10 Great Latter-day Saint Games for Family Home Evening
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It's Family Home Evening again and you are tired of playing the SAME game every week. Face it, your family is in a rut- big time. Shake things up and put the fun back into FHE with these 10 fun Latter-day Saint games.
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Shout Out as Family Feud
Use our Shout Out for Latter-day Saints game like you would play Family Feud instead. It’s a fun way to test your knowledge, encourage teamwork, and enjoy some family time. Great for youth activity nights too!
Your goal is to guess all the answers on the card. You get three wrong guesses before the other team and steal all your points. Of course, you can always play Shout Out the traditional way too, but more on that later on.
Latter-day Saint Wowizers!
Using five dice, see how many points you can score in three rolls. Watch out for the Gadianton Robber though as he takes away points! Incorporate Latter-day Saint Wowizers! into your lesson by talking about how to rid your family of Gadianton Robbers or things that steal your happiness. You can also talk about ways to defend your family from these wicked influences and the best way to fight back (through sharing the gospel, keeping the commandments, etc). Includes a Junior version as well.
Latter-day Saint Category Game
The Category Game gets more fun the older you are but about 10 years old seems to be a good place to start. You need enough knowledge of the gospel and spelling in order to make this game work. You can easily tie in gospel topics such as pondering, keeping the commandments, choosing the right, or how important gaining knowledge in this life is.
Mystery Words for Latter-day Saints
Can you guess the words? Latter-day Saint Mystery Words is a great game to play with your family. Use them to teach about parables, teach why the Lord uses repetition, teach why we should read our scriptures often, or introduce gospel principles. Have fun with these 50 Latter-day Saint themed cards or try out these other fun words for free.
What Am I is similar to Hedbanz. It's easy to play with various sized groups and it's lots of fun. Tie this game into a great lesson by talking about how asking questions is a great thing. It’s how we learn more. Joseph Smith asked a question and received the First Vision. You can then focus on asking the right type of questions or how to seek the answers. In order to find the right answers, you need to consult the right sources. If you have a math question, look in an appropriate math book. If you have a question about fish, check out a book about fish. If you have questions about spiritual things, look in the scriptures and use prayer. Get more free cards to go with your study of the New Testament.
Latter-day Saint Drawing Game
Bring on the fun with our Eyes to See: A Gospel Drawing Game (similar to Pictionary). 100 cards to keep the fun going! Each card has an image on it to help those who have difficulty reading as well as to give you a hint of what to draw if you are stumped. After you guess what it is, talk about the object in more detail for double points or pick out the cards that directly relate to your lesson this week.
Apostle Bingo and Swat It
Learn the names of all the apostles and prophets with Apostle Bingo. It’s a great game to enjoy as you prepare for General Conference. You can also use your Bingo calling cards to play a matching game or try Swat It!
For Swat It, you’ll need to cut the names of the apostles off the bottom of the calling cards. Next, place invite two people in front of a table, each with a fly swatter. Flip two cards over at the same time then answer one correct answer. The person who swats the correct card first gets to go again. The other person sits down and gives someone else a turn. OR you can place all the names out at the same time and flip the photo card over to make it harder. Make it extra fun by sticking tape on the end of the fly swatter so it grabs the card as well.
Latter-day Saint Shout Out!
The object of Latter-day Saint Shout Out! is to guess all 10 target words on the topic cards. Two ways to play and a whole lot of fun! Each topic is Latter-day Saint related which makes this game also a great teaching opportunity. Before or after each card, go into further detail about the topic. Make it a Family History night instead with Family History Shout Out!
Family Spot It
For the younger crowd, try these 6 family-themed cards to play a simplified version of Family Spot It (scroll down to the free handouts). Each card matches one drawing on another card. As your family makes matches, you can repeat a simple phrase like "Families can be together forever." Don't think your kids are up for playing the game? Color, punch a hole and make them into necklaces instead.
Also try out our free New Testament Spot It game and these other fun versions:
Spot It! Fire and Ice (8 years+)- Add a timer and the chance to freeze the other player while you keep going!
Baptism Match Game- Rise and Shout has a ton of other versions too (Latter-day Saint themed and more).
Nativity Seek It!- This is a great one especially around Christmas but check out her other versions too.
Latter-day Saint Bingo/Matching Games
My favorite thing about Bingo games is you can easily transform them into a matching game too by printing two copies of the calling cards. After someone gets a Bingo, have them say something about each square in their Bingo. You can have them relate it back to missionary work, the Primary theme for the year, or your lesson topic. Here are a few of the Bingo games for Latter-day Saints you can get on my site:
Or try these free ones:
Remember the Treat!
Decorate sugar cookies made from Latter-day Saint cookie cutters for another layer of gospel fun. You could even decorate extras to deliver to a neighbor or the missionaries in your area.
