Alzheimer’s Unit and Assisted Living Service Project
A member of our enrichment night committee works at our local assisted care facility and told us that several of the individuals there did not receive visits from family members. When they ask staff members when their family members might visit, the staff has to say they will be coming soon, regardless of circumstance. We called the assisted care facility…
Bigger or Better?
Split the youth up into groups and give each of them a penny and they have to go to members (or nonmembers houses) and take out there penny and ask if they have anything biggger or better to trade them….each of the groups do this for about 45 min. (you try to go to as many houses as you can…..then…
Scripture Sharing
Each person shares their favorite scripture aloud. Everyone there marks that scripture. The person telling their favorite scripture tells why they like it. Discuss each persons choice of scripture and the stories that go along with them.
President Hinckley birthday party
We divided the children into 4 different groups. 1st group decorated cupcakes and topped them off with a photocopied mini (1″) picture of the Prophet glued to a toothpick. The 2nd group played pin the tie on the prophet. The third group Listened to stories about the Prophet when he was a child and played old-fashioned party games. The 4th…
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…