YOUTH CAN TEACH Christmas Activities to Make Learning Fun (part 2) – Celebrate the Birth of Jesus Christ

Part 3

. . . GIFTS FROM JESUS . . .
Activities 14-21

#14

Gifts From Jesus think-and-tell

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GIFTS (Blessings) FROM JESUS

YOUTH CAN TEACH how Jesus came to earth to be our Savior. First, He gave everyone a FREE GIFT of resurrection. Second, He gave us a GIFT WE MUST EARN, of eternal life to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus again.

This activity will help us learn about these GIFTS (the teachings of Jesus) and how we can earn these GIFTS (the blessings that come from following Jesus).

GIFTS FROM JESUS THINK-AND-TELL. 
1. Download the pdf visuals and instructions found HERE and make the Post-and-Present activity.
2. Choose a GIFT and read the scripture posted on the back.
3. Have that person tell how this GIFT can bless them and mount the gift under the “Gifts From Jesus” sign.

EXAMPLES:
• Jesus said, “Whoso believeth in me, and is baptized . . . shall be saved” (3 Nephi 11:33). WHAT IS THE BLESSING? Eternal life.
WE NEED TO GAIN A TESTIMONY & BE BAPTIZED
• “Keep my commandments, which I have commanded you … [to] enter into the kingdom of heaven” (3 Nephi 12:20)
WE NEED TO FOLLOW JESUS TO LIVE WITH HIM AGAIN

#15

Jesus Is My Light – Choose the Right light show

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LIGHTS TO SHINE – LIKE JESUS

YOUTH CAN TEACH this Post-and-Present activity showing the banner “Jesus Christ is my light and teaches me to choose the right.” Featured on the poster are LIGHTS (ways we can light the way for others so they can follow Jesus (see D&C 4:5-6). LIGHTS TO SHINE: Forgiving, Kindness, Gratitude, Love, Sharing, Prayer, Obedience, Service.

LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE 
1. Download the pdf visuals and instructions found HERE and present the poster activity.
2. Point to the picture of Jesus on the banner and share the scripture D&C 4:1-2 “Jesus Christ is my light and teaches me to choose the right.”
3. Share the CTR LIGHT SHOW Activity and how Jesus was a light we can follow: • LIGHT Forgiving • LIGHT Kindness • LIGHT Gratitude • LIGHT Love • LIGHT Sharing • LIGHT Prayer • LIGHT Obedience • LIGHT Service 

MORE “LIGHT” ACTIVITIES:
1. D&C 11:28 “Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I am the life and the light of the world.” DOWNLOAD the scripture HERE).
2. Matthew 5:16 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” DOWNLOAD scripture poster/card set HERE).
3. Let Your Light Shine example candle mobile (church/home/school). DOWNLOAD HERE.
4. Be a Light poster/card/door hanger Character Be series (DOWNLOAD HERE). 
5. Let Your Light So Shine! goal candles or singing meter. DOWNLOAD HERE.

#16

Gifts of Resurrection & Eternal Life gift package

(Ages 12-16 teens)

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FREE GIFT FROM JESUS & ONE TO EARN

YOUTH CAN TEACH this to youth or older children.
1. Download the pdf visuals and instructions HERE.
2. Create gift packages to hold treats representing two gifts:
• The GIFT OF RESURRECTION is free a gift we do not have to earn. It is given to all of God’s children. (Alma 11:42-43) The treat label reads, “Because of my Savior, Jesus Christ, my spirit and body shall be reunited in perfect form.”
• The GIFT OF ETERNAL LIFE to live with God again is not a free gift. This gift is conditional; we must earn this through keeping God’s commandments. (Alma 11:40) The treat label reads, “Because of my Savior, Jesus Christ, I will have eternal life IF I have faith in Him and repent with all my heart.”

HOW JESUS HELPS US: How is Jesus our light/gift? What plan does Jesus and Heavenly Father have for us? Why is Jesus important to us? How do we learn about Jesus? Who teaches us about Jesus (parents, teachers, scriptures, the prophets, the Spirit)?

#17

Jesus Volunteered to Be Our Savior John 15:13 bite-size memorize

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JESUS WILLINGLY GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE

YOUTH CAN TEACH the children, using this bite-size memorize scripture found in John 15:13, about the great sacrifice Jesus made for us.

Download the pdf visuals and instructions HERE.

