10 Fun LDS General Conference Activities and Printables for Kids #LDSconf

Lolli — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 15:34:27 +0000

I look forward to my church’s General Conference each October and April, and last April’s conference packet round-up was so popular that I’ve been eager to make a new round up of new discoveries for my LDS readers. But of course, I’ve been so busy the last few weeks with my press trip to LA that I haven’t had a chance to put my thoughts together until just now. Since most of these activities simply require a printer and paper or items found around your house, I figured it wasn’t too late to share.

Here’s a little about LDS General Conference:

Two weekends a year (the first Saturday and Sunday of April and October) the members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meets as a world-wide “virtual” congregation to listen to our leaders. General Conference weekend is one of my favorite weekends of the whole year. It’s when I fill my bucket, renew my commitment, and listen to a prophet’s voice speaking to me – because it really does feel like the messages are for me. Anyone and everyone is invited to watch. It’s broadcast throughout the world – find it here. You can also follow along on twitter with hashtag #LDSconf for inspiring messages and quotes.

Watching Conference with kids can be a little more of a challenge, as it’s hard to get them to sit still for 4 2-hour sessions, so I’ve always loved finding activities to not only keep them quiet so I can listen, but to help them also concentrate and listen and learn something from Conference.

10 Fun Activities and Printables for Kids to do During General Conference:

Here are just a few more activities that I found for this Conference (see last April’s round-up of activities HERE):

Bonus: LDS.org always has an excellent Conference Packet for kids, as well as their year-long page of activities, games, coloring pages, printables, videos, and more.

LDS General Conference Activities for Kids #LDSConf

Lolli — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 19:47:19 +0000

Note: check out my NEW round-up of 10 General Conference Activities (Printables, games, coloring pages, and more).

This weekend marks the 184th Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Every first weekend in April and October, our family joins families from all over the world to hear counsel from our prophet, apostles, and leaders of the church during four general sessions of conference – two on Saturday and two on Sunday.

We like to watch the conference live from the comfort of our home…but even though it’s easy to watch online or on cable at home, it can still be challenging to keep the kids entertained and engaged for 8 hours of instruction.

When my kids were little, I would scour the internet for General Conference activities – packets, coloring pages, games, and Conference notebooks to print off before Conference started. There was not half as much available then as there is now! I’ve collected a handful of my favorite activities and printables to share with you today.

The following ideas and images are linked to the incredibly talented people who created them. Please click over to their sites to print them (clicking on any of the images will take you to the source). If you’re pinning any of the following ideas to Pinterest, please pin from the original source, rather than my site, so they maintain the credit. Thanks for spreading the love!

LDS.org Conference Resources for Kids

LDS.org has several General Conference printables activity sheets (a Conference notebook, coloring pages, games, and more) as well as games that kids can play online.

Conference Word Search and MORE from Live Craft Eat

I love this General Conference Pinterest board from Live Craft Eat as well as their Conference Word Search printables. Live Craft Eat also has the Ultimate General Conference Guide for kids (it’s pretty amazing!)

Conference Resources for Kids from Sugardoodle

Sugardoodle is probably my favorite resource for teaching ideas, and so I knew that they’d have a great resource (or a dozen) for Conference. I love their Conference Notebook for kids. They also link to several other printables.

53 Conference Activities for Kids from LDS Living

LDS Living has divided their comprehensive list of activities for kids up into age-appropriate activities. I don’t think there’s time to do all of them in one weekend!

General Conference packet for school-age kids from Over the Big Moon

I am so impressed with this Conference packet from Over the Big Moon…and I think I have found a new blog that I will be adding to my must-read list. Love what they do!

General Conference Labels from The Mormon Home

Now that I have teens, I love that someone out there is making Conference resources for older kids (and even adults!). These printable Conference labels are PERFECT for a teen’s or adult’s Conference notes.

General Conference Printables from Kiki & Company

Make Conference fun for kids with Kiki & Company’s gorgeous printables – tons to choose from!

Enjoy these great Conference resources and follow #LDSConf on Facebook and Twitter this weekend for inspiration quotes and ideas!

Do you watch General Conference, too? What do your kids like to do during Conference? Share your best tips in the comments below!

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