TEMPLE – TITHING Activity: Preparing for the Temple – Temple Tie and Tithing Purse/Wallet – Come Follow Me – Primary and Home (family home evening) Sunbeam lesson 26

For Church, Home, and School LESSONS Ages 1-3 Nursery/Sunbeam

Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Prepare for the Temple temple tie,
tithing purse and wallet

OBJECTIVE: Temples are sacred places where families can be sealed together forever, and then encourage them to prepare to enter the temple. As we pay our tithing, we can actually help build temples. This way, we are showing Heavenly Father that we want to be obedient and prepare to enter the temple (God’s house).

Use this activity for NURSERY and SUNBEAMS (Ages 1-5)

LESSON 26 “Families Can Be Together Forever” (found HERE).

CRAFT ACTIVITIES:
Use these images (shown) to show children how families can prepare to go to the temple. Talk about tithing by moving coins in and out of the purse or wallet.

TO MAKE:
1. Temple Tie. Cut out and color and laminate. Punch holes and tie a ribbon on each end to slip over a child’s head. 

The boys love wearing the temple tie. One nursery child wore his tie home, and his mother reported that he wore it every day. The next week, he wore it to nursery all wrinkled. The nursery leader told the mother, “If I thought he would like it this much, I would have laminated it.”

2. Tithing Purse. Cut out and color and laminate. Fold purse in half and glue together on sides and bottom, leaving the top open. Punch holes (where indicated) to attach a string or ribbon for the tie or purse. 

3. Tithing Wallet. Cut out and color and laminate. Fold wallet. Glue ends to make a pocket. Fold in half.

THOUGHT TREAT: Money candies wrapped in gold foil, coin-shaped candies to count out one-tenth, or use temple-shaped mints.