Free General Conference Printables (quotes from President M. Russell Ballard)

These quotes come from President M. Russell Ballard's Talk "Precious Gifts from God."  (Find the talk here.)  Frame them, share them with a friend, stick them in your scriptures or on your mirror, there are so many possibilities. 

To Print:

Click on the picture.  Right click to save to your computer.

Print at home or send it to your favorite place to print pictures.

If printing at home I like to insert the picture in a word document.  Size and print on cardstock.

These are formatted as 5x7 but can easily be resized to fit your needs.

FHE Lesson for this talk will be posted later this week.

Family Home Evening Lessons based on April 2018 General Conference Talks

As a family we've decided to use General Conference talks as the theme for our FHE lessons this year.  We are working our way though the talks from April 2018 and trying to get through as many as possible. We'll be sharing the plans with you as we go.  I'll also be updating this page with the links to each lesson to make things a little easier for you to follow along or find a specific talk.  Check back each week for new Family Night ideas.

"I exhort you to study the messages of this conference frequently—even repeatedly—during the next six months. Conscientiously look for ways to incorporate these messages in your family home evenings, your gospel teaching, your conversations with family and friends, and even your discussions with those not of our faith. Many good people will respond to the truths taught in this conference when offered in love. And your desire to obey will be enhanced as you remember and reflect upon what you have felt these past two days." 

-President Russell M. Nelson

Saturday Morning 

Precious Gifts from God By President M. Russell Ballard

Find talk here

Am I a Child of God?  by Elder Brian K. Taylor

Find talk here

"The Prophet of God" By Elder Neil L. Anderson.  

(Find the talk here)

Saturday Afternoon

"Young Women in the Work" By Bonnie L. Oscarson 

Find talk here

Family History and Temple Work: Sealing and Healing by Elder Renlund

(Find the talk here)

Sunday Morning 

"By Small and Simple things" by President Dallin H. Oaks talk 

Find talk here

"Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives"  by President Russell M. Nelson

(Find talk here)

Sunday Afternoon

Behold the Man! By Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Find talk here

 "Prepare to Meet God" By Elder Quentin L. Cook.

Find talk here.

"Christ the Lord is Risen Today" By Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Find talk here

I am a Child of God FHE

For Family Home evening we are working our way through the April 2018 General Conference talks.  This week we used the talk  Am I a Child of God? by By Elder Brian K. Taylor.  

Here is the outline I used (it's included in the download). It's brief but there is a little more info below. Add or take away anything to fit your family and the inspiration that comes to you as you read through the talk.

The story of Jen is under the heading “The Most Powerful Knowledge I Possess.”

The Ask question and word strips come from the section under the heading "Seeking to Know God, Our Father"

I like to cut the quotes apart and pass them out for others to read.

I love the counsel Jen received to write "I am a Child of God" and repeat it 10 times every day.  This activity was inspired by that.

I also like to include a free printable that we keep on display for the week to remind us of our lesson.  A 5x7 print is included in the FHE Pack download  but if you only want the print click here for the 5x7 or here for the 8x10

Download the FHE Pack Here

Adorable graphics from mycutelobsterdesigns

 and Krista Wallden-Creative Clips. Fonts from Hello Literacy

You can find our other FHE ideas here.

Free Unicorn Counting Counting Cards (4+ ways to use them)

We are having so much fun with our U is for Unicorn theme.  Keep watching for new posts with more unicorn activities and printables.  I love today's post because these counting cards are so cute and can be used in so many ways.  I'm sharing several ways we've used them but I'm sure you've got some great ideas too! Lets just jump right in

To use: Download your cards (link at the end), Print, and Cut.  I suggest printing on cardstock and laminating.  My kids have been using these over and over and even jumping on them and they still look perfect.

The first idea is to use them as classroom decor.  They are so cute and your little one will love seeing and counting the cards. 

My main purpose in creating these cards was for a counting activity (its just like our feed the penguin activity) only this time we are feeding the unicorns. 

We used fruit loops.  I discovered anything rainbow is perfect when talking about unicorns. :)  If the card has a number 6 place 6 fruit loops on the card.  

After we played this game I found this fun cereal and we've played many more times with this one.

Use the cards as playdough mats.  Roll out the number or roll little balls and place the correct number on each card.

Musical chairs or Freeze dance: Place the numbers on the ground.  Turn on some music and dance!  Stop the music at any time and your little one finds a card to step on and then freezes.  Have them shout out the number and start the music again.  It's also fun to mix up the numbers and have them run to the number one first, the number two second, etc.  

Some Other ideas: flash cards, put in order from biggest to smallest and smallest to biggest, my kids laid them on the floor and played hop scotch (yelled out the number they landed on), build a number (ex. put a one and two together to make twelve).

We also used them for our unicorn number hunt.  This was a favorite!  You can find the post and printables here. The number cards are included in that download too. 

I hope you love these unicorn counting cards as much as we do.  

You can download your Free Unicorn Counting Cards Here!

Adorable graphics from Instruct and Inspire, Jen Hart Design, and Krista Wallden-Creative Clips. Fonts from Hello Literacy

Free Spring Bicycle Prints

Happy Bicycle day!  We've been loving our calendar full of fun and unusual holidays.  

Today is bicycle day and to celebrate I created some gorgeous spring bicycle prints for you.

To print: Click on the link below to download color you want.  Save to your computer and print from home or your favorite print shop. If printing at home I like to insert the picture in a word document.  Size and print on cardstock.

These are formatted as 8x10's but can easily be resized to fit your needs.

Click the links below to download your free prints

Blue 

Pink

or both in an easy to print PDF file

Follow along with our monthly calendars. We just started this in January and it has been such a fun thing to do with my kids.  I post a new calendar each month with a free download.

Despicable Me 3 Movie Night & Free Popcorn Boxes

Every time I think of any of the Despicable Me movies I can't help but think of sweet Agnes and her unicorn.

So with our current unicorn preschool theme Despicable Me 3 was perfect for our family movie night.

My kids have been loving our popcorn boxes and I love the size of these things.  Its just the right amount for younger kids (my older ones get seconds), if it spills its not a crazy mess, and the best part is no one is fighting over the bowl or someone eating too much...maybe this only happens at my house :).  Also they make our movie nights feel a little more special so I made some to go along with this movie (well any of the 3).

Are you ready to make some for your family?  Click and download the Free PDF below.  Pick your favorite boxes and print on cardstock.  There are 4 pattern options. 

 Cut along black lines, fold white lines, and glue or tape together.

Fill with popcorn or some yummy treats.

Enjoy your movie!

Download your Free Popcorn Boxes Here

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or our other movie nights