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Resurrection Rolls
Crescent Rolls large marshmallows
Cinnamon Cinnamon
Sugar Melted butter
Preheat oven to 350 deg.
Give each child a triangle of crescent rolls. The
crescent roll represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in. Give each child a
marshmallow, this represents Jesus. Have him dip the marshmallow in melted
butter, which represents the oils of embalming. Then dip the marshmallow in the
cinnamon and sugar; this represents the spices used to anoint the body.
Then
wrap up the coated marshmallow tightly in the crescent roll, it won't look like
a regular crescent roll, but seal the sides with the marshmallow inside. This
represents the wrapping of Jesus' body after death. Place in oven, for 10 - 15
min. The oven represents the tomb-pretend it takes three days! When the rolls
have cooled slightly, the children can open their rolls (cloth) and discover
that Jesus is no longer there, HE IS RISEN!
The Jelly Bean Prayer
(Served with Jelly beans, of course.)
Red is for the blood He gave,
Green is for the grass He made.
Yellow is for the sun so bright,
Orange is for the edge of night.
Black is for the sins we've made,
White is for His grace which saves.
Purple is for the hours of sorrow,
Pink is for our new tomorrow.
A bag full of jellybeans,
Colorful and sweet,
Is a prayer, a promise.
A dear person's treat.
Faith –
Bread or cinnamon rolls (See recipe for, "Bread in a bag.") Explain that when a
person makes bread, they have to have faith that the yeast will make the bread
rise. OR Make the candy airplane. (See Prayer)
Friendship, Teamwork, Commitment, Service, & etc.
The possibilities are endless.
Friendship Fudge –
Mix in a gallon zip lock bag.
4 cups powdered sugar 1/2 cup cocoa
3 ounces softened cream cheese 1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup softened margarine 1/2 chopped nuts
Mix ingredients together by squeezing the bag and
passing it around the group. (Discuss the topic while being passed around.) When
it is mixed together. Roll it into a log and slice and serve. May
need extra powdered sugar or eat with spoons out of the bag.
Or you can use one of the following recipes for the
same topics:
Bread in a Bag –
This is great for kids to make because it's easy and
relatively mess-free as well as delicious. You will need:
1 Tbsp dry yeast 1 gallon zip-loc bag
1 1/2 cup flour (3 cups total, see below) Measuring cups, spoons, bread pan
1/4 cup sugar Pam
1 tsp salt
1 cup very warm water
1/4 cup margarine
1 1/2 cups more flour (Use a little extra flour if dough is still too
sticky.)
Put yeast, 1 1/2 cups flour, sugar, and salt into bag. Add margarine and warm
water. Press most of the air out of the bag and seal. Press and
squeeze the bag with your hands until the dough becomes mixed. Open bag
and add last 1 1/2 cups flour. Reseal bag and keep squeezing until the
flour is worked into the dough. Add 1/4 to 1/2 cup more flour if dough is
sticky. Unzip bag and let dough rest 20 minutes. The dough will rise.
Spray pan with Pam. Punch dough down. Take out of bag, put into pan
and let rise until doubled. Bake at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes. Remove
from pan and cool.
Home Made Ice Cream (using Zip lock™ bags)
*1 1/2 cups of milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups ice
/2 cup table salt
1-quart size freezer zip lock bag
1 gallon size freezer zip lock bag
* Half & half or cream will make a richer ice cream
1. Put the milk, vanilla and sugar into the quart
size zip lock bag and close tightly.
2. Place the filled quart size zip lock bag in the gallon size zip lock bag.
3. Put the ice and table salt in the gallon size zip lock bag and close tightly,
with as little air in the bag as
possible.
4. Shake and shake and shake the bag some more. After about 10 minutes of
shaking, you should have an ice cream treat to eat! (If too much water accumulates
in the large bag, pour out the water, put in a little more ice and salt and continue shaking.)
Tin Can Ice Cream
1 cup milk
1 cup whipping cream
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
Dash of Salt
Rock Salt
Put all ingredients in the equivalent size of a 1-pound coffee can with a tight
fitting plastic lid. Place inside a 3-pound can with a tight fitting plastic
lid. Pack larger can with crushed ice around smaller can. Pour at least
3/4 cup of rock salt evenly over ice. Place the lid on the can. Roll back
and forth on a table or floor for 10 minutes. Open outer can. Remove
smaller can. Stir mixture and repeat with new ice and salt 10 more minutes or
until ice cream sets. Makes about 3 cups.
