FAMILY ACTIVITIES

 Activities are a way to create fun for families and to help get gospel principles inside our family members - to internalize them.  For ideas using activities to "finalize" a month of gospel study, go here.  For information and ideas for "wholesome family recreation, go here.


DRAW OUT OF THE HAT
Fun "anytime" activity to have ready for FHE.
Write the following activities on separate pieces of paper and place in a hat.  Have everyone draw one out in turn and do them!

Play 5 rounds of family “Pictionary”. Some possible words might be: family night, bishop, dad, mom, grandparents, work, atmosphere, etc.

Play 5 minutes of fruit basket – or basket of anything else (one less chair than people)

 Play one round of “scripture snapshot”

Lead everyone in your favorite exercise

Share with everyone one thing you have learned in the last three days

Lead everyone in your favorite song

Have a male quartette sing a hymn

Have a women’s choir do a verse of a song

Tell your favorite joke

Tell everyone about your favorite place to be

Lead everyone in a round

Share a favorite family memory

Play five minutes of “snort”

Share your favorite scripture story

Lead all the women in the young women’s theme while they stand on one foot.

Have all the men recite the scout oath while they jump up and down.

Tell an embarrassing moment about your family

Eat 4 soda crackers and whistle a tune

Play 5 rounds of “Where the Cold Wind Blows”

Throw a bean bag to someone and have them: (CHOOSE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING)

    say something nice about the person to their right,

    share a favorite scripture, embarrassing moment, goal, dream, what makes them    

   happy, a  favorite food or joke, a favorite scripture story, a  favorite hero and why, 

   etc. Then have them toss the bean bag to another person so he or she can do the same.