We
have the missionaries over most every week. last week, the kids
decided they needed to come over for a game night for family home
evening. hmmm . . . game to play with the missionaries.
here's
what we came up with - scripture mastery scavenger hunt. i was going
to just look up some scriptures to use but . . .i'm to lazy for that. i
figured scripture mastery were worthwhile scriptures and all i had to
do was write them down. http://seminary.lds.org/mastery/
you
can use 4 teams with each using the scripture mastery set from the 4
sets of works, old test., new test., book of mormon, doc. & cov.
everyone can use the same set, mix it up however suits your purposes.
use time limit or til each team is done or just go all together. we
aren't competitive, so we don't keep score anyway. it would be a fun
thing to take on a nature walk or on a car ride as well. basic scavenger hunt except you get to be creative with it.
take this scripture for example : john 10:16 And a b I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be c fold, and one shepherd.
you could find a sheep or something sheep related.
you could find something to represent fold, like folded clothing.
something for hearing or voice.
a shepherd or shepherds staff or a stick.
possibly a fence to keep the sheep together
the number 1.
you could get less symbolic and go with america or nephites/lamanites which is what this refers to. . . .
you get it.
it's fun to see what people come up with. if someone gets too far off, take a vote.
one of the other options is to use the scriptures as clues to where to find things/more clues.
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
would be the window which would have the clue -
22 And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store
which would lead to your food storage etc.
if you've read book of mormon sleuth, it does this all the way through and has some really obscure references.
so that was my plan but it was raining and the kids needed to burn some energy. so, yeah for mommy with a back up plan!
balloon volleyball. we always have balloons, they are
better for you than candy. everyone enjoyed batting them back and
forth. there are rules, but no one really plays by them for more than a
few minutes. and when your playing with a rambunctious 2 year old,
just keeping the balloon it the air is great.
ninja. i don't get it cuz i'm old. but the
missionaries had played before and all of my kids thought it was
great. the little blonde curls didn't play by the rules, surprise
surprise. bow to each other. pose like a ninja. step or attack
each move. so the first steps or makes a new ninja pose that tries to
hit the other person's hand. you can move your hand/arm or step back to
avoid the attack. it's looks like robot ninjas and i love watching
them. its hilarious!
Who's the Animal -
To start the game, you need a person that is it. Everyone stands in
the circle, except the person who is it, they stand in the middle. Put a
blindfold on the person who is it. Have them say "Go" every one runs
around, not making any clue of where they are. When the person who is it
says "Stop" all the people stop in the circle again. The person who is
it points in a direction, saying an animal. Whoever he/she points to has
to make the animal noise that they were told. Trying not to sound like
themselves. The person tries to guess the person who made the noise. If
he/she guesses right, the person who did the animal is it, if not you
just pick some one else to be it.
- Maren Jacobs from http://ldssplash.com/fhe/fhe_games/family_home_evening_games.htm
screaming toes was fun - we usually ended up with one winner. Screaming Toes-
Everyone stands up. Get in a circle. Everyone chooses someone and
looks at
their feet. Everyone yells, "SCREAMING TOES!" then looks at the persons
face. If they're looking at you, SCREAM! Step out of the circle. The
last two people in the circle wins. http://ldssplash.com/fhe/fhe_games/family_home_evening_games.htm
we did the flour tower. use a cup and form your
flour like a sand castle. you'll have to pack it to get it to stay.
then put your plate on top of the cup and turn them over so the flour
can come out on he plate. i used an old ice cream cup and put a hole
in the bottom so it would release easier. place a penny on the top
and take turns cutting chunks off of the tower. you have to cut from
top to bottom, no chicken little chunks. the one who makes the penny
fall loses. we played this a lot. the new rule we had to make is
that the little blonde 2 year old curls gets to finish the tower after
the penny falls and if your holding the knife when he bumps the table
making the penny fall, you lose.
one of the missionaries taught us "signs". everyone
has a sign. like a finger mustache, bunny ears, something with your
hands. one person in the middle closes their eyes and turns once.
the people around the outside start the game while "it" turns. the
first person makes a someone's sign, that person makes their own sign to
accept the turn and then someone else's sign. the person in the
center tries to catch the person who's turn it is. so if the person
has not accepted the sign yet, the person who sent it is still it.
another version is if you send "it"out of the room and everyone makes up
their sign and the person in the middle tries to guess someones sign.
the person who's sign they guess correctly is it.
we'll have to do this again when it's warmer and can
play outside. one of the neighbors showed up and played with us.
the missionaries gave a short lesson and we had treats, (of course).
any other fun games? ldssplash had a lot of other fun games as well.
they tried gospel says but it didn't go very far. i think the curly
toddler had something to do with that.
altogether a great family home evening!
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