USE FOR: COME FOLLOW ME, Primary and Home (family home evening), Activity Days, Sunday School, Seminary, Bible Study
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Honesty Pays! Blessing-Bucks GAME
OBJECTIVE: To help the youth have a desire, to be honest, and have integrity.
ACTIVITY: Honesty Pays! Blessing-Bucks game
Help youth learn the difference between good promises and bad promises. Even though they may be honest about keeping their promises, some promises are good and some are bad. Blessings come from keeping good promises. Play by the rules (found in the pdf and below*).
Tell the youth that the word “bucks” (in the game) means money (in paper bills), which is a temporal reward, but Blessing Bucks are spiritual rewards that come from making and keeping good promises. Honesty pays because we feel good about the promises we make and because others trust us.
*GAME RULES
1. Divide children/youth into two teams, using buttons or coins for markers at the START position.
2. Take turns drawing a “Move” word-strip and moving the indicated number of spaces on the board (found on the word-strip).
3. Read the promise and decide if it is a good promise or a bad promise. If it is a bad promise, tell what the consequence is for making that bad promise. If it is a good promise, tell what the consequence is for following through on a good promise and collect a BLESSING BUCK.
4. When someone reaches “STOP,” add up the BLESSING BUCKS to determine the winner!
TO MAKE Print and cut out the Honesty Pays! Blessing-Bucks game for each youth (or just one set to play with family). Note: You’ll need four copies of the Blessing Bucks. Place “Move” pieces in an envelope.
THOUGHT TREAT: Honest Heart Candies. Tell children honesty comes from the heart.
SCRIPTURE CARDS: Help children Search and Ponder this scripture card by filling in the blanks. PRINT this 5 x 7 scripture card from the pdf included with the above activity. You can punch the two holes on the left and tie a ribbon to attach cards or use two metal rings to connect cards.
D&C 97:8
Verily I say unto you, all among them who know their hearts are honest, and are broken, and their spirits contrite, and are willing to observe their covenants by sacrifice—yea, every sacrifice which I, the Lord, shall command—they are accepted of me.
YOUTH CAN TEACH using this LESSON 14 Jacob and His Family from the Primary 6 Old Testament manual.
. . . Review the enrichment activity 2, for which the above activity illustrates.
