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OUR SCRIPTURE HEROES - "We had four brethren from the Ward come dressed as
heroes from the scriptures: Moses, Noah, David, and Daniel, to speak to the
children about the situations they faced. They emphasized that they were
ordinary people just like us; what made them heroes was the choices they made.
They told the children they could be heroes too. Then the children rotated
through 4 stations, each with one craft and one physical activity. Moses'
station included a large maze taped to the floor (the Israelites wandering in
the wilderness), and a treat to eat--"Camel Lips"--made of two apple wedges as
lips, pink icing for gums, and miniature marshmallows for teeth. Noah's station
was an old waterbed mattress, "Noah's ark," that we filled with air (my vacuum
has a place to hook the hose to blow air out); the children took turns lying on
the mattress one at a |