Beehive Babysitting Service
During the month of November, the Beehives set up a Beehive Babysitting service as one of their class activities. This allows parents to go out for an evening, get some Christmas shopping done, or for whatever reason. The Beehives plan the whole thing, activities for the kids, even down to coordinating snacks. They have a sign-in board that the parents…
Confidential Christmas Giving Ward Activity
Our ward had several needy families, but we were concerned about how to best provide for them confidentially. If we suggested gifts for ward members to buy, we ran the risk of the families being embarassed or humiliated by wearing or using the items given. They might even receive things that were unusable or inappropriate for their family situation. There…
A Christmas with Joseph Smith
4 rooms were set up. Decorated like an old fashion Christmas. In the different rooms you could have activities set up, such as the children making cinnamon knots, oranges decorated with cloves,decorating cookies, pioneer games and a room for wrapping a toy. In the last room you would have a set made with an old brick fireplace, a real Christmas…
Christmas Enrichment
We have a Bell Choir come from another local church. We have a sitdown ham dinner with all the fixings. We have sisters sign up to be a hostess of a table. She brings everything for the table. China, silver, glassware, decorations. Each table is so unique and beautiful. The sister who hosts the table also serves, etc. Less clean…
Remembering the Birth of our Savior
Last Christmas we had a wonderful activity to help us remember the birth of our Savior at Christmas time. Only a few leaders knew what was going on. I’m a leader and I didn’t even know the plot, which actually made the activity mean that much more to me in the end. We had some leaders bake some cookies prior…
Christmas Shoppers’ Babysitting Service:
Choose an evening or afternoon to sit any children in the unit whose parents would like to do some Christmas shopping together without children. Set a time limit for the baby sitting (2-4 hours), and bring lots of toys and treats to entertain the children in your building’s gym or multi-purpose room. You may also wish to collect names and…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