• IN THE PREMORTAL life God had given us our agency, the freedom to choose. Lucifer rebelled against God and sought to take away our agency. He also wanted God’s power. God cast him down to earth. 

• Lucifer became Satan, or the devil, the father of lies. God knew he would deceive us so he needed a Savior to come to earth to save us from Satan’s influence. Jesus willingly volunteered to be our Savior. (Moses 4:1-4)

• Have the children memorize “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION:

Why do you think Jesus volunteered to be our Savior?
How do you feel about Jesus knowing He did this for you?
What can you do to show your gratitude for this great gift?

 

#18

God Loves Us John 3:26 scripture poster/card set

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FATHER IN HEAVEN LOVES US PERFECTLY

YOUTH CAN TEACH the children that our Father in Heaven loves us enough to send his Only Begotten Son to earth to save us.

Download the pdf visuals for these scripture cards HERE.

• Help the children memorize John 3:16, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

• Jesus was with the Father in the beginning and helped create our beautiful world.

• Our Father sent us to earth to learn by experience the good from the evil. He knew we would sin and could not return to him unless we were clean. We needed a Savior to pay for our sins if we repented. 

Ways YOUTH can Motivate Children to Memorize Scripture:
• Give out small black and white scripture cards to memorize.
• Once they are passed off give out the colored version of scripture cards.
• Post them, Frame them, Flip them (see poster).

 

#19

“He Sent His Son” song visuals

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GOD LOVES US SO HE SENT HIS SON

YOUTH CAN TEACH children with music helping them feel the love of their Father in Heaven and Savior Jesus Christ.

Download the pdf and song visuals HERE. YOUTH can help them learn how the Father could “tell the world of love and tenderness.”

• Our Heavenly Father sent us to earth to learn and grow by our own experiences. He wants us to return back to His presence.

• Heavenly Father loves us and wants us to return to live with Him after our life on earth. He sent His Only Begotten Son to give His life for us and show us by example the way back to Him.

• Write the words on the cue cards to place on the back. For example, “How could the Father tell the world of love and tenderness?”

FUN WAYS TO PRACTICE THIS SONG. This song has questions and answers. After learning the song you could try the following:

1.You can divide the room into two sides and let one side sing the question and the other side sing the answer.
2. You can divide the children into boys and girls and do the same.

#20

Jesus Is Heavenly Father’s Son baby Jesus in cradle 3-D manger scene

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JESUS CHRIST IS HEAVENLY FATHER’S SON

YOUTH CAN TEACH the children with this pop-up picture that Baby Jesus is God’s Only Begotten Son.

Download the pdf visuals and instructions HERE.

• For many years prophets told the world that He would come and save the world from sin and death.

• Explain that Jesus’ mission was to help us live so we can return to live with Him and our Heavenly Father again.

Baby Jesus can be removed if placed on Velcro to pop in and out of the manger.

•Tell the children that Jesus Christ has a mortal mother, Mary, and an immortal father, Heavenly Father. That is why we call Him the Only Begotten Son of God. Because Heavenly Father loves us, He sent Jesus to the earth to be our Savior and our example.

• The children can move the Baby Jesus in and out of the manger as you talk about why Jesus was sent to earth. You can read Luke 2:7 “And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” 

• Sing “Away in a Manger” (Children’s Songbook, 42) download HERE.YOUTH can teach that Jesus had “no crib for his bed.”
• Sing “Jesus Loved the Little Children” (Children’s Songbook, 59) download HERE.YOUTH can help the children know that “Jesus loved…little ones like me.”  

#21

Jesus Is God’s Son 3-D Godhead stand-up card

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JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD

YOUTH CAN TEACH the children that Jesus, a little baby born in Bethlehem, is now grown to be like His Heavenly Father.

Download the pdf visuals and instructions HERE.

• Like a prince, He is the only begotten physical Son of God our Heavenly Father with an earthly mother, Mary.

• We too are children of God, only God is the Father of our spirits. Our spirit comes to earth in our body born to our earthly mother and father.

• Jesus was obedient to Heavenly Father.

• When we do what is right, we are obeying Jesus and Heavenly Father too. Children can say, “Jesus once was a little child like me. He learned to obey Heavenly Father and so can I.”

Download music HERE. YOUTH can help children know Jesus once was “pure and meek and mild as a little child should be.”

Part 4 of 4
. . . GIFTS WE GIVE JESUS . . .
Activities 22-33