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Itty Bitty Mormon City Scavenger Hunt Game – Pictures

Dawne A.’s “ward did this as part of a Young Women/Young Men Super Saturday and it was a blast! All of the items in the photos are found within walking distance of Temple Square in Salt Lake City. After explaining the rules we sent the kids off in groups (with leaders, of course) to find the items and write their location. We set a specific time for everyone to meet…
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Itty Bitty Mormon City Scavenger Hunt Game

Dawne A. says: “I am attaching an activity that we did when I was in the Young Women’s presidency. It is for Salt Lake City use, but perhaps it can inspire other types of this activity in different cities. “It is ‘Itty Bitty Mormon City’ and was inspired by the Itty Bitty City that the Salt Lake Tribune puts on periodically. I got the idea from someone else in our…
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Pioneer Wagon Craft

I made this fun craft printable from an idea one of my children brought home from school. Basically, it is a covered wagon (viewed from the rear) with a hole in the middle that shows scenes the pioneers may have seen while traveling from Winter Quarters to Salt Lake. You turn the wheel, and you’ll follow the journey across rivers, through the plains, in the heat and rain, over the…
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Seagull and Crickets Memory Game

Natasha J created these memory cards saying, “I have made Memory Cards about the Pioneers’ experiences with the crickets and seagulls in the Salt Lake Valley.” Here are the instructions she submitted: Seagull and Cricket Memory Cards Purpose: To teach that Heavenly Father hears and answers our prayers just as he heard and answered the prayers of the pioneers. Summary: Create small groups to play memory, finding the picture and…
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Mary Fielding and Joseph F Smith Crossing the Plains by Glen S Hopkinson

Mary Fielding Smith was left a widow when her husband, Hyrum, was killed with his brother the Prophet Joseph. She had to care for not only her own large family but also several other helpless or ill people. Hyrum and Mary’s son, Joseph F. Smith, who would later become the sixth President of the Church, was only five years old at the time. Mary and her family left Nauvoo in…
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