Children's Activities
Activities for Children
Temple Trip Activity
For our Primary Quarterly Activity we attended the Houston Texas Temple. We met in the waiting room of the temple and had an opening song and prayer then listed the ‘dos and don’ts’ / rules while at the temple. We then divided the children into two groups (each child received a colored sticker upon entrance). The entire group walked to…
The Amazing Race
We invited parents to come with the children. We divided the kids and adults into 3 groups (because we have 3 lobbies that needed to be cleaned). We made sure that each group had at least one adult in it. Your building needs may be different. We had color coded teams (Plastic tablecloths in Primary colors) cut into strips to…
Primary Quarterly Activity – Camping Theme
This “Camp Out” Activity was done last year. It was a huge success and thought I would share with others!! I am attaching the signs, handouts, invitations etc. from our activity. I will also explain a little about the Activity: Gather the children in the main room (gym). Have it decorated like a camp ground with a tent, chairs, sleeping…
Simple Service / Charity activity
Give each person in your class a quarter. Tell them that they can use the quarter for themselves or place it in the jar where the jar will go to a good cause (food shelter, ophanage, etc.). Then leave the jar in the class for a week, and challenge others to help others and to give to the needy. (This…
Mom Muffin Meeting
I had a mother of one of my young women, who was new to the ward, come to me and express a desire to get to know the other mothers of our young women. So our ward started what we call our Mom Muffin Meeting. In August of every year we hold a meeting on a Saturday morning to get…
The Books of the Book of Mormon Scavenger Hunt
This is a scavenger hunt that leads the participants from one place to another to find the books of the Book of Mormon in order, and have them read one significant scripture from each. We did this with our Young Women, and they were really into it. We came up with this as a way to promote memorizing the books…
Primary sharing time “I am an important part of a family”
1. Who rides in the first car of a train? The conductor. He controls the engine. Who in your family would ride in the first train car? (you could have a spot cut out and have children come and hold poster and stick their face through and pretend to be dad)2. What do dads do for a family that is…
Gospel Relay
We used this activity as part of our “Family Olympics” for an achievement day. At one station, a family member quotes an Article of Faith, at another a different family member sings a Primary song, another drop ten coins in a bank labeled “tithing” from waste high (we used large water jugs), another do 10 jumping jacks, 10 pushups, 10…