Remember the can must be kept moving.
Forgiveness –
Serve doughnuts with the following thought. "Surround yourself with forgiveness,
mercy, and love, just like the hole in the doughnut." OR Starburst Fruit
Chews or Gum, with the thought, "Chews to love your enemies."
Goals –
Serve ice cream cones. Talk about how a goal is like eating an ice cream cone,
it’s done by eating it one "lick" at a time. * Once we set a long-range
goal we must break it into short-range goals. (When we decide to eat an ice
cream cone, we can’t possibly swallow it in one gulp! * After carefully
analyzing our goal we must set out to accomplish it one step at a time. (When we
have decided on the flavor, how many scoops, etc., then we proceed, a lick at a
time! * When we become discouraged, we must have the courage to keep
trying to achieve our goal. (Oh, oh! Don’t let it melt, or topple over! Keep on
going!) * We must work consistently at accomplishing goals. Sporadic
attempts usually result in failure. (Hey, wait a minute! You can’t lay it down
and come back later to eat it!) * We must take time at intervals to
evaluate our progress. It is important to recognize the progress we have made as
to recognize when more effort is needed to achieve our goal. (You can’t just
lick it all on one side, you know. Turn it around and look it over. Evaluate
where you have been and what you need to lick!)
Honesty – You need: Pre-pkg. Rice Krispie
treats for each person in the family. Sponge cut to the same size as the RK
treat for each person. Before FHE, carefully open packages and remove RK treats.
Replace with sponges and seal packages back up to look like new. Save RK treats
on a separate plate. As you begin FHE, really build up the snack so the family
is looking forward to it. Then pass out the fake RK treats. Give them time to
open and note their reactions. (Do not let on yet that you have real treats for
them waiting.) Talk about how disappointed they felt when something they had
hoped for was not at all what it actually turned out to be. Ask them how they
feel that you deceived them. Discuss the feelings that others have in our lives
when we are not true and honest with them. Be sure to bring up how Heavenly
Father must feel when we are not honest. At the end of the lesson, pass out the
"real" treats...
Honesty idea #2 – *Make caramel apples.
Make one using an onion instead. Remember which one is the caramel onion! Before
treats are served ask who would like to take the first bite. Really talk it up.
When the first bite is taken it will be a shock. (It needs to be a big bite).
Talk about the disappointment in finding out it wasn't true. Is that how we feel
or our Heavenly Father feels when we lie to him or others? Pass out the real
apples as treats.
Judging –
Snickers Candy Bar. "The person who SNICKERS at another’s looks or actions to
make himself feel big will only become small."
Love – Make
your favorite sugar cookies ahead of time. Frost together as a family. Explain
that the frosting is like love. When you are spreading it around on the cookie,
it’s difficult to keep it from spreading on to our fingers, the table, and even
other cookies, and that’s how it is with love.
Missionary Work
– A bag of M & M’s to represent "Mormon Missionaries." OR "Member
Missionaries"
Morality – M
& M’s Candies could stand for Morality & Momentary Pleasure. Don’t wait until
you’re under the influence of the M & M’s to decide whether you’ll be moral or
immoral. Don’t be tempted by…
Dark Brown –
Opposite Sex Yellow – Moon Orange – Music Light Brown –
Musk Green – Making Out Red – Illusion Blue – Remorse
Purple – Passion Black – Sin White – Purity, Repentance
Pioneers & Our Heritage
– Pretzel sticks and Kraft Easy Cheese (in a can), or frosting. Overlap every
other one, as you would do if you were building a log cabin. Keep the logs in
place with the cheese or frosting. You could make a base out of a small empty,
clean & dry, milk carton. The size used at schools would be perfect. OR
Make homemade bread and butter. Put a small amount of heavy cream in a baby food
jar for each child. Let them shake it until it becomes butter. Or put a large
amount of heavy cream in a shortening can with a lid. Roll it back & forth
across the floor, until it turns to butter. Pour the liquid off & spread on your
favorite recipe of homemade bread.
