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 […]

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 […]

I brought a comforter from home and talked about how the Holy Ghost is the Comforter. Then I held up a small wall hanging I had made using the attic windows quilt block and talked about how each of these 'windows' could represent a different role of the the Holy Ghost (Comforter, companion, etc.) and […]

Items needed a quarter or other coin (Put a quarter on your head) Tell the children that whomever can get the quarter off your head without touching you can have it. When they cannot get the quarter, tell them that if anyone of them had asked, you would have handed him/her the quarter. The Bible […]

Items needed some wooden blocks in the shape of a tower or building, including one block labelled "Authority/Priesthood" The period of time when the true Church no longer existed on earth is called the Great Apostasy. (Gospel Principles, Lesson 16: The Church of Jesus Christ in Former Times) Priesthood authority was restored to the earth […]

Items needed a trendy magazine an Ensign magazine Take the cover off of a trendy magazine, like People magazine (I used one with Britney Spears on the front page) and tape it to the top of the Ensign cover. At the beginning of the lesson, you ask the young women what they think the magazine […]

Items needed a bag of popcorn Ask the class if the would like some popcorn. After someone volunteers take out a piece of popcorn chew it up and spit it back into the bag. Shake it up then offer it to the person who wanted it. (they should no longer want it.) Then simply say, […]

Items needed a bowl of small treats This works best in a larger group, such as Relief Society, rather than a class with just a few members. Before beginning the lesson, pass out the candy and say "I think we need a little treat before we begin", or whatever you feel is appropriate to let […]

Items needed a drawing of an umbrella surrounded by large raindrops OR a real umbrella, with paper raindrops hanging off of it, attached by different lengths of string. Have the class write or tell different temptations that occur in their lives. Write them on the raindrops and explain that just like in a rainstorm, Satan […]

Items needed a yardstick The following is from Teaching, No Greater Call, B: Basic Principles of Gospel Teaching--Use Effective Methods, 27: Choosing Effective Methods, page 92: For example, a young missionary was teaching an investigator about the need for the gospel to be restored to the earth. The investigator responded that his church had taught […]