Priesthood Organization

The Gospel Principles manual is another great FHE tool. The lessons are geared to introducing investigators and new converts to the gospel principles (hence, the title). This is why the lessons in this manual are great for teaching our children. Unfortunately, there aren't ideas to keep the children occupied. This requires a little planning and creativity. However, Chapter 14 is on Priesthood Organization. This can be a loaded topic for our children, but the manual give this diagram which can be done in a couple of ways. You could simply print this image off and have the children color it. For a little older children you could remove the words and have the children find which space goes with which name. Or you could do what I did.
I printed the image on to three different color papers. Brown for the "roof", cream for the "walls", and gray for the "steps". Then I cut out the images and laminated them. This way the children can put it together like a puzzle or can build it starting with the "foundation".

"Felt" the spirit

Felt stories and flannel boards is something I always remember from my primary experience growing up. These are great for FHE, but have you ever thought to take them to church? You could easily make a small flannel board or you can stick it on the back of the pew. That's right, if your pews are the ones that have the fabric on the back, the felt will stick.

There are places you can buy LDS felt stories for, well, not cheap. This is a time to be creative! Felt is a very cheap fabric. You can find free images all over the net. An iron and some iron on paper and vuala! Just make sure not to make your peices small because they don't work as well.

Or you can always copy the images onto cardstock and laminate them. The kids love playing with them as well.

The story on Noah is a good place to start! Click here!


I also found this awesome tree of life clip art here!

And some for the First Vision. Sorry that they aren't on one page.

• Click here for the images of Joseph speaking to his preacher, reading the scriptures, and praying.
• Click here for Joseph looking up at Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
• Click here for the images of Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ.
• And click here for the image of the sacred grove!

The Friend

The Friend Magazine is always full of ideas, and if you don't get The Friend you can print the activities online. I came across this one and loved it.This is great because it could be a small lesson on prayer, an FHE activity, a General Conference activity, or something to keep them occupied in Sacrament Meeting. Click here to print it off.

It's definetly worth while to browse through the old issues of The Friend to find more activities. Click here to look around.

Puzzle Time

I made this puzzle to go along with this primary lesson, but you can make one to go with any lesson you can think of. Just make a puzzle template (or use the one below) and print it over any image. This is another great activity for Genaral Conference.

Print it over the image of the first vision to teach about the restoration of the gospel. Discuss how many churches had "pieces" of the gospel, but now that the gospel is restored we can enjoy the "big picture".

The Story of Jesus Christ

With General Conference coming up we need something to keep our children busy but also focused spiritually. I came across this activity found in the March 2008 Friend. I printed mine on cardstock and laminated it, but you can make it a more kid friendly activity. Very simple. Print it off, have the kids cut them and hole punch them, and you have a flip book. Then later you could use it as a short lesson or a quiet book for Sacrament Meeting. Click here to print it off. Click here to see where I got the idea.

Building the Temple

Cut out this image, fold the edges, and tape the sides to build your own temple. This is great for many lesson types. A lesson on how tithing helps to build temples (kids can use it as a tithing bank), on building a forever family (put hearts with ways we can be together forever inside), and many others.