of a testimony: 1. I…
Service Scavenger Hunt
I looked up items needed for the local food bank. I used the items to make a scavenger hunt list. We split up into groups, and went on a scavenger hunt for the needed items. Items included things like: peanut butter, canned food, cleaning supplies, personal care items, etc. We did this as an activity day project. The girls had…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
