Youth Activities
Youth Activities
Mutual Olympics
We are planning group games that will last 10 minutes per game. Basketball/eraser race/volleyball/imaginary balance beam, using lines on the floor/cartwheels competition/etc. adjust according to your Ward’s Youth.We will sing American the Beautiful to start the Mutual Olympics. There are so many ways to go with this/Years ago a Primary President came up with the idea and it was done…
Budget/Cooking Activity
ACTIVITY: The girls were divided into teams, I had 2 teams of three girls each. I explained to them that they were freshman at BYU and each team were roommates. I explained a bit about how family home evening groups are set up at college and that they were just told that their new FHE brothers had invited themselves over…
Family dinner
Young women can learn the value of budgeting, with this activity. Each young woman needs to bring, or be given, at least Five dollars. With this five dollars the group will go to the grocery store, and try to buy a whole meal for the family. It works well to make it a competition. Who can get the most food…
Camping Savings Jars
Have the girls decorate their jars and leave a slot at the top for money to go in.
S.A.W (speech and acting workshop)
This activity will help the youth gain confidence in leadership and at the same they can develop their talents. Youth leaders should invite two resource persons, one for acting and another for speech.
Book of Mormon Olympics – Quarterly Activity
Activities: 1. Samuel the Lamanite: skittles placed on a wall (we used the steps from the stage), how many can you knock down with three throws? 2. Anti-Nephi-Lehi’s: a small sandpit with little pick-up-sticks swords buried, how many can you find in one minute? 3. Lehi’s Journey: blowing a ball with a straw from one point to another (like travelling…
Scripture Basketball
Divide the youth into 2 teams, each facing the other in chairs on the keylines of the gym floor (we had enough for 4 teams and used both ends of the gym) Tthe teams are given a clue to a scripture and told to begin (seminary students rock at this game, try to divide them up evenly between teams) As…
Envelope Game
What you do is get as many envelopes as you have people there. Have everyone write something people wouldn’t know about you on their envelopes. Give each person a color square to pin on them, all have to be a different color. Then give each person a square of each color that’s been used. Give everyone an envelope turned upside…
