Outdoor Cooking Contest
Outdoor Cooking Contest Aaronic Priesthood PurposesBuild quorum brotherhood by arranging to compete with another quorum. Develop talents by learning and demonstrating outdoor cooking skills. Young Women Areas of FocusRecreation and the world of nature-by learning camping skills. Homemaking arts-by practicing outdoor cooking. Personal and social refinement-by developing proper relationships with others. People who can helpAdvisersParentsYouthCamping specialists Things neededJudgesCooking equipmentFoodWood and…
Using Camp Tools
Using an Ax Priesthood PurposeDevelop talents by learning and demonstrating camping skills. Young Women Area of FocusRecreation and the world of nature-by developing life-preservation skills. People who can helpAdvisers Parents Lumberjacks Camping specialists Things neededAn ax for each youth Sharpening stone Handbook on ax use and safety Wood for chopping Chopping blocks or logs How to do it1. Teach the…
Wok and Talk
(This activity is good for new presidencies, units with lots of move-ins or baptisms, transitioning young women, etc. For YW in Excellence add questions that get young women, leaders, and parents talking with young women about thier present and future Personal Progress sucesses, goals, and activities. -Jenny) As guests arrive, they choose a marked chopstick, and sits at the table…
Prayer Rock
Poem that goes along with this activity: I’m your little prayer rock, Here is what I’ll do; I’ll remind you that Heavenly Father likes to hear from you. It isn’t always easy to remember saying prayers and so…each morning when you make your bed on your pillow I will go. At night if you forget to pray and climb into…
It’s a Baby Shower!
We started out by playing a few baby shower games. The first one we played was a guessing game. The girls had to see how many paperclips they could get out of a bowl of rice as they were blind- folded. The winner got to pick a prize. We then divided the girls up into teams and had an obstacle…
Modest clothes shopping
We took our beehives to a second hand store to look for inexpensive modest clothes. We told them they had to look around and find a complete outfit that was modest. The girl that found a modest outfit and cost the least got a double scoop ice cream after. The rest only got a single scoop. Our beehive had a…
Celebration of Womanhood
The first counselor in our YW Presidency was expecting her first baby, so for an activity the Laurels decided to give her a suprise baby shower. However we didn’t want to play silly games so we decided to use this shower to celebrate womanhood. We selected a young woman, a YW leader who didn’t have children yet, a YW leader…
Good Clean Fun
For our activity we went to a BYU football game (Tickets are only $5 for certain games). Prior to the game we had a tailgate party in the Marriott Center parking lot, where we ate good food, tossed around a football, and our Mia Maid class president gave a devotional from the For Strength of Youth Booklet that talked about…