The Prayer Bucket
A veteran Seminary teacher told me about this method of choosing prayers for class that helps avoid having the same few kids volunteer to pray each day. I have used a similar method in Young Womens classes, too, and it works beautifully. You’ll need : a wooden Popsicle-style craft stick for every person in your class (plus some extras in…
Salsa Night
We had sisters in our ward share their salsa recipes, make and bring salsa for eating, and even learned how to salsa dance. One sister demonstrated her salsa making skills and we had a pinata at the end to break with some yummy candy inside.
Daddy / Daughter game (Newlywed style)
We had a Daddy/Daughter date night for our Young Women. We started with dinner, ours was pizza and rootbeer floats. Then we played Know Your Partner (as some of our young women don’t have a dad, we borrowed Uncles and Grandfathers). Split the fathers and daughters and while fathers were making and enjoying their own rootbeer float, we asked questions…
Go to the DC Temple on the Metro using the free temple shuttle
Go to the Washington DC Temple on the Metro. Just get on the red line and get off at Forest Glen station and take the free temple shuttle. Make sure to check the schedule at http://templeshuttle.org before going.
The Friendship Express
This is a great “Getting to know you” activity. It works like speed-dating. Where everyone rotates which table they sit at for 3 minutes getting to know the other person sitting with them. This was such a great activity, and everyone had a wonderful time. SET UP Set up in one of the longer rooms in your building. Place the…
Aspiring Race
Our youth conference theme was “Aspire Higher”. After a hike in the morning, we did an activity we called the “Aspiring Adventure”. The original idea was like the Amazing Race. It worked out really well. We tied each activity to an area in the For the Strength of Youth pamphlet. Different leaders ran the different stations. It was pretty simple…
Relief Socie”T”y party
We had a “T” party to celebrate the RS Birthday. It was so much fun. Instead of it being a Tea party, we made it a “T” party and came up with all sorts of “T” words that represented what the Relief Society stands for. Such as…Chari”T”y, Spirituali”T”y, Hones”T”y, Visiting “T”eaching. The list is long and fun. We then used…
Iron Rod Activity
We used this at Girls camp and it was effective. Can be modified for YW/YM together. Build an Iron Rod pathway with rope and stakes or whatever you can tie the rope off with. They are blind folded and given instructions not to let go of the rope until someone says to them at the end- Well done, though good…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members