The Books of the Book of Mormon Scavenger Hunt
This is a scavenger hunt that leads the participants from one place to another to find the books of the Book of Mormon in order, and have them read one significant scripture from each. We did this with our Young Women, and they were really into it. We came up with this as a way to promote memorizing the books…
Breakfast with the Bishop
We gather the children the first Saturday of the year and have them meet for breakfast at the ward house. We have all the teachers come and meet their new classes (sometiems in PJ’s), so they each sit with their new class (we have done picnic style and tables). Then we have the bishop tell a story, sing a song…
Summer Scripture Splash
Before each activity we briefly discussed the background for the scripture on the poster or explained how it applied to us or the activity. 1. Squirt guns “The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.” Proverbs 13:9 Two to four people race to put out lit candles by squirting the flames with…
Ten Commandments Fair
When we gathered at the beginning we went over the ten commandments. Then we broke into groups and we had pin the beard on moses, commandment bowling- number the ten pins then the ones they don’t knock down they try to remember and recite them, ring toss- kind of the same as bowling- name the ones that you get,balloon toss-…
missionary activity from premission to the mission field
Pre-mission – focus on exercise, healthy eating, saving money, studying the scriptures etc. Show a piggy bank – saving money. Scriptures – learning the gospel. Shoe =missionaries walk a lot. Serve refreshments here we served apples, carrots and grapes with water to drink. Took about 15 min. We had the children write letters or draw pictures for the missionaries in…
Preparation
We wanted to teach the children that the Lord uses his Prophets to help prepare his people.We used stories in the scriptures to help teach this. We asked someone to play the part of each Prophet. They told the story and explained how the Lord helped them to prepare for what was to happen. After the story the children did…
Snow Day
Take all the kids to a big room such as a gym. Make snowflakes, do a relay race where they have to dress into their snow clothes and do something such as an opstical course, and play out side. (optianal) When you are finished give them their treats and maybe play one more game.
Missionary
Beforehand, we invited the children to bring one or more items that would be useful or fun to a missionary. Suggestions: stamps, envelopes, cereal, socks, snacks, non perishable food, stationary, etc. or pictures they had drawn for them. We told them we would give these to the missionaries as a surprise. The activity was done in 3 groups because our…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
