I was talking to another Mom at playgroup today, and she asked me if I had any. Nope. Apart from printing off some General Conference packets from the girls, we don't really do anything special. (Oh, and I try to make it a point to wear a dress or skirt to show reverence and invite revelation.)
I remember hearing that Uncle Lowell and Aunt Susie's family have a review game after. They all submit questions (even things like "What color was President Monson's tie on Saturday?") and have a prize to whoever wins. That's kind of a cool idea for when the kids get older, but probably wouldn't be successful right now.
One of the traditions my friend mentioned today is that they eat lots of yummy food. (She mentioned Muddy Buddies, for example. She only makes them twice a year at Conference time.) For them it's their Super Bowl Sunday. I like the idea of hyping Conference up and making it something fun and exciting for the kids (and adults) to look forward to. I think I'm going to try it--with things like Li'l Smokies, chips and seven-layer dip, fresh fruit and dip, crackers and cheeses, cookies, etc. :o)
Here's a neat Web site with a lot of fun ideas: https://www.theredheadedhostess.com/teach/general-conference-teach/monday-question-what-do-you-do-for-general-conference/.
By way of an afterthought... The yummy food could potentially detract from the Spirit. Conference should be treated as more of a church meeting than a party. And spiritual preparation for Conference should take priority over the temporal preparation of preparing food and the like. But I do like idea of making Conference fun and exciting and something for little kids to look forward to--seeing as how little kids often lack the intrinsic motivation for such things.
ReplyDeleteI had a friend who used conference weekend to rotate their 72-hour kits. And since their 72-hour kits consisted primarily of snickers bars and other candies, it was pretty fun for the kids to take care of the treats that were rotated out.
ReplyDeleteI really like the "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" idea here: https://www.lds.org/ensign/2013/10/general-conference-ideas?lang=eng
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