TENSION! (A 3-hour acting workshop)
Leaders should prepare or find a resource person for acting. The youth should bring extra clothes for acting drills. Leaders should remind the youth for this or else they will suffer the consequence of going home so dirty and messy. This workshop will help the youth of the church develop their inner confidence. Also, they will use it in church…
Apple pie
We tought our activity day girls how to make an apple pie from scratch, crust and all. They did all the work and took a pie home ready to bake in thier own oven so the whole family was able to share in their labors. They were so proud of themselves and the pies turned out great from what their…
Survivor Challenge
Invite the youth to sit on the chairs and in front of the chairs (campfire style). Explain that they are now a part of a reality show called the Survivor Challenge. Explain that they will be taken to remote parts of the church to participate in both physical and spiritual challenges. Explain that it will be difficult but that you…
Mormon Jeopardy
Our Mia Maids put on this combined activity. Boys against Girls. First girls then boys pick catagory and decide on how much they will wager. The answers are all out of The Strength For Youth maunal,and the leader told everyone in advance to read it that the questions would be from the manual.They were not told in advance what the…
Mutual – Olympic Night
Have olympic events like the disc toss(paper plate), or the Javoline throw(straw), and a bubble blowing contest(bubble gum)…be creative. This works great as a joint activity because the girls have a chance to win also(throwing a straw takes no muscle, just a lot of luck).
Ball Toss About
Play music and have them toss the ball to each other.the last person with the ball chooses from the hat. (hat has paper with names of songs)the person readsthe name of the song to them self.and then sings the firstline of thesong.the other people have to guees what song it is.
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…