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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
General
Conference Basket (9/09)
I love watching General Conference each April and October. I love
being home all weekend with my family watching conference on the tv.
I love having big breakfasts and soups to eat for lunch and dinner.
I love hearing our church leaders give us inspired words and guidance.
The one thing I didn't love was having my children cause such a ruckus
that we couldn't hear much of what was going on.
In April I made a General Conference Basket for the
family to enjoy. It worked very well for my three and six year old
kids. I took different General Conference packets I have found on
the web and customized them to what I wanted. I make one for each
child. There is a photo of each Prophet and Apostle and a blank
head next to it so they can color what they look like when they speak.
I also have a tie on the page for them to color to match the speakers
tie. I have a spot for them to write or draw pictures of what they
are speaking about. At the bottom there are different things they
can color if it applies to the speaker, such as if they are bald, wear
glasses etc. I also have pages for other speakers who are not
Prophets or Apostles including pages for the women who speak.
At the end of the conference packet, I include several coloring pages,
word searches and other fun things from the friend. If they finish
or get tired of coloring about the speaker, they can flip to a page in
the back of the packet and work on that. I bind all the pages
together into a book to make it easy to flip through. The first
year I printed a packet from the internet I didn't bind it and pages
were flying all over the room!
I also made Conference Bingo Cards that we all really
enjoyed. There are several topics on the card including prayer,
faith, temples, etc. We play by covering our entire card with
pieces of candy (m&m's, gummy bears, mini marshmallows etc) and as we
hear someone discuss one of the topics, we get to eat the piece of candy
on that square. The person who get's bingo first gets to eat the
remainder of their candy! I put the packets, bingo
cards, and candy in a basket along with crayons and a few other little
things for the kids to do. I have found with my kids that if you
package something to look nice, for some reason they like it better.
That is why I bind their books and have everything arranged nicely in
the basket.
Here are my packets and bingo cards. You can
download them and use them for your family. Don't forget to add
coloring pages and word searches etc to the back of the packet.
You can find several of them put together online or browse through the
Friend Magazines online at
www.lds.org.
General Conference Packet
General
Conference Bingo
Home, Family, and
Personal Enrichment Ideas (01/09) I have
served as my branch enrichment leader for a year now. I love this
calling a lot. Here are my planning, agenda, and notes from our
four activities we had last year:
The Hundred Dresses
Journaling
Add a Little Sugar and Spice to Your Personal and Married Life
Frugal Gift Ideas We had several smaller activities
throughout the year too. Some of them were FHE swaps, bread
making, soup making, homemade laundry soap making, temple trips etc.
We are a small branch and don't do "groups." Instead, we do
several small activities. I try to have two activities a month the
sisters can choose from. I keep the meetings and activities simple
with few decorations and easy refreshment ideas. I really want the
women to learn something and/or feel the spirit. This is what is
most important. The socializing and fun will happen naturally from
us getting together. Here are some ideas from our
planning meeting for this year:
--Ideas for our
4 main meetings this year
1 March—“He
Is”—improving our relationship with Jesus Christ (using the song He Is
by Hilary Weeks
2
June—Developing and recognizing our talents
3
September—How to put our eternal priorities first (temple, family) (make
temple mod podge)
4
November—Holiday traditions
--Food/refreshment
ideas-brownie bar, baked potato bar, soups
--Ideas for
small activities-Self defense, fhe swap, movie night, scripture study
systems, Ensign article night, cake decorating, genealogy, healthy
support group (exercise, nutrition, stress management),learn to cut
hair, organizing/what works for you, herbs-how to grow and use,
wheat 101, powdered milk 101, emergency notebook, medicine cabinet
in a bag, canning
Family Home
Evening (06/08)
One of my favorite time savers are fully prepared
Family Home Evening kits. I have participated in several swaps
where everyone prepares multiple copies of the same Family Home Evening
and then we exchange them. We go home with several different
fully prepared Family Home Evenings. The kits we exchange are
complete lessons with visual aids, stories, games and activities.
They are great because when Monday rolls around all I have to do is grab
a kit and read over it quickly. The above photo is a Family Home
Evening I received in the last swap I participated in. It's nice
because I have so many great lessons now. It's a lot easier to
come up with one creative lesson and swap with others, than to come up
with several on my own. Since I have started swapping kits we have
had Family Home Evening almost every Monday night. Because the
lessons are so creative my kids love them. I have hosted several
swaps as
Home, Family, and Personal Enrichment activities. I've also
joined a few online swaps where we have mailed them.
Here is a copy of my swap rules and a sample lesson
that you can download.
FHE Swap Rules
FHE
Lesson Prayer |
