Daddy Daughter

I have done Daddy/Daughter dodgeball, we had the dad's tie their hands behind their back and the girls slipped their arms underneath to replace their dad's arms and had to perform certain tasks; ie. eat cereal, shave (with popsicle stick and cream) read a newspaper, brush teeth, brush hair...the girls couldn't see either as their was a drape between them
and their dad's.  Just their hands were underneath the drape.  This was hilarious.  We videotaped it too, so the girls could see it later.  We also had the girls see if they could pick out their Dad's feet from behind a petition. We also blindfolded the Dad's and had them see if they could find their daughter by feeling the girls hands.  It was a riot.  Then we had light dinner and desserts.

We just had a Daddy/Daughter activity last week and it was a lot of fun.  We played "Priesthood Pyramid" based on the game show Pyramid which is hosted by Donny Osmond (I remember is as $10,000 Pyramid, so I'm hoping I'm getting the right name) and "Hollywood Squares."  Because we had recently had some lessons on the priesthood, "Priesthood Pyramid" was questions on priesthood and priesthood holders.  There were a lot of questions about former prophets--recent and through the scriptures.  (For Brigham Young the clue could be, "This prophet led the Saints to the West.") (I'm trying to
remember the clever clues that were given for each category and can only remember "The Better Half" which was wives of the prophets--Emma Smith, Sarai (Abraham's wife), Eve, etc.)   We used two portable chalkboards with the corkboard type of stuff on the back so we could just use push pins to hold the triangles in.  To play the fast round (for 100 Grand candy bars), we pinned the answer triangle to the board and then had a slightly larger triangle we pinned over it.  We found if the pin was closer to the middle
than to a corner it kept the answer covered.  We found we needed to give them 40 seconds for the first part of the game where they are going from one team to the other.  Twenty seconds did not give them near enough time.  My Secretary (who was in charge of this game) used 3 x 5 cards which she had stuck together with a brad in the upper left corner for the words they had to describe to each other.  She used 6 words per game.  (I think they use 7 on the actual game show)  She cut the 3 x 5 cards so the top one was 1 x 5, the second was 1 3/4 x 5, the third 2 1/2 x 5, etc. so they were easy for the "contestants" to use.

Then we played Holl"YW"ood Squares.  The "stars" were lined up in one area. Three stood, three sat on adult chairs and three sat on Primary chairs (we had the smaller girls sit in those).  The "stars" were a mixture of YW and Dads.  They were each given a large X or O (X's all one color, O's all another color).  The emcee asked them questions about the Young Women's program.  Be sure to let them know they can bluff.  Some of the questions had to do with the Personal Progress program, others the Seven Values, etc.
It was fun to see how much the Dad's knew about the program in which their daughters are involved and how much the girls know about the priesthood and the scriptures.

We alternated games so that there was time to set up the next Pyramid game. We had pie for dessert and while we ate, we asked the Dad's if they would share their feelings about being able to use their priesthood to bless their families or someone else.  It was a wonderful evening.

Last night we had a great daddy daughter activity for the Laurels that had minimal work in preparation.

We had refreshments on a table for all to eat--chocolate chip cookies, nachos, and pop.

First we played the Daddy-Daughter version of the newlywed game.  We had one of our Laurels come up with the questions and they were great.  We had the girls and their dads in separate rooms to answer their questions.  I will try to remember the questions.  We asked 4 questions to each group.

The girls were asked the following about their dads.

What is your dad dreading the most about growing older?

  A.  Going gray/bald

B.  Having all the kids move out of the house

  C.  Retirement

If we believed in reincarnation, what would your dad have been in his previous life

  A.  A mountain man

  B.  A Greek Philosopher

  C.  An Indian Chief

  E.  A joker in a medeival court

What did your dad spend the most time doing in High School?

  A. Sports

  B. Chasing Girls

  C.  Homework

  D.  Working

I can't remember the 4th question.

The dads were asked about the girls

If your daughter was stranded on a desert island with a male movie star, who would she want it to be?

How long does it take your daughter to get ready for school?

What is your daughter's favorite type of music?

If your daughter came home from school with a black eye, how do you think she would have got it?

This game was really fun.  The we asked each girl to tell us something special about her dad.

After that we played a relay type of pictionary.  The girls and dads were on separate teams.  Each team had a white board and marker.  The leader of the game had items written down in three categories--girl's things (such as blowdryer, make-up, etc.), dad's things (hammer, razor, etc.), Book of Mormon things (liahona, Moroni, etc.).  One girl and dad started.  The leader told them what category they were on, then showed them the word.  They went back to their respective white board and drew until someone guessed.  That person then ran up to the leader and got the next word.  We did it as a race to see which team could finish all the words first.  Both the girls and the dads were very competitive and finished at almost the same time.  It was very fun.  We then took a picture of each girl and her dad.  The party was then over.  It only lasted about an hour and everyone had a great time.

Hope this helps someone.

Terri

What we did last year was have a Daddy/Daughter dance which was totally 50's. We decorated the gym. (one of our girls even made a jukebox) All the fathers and girls
dressed up. We, the leaders waited on them. We made cheeseburgers on George Forman grills and fries in the oven. We made chocolate shakes for them to drink through straws. We had a place set up as a diner, a place for the music and a place decorated for pictures. Each daddy and girl got their picture made together. They all danced in the middle of the gym to 50's songs and we had little trophies for the best dancers, best dressed and a bubble blowing contest. (Superbubble bubble gum works best) The dad that won blew a bubble the size of his head!! It was so much fun. We took tons of pictures for our YW
scrapbook and framed the pictures of the girls and their dad's for a Father's Day gift. Hope this helps!!
Dixie

Try these websites for some ideas.
http://www.lds-living.com/yw/pageSFfatherdaughteractivities.html

http://www.ywconnection.com/pageSFnerdnight.html

http://www.ywconnection.com/pageSFindex.html
Gwen from TX