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…
Teacher Appreciation Dinner
We did this activity when I was a laurel a few years back. Each Young Man and Young Woman invited a favorite teacher to a Teacher Appreciation Dinner. It was a lot of fun. “Favorite Teachers” consisted of anything from Elementary/JR High/High School teachers, to Piano Teachers, Karate Teachers, Primary Teachers, Home Teachers, a Grandparent, etc. Teachers were given invitations…
The Language of the Spirit
We had a great combined YM/YW activity last month, and it was such a hit with the youth, I thought I’d pass it along. (This idea came from husband & wife team, Kellie & Brian Dillman of the Woods Cross 2nd Ward, in Woods Cross, UT.) We thought we would plan a surprise activity for all of the youth. We…
Sheet Music Song “Let Virtue Garnish Thy Thoughts”
Mutual theme for 2007 free to download at my Young Women webpage: http://www.joansowards.com/Young%20Women.htmlI…Mutual theme for 2007 free to download at my Young Women webpage: http://www.joansowards.com/Young%20Women.htmlI have many other lds songs ready to download for free at http://www.joansowards.com
Camelot Night
We began the night by handing out crowns (purchased at a local party store) for each of the youth. After opening exercises and a brief welcome we had dinner.After dinner, we had games. The first was “jousting” with tricycles and water noodles. (We also thought skateboards may have worked) The second was “pumpkin chucking”. We purchased small pumpkins (several to…
YW in Excellence 2006 – “It Shows in Your Face”.
This was such a huge hit with our girls. Beforehand, we drew silhouettes of each of our girls and then cut them out and glued them on posterboard. Then the posterboards were our decorations. The girls and the parents had fun picking out their own because the likeness was amazing. Then, we got mirrors from the dollar store and with…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members