General Conference ideas

Just a few ideas for General Conference weekend.  At our house GC weekend is a big deal!  Lots of good food, fun activities, family bonding and learning from the living Prophet, Apostles and General Authorities and Auxiliaries.

Everyone gets a "goodie bag" with treats, one for each of the four sessions.  There is also a pencil box with colored pens, pencils and/or crayons.  I save the bags and store the pencil containers and writing utensils with them to be used each April and October.  I just add new treats and they are ready to go again! 

Everyone also gets a note taking or activity packet.  The girls get the adult version of note taking with a ideas and things to ponder, while the boys still like the Primary packets with smaller note taking pages and more activities like word searches, crossword puzzles, hidden pictures, etc.  There are several versions of these packets online, I printed the 2 kinds above from sugardoodle.net

This is a listening game that we have used for a few years now.  I have printed off several word strips with words that you often hear during conference talks.  Each child is given a stick, 2 rolls of pennies and a jar.  They then choose 4 wordstrips to tape onto their sticks.  (They can change them with each session if they want to.)  During the talks they listen for the words on their sticks and when they hear one, they put a penny into their jar.  At the end of the last session of conference they count up their pennies and use them to purchase fun items from the "General Conference Store" (basket below.)

Each item in the basket has a round sticker with a number on it.  The number is the amount of pennies that item costs.  We usually start with either the youngest, or the oldest and then work our way down the line taking turns "buying" items.  This game really helps the kids to listen and pay attention during the talks so they hear their chosen words and add pennies to their jar.  There are things for all ages, both boys and girls so everyone loves to "shop" at the General Conference Store.  :)