The Suzie Homemaker Awards
Set up stations with homemaker skills, such as ironing, folding towels, cooking a pancake, sewing on a button, and diapering a baby doll. Have the girls go to each station and race to see who can accomplish each task first. The winner at each station gets a “Suzie Homemaker Award” — a ribbon or paper gold medal on a string…
Learning about your Community
Attend a town meeting, a public school board meeting, or other public civic event. Volunteer to help out at a polling location during voting season.
Christmas Card Delivery and Caroling
(Works best in an smaller geographic area, and takes one class activity to prepare, and a combined youth activity for card delivery.) Announce in Sacrament Meeting or on your bulletin that the youth will be delivering Christmas Cards to members of your ward or branch. Our unit collects the cards in a box in the foyer that is decorated and…
New Member/Inactive Welcome
Have the youth make cookies or assemble treat bags to take around to new members of your ward/branch or to inactive members of their class. We’ve also done this as a ‘kidnapping’ where we notify the youth’s mother ahead of time, show up after opening exercises, blindfold the less-active youth, and take him/her to the park for games and treats.…