Cookie Party
Our song leader made a box to look like an oven and cardboard cookies for each song they have to learn this year for the primary program. As they learn each song they get to put a cookie on a cookie sheet and put it in the oven by next september when they have learned all the songs and all…
Mission X Camp YW/RS Transition Activity
Our stake called us in for a meeting and gave us the following handout with information on a plan for a transition activity involving 16-18 year old YW and RS leaders: ——START OF HANDOUT——-MISSION XYOUNG WOMENS STAKE ROUGH CAMP Goals:* To help ease transition into Relief Society by creating friendships with as many Relief Society sisters as possible.* Let the…
Confidential Christmas Giving Ward Activity
Our ward had several needy families, but we were concerned about how to best provide for them confidentially. If we suggested gifts for ward members to buy, we ran the risk of the families being embarassed or humiliated by wearing or using the items given. They might even receive things that were unusable or inappropriate for their family situation. There…
Modest Wedding Dresses Activity
Split the girls into teams, two or more in each team. Send them off into seperate rooms, give them as many bin bags etc that they need. Then they dress one person, making flowers etc out of toilet paper and sticking them on. Then see who can make the best wedding dresses — they have to be modest. When they…
Camping Savings Jars
Have the girls decorate their jars and leave a slot at the top for money to go in.
Ward Thanksgiving Family Home Evening
Start with song and prayer. Games involving the whole ward begin the festivities. A lesson is given on gratitude. After a closing song and prayer the children split off into a room to color turkeys on paper or make a craft. The adults help assemble gift baskets for the needy in the ward. The ward members have brought donations for…
Secret Grandparent
We did this for our quarterly activity. A couple of weeks before the activity you need to check with the grandparents you have chosen to make sure that they will be able to make it to the activity. If they can then ask them for a brief history or info about themselves to read to the children the Sunday before…
A Christmas with Joseph Smith
4 rooms were set up. Decorated like an old fashion Christmas. In the different rooms you could have activities set up, such as the children making cinnamon knots, oranges decorated with cloves,decorating cookies, pioneer games and a room for wrapping a toy. In the last room you would have a set made with an old brick fireplace, a real Christmas…