ACTIVITIES:

 Building my eternal family by Janette Baron (Primary Quarterly Activity Idea)
 Family Amazing Race Quarterly Activity by Samantha A. (Primary Quarterly Activity Idea)
 Family Memory Box
 Lots of Family Activities
 Our Family is Coordinated
 Fun Family Activity

CANDY BAR WRAPPERS:

 Families are Forever
 Family- Lifesaver Wrappers  (1), (2), (3)

COLORING PAGES:

 My family and teachers help my testimony grow (PDF file)

CRAFT IDEAS:

 Family Tree Christmas Skirt

CREATING FAMILY UNITY:

 Circles of Good Behavior

FAMILY HOME EVENING LESSONS:

 A Happy Family by Erika Bair
 Family Home Evening Lesson on Responsibility

FILE FOLDER GAMES:

 Families can be together forever by Megan Mills
 I belong to a family by Megan Mills
 I love my brothers and sisters by Megan Mills
 I love my whole family by Megan Mills

GAMES:

 Eternal Family BINGO by Sarah Hall
 Family BINGO Boards by Noelle Skaff
 Family Facts Game, September 1995 Friend
 Family Treasure Friend July 2000 (Scroll Down)
 Road to a Happy Family

GIFT IDEAS:

 Family Proclamation Picture

HANDOUT IDEAS:

 A brushstroke on canvas by Shaunte Wadley
Love at Home (free printable) by Kendra John
 My Family Is Eternal (Bookmark) by Kim Gordon
 My Family Loves Me Mirror Sign
 Value Colored Family Proclamation - (prints in color and ready to go in scriptures) transferred from lds-yw files
AA Dreams
 A Compli-ment by Melissa Sauser
 Attach the following quote to a Lego fruit snack (box looks like this) encouraging the girls to "build" up their family and lift them up - "Be one who nurtures and builds. Be one who has an understanding and a forgiving heart, who looks for the best in people. Leave people better than you found them." ~ Marvin J. Ashton (Conference, April 1992)
 Be one who nurtures and builds by Erika Miller
Handout by Molly Dukeman
 Handout from Emma's Place
 Handout Idea and Lesson Helps
I created a candy gram for my Young Women and thought others will like the idea (see photo here). (Idea  Lynne Pike / ga03112012)
The family is a creation of the Almighty by Lori Gygi
Inkablinka
Sock it to me
 Stregnthen them by.... by Greta S. Watson
 Supporting Each Other
 Supreme Unworldly Fuel for the Family Journey (BYU Women's Conferece Handout) - This handout has lots of great ideas on keeping your family strong and motivating each other.

LESSON HELPS:

 Family Councils - A conversation with Elder & Sister Ballard  (Scroll Down)
 First we talked about families. As the children listed off people in their family (me, mom, dad, cousins, uncle, etc.) I wrote them on strips of paper. Then we arranged the strips on the board like a family tree. Finally, we talked about how the temple links the family together forever and as we talked, I took the strips of paper and made rings and linked them together using temple stickers. Each child then got several strips of paper to write on and make their own chains to take home. They even came up with the idea of linking all their chains together to make an even bigger one and I was able to talk about us all being a big spiritual family and part of Heavenly Father and Jesus' family. Jesus was one of the names they gave me for the paper chain. (Idea shared by Carolyn Frances / ga06082008)
 Be our guest! - Making Family Meal Time a Priority (2007 BYU Women's Conference)
 It's TEEN time! - 2007 BYU Women's Conference, games and recipes for fun
 Strengthening Our Family
 The recipe to a happy home
 Before class, I used napkins and pieces of construction paper and 'trashed' the room. By turning over the table and scattering the chairs around, I really did a number on it! :) When the girls came in, they immediately started commenting about how 'trashed' the room looked. Then, I plopped down in my chair and said that I had the worst night. My children were sick and had been really whinny all night. My daughter kept coughing and I kept telling her to stop because she was keeping me awake. My husband wouldn't help out and was a pain, too. (all false, but you get the idea) ... Essentially, 'trashing' my relationships with my family in front of the girls. After that, I based the whole lesson on 'trashing' relationships and how easy it is to do it without realizing it. I planned on using my own personal stories instead of the story/discussion section in the lesson and did that first. We read D&C 108:7 and talked about each relationship we have in our families. (i.e. father /daughter, sister/brother, etc.) The counselor over us also shared a short slide-show about her family and how close they are, how they've had ups and downs and how they've maintained their closeness through the years (her boys are 18 and 16, so I think they could relate very well to it). Our girls have journals and I asked them to journal about something they could change in order to support their family members. I kept referring back to the 'trashed' room and related their desire to clean it or leave it to how relationships can end because of 'trashing.' It was a great lesson and the girls were very attentive and helpful.  (Idea by Lauren Brown of Orem , Utah / ga03052009)
LeNell writes, "This is a skit I wrote for this lesson.  It's a bit cheesy but it's a way to change up the lesson and let the girls be involved.  Please insert the name of your own town where it says (your town)."  (pdf) (Word)  (Files shared by LeNell Heywood / ga03152012)
 Sometimes too what I do for lessons is get something from their parents and how it relates to the lesson. Like on this lesson I asked each parents to describe what Christ-like attributes their daughters had and what they needed to improve on. I read them in class and had the girls guess which one their parents wrote. The girls were VERY surprised at how well thought of their parents viewed them. It was a VERY successful lesson. The girls loved hearing the stuff their parents said about them.  (by Danielle Howell)

LESSONS FROM CHURCH MANUALS:

 We have special families (Primary Manual 2)

MUSIC: 