Prayer –
Pretzels or Pretzels dipped in white chocolate or candy coating. To represent
arms folded in prayer. OR Candy Airplane: 1 rubber band, 1 stick of
peppermint or smarties candies, 1 stick of gum, 2 lifesavers candies. Insert
rubber band through both lifesavers; loop ends over each end of stick of gum.
Insert peppermint stick between lifesavers and under the stick of gum. Plane can
be easily disassembled and eaten. With this thought: Prayer is the instrument of
Miracles. (Marion G. Romney) OR Prayers & Planes – I choose the cargo I
will send. Demands and claims, or petition, praise and humility. Will I leave my
plane empty or fill it with love, Fueled with faith and sent with sincerity?
President Hinckley’s 6 B’s
- Fun treat for FHE after a lesson on Pres. Hinckley’s talk to the youth.
6 B’s Banana Pudding
This is a rich banana pudding. It is very
delicious. Prep Time: approx. 25 Minutes. Original recipe makes
1 - 9x13 inch dish
2 (3.4 ounce) packages instant vanilla pudding mix
1 cup milk
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
6 bananas, sliced
1/2 (12 ounce) package vanilla wafers
Directions:
1. In a medium bowl, combine pudding mix and milk
and stir until mix is dissolved. Refrigerate 15 minutes,
until partially set.
2. Stir condensed milk into pudding mixture until
smooth. Fold in sour cream and whipped topping. Fold in
bananas.
3. Make a single layer of vanilla wafers in the
bottom of a 9x13 inch dish. Spread pudding evenly over wafers.
Crush remaining wafers and sprinkle on top.
Refrigerate until serving.
Profanity –
A crisp clean apple. I can keep my language clean and crisp and handle my words
with care. So, I won’t bruise my peace of mind or the opinion others share.
Scriptures & Scripture Study
– An individually wrapped TWINKIE with the following saying: Search the
scriptures, Listen to the Prophets, seek for sound doctrine, not "Spiritual
Twinkies". We need to sustain ourselves with substantial nourishment, not
superficial nourishment. Don’t let the spiritually empty calories of a "Twinkie"
sustain you—seek for the spiritually rich calories of the "Scriptures". OR
The Scriptures are meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special
occasions. You could use a loaf of homemade bread and a cup cake. OR Buy
and individual-sized box of BOSTON BAKED BEANS for each person. Glue a piece of
black construction paper to cover the top, one side, & the bottom of each box.
Then with a white gel pen, write on the top "Holy Scriptures" & on the bottom
write, "Have you discovered the Holy Scriptures? Do you know what each one
means? Is your head full of knowledge or just full of BEANS?
Or use one of the following:
Scripture Cake (Spice Cake)
You may read the scripture references to your family and let them figure out
what the ingredients are.
2 cups 1 Kings 4:22 (flour)
1 1/2 cups Jeremiah 6:20 (sugar)
2 teaspoons Amos 4:5 (1 tsp. baking soda and 1 tsp. baking powder)
2 Chronicles 9:9 (spices— 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. ground cloves, 1/4 tsp.
nutmeg) Pinch of Leviticus 2:13 (salt)
1 cup Judges 4:19, last clause (milk)
1/2 cup Judges 5:25, last clause (butter)
3 large Jeremiah 17:11 (eggs)
Note: May add 1/2 teaspoon vanilla if desired
Directions: (Scripture Cake Spice Cake)
• Heat oven to 350°. Grease sides and bottoms of
a 13 x 9 x 2-inch pan. • In a bowl combine 1 Kings, Jeremiah
6:20, Amos, 2 Chronicles and Leviticus. • Add
Judges 4:19 and 5:25. Beat with an electric mixer on medium
speed till combined. Beat two minutes on high. •
Add Jeremiah 17:11 and beat two minutes more.
• Pour batter into pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes or till a toothpick inserted near
the center comes out clean.
• Cool on a wire rack.
