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Conference Activities
for Kids
By Anne Bradshaw, staff writer
Conference comes twice a year
and can be a glorious time listening to the prophet and
apostles. If you have little ones, though, it can be a challenge
to keep them quiet so you can listen. Here are some ideas
of keeping your kids reverent so you , and everyone else
can listen to conference.
Color the
prophet... color the prophet...
Photocopy pictures of General Authorities and hand them
out before Conference begins so that the children have time
to discuss them and write the names clearly on them. Then
when one of the brethren (you can add sister leaders also)
speaks, the children color in the picture.
Bonus: Youcan then cut these pictures into jigsaws
afterwards and let the children put them together again,
each telling something he remembers from the talk. Work
this one according to ages and skills. For smaller children,
you could just stick just to pictures of the Prophet and
Counselors to make things more simple.
Anne Bradshaw
Mapleton 11th Ward
Mapleton North Stake
Utah
Word searches,
and coloring, and trivia ... oh my....
We're making sheets for the primary children which include
a BOM word search. We ask the kids how many words they can
make from the word Book of Mormon, for example. We
also include a picture to color and a list of trivia questions.
These can be geared towards the Conference: what is the
theme and the scripture that goes with it? Who was
the first speaker etc. and what did they talk about? Which
was your favorite hymn? Write the word that you think you
heard the most and what does it mean to you?
Make your own word search in
minutes for FREE. Check out PuzzleMaker.com.
Sue Rudd
Wylde Green Ward
Lichfield Stake
England
Say What?
Make a list for each child of words that might be used in
various talks. Each time the child hears one of the words,
he/she checks it off on the list. Depending on age, they
can also add their own list of words they don't understand
- for discussing later.
Diane Sines
Spring Creek 5th Ward
Spring Creek South Stake,
Utah
Make Your Own Puzzle
Get an extra Family Home Evening (or similar) book - copy
picture of the Savior twice - copy in black and white -
keep one b & w and color the other one. Stick pictures
to manilla folder, laminate and cut out. Cut the colored
version into jigsaw pieces and add Velcro (or masking tape)
to pieces. Let smaller children stick the pieces in the
right places.
Diane Sines
Spring Creek 5th Ward
Spring Creek South Stake,
Utah
Paper Dolls
Make small laminated paper dolls in same way. Cut out and
laminate the clothes. Have children stick the clothes on
and change around.
Diane Sines
Spring Creek 5th Ward
Spring Creek South Stake,
Utah
Keep
Their Two Little Hands Busy...
Color, cut, stick to card and laminate a picture of a reverent
child. Make holes all round the edges. Get child to thread
a shoe lace through the holes.
Diane Sines
Spring Creek 5th Ward
Spring Creek South Stake,
Utah
Matching...
Color, cut, stick to card and laminate
numbers/fruit shapes/child's name/reverent words etc. Make
duplicate and cut out corresponding shapes, add Velcro,
and let child match the shapes.
Diane Sines
Spring Creek 5th Ward
Spring Creek South Stake,
Utah
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