Here are some Quarterly activity ideas although quarterly activity are no longer part of the Primary Program.

Adventures of the Treasure seekers..

Adventures of the Treasure seekers.. Thanks to Brenda Huffman for sharing this idea! We sole part of this idea from a VBS (Vacation Bible School) It's called Adventures of the Treasure seekers.. here is a link to the website & they have free decorating ideas & clip art. Basicly the church is decorated like an...

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Christmas Program Mary, Mary, Mary Mother of Jesus

This is beautiful Skit, written by Shelly Smith Beatty, Please check it out. Here is the link to it: http://shelleybeatty.com/church/christmas-program/

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SCRIPTURE OLYMPICS

  SCRIPTURE OLYMPICS - "For our big summer activity day we held Scripture Olympics. Our activities consisted of: Samuel the Lamanite wall crawl, children stood on a wall of some sort and sang the verse of Book of Mormon Stories about Samuel the Lamanite as all the children on the ground squirted them with water...

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Book of Mormon Heroes

This is NOT my own personal idea but one I found. Book of Mormon Heroes. We had the children meet in the Primary room where we had a song and prayer, then I talked to them about what a hero is and how we should choose our heroes carefully. Then we moved outside to sit...

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Primary Skit: The Unmerciful Servant

Primary Skit: The Unmerciful Servant NARRATOR: SERVANT 1: SERVANT 2: SERVANT 3: MASTER: NARRATOR: One day Peter asked Jesus, “how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?” Jesus answered back to Peter, “say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.” Then Jesus taught using...

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Family History Quarterly Activity

  This is NOT my own personal idea but one I found. We did an Activity Day several years ago on Personal and Family History. We titled it "You're One in a Melon" and used watermelon clip art for posters and flyers. We had each child bring a family heirloom, photograph, or memento from family...

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HEART to HEART

HEART to HEART From Karen Schultz (Thanks Karen for sharing this fun idea!) Primary Pres, Monrovia Ward, Monrovia, CA Our activity was called “Heart to Heart” and involved making and serving a lunch for the grandparent-age members of the ward.  The kids who had grandparents in the area were also encouraged to invite them.  Since...

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Keeping a Journal (Stake Primary Activity Day ( can be used for any age))

Stake Primary Activity Day ( can be used for any age) Lesson Plan – 20 minutes Keeping a Journal [ddownload id="14170"] Attention getting activity: You can tell your own story about journals or share this one: My Father’s Journal; a true story.  A man died unexpectedly.  A few weeks after the funeral, his daughter was...

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Primary Activity: Plan of Salvation

  Here is a GREAT Primary Quarterly activity given to us by scrazy8 on our message board!! Thanks for sharing This is a Primary Quarterly Activity that we had a lot of fun doing. We had about 20 nonmember friends attend and everyone had a great time learning the Plan of Salvation. We met in...

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A Skit that can be used in a Primary Talent Show

The Princess and the 8 spot Frog By Brandy and Leae Brown Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess, the daughter of a Most High King. (Princess primps.) Narrator: She was fair and smart and above all loved to dance. (Princess dances.) Narrator: She went to college and on a mission and then...

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Listening and Following the Prophet

Thanks to Elaine Williams for sharing this idea Theme was listening and following the Prophet. We used this activity to help the Cub Scouts earn their religious knot (help plan and carry out a primary activity). Ahead of time, the Cub Scouts each chose a Prophet they wanted to portray and gathered costumes/props that could...

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Keeping Covenants: The Stripling Warriors Skit

Parts Helaman: Captain Moroni: Ammonite Men: Ammonite Mother 1: Ammonite Mother 2: Stripling Warriors: Ammonite daughter 1: Ammonite daughter 2: Props: large empty box, toy or cardboard swords or weapons, sheet or towel, headbands or other simple costumes for actors Helaman: I am Helaman Moroni: And I am Moroni, Captain of the Nephite Army. Helaman:...

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Promises from Heavenly Father

Thanks to Sarah Skabelund for this great idea We just did a great activity that is really easy and quite inexpensive to do. (We have 85 children in our primary.) Our theme was, "Promises from Heavenly Father" It goes along with the theme from the Primary for 2006. It centered on Noah's ark. We had...

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ACTIVITIES CENTERED AROUND THE SCRIPTURES

  "This year, our Primary has planned the 4 activity days around the 4 standard works. Our first activity was games planned around the Old Testament complete with Noah's animal charades and designing their own coat of many colors. Our second activity was Helaman's Warrior Training Camp. We basically did activities similar to summer Olympics...

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Because I am a child of God – Activity

Because I am a child of God . . ." For this year's theme "I am a child of God" our ward is doing a quarterly activity entitled "Because I am a child of God . . ." We are having the kids meet in the primary room for an introduction to the theme. The...

