General Conference Activities Design by AshLee Winterrose of Mama Bear Designery

As a Latter-day Saint, I look forward to hearing from our world-wide church leaders twice a year at General Conference. The event is held in downtown Salt Lake City, but is also broadcast to LDS church buildings worldwide as well as on the Internet and television. I am so excited to listen with my family!

Each year, I find myself asking, how do I prepare myself and my family for General Conference? The church has put together amazing resources (available at the above link) and I have also teamed with some of my favorite LDS  bloggers to share our favorite conference traditions, recipes, and activities. You can check out their fun links at the bottom of this post! 

General Conference Activities - Keep Moving Forward With Me

My three children are ages 6, 4, and 2. Each year since our oldest was born, we have tweaked our traditions, but the basis is the same. A family gathered together listening to the prophet and apostles! A typical conference weekend for us includes delicious recipes, quiet activities for the little ones, and this mama saying a little prayer that our preparation pays off! Here’s a little sneak peek into a few of our favorite recipes and quiet activity ideas!

Come Listen to a Prophet’s Voice … General Conference Preparation

My two oldest love watching this youtube video every year to help them learn the names of the apostles. Sometimes we have it on repeat over breakfast (at their request!).

As mentioned above, our kitchen table is prime real estate when it comes to places to learn! Kids have to eat so I take advantage of it. I first saw this at my neighbor’s home and I love the possibilities! I bought this clear, durable table cover  and rotate the content that goes underneath as my children learn or memorize it.  Right now we are working on learning the Family Proclamation with these printables from Chocolate on my Cranium. You could easily print off pictures of the first presidency and twelve apostles as well to help your children learn and recognize them. Easy pop quizzes at the dinner table!

Learning at meal times - Keep Moving Forward With Me

General Conference Breakfast Ideas

Before the Saturday and Sunday morning sessions, we like to have a big family breakfast to start our day. These yummy blueberry crepes are on the menu for Saturday morning and I am debating between Cupcake Diary’s cinnamon and sugar pull-apart rolls and Love to be in the Kitchen’s homemade cinnamon rolls for Sunday morning! Can you tell I am a fan of cinnamon baked goods? We are going to be snacking on Live to be Inspired’s banana bread some time during the weekend as well!

Blueberry Crepes - Keep Moving Forward With Me

 

General Conference Traditions and Quiet Activities

With three young children at home, I like to start General Conference weekend with a plethora of printables (see the blogger links below!) and quiet activity ideas. We’ve watched conference from our version of King Benjamin’s tents, illustrated the stories we are hearing on giant pieces of butcher paper, and played conference bingo many a time! I also like having a big basket of books available for my children to look at and read. I’ve listed some of our favorites below.

LDS Children's Books - Keep Moving Forward With Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Books are a big part of our General Conference preparation! Earlier this year I helped make flip books with text and pictures for The Family: A Proclamation to the World from the Chocolate on my Cranium printables. My daughter loves reading her book because it matches the songs she is learning in Primary. She’s learned so many big words from reading it so often!

My children also have books with pictures of the Savior put together by their grandmother. She took card-sized pictures of the Savior by Greg Olson and put them in the sleeves of photo books to make darling books for each of her grandchildren. She wrote her testimony in the cover which is sweet for the children to have! My kids love looking through those as well.

Story of the Walnut Tree is one of our favorites to read while getting read for conference. It is the story of the walnut tree from President Hinckley’s home that was used to build the podium for the conference center. Knowing the story gives my children something familiar to look for during the sessions.

I am going to add The Giver of Holy Gifts to our collection this year in the children’s Easter baskets. The beautifully simple children’s board book shows some of the images from the Sacred Gifts art exhibition taking place at the Museum of Art at BYU right now and talks about Jesus’ holy gifts to us.

If Jesus Came to Visit Me and others by Jill Roman Lord are sweet board books as well. Perfect for the 2-6 year old crowd to look through during conference. We also have The Story of Easter and others by Patricia Pingrey in our book basket for conference.

Session Breaks 

LDS General Conference Activity Ideas - Keep Moving Forward With Me

In between sessions, we like to let our children get all their energy out! Whether it is a picnic in the back yard or a quick family walk to the local park. It definitely helps to let them play to their hearts content and get the wiggles out! After an hour or so of outside play, afternoon nap time is much more likely to happen!

72 Hour Kits - Keep Moving Forward With Me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In between the Sunday session, we like to update our 72 hour kits. So many stores have case lot deals and emergency essential sales. General conference weekend is a great time to see what you have and add what you need! I stay tuned to sites like Freebies2Deals to get the heads up on the best local and online preparedness deals. My children love rotating out the older clothes and munching on the 72 hour kit snacks!

Find more ideas on my General Conference and Primary Pinterest boards! Be sure to check out these fabulous ideas by my blogger friends as well!

We would love if you added your General Conference traditions to our link up! Just two requests, please link back to this post and it must be General Conference related! To find out more about the LDS Church and what we believe, click on this link! 

[inlinkz_linkup id=385371 mode=1]

Share

26 Comments

Kathy · March 23, 2014 at 10:07 am

Thanks for putting together a really great list. I love all the ideas and the recipes.

    Taralyn · March 23, 2014 at 10:11 am

    You are welcome, Kathy! Excited to do everything again this year!

Becky @ lovetobeinthekitchen · March 23, 2014 at 1:52 pm

I really love these ideas! Thanks for sharing! 🙂

Alexis @ We Like to Learn as We Go · March 23, 2014 at 10:47 pm

I love that apostle youtube video! I’ve never seen it before! I’ll have to show my kids. They will love it!

