Bubble Gum Game
 

I used this activity last year.  I was asked to do an activity at Stake Beehive day on Personal Progress.  I started talking about the changes Personal Progress has gone through over the years... the 1916   requirements, my Personal Progress book of the 80's, the last one, and the newest one.   Then did the quiz (M&Ms work well) challenging them to choose an area right then and start working on it that day.  Then ended with how we can unlock the "treasures" of heaven and the treasures in us as we set and fulfill goals in Personal Progress.  I gave them each a few of the Treasures chocolates.  I had a small fancy jewelry box that I had the chocolate treasures in and overflowing as part of my display. 

I have been asked to do this same activity again this year at Stake Beehive day and will incorporate another idea from the list... I will have two pitchers of water ready to make unsweetened Kool-aid and make the Kool-aid... one with sugar and one without.  The Kool-aid without sugar is the girl who has done all the right stuff... can get temple recommend and get married in the temple...  the one with sugar is the girl who also incorporated Personal Progress into her life... she's just a little sweeter and better tasting to her future husband and family.

What you do for this activity is the girls and their leaders answered sets of questions about which Personal Progress goal they would be more likely to choose. They selected a colored bubblegum ball that matched their answers (the gumballs come in a big container at Costco -- we used the same gumballs for each ward, but told the girls NOT to eat these gumballs - we separated out all the pink ones and told the girls they could eat those gumballs). Here's a typical example of the questions: Which Personal Progress goal would you more likely to choose? Bear your testimony (take a white gumball) or baby-sit for free (take a yellow gumball). When the sets of questions were finished, everyone chose the color of gumballs they had the LEAST number of -- that was the value they were to work on for the rest of the year until Young Women in Excellence.

Just ask them the questions and they take a gumball in the value color, according to their answer. At the end, we will encourage them to pick a project for Young Women's In Excellence according to the value that they had the LEAST amount of gumballs. The idea is that if they only had 3 purple gumballs and 15 faith gumballs, they need to work on integrity, so they would choose a project in that value.

IF YOU CHOOSE:  You could give out parfait type cups with bubble gum for the girls to take home... something similar to this.

1. Which Personal Progress goal would you be more likely to choose?

a. Work to stop criticizing and or complaining. Take blue
b. Be selective about the TV programs you watch. Take orange

2. Which PP goal would you be more likely to choose?

a. Create a poem, story, article, or work of literature that illustrates a gospel principle. Take green
b. Be selective about the TV programs you watch. Take orange

3.

a. Tutor a friend and help her understand her school work. Take yellow
b. Intentionally be a good influence on your friends. Take purple.

4.

a. Bear your testimony. Take white
b. Talk with your grandparents or an older LDS couple about qualities needed for a successful, happy marriage. Take blue

5.

a. Baby sit for free. Take yellow
b. Make friends with someone who needs a friend. Take red

6.

a. Apologize to and do something nice for someone you made unhappy. Take orange
b. Talk to your mother and/or other mothers about motherhood. Take blue

7.

a. Organize a family photo album. Take red
b. Participate in appropriate Sunday activities. Take orange

8.

a. Learn a new recipe. Take green
b. Give your honest opinion when someone asks. Take purple

9.

a. Read a New Era article. Take white
b. Watch a TV show on the effects of alcohol. Take green

10.

a. Help your family when asked, even if you don't feel like it. Take orange
b. Help someone outside your family. Take yellow

11.

a. Get to bed on time. Take red
b. Stay up to finish a book report. Take green

12.

a. Forgive someone who hurt you. Take blue
b. Turn down an invitation to a party where a video of questionable content will be shown. Take purple

13.

a. Give a family home evening lesson on a family problem. Take white
b. Give your sister a perm because she thinks her hair is ugly. Take red

14.

a. Be cheerful even when you don't get your way. Take orange
b. Buy the more modest dress, even though it is more expensive or less in style. Take purple

15.

a. Read the scriptures 15 minutes. Take white
b. Help a brother or sister with homework. Take yellow

16.

a. Stop an argument. Take blue
b. Talk to an adult about some question you have. Take green

17.

a. Listen to a friend talk about his or her problems. Take red
b. Write a letter to a missionary or a friend who moved. Take yellow

18.

a. Learn or create something new for the fun of it. Take green
b. Clean your room as you promised you would. Take purple

19.

a. Invite a nonmember friend to a Sunday meeting. Take white
b. Do an extra job at home without being asked. Take purple

20.

a. Sing an uplifting song to chase away a bad thought or a bad mood. Take blue
b. Try to make someone new feel welcome. Take yellow

21.

a. Admit to your dad or mom that he or she is right. Take purple
b. Pray for help to get along better with your dad or mom. Take white