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BOOK OF MORMON OLYMPICS ACTIVITY DAY

"We just had another great Activity Day. We had the Book of Mormon Olympics. We divided the children into 4 groups. And gave each group a name, i.e. the Nephites, etc. They participated in 4 different activities: The Area of Fine Workmanship (a craft), Mahonri Moriancumur Bowling (we had 2 games going with eight pins...

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CATCH THE SCRIPTURE WAVE

Items Needed: Piece of pipe about a foot in length, stopwatch, paper and pencil, two large boxes (refrigerator and stove*decorated as described below), cups of water for each child, blanket, slip-n-slide (with water source), three orange cones (optional), a tree in the vicinity, bowl of green grapes, signs with instructions on them at each point...

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Following His Plan / TRAFFIC SIGNS

Following His Plan / TRAFFIC SIGNS I saw that some people were interested in the traffic signs that were in the Friend in January 1989, but it is hard to get a good print out of those signs, so I redid them the best I good, and added a few others. At the right you...

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David vs. Goliath Water Balloon Toss

David vs. Goliath Water Balloon Toss (by Andrea Graves)   Items Needed: Large piece of plywood (decorated as decribed), nails, water balloons. Paint Goliath holding a shield on piece of plywood. Paint Goliath*s vulnerable spots or *targets* (shield, knees, heart, waist/belt) with red paint (make sure paint is water resistant). Drive nails from the backside...

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FHE Quarterly Activity day Ideas

We did a Family Home evening Activity day in February. We Made FHE file boxes, which the families of children decorated with church clip art they colored and pasted onto the box. We made a music meter, it was a rocket which moved on fishing line up to a moon. The board was decorated with...

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Follow in His Footsteps

Follow in His Footsteps by Mary-Ann Anderson Mary-Ann said, I just want you to know that this activity day wasn't all only MY ideas, I just took from different activity days posted over the years and put it together that way with my own personal twist on it. Tell Me The Stories of Jesus* (Scripture...

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Love

Love This was shared by the Pecan Creek Ward, Queen Creek AZ East Stake THANKS FOR SHARING!!! We did a very easy and fun activity in February centered on Love, but it could be used any time of year.  We also had a HUGE primary at the time – 240 kids.  Thankfully we split  a...

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Love One Another Quarterly Activity

Love One Another Quarterly Activity We copied your "Love" idea and changed a few things and it was great! Thanks for the great ideas! Love, Your friends in Elk Grove, CA Quarterly Activity February 2008 Love One Another Family Home Evening Kits We did a very easy and fun activity in February centered on Love,...

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MISSIONARY TRAINING ACTIVITY

MISSIONARY TRAINING ACTIVITY   MISSIONARY TRAINING ACTIVITY - "Our small ward (17 children typically attend activities) had a very successful activity day May 16. As the children arrived, they entered the MTC where there were stations set up for them to learn: tie a tie, polish shoes, separate laundry, approach people, look them in the...

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Service and Missionary Quarterly Activity ideas

Service and Missionary Quarterly Activity ideas All of these ideas came from the email lists, lds-youngwomen@yahoogroups.com, PrimaryPage@yahoogroups.com that I am on, there are some great ideas! Service Activity Day I am so excited for our service project this fall. We did it two years ago and couldn't get the kids to stop doing it long...

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Primary QT Activities from Mickey Herrin

Primary QT Activities from Mickey Herrin We did a very easy and fun activity in February centered on Love, but it could be used any time of year.  We also had a HUGE primary at the time – 240 kids.  Thankfully we split  a month later. We divided the kids into 4 groups/rooms:  Love your...

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WATER DAY

  "We had a water activity day. There were four stations which had a theme and a story to go with it. One area had a large blow up pool and the story of the Stripling Warriors. After the story there was a tug-of-war over the pool. The next station was a Whale painted on...

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WALK IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF JESUS

  "We gathered all the children together in the primary room that we had decorated with pictures from the library of Jesus' life. All the leaders were to wear a sheet draped over one shoulder and tied at the waist with a rope or belt. We sang songs about Jesus from the primary songbook.We brought...

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Book of Mormon Baseball

  Objectives: 1. To teach through song the names of the books of the Book of Mormon 2. Teach through videotape(s) how the Book of Mormon came forth in our day (Moroni buries/Joseph Smith finds the plates and translates them) 3. Teach the meaning of Lehi's vision of the tree of life through storytelling, an...

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Information 06/25/2023

The time has come for me to be honest with myself,  that I just can't keep up with this site any more. I am working full time now and loving on my grandkids.  I will still be adding great quotes I find and things from General conference etc. Never fear, I am still here for you. If you need something please reach out to me, and I will See what I can do. You can reach me at theideadoor@gmail.com

Thanks for your understanding! Liz from the Idea Door

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