Our Stake Primary wanted to start the year off getting the children excited to learn about the Book of Mormon. The activity was a huge success! We kept the children moving and busy with short classes, crafts and fun activities at the end.
We planned for 100 and had about 75 children attend.
INVITATIONS & POSTERS:
SETUP: I find it is always helpful to have a map and instructions for number of tables and chairs that are needed. That way, I can hand it to the helpers setting up and they know exactly what is needed.
ACTIVITY SCHEDULE:
9:00 Divide into 5 groups with colored hand
stamps
9:15 CHAPEL: Welcome, Prayer, Talk by Joseph
Smith about finding the plates, Testimony from Stake Presidency
Classes - 20 minutes each. We had brethren
from the stake dress up as Book of Mormon characters (pictures coming soon) and tell their story in first-person point of view. Then adult helpers did a craft with the children.
Story:
Brother of Jared
Craft:
Jaredite Barges (2 bowls stapled together with a door and glowing rocks
inside.)
Story: Nephi
Craft:
Liahona (Decorated gold Christmas ornaments with stickers and jewels. There is a toy compass in the ring on the bottom.)
Story: King
Benjamin
Craft: Tower
(Built out of popsicle sticks and glued with glue gun)
Story: Ammon
Craft:
Missionary Formula Card (Decorated cards with points from Alma 17-18)
Story:
Moroni
Craft: Title
of Liberty (Wood dowel with torn fabric.)
We had a 10
minute break between Classes 2 and 3 where we served Rice Cereal Treats and let
them get drinks and use the restroom.
11:30 CULTURAL HALL: Book of Mormon Games - 8
stations
2. "Ruins of Ammonihah" - Blow a ping-pong ball through a wood maze.
3. "Samuel the Lamanite" - Knock Samuel off his wall (with paper arrows)
4. "Waters of Sebus" - toss arms (made of nylons and stuffing) to 2 partners who will try to catch them in a towel.
5. "Characters of the Book of Mormon" - matching game
6. “Nephi’s
Bow” – String a bow and shoot an arrow at stuffed animals.
7. “Laban’s Sword” – Use sword to gather up cups (Lamanites).
8. “Tower of
Babel” – Stack plastic cups as high as they can.
After each
class we gathered the crafts from each room and put them on tables in the
Cultural Hall by colored group, so all the kids from that group only had to
search one table for their crafts. These tables were setup by the doors so they
would pick up their crafts as they left. We also provided plastic shopping bags
for them to carry their crafts home.
We also included this letter to Parents so they would know what their children learned and incorporate their visual aides in their family scripture study.
If you want to do this activity and would like any of the files, please let me know.
Special thanks for ideas from: https://abfoxden.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-of-mormon-challenge.html and http://hollyshome-hollyshome-hollyshome.blogspot.com/2017/12/book-of-mormon-minute-to-win-it-games.html
