Temple Activity Day
by Tara Larsen / ga03082007

We did a Temple activity last summer with our Primary and I was so pleased with the way it turned out. We began several weeks before the trip by talking about the temple and how neat it would be to go. We gave out invitations and on them put "Please wear church clothing to show reverence for the Temple". We went over to the temple (30 minute trip, we're lucky!) and met with the Temple President and Matron (again, we were lucky as they are from our ward so some of the kids recognized them.) They spoke to us about why we have temples and specifically about the history of our temple (Vernal Temple). Then I took a picture of all the children with them and the temple in the background. Next, we walked quietly around the temple grounds and let the children look around. A newly married couple were having their pictures taken so we talked about temple marriage. We let the children each reverently touch the door of the temple because my 1st counselor (an amazing person!) told us that one of the prophets had said something to the effect of "Let the children touch the temple, so the temple may touch them".  Then we went next door to the stake center and had a picnic lunch on the lawn where we could see the temple. Then we had each child either write or draw about their feelings about the temple. As they did this, I took each child and took their picture with the temple in the background. Then we bore our testimony of the temple and went home. It wasn't anything fancy but it was really nice. Also, I made a scrapbook page for each child with the picture of the group with the Temple President and Matron as well as their individual picture in front of the temple. I also included the paper they had written or drawn on about the temple. They turned out beautiful and I had many parents tell me how much they loved it.  We really enjoyed this activity.

Example of Temple Scrapbook Pages:


If interested in the software she used to create these pages, go to www.scrapbookmax.com