Sometimes I have a hard time thinking of Sabbath appropriate ways to spend Sunday with my children. Here is a list of ideas I came up with:
1. Tell scripture stories
2. Put together a puppet show depicting a scripture story
3. Play charades using scripture stories
4. Put together a puzzle
5. Play some board games together
6. Use Legos to act out a scripture story
7. Play scripture pictionary
8. Play 20 questions using the latter-day prophets or the scriptures
9. Play a sunday version of hang-man
10. Bible balderdash using words from the bible that you don't know
11. Bingo using religious words
12. Book of Mormon Spot it! Check it out on Etsy Here: Spot It
13. Gospel word search. Make your own using this Puzzle Maker
14. Play games on Children.lds.org: Click Here
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16. Watch a Sunday appropriate movie together. There are a number of movies depicting scripture stories
17. Watch the Mormon Messages together
18. Watch the bible videos on LDS.org
19. Use this app that lets kids watch videos from lds.org LDS Kid Videos
20. Read books to your children
21. Read the friend, New Era or Ensign together
22. Make art together
23. Play with flannel board stories or quiet books if you have them
24. origami
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26. Tell stories about your childhood
27. Tell your children stories about themselves- funny things they did when they were younger. Look at their scrapbooks together
28. Tell stories about your ancestors. Look at pictures of the ancestors
28. Tell stories about your ancestors. Look at pictures of the ancestors
29. Look at family pictures and watch family videos
30. Put together a family scrapbook with your children
31. Do some familiy history work with your children if they are old enough
32. Share your patriarchal blessings with your children
33. Have your children interview their grandparents, uncles, aunts for the sake of family history
34. Make a traditional dinner together from a country your ancestors lived
35. Sing hymns, primary songs or other religious music together. It might be especially fun to let your children play instruments while you sing- a family band!
36. Listen to the mormon music channel or the player on LDS.org
37. Together with your children, bake something to take to the neighbors or the people you visit/home teach
38. Go on a walk
39. Visit relatives
40. Make a blanket fort to picnic in, or play games in
41. Doorbell ditch the neighbors with a fun surprise
42. Family talent show
43. Let your children put on a play for the family. Help them write a script.
44. Write in your journals together. Each child old enough to write can have their own journal they use.
45. Write letters to extended family members. Have your children who are not old enough to write draw or paint pictures for them.
46. Get your children involved in a service project with you. Visit a retirement home, or elderly neighbors/ward members (call the RS president if you want ideas on who could use a visit!) Sing them songs or take them a treat, play games with them or just visit.
47. Call extended family members. Using video chat can make it more fun for the children.
48. Have a family council meeting each Sunday. Make goals together, talk about family issues, talk about your family schedule for the upcoming week.
49. Conduct weekly interviews with your children one on one. Talk to them about their aspirations. Have them set personal goals for the week. Talk to them about any problem behaviors and praise their good behaviors. What are their concerns? Get to know them!
50. Invite friends, neighbors or someone new over for dinner
51. Make a list of what everyone is grateful for. Add to the list each week.
52. Talk to your kids about what they learned in church. Let them show you the crafts they made. Tell them what you learned in your class also.
53. In our family we like to have our FHE lesson on Sunday, and the activity on Monday :)
54. Make time for family scripture study and family prayer
52. Talk to your kids about what they learned in church. Let them show you the crafts they made. Tell them what you learned in your class also.
53. In our family we like to have our FHE lesson on Sunday, and the activity on Monday :)
54. Make time for family scripture study and family prayer
