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General Conference Ideas for Kids {How to get your kids to Listen}

03/07/12 | Uncategorized

Conference is one of my favorite things to look forward to. I love the inspiration the talks give to me and how much they help me in my life. I really want my children to understand how important Conference is and I want them to get something out of it too. Even if they don’t remember the talks, maybe they will remember how they felt inside while they were listening. I want them to remember Conference as something to look forward to, so I know if I’m constantly telling them to sit down and be quiet, that won’t be their fondest memory 😉

There are many different ideas out there, Conference packets and activity buckets, but this idea has been the one that worked the best for my family.  Yes, I know, it’s a lot of sugar.  But that’s okay every once and a while, right?  This is also perfect because Conference comes right around Easter and Halloween, so there are all sorts of uncommon candy do use.

Here is the idea:

Put a different kind of candy in each bowl (how ever many different kids of candy you have will determine how many bowls you will need.)  Have your kids cut out some strips of card stock paper about 2.5 inches wide by 5 inches long.  Fold them in half lengthwise.  Have your children think of some “Church” words and have them write them on one side of the paper.  We used words like: Jesus Christ, Heavenly Father, Articles of Faith, Pray, Repent, Scriptures, Prophet, Book of Mormon, Temple…etc.  Hang the papers over the bowls so the kids can see the words and place them on the coffee table or ottoman in the room where you will be listening to General Conference.  We put a couple of words on one bowl for the more uncommon words so that candy would get chosen too 🙂

When Conference starts, have your children listen for the words.  When they hear one of the words that is on the bowl, they get to choose ONE candy from that bowl and put it in a baggie, or eat it right away.  It’s up to them!  My kids have NEVER been so quiet during Conference.  There was no yelling, no “Mom, I’m bored”, no falling asleep… it was great!  Try it!  You’ll have fun!

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  1. Amanda says

    March 16, 2012 at 7:35 pm

    I love this idea! I might just try it with my roommates 🙂

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  2. Jamy says

    March 21, 2012 at 3:41 am

    This is FANTASTIC! Can't wait to use it in a few weeks!

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  3. Lorene says

    March 21, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    I'm thinking I'll even mail some candy to my college kids for them to try it 🙂

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  4. Kristen Duke Photography says

    March 28, 2012 at 10:39 pm

    I'm sharing this in my blog post tonight–love it!

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  5. Ang Johnson says

    April 3, 2014 at 4:29 am

    Such a neat idea! I’m having a “Why didn’t I know/think of this sooner?” moment, ha!

    Reply
  6. Sean says

    April 3, 2014 at 7:49 pm

    Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply

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