The Books of the Book of Mormon Scavenger Hunt

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This is a scavenger hunt that leads the participants from one place to another to find the books of the Book of Mormon in order, and have them read one significant scripture from each. We did this with our Young Women, and they were really into it. We came up with this as a way to promote memorizing the books and a little about them each.

We had two teams, red and blue. First, I took the clues, cut them out and glued them to red or blue cardstock. Then, I wrote on the back of each the answer to the previous clue. (So, when they read a clue, they would need to find the answer on the next card, and then receive the next clue.)
Second, we picked places around the building to "hide" the clues. We tied them up using yarn that was their team color.
Then, we sent the girls out in their teams, instructing them to take turns reading the scripture and clue, and then work together to find the answer. Even though we were in and out of the church, we told them there was nothing in the chapel, and we asked them to be reverent while inside the building.
We sent one leader with each group, and they had an answer guide explaining where the clue was hidden.
The girls really enjoyed this activity. One team didn't read the scriptures, and finished first. But, they sat together waiting for the other team to finish, read the scriptures and taught each other a song to memorize the books.
Their prize was a set of scripture marking pencils and list of all the scriptures we use for the scavenger hunt.
This really was a lot of fun for everyone involved!
You may need to alter my clues and locations based on what is available at your location.

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This is probably NOT the

Submitted by Jenny Smith on

This is probably NOT the version the person who made this post is referring to, but it is a similar Book of Mormon Scavenger hunt from LDS.about.com. It might help you in planning this activity:

Object of the Game: To match the Book of Mormon scripture with the correct clue.

Items Needed: Pictures and Clues (print the ones below or make your own) and a treat/treasure of some kind.

Book of Mormon Scavenger Hunt Pictures

Correct Scavenger Clues

Incorrect Scavenger Clues

Directions:

  1. Cut out correct clues and scripture references.
  2. Glue them back to back.
  3. Empty clue cards have been provided if you want to make your own clues.
  4. Cut out dummy clues and scripture references.
  5. Glue them back to back.
  6. Place one correct clue card and one incorrect clue card with each picture.
  7. Hide them in the appropriate places in your home.
  8. Place the treat or treasure at the last spot.
  9. Begin by giving the children one of the pictures along with the clue cards.
  10. They must look up the scripture references on both cards and determine which scripture matches the picture.
  11. If they choose correctly they will be given the next clue.
  12. Continue the scavenger hunt until all the clues have been found. The last clue should lead the children to the treat.

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