Yvonne @ TriedandTasty · March 24, 2014 at 6:34 am

Wow those blueberry crepes look delicious! I wish I had some for breakfast 🙂

Chocolate on my Cranium · March 24, 2014 at 11:42 am

Isn’t it fun to see how traditions remain the same from year to year? Or even change slightly because of family circumstances.

It’s wonderful to see the ways others are using The Family Proclamation printables! Thanks for linking back. I had to come check out why I was getting all this traffic from your blog. 🙂

    Taralyn · March 24, 2014 at 11:45 am

    So happy that traffic is coming your way! Your printables are a huge hit in our Primary. Thanks for the labor of love and sharing your talents with all of us!

Kathleen @ Fearlessly Creative Mammas · March 24, 2014 at 2:04 pm

Wow! It’s that time of year already. The last six months have flown by. We have moved around to other countries a lot in our lives and sometimes regular church services aren’t in English. Listening to Conference during those times has always been especially joyful because then we are hearing directly from the person giving the talk, instead of through a translator. It’s a special treat.

Camille · March 24, 2014 at 4:13 pm

Thanks for the fun!

Audra · March 24, 2014 at 8:36 pm

We love crepes at our house! I’m clicking over to see these cute books! Thank you for sharing your sweet ideas.

Katherine · February 15, 2015 at 7:58 am

Hi, can you please tell me about the art in this blog post with the family and the tree in front of the temple? Thank you.

    Taralyn · February 16, 2015 at 10:56 am

    Yes! Isn’t it beautiful! It was created by Nick Stephens (http://www.nickstephensart.com/). He painted it for our Primary last year. You can see more of his artwork and ask him about it on his web-site.

LDS General Conference & Easter Giveaway · March 24, 2014 at 8:03 am

[…] If you missed our HUGE collection of General Conference Activities and Ideas, we’ve got you covered with breakfast recipes and reverent ways to involve your kids in General Conference! Just click on the cute graphic below. Or visit KeepMovingForwardWithMe.com. […]

#ldsconf General Conference is here! | Mormon Women - About LDS Life and Belief · April 5, 2014 at 4:07 am

[…] Keep Moving Forward with Me […]

Emergency Preparedness Tips for Families with Young Children + HUGE Giveaway! | Keep Moving Forward With Me · September 9, 2014 at 8:21 am

[…] Rotate your 72-hour kits every six months.  I rotate my 72 hour kits every April and October in between General Conference […]

General Conference Personal Progress Scavenger Hunt · September 23, 2014 at 7:21 am

[…] to enrich your family’s General Conference experience! For more ideas and recipes, check out April’s General Conference round up for 13 additional […]

Resources for Teaching Children about Following the Prophet #ldsconf | Keep Moving Forward With Me · September 23, 2014 at 7:37 am

[…] I’ve thought a lot about what I want my children to learn from General Conference. In April, I posted many of our conference traditions. This year’s conference weekend will similarly be full of cinnamon rolls, updating 72-hour […]

General Conference Round Up. · September 23, 2014 at 7:53 am

[…] help to enrich your family’s General Conference experience! For more ideas and recipes, check out April’s General Conference round up for 13 additional […]

LDS General Conference Activities · September 23, 2014 at 10:15 am

[…] to enrich your family’s General Conference experience! For more ideas and recipes, check out April’s General Conference round up for 13 additional […]

LDS General Conference Activity - Bingo! - Rachael's BookNook · September 23, 2014 at 5:29 pm

[…] to enrich your family’s General Conference experience! For more ideas and recipes, check out April’s General Conference round up for 13 additional […]

52 Weeks to Fortify Your Family + Giveaway! - Keep Moving Forward With Me · January 31, 2015 at 6:28 pm

[…] to creating? One way I have learned is through meaningful traditions and family routines. As I’ve mentioned before, my family does much better when we tie these traditions to something we already have to do every […]

LDS General Conference Spring Blogger Giveaway - $400+ in prizes! - Keep Moving Forward With Me · March 25, 2015 at 7:31 am

[…] value Food Storage Package from Thrive – We update our 72 hour kits/Food Storage every conference. I love having products like this on hand that last a long […]

General Conference Activities and Printables for Children - Keep Moving Forward With Me · March 28, 2015 at 5:43 pm

[…] we matched the picture of the apostle on the TV to the prophet on their snack. We watched the youtube video on this post to help us get to know more about the apostles beforehand so we would recognize them […]

Things to do in Utah this weekend - Keep Moving Forward With Me · September 23, 2016 at 12:51 pm

[…] 5. I can’t wait for the Women’s Session of General Conference Saturday night as well! (You can totally send the boys to the circus and have a girls night!) Lily is 9 years old so we will be going together. It’s a great chance to get a new perspective and spend time together. I’m also excited to start prepping for General Conference next week. You can see some of our favorite family traditions here and here. […]

(More) General Conference Activities and Ideas – alivelyhope.wpmudev.host · December 5, 2019 at 10:46 am

[…] to enrich your family’s General Conference experience! For more ideas and recipes, check out April’s General Conference round up for 13 additional […]

(More) General Conference Activities and Ideas – LOLVE · December 11, 2019 at 9:53 am

[…] to enrich your family’s General Conference experience! For more ideas and recipes, check out April’s General Conference round up for 13 additional […]

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *