Articles of Faith Tournament - Learn the Articles of Faith in a fun way! - Primary Activity

I recently re-vamped this "Articles Of Faith Tournament" that was already pretty popular and I believe made it even better! Now it has 8 stations, a scorecard, awards and would only take a leader printing time and about 20 minutes to make flashcards/matching game and then you're ready for a super fun Articles of Faith activity!!

Before the activity you will just need to print the right amount of pages (depending on how many players are coming) and make the flashcards/matching game and grab 2 dice. Then separate the stations in the room you're in. 

To start the activity you'll want to give everyone a scorecard. Instruct the players that they will be doing an activity with 8 stations and at each station there is opportunity to earn points. They will need to keep their own score. I would separate the players and have each player to go a station to start. 

I would plan about 5 minutes at each station but you can totally tweak that for what works best for your group. This activity can work for any amount of players. If you only have one kid show up to the activity or if you have a bunch... you can just have more than one kid at each station at a time. If you have like 10 kids show up, I would pair them off (always more fun to do this kind of activity with a buddy) and just have some empty stations. 

At the end of the activity, you can choose to award the players with the most points!
 

*awards not shown in this picture

Articles of Faith Survivor Style Activity - Super fun activity with challenges and Articles of Faith puzzles! Primary Activity Days for Latter Day Saints

 

This might be my most fun activity yet!! After I did the Gospel Standards Survivor  activity with my daughter and her friends, she'd been begging me to do something like that again so I tweaked it here and there and turned it into this Articles of Faith Survivor. The challenges are a bit different but same concept... Everyone is part of the "Nephite Tribe" and everyone competes in the challenges. The tribe member to win the challenge, gets to put together an Article of Faith puzzle.

So before the activity starts, it took me about 30 mins to prep for the activity. I would plan maybe 45 mins just in case. This is all you need, plus a ball, plate and writing utensil for each person. 

1. Print the activity with enough written challenges/ Aof F handout for each tribe member 

2. Get 1 paper plate, 1 ball (I used a ping pong type ball), and 1 pen per tribe member

3. Cut Article of Faith puzzles and wrap the puzzle holder around the pieces (this was the longest part)

4. Cut name tags and thread into necklace (optional)

5. Wrap challenges into scrolls (this is totally optional.. just made it a little more fun)

Then, once everyone gets to the activity, start the activity by providing everyone with the Articles of Faith Handout, a pen/(cil), ball and paper plate. Then read them the welcome letter and then read the first challenge. 

Then start with challenge 1!

This is how the activity went for us.... the kids had a total blast and were super disappointed when it was over (how I like it). I just did it in my home but it would work really well in a church!

Everyone starts with the Articles of Faith Handout, a pen, ball and paper plate. 

Let the tribe member that won immunity read the next challenge to the group

We would chant the person's name as they solved the puzzle (just to pump things up) and then we would all read the Article of Faith out loud together. Everyone would fill out their Articles of Faith handout with the missing word 

I gave them the written challenges face-down and had them turn it over and start all at the same time.

My four year old joined in on some of the challenges and ended up winning one and was SUPER pumped :)

You can get the files for this activity HERE :)

Articles Of Faith Charades - Primary Activity Days - Fun Article of Faith Lesson!

Such a fun way to have an Article of Faith lesson!! 

Hook the computer up to a TV and you are ready to go! 

Most church building have TV's, but this activity would also work at a home! 

I tried to have each Charades word at least somewhat relate to something in the Article of Faith. Here's the leader key (answer key) that shows the PowerPoint slide with the Charade word under it... some are more intuitive than others but all the Charade words are "easy" and perfect for kids  :)

 

There files are available HERE

Article of Faith Cookies - Spiritual or Intellectual Primary Activity - Make cookies while learning and memorizing the Articles of Faith! Activity Days for Latter Day Saints

SO I know that making cookies is pretty exciting itself and most 7-11 year olds are all about making (and eating cookies) but this adds just enough of a twist that maybe it will get these kids working on their Articles of Faith too! Files for this activity are available HERE

You can either do this activity as more of a group, or have the children work on it individually... depending on what works best for your group. 

I used a "swig" cookie recipe from this website: 

https://vintagerevivals.com/swig-sugar-cookie-recipe-literally-best/

BONUS IDEA: If you have number cookie cutters, have the children make their cookie the number of their favorite article of faith. 

Examples of the "Riddles": 

Answer is butter

Answer is Salt 

Answer is Powdered Sugar 

Once all the riddles have been solved, you should have a complete recipe and be ready to make some cookies! While the cookies are baking, the children can work on this trivia page

To help encourage continued Articles of Faith memorization, I also made these Scripture Cards (sized to fit in standard scriptures)and  Articles of Faith Flashcards. The Scripture Card also has My Gospel Standards on the back (once it's folded)

If you don't have a laminator/key rings, I think stapling the Flashcards into a booklet works great too!