Scripture Cookies
– RECIPE FROM: Our Scriptures – SERVES: Everyone
Beat together: 3/4 cup of Psalms 55:21 (butter)
1/3 cup of 2 Nephi 26:25 (milk)
11/2 cups of Jeremiah 6:20 (brown sugar)
2 of Isaiah 10:14 (eggs)
Add: 2 cups of 1 Kings 4:22 (flour)
1 tsp. of Songs of Solomon 4:14 (cinnamon)
1 tsp. of D&C 101:39 (salt)
1/2 tsp. of 1 Corinthians 4:6 (soda)
Puffed up
3 cups of D&C 89:17 (oats)
1 cup of 1 Samuel 30:12 (raisins)
Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake
at 350 for 15 min, BUT not before reading: History of Joseph Smith 1:37 (cook
not burn in oven) D&C 133:11 (watch)
Scripture Sandwich
Our bodies need food to grow strong and healthy. Our spirits and testimonies
also need food to grow strong and healthy. This spiritual food is the
scriptures. We eat food daily. We need to feed our spirits daily, too, so we
should read the scriptures every day. To build a Scripture Sandwich, look up
the following scriptures:
John 6:35
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh
to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
2 Nephi 17:15
Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil and to
choose the good.
Mosiah 3:20
And moreover, I say unto you, that the time shall come when the knowledge of a
Savior shall spread throughout every nation, kindred, tongue, and
people. (Spread = mayonnaise)
Matthew 17:20
And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you,
If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto
this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing
shall be impossible unto you.
John 4:34
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent
me, and to finish his work.
1 Samuel 17:18
And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand,
and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.
1 Corinthians 9:7
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? Who planteth a vineyard, and
eateth not of the fruit thereof? Or who feuded a flock, and elated
not of the milk of the flock? (Fruit of the vine = tomato)
3 Nephi 12:13
Verily, verily, I say unto you, I give unto you to be the salt of
the earth; but if the salt shall lose its savor wherewith shall the earth be
salted? The salt shall be thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out and
to be trodden under foot of men.
Isaiah 2:3
And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the
mountain
of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us
of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the
law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. (Let us = lettuce)
Scripture Stories
1 Nephi 2-7,
Lehi and his family build an alter out of stones when they reach the river.
Make an alter of scones, to use for treat.
Scones
Use bread dough, or frozen bread dough thawed.
Can also use refrigerator biscuits (Pillsbury). Make round dough circles,
flatten and put hole in middle so that it won't be soggy.
Fry in oil till brown; serve with butter, jam
and honey or honey butter.
Honey butter
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup marshmallow cream
Blend all ingredients together until smooth.
Tell the story of
Joseph and his coat of many colors, and serve popcorn balls with mini M&Ms
in them to represent the many colors.
Popcorn Balls
12 cups popped corn
1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup margarine
1pkg marshmallows
1 cup mini M&Ms candies
Heat oil, margarine, and marshmallows till
melted and mixed. Add popcorn and M&Ms. Make into balls, or put in 9x13 pan.
Serve.
-Teach about Moses and Pharaoh using
unleavened bread.
-Learn about temples, either Solomon's or
modern day, building gingerbread houses
-Tell the story of Ammon defending sheep,
displaying sheep made out of Hostess Snowballs and marshmallows
-Teach tithing using gold-coin chocolate
candies
- How about rice krispie treats for the,
Walls of Jericho.
Creation Story
Recipe for Creation Cake.
White cake mix and ingredients
1 small blue Jell-O
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup cold water
1 large cool-whip
Assorted candies, animal crackers, and shoestring
licorice, basically anything that could represent the days of creation.
Make cake mix as directed, let cool for 15 min.
Pierce top of cake with large fork. Dissolve Jell-O in 1 cup of boiling water;
add 1/2-cup cold water. Spoon over top of cake; refrigerate cake for 3-4 hours.
Take pan out of fridge, set in warm water for 10
seconds, and turn out onto tray. Frost sides with cool-whip; decorate with
candies to represent the days of Creation.
Make a cake mix in a cookie
sheet. Separate the cake into seven sections with shoestring licorice or
icing. Write the 7 days of creation scriptures, on individual papers. Fold and
put in a hat or bowl. Each child picks a day scripture out of the bowl and
reads the scripture and decorates his/her portion of the cake. Can use animal
crackers, fish crackers, and jujubes in different shapes, shoestring licorice
or other assorted candies that can represent that day. Or you could just use
different colors of icing and let them decorate their day.
Noah’s Ark –
You will need: Chocolate ice cream, whipped topping, tinted blue, and animal
crackers. Arrange 2 scoops of chocolate ice cream in the bottom of a bowl. Place
1 scoop of chocolate ice cream on top, and in the center of these. This makes
the Ark. Then put the blue tinted whipped topping around the bottom of the bowl.