 Families Can Be Together Forever (Hymn Book pg. 300)
 Home Can Be A Heaven on Earth (Hymn Book pg. 298)
 I'm Glad That God Chose Me to Be Your Son, June 1985, New Era
 Junk at Home (Sung to the tune, "Love at Home"(Hymn Book pg 294)
 Love at Home (Hymn Book pg. 294)
 Love is Spoken Here (Children's Songbook pg. 190-191)
 My Father Taught Me, Friend, June 1976
 What Makes A Family, March 1978, Ensign
 When I hear my Father pray, Ensign March 1983

NEW ERA POSTER: 

 Merit Badge

 OBJECT LESSONS:

 If a family were a.... by Letty Cottin Pegrebin
 Extended Family
 Priesthood Shoes 
 The importance of helping and supporting family and friends. Ask child to lift chair by one of its legs, using only one hand. Then have him ask three friends to help, each lifting different leg of chair. When all work together, chair is easy to lift. (Taken from the May 1989 Friend Magazine)
 Coming Closer Together
Family Unity and Puzzles
 I decided to take an old Jenga game and attach a piece of paper to each block that lists a way which the girls can support their family members. (i.e. Go to your sisters dance recital. Ask you dad how his day at work was. Offer to help your mom cook dinner etc.) I explained that the Jenga tower was representative of our home. Each time we took out a different block our home became weaker. But if we strive to support and love our family members our family stays strong.  (Idea by Fran Mccloskey / ga03142009)
 I think the perfect object lesson would be the one where you give one of them a twig to break in half (which of course they can) and then give them 6 or 8 tied together and ask them to break it apart (which of course they can't). When we're bound together supporting each other we can't be "broken". (Idea by Stephanie)
 Supporting Others from Latter-Day Chatter
 The recipe to a happy home

ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS:

 Families can be together forever
 LDS Leaders warn us and encourage us to fortify our homes
 Swashbuckler
 That's what love is

OTHER:

 Acronym for the Family -  Family = (F)ather (A)nd (M)other (I) (L)ove (Y)ou
 All about mealtime by Vicki MacLay - lots of printables
 Creating Successful Family Traditions (2007 BYU Women's Conference)
 Families: Close to Our Hearts, Living Far Away (2007 BYU Women's Conference) - Ideas for families and extended families to stay close even though they live far away.
 Family Fun Box
 Family Information Organizer
 Family Motto on My Wall
 Family Proclamation

POEMS: 

Children learn what they live
 Family Poem
 Jelly Bean Poem

PUZZLES:

 House Puzzle by Melanie Day

PRODUCTS YOU CAN BUY:

 Family First - (From the Distribution Center) This booklet encourages families to hold family home evening each week. It also suggests six lessons that families may use to begin holding family home evenings. 32 pages. ($1)

QUOTES: 

 One Liners
 Quick Quotes

SCRAPBOOK IDEAS:

 Family Proclamation Template

SHARING TIME IDEA:

 I have a Family and Friends, Friend May 1989
 3 clues: Can you guess who? by Desiree Crosby
 Building Happy Homes by Heidi Peterson
 Family Puzzle by Kathi Gray
 I can be an example to my family by Amy Day
 The Feather and the Stone Family by Sarah Roper
 I am thankful for my home and family - IDEA 1, IDEA 2
 I can learn about righteous families by reading the scriptures
 I Have a Family and Friends
 I will honor my father and mother by Nita Wood
 I will honor my father and mother and show respect for others in my family
 My family can follow Jesus Christ by Tara
 Prophets teach me that blessings are promised when I strengthen my family

TALKS:

James E. Faust, “Enriching Our Lives through Family Home Evening,” Liahona and Ensign, June 2003, 2. Discuss the nine suggestions and how they can help strengthen family relations.
Camielle Call-Tarbet, “A Note from Michael,” Liahona, May 2001, 23; New Era, June 1998, 17. Read the story to start the discussion on “Supporting Each Brother and Sister.”
“Questions and Answers,” Liahona, Feb. 2004, 30; New Era, Feb. 2004, 16. Use this article to supplement the discussion on “Supporting Your Father.”

VIDEO CLIPS:  Check your church library to see if they have any of these videos...

 Come Follow Me - Shows how Christ's mortal activities and teachings, such as his baptism, his healings, the sacrament, and his missionary service, apply to a modern family. 7 min. (Clip 2)
 Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Video Presentations - Temples Unite Families. President Howard W. Hunter challenges all members, including youth, to make the temple a symbol of their membership. Includes selections from the Videocassette Profiles of Faith. (Lesson 33.) 4:48 min. (Video Clip 8)
 Family Answers - Family relations experts share specific and practical suggestions on how to draw family members closer together, improve communications, positively and peacefully resolve conflict, and encourage greater understanding.
 Hallmarks of a Happy Home - Hallmarks of a Happy Home video of the Feb. 2000 Missionary Open House Broadcast, President Monson.
 Man's Search for Happiness - Answers the questions: Where did we come from? What is the purpose of earth life? Where do we go after death? Birth, life, and death are shown in an eternal perspective. Emphasizes the importance of the family unit in God's plan. 13 minute clip. (Clip 1)
 On the way home - Through the influence of a friend, a family finds that the gospel of Jesus Christ can help them improve their relationships, resist temptations, and answer questions posed by the loss of a family member. 32:30 min.
 Strengthening Families - Elder Dallin H. Oaks discusses how the teachings of Jesus Christ can strengthen families. Real-life situations and members' testimonies illustrate the principles. Originally presented on 23 February 1997. 26:30 min.

WORKSHEETS: 

Accountable Kids Forms from www.accountablekids.com