LDS Activity and Service Ideas

There are great service and other activity ideas here! Some of the ideas will work better for different organizations: Primary, Youth, Relief Society, Ward, Stake .

LDS Activity Ideas

1. 72-hour kits
2. 72-hour survival skills (compass/map reading, knot tying, first aid)
3. Aerobics class
4. Anger management
5. Art appreciation
6. Attitude adjustment
7. Auction
8. Badminton tournament
9. Ball hockey
10. Ballroom dancing
11. Basic mending
12. Basics of reading music
13. Basketball
14. Bath Sachets
15. BBQ
16. Beauty tips
17. Bike ride
18. Board games (LDS board games here, listed at the bottom)
19. Bonfire (hot dog/marshmallow roast)
20. Bowling
21. Bubble blowing contest
22. Budgeting
23. Building self-esteem
24. Calculate your food storage needs and build up your three-month food supply
25. Calligraphy
26. Camping
27. Candy making
28. Candy wrappers (Chocolate Bars, Mini Chocolate Bars, Gum Wrappers, SoulSavers)
29. Canning
30. Canoeing
31. Car maintenance: how to jump start a car/change a tire/change oil
32. Card making
33. Charades
34. Cheap family vacations
35. Chili cook-off
36. Chocolate making/dipping
37. Christmas advent stories/books (see Christmas Category)
38. Computer class
39. Cookbooks (See Refreshment Category)
40. Cooking with beans
41. Cooking with honey
42. Coupon books (chores for family/friends)
43. Crafts
44. Creative dating ideas
45. Creative writing
46. Crepe/pancake breakfast social
47. Crime prevention class
48. Crochet
49. Crock pot party or class
50. Cross-stitch
51. Cultural event (food/items from other cultures/countries)
52. Curtain making
53. Dance (ballet, country, tap, swing, square dance, highland, etc)
54. Dehydrating and/or freezing foods
55. Dessert contest (judged by primary children)
56. Drama/play/musical event
57. Drawing class
58. Dutch oven cooking
59. Easy hair cutting
60. Etiquette/formal dining
61. Family history (genealogy)
62. Family Home Evening ideas/kits
63. Family Home Evening Games
64. Fashion show (modern/oldies/clothes from scriptures/other cultures)
65. Fireside (also see LDS Singles: For the Strength of You Presentation)
66. First aid
67. Fishing
68. Floral arranging/silk flower makingFootball

LDS Service Ideas

1. Adopt a friend/child (do services and activities for/with)
2. Adopt a pet
3. Christmas boxes for needy children/families
4. Clean someone's car (inside and out)
5. Clean someone's home
6. Clean the church (inside and outside/grounds)
7. Cook meals for needy/elderly
8. Do someone's laundry
9. Donate blood
10. Donate clothes/toys/household items
11. Free car wash
12. Give Christmas trees to needy at Christmas time
13. Help out at shelters/hospitals/nursing homes
14. Hygiene kits (for shelters)
15. Litter cleanup (roads/parks)
16. Make stuffed toys/dolls for children
17. Missionary letters and packages(see Missionary Shirt Card)
18. Organize rides to church for those without transportation
19. Read to elderly
20. Service Scavenger Hunt
21. Singing at hospitals/nursing homes
22. Storytelling to children
23. Surprise visit (with treats or gifts) to less active
24. Teach reading to the illiterate
25. Wash windows (members/church/other buildings/homes)
26. Yard cleanup (grass/weeds/leaves/snow/etc)