This is for the water. Arrange animal crackers on top of the 3 scoops of ice
cream. Eat and enjoy!
Self-Esteem, or Character
– A hard-boiled egg with a smiley face drawn on it for each person. Sometimes we
feel dull and uninteresting, or we don’t feel like we fit in. That tends to make
one crack under pressure. (Crack the egg slightly) Sometimes we’re not even
pleasant to be around. (Plug your nose) Sometimes we build a wall or have a hard
outer shell. (Begin to peel the eggshell) When the hard outer shell is peeled
away, we begin to know the true person inside. (Completely remove the shell, and
then cut it open. Only then, can you discover something special about your self,
or someone else. That you/they have a heart of gold. (Show the yellow yolk of
the egg against the white.) Could serve Cadbury Crème Eggs, or Whoppers Malted
Milk Balls.
Talents –
Cut an apple diagonally to find a star. This could represent how our talents are
sometimes hidden, and we have to discover and develop them. OR You could
also use different kinds of seeds such as sunflower, pumpkin, or maybe
pistachios or pinion nuts to show that we all have different kinds of talents &
interests. And we need to water them to help them grow. OR You need a
small bag of un-popped popcorn. Ask the following questions. What is this? Is it
edible as it is? How can we make it so we can eat it? Pop the popcorn and
explain that once you apply heat to the kernels they burst into a fluffy white
mass. Our talents are similar to this. They can remain hard, useless kernels
within us, or we can apply heat and energy to them, and they will burst forth
enabling others to partake of them. This will benefit others' lives as well as
ours... Enjoy the popcorn. OR Treasures Candy to represent the worth of a
talent.
Temple or Church Buildings
– Make a gingerbread house out of gingerbread, or graham crackers and decorate.
Then discuss the importance of these buildings and how we should act when we are
inside.
Temptation –
A "Twix" Candy Bar with a tag that says, " I don’t fall for Satan’s TWIX!"
Tithing, Budgeting, & Money Management
– Gold foil wrapped coins, 100,000 Grand Bar, or a cake decorated like a dollar
bill. Or A CRUNCH candy bar with a tag that says: Always pay your tithing
first to avoid a money CRUNCH! We pay tithing with faith, not with money.
Trials, Adversity, & Optimism
– You could use a lemon to show how life sometimes hands you a lemon, and when
that happens, you can take that lemon and make lemonade, lemon bars, or a lemon
pie, or serve some Sunny Delight. Here’s a couple of recipes:
Lemon Whippersnappers (Cookies)
1 package lemon cake mix 1 egg
2 cups whipped topping, thawed 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
Mix cake mix, whipped topping and egg in large
bowl until well blended. Drop by teaspoon into powdered sugar; roll to coat.
Place 1 1/2 inches apart on cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 10 to 15 minutes, or
until light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to cool. Makes about 4 dozen.
Cheezy Lemon Bars
1 Lemon cake mix 1-8 oz cream cheese, softened
1 Egg, slightly beaten 1 box lemon frosting
1/2 cup melted butter 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine cake mix,
butter, & egg. Mix lightly with a fork until just moistened. Pat into a lightly
greased 9x13 pan. Combine frosting mix, lemon juice, & cheese. Mix until
blended. Reserve 1/2 cup. Beat remaining frosting cheese mixture for 3-5 min or
until light & fluffy. Spread over cake mixture. Bake 30-40 min. or until done.
Cool & spread reserved frosting mixture over bars. Note: You can use a box of
vanilla frosting mix, 1 lemon squeezed, and 1/2 teaspoon lemon flavoring with a
dash of yellow food coloring if you are unable to find lemon flavored frosting.
Double Lemon Surprise Bars
1 Duncan Hines Lemon Cake Mix
1 Egg
1/3 Cup Oil
Mix until crumbly. Put 1/2 mixture in bottom of
9x13 pan. Cook at 350 for 15 min. In a separate bowl combine the following:
1-8oz pkg. Cream cheese (room temp.)
1/3 cup Sugar
1 tsp Lemon Juice
1 Egg
Mix until creamy. Spread on top of crust. Crumble
rest of cake mix on top. Cook at 350 degrees for 15 min.
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