Items needed burned out matches (prepare your matches ahead of time or use a picture, as fire is not allowed in church buildings - Jenny) Hold up the burned matches and say, "These represent the sisters in our R.S. who no longer worship with us. Their testimony light once burned brightly, but has gradually become […]

Items needed candle wick candle wax and warmer We may start out as a neat individual (bare string) but for every trial we overcome (wax ) (Every time they say some trial the overcome or they overcame a fear they can dip their string into the wax making them a well rounded person with many […]

Friendship Fudge Ingredients: Mix in a gallon ziplock bag: 4 cups powdered sugar 3 ounces of softened cream cheese 1/2 cup softened margarine 1/2 cup cocoa 1 tsp. vanilla Decide ahead of time which five main points you'd like to discuss during your lesson.  Label each ingredient with one of the five points and use […]

[This is] the web game. You need a ball of yarn, a beach ball, and some scissors. Everyone (except one leader) stands in a circle. The game leader ties the yarn around her finger and says something nice about someone else and throws the yarn. The girl who gets the yarn wraps it around her […]

Items needed a plant soda water Ask for two volunteers from the class. Tell them that your plant is very thirsty and in need of a drink. Then give them the soda to water it with. My class was appalled by this, and it was a very effective way to show how different health choices […]

Items needed glass jar hammer gallon sized ziploc bag a beautiful glass sculpture, an identical unbroken glass jar, or other item Start off by showing the plain glass jar. Explain how this jar represents each of us. Then put the jar in the baggie. Then explain how life puts a lot of pressure on us […]

Items needed a plate of cookies a bag of carrots I presented this object lesson as part of the YW lesson entitled A Change of Heart. As I was setting up the table, the girls got excited when they saw the plate of cookies. And as I expected, they didn't seem to notice the bag […]

We made up a lie and said that it was represented by the first stick of gum and each started chewing. That lie lead to another, and so they had to put the second in their mouths right on top of the first. That one turned into a third...and so on. By the time you […]

Items needed DumDums or other hard candy pebbles As our YW come in the room, I put a pebble in their shoe and a DumDum in their mouth and ask them to walk around the room before sitting down. After they are all seated, I ask them to tell me about their walk. Everyone of […]

Items needed 10 cookies Invite someone in the class to be the "bishop". Have him or her stand next to you while you allocate your income to your expenses. You could do something like this: drop 3 cookies in the trash can for rent, 2 cookies to pay off your credit card bill, 1 cookie […]