25 Days of Christmas Service Project to Send in a Care Package

Here is a service project that I am having my Seminary students do for the students who currently have family members who are serving a mission.  You could also do this with the Primary, Mutual, or as a family. It could also be sent to someone serving in the military.

I had my students color and cut out one of the ornaments below.  Then they wrote a message on the back of their ornament.  We wrapped up each ornament with something small, like some gum, Kleenex, chap-stick or kool-aid and wrote the number of the ornament on the package.  For day 1 I included a picture of my seminary class.  For day 25 I included a letter from their family.  

It works best if you print them out on white card stock.  Click on the picture to make it large.   Then right click your mouse and copy and paste it into your printing program, or save it into your picture files.

Days 23-25

Days 18-21

Days 14-17

Days 10-13

Days 6-9

Days 2-5

Day 1

(I wrote a message like "to Elder Jones from The Mission Drive Seminary class")

Stars

Here is a  helpful hint.  If you are sending these to more than one person, then color code each batch of ornaments for each person.  For instance, Elder Jones would be blue, Elder Smith would be green, Sister Black would be pink.   I just colored the around the number with the color of the missionary.  That way the students could customize their message to fit the missionary.

Next I drew a Christmas tree on half of a disposable tablecloth from the dollar store.  To make it symmetrical I folded it in half and drew half the tree.  I then turned it over and drew the other half, tracing the lines from the first half.  The tablecloth is transparent enough that I could see the original lines.  My friend just made hers into a triangle tree because it was easier.  After I drew the tree I wrote the numbers 1-25 randomly all over the tree.

Here is what the tree will look like after the recipient hangs all the ornaments on the tree.

For December 1 the package included the first ornament, the tablecloth tree and the star with a note that explains how the 25 days of Christmas work.

On the outside of the the presents I attached the gift tag that corresponds with the number of the ornament in the package.  I printed them out in the color that I assigned to the person.  For instance Elder Jones' would be printed in blue, and Sister Black's would be printed in pink.

Christmas Gift Tags 1-16

Christmas Gift Tags 17-25

After I wrapped all the gifts with the ornaments and attached all the labels here is what the presents looked like.

And they all fit into this US Mail flat rate envelope.  

It cost about $25 to send it to a foreign country.  

If you are mailing in the US it costs around $6.10.

Here is the link to order the envelopes:

https://store.usps.com/store/browse/uspsProductDetailMultiSkuDropDown.jsp?productId=P_EP14PE

I have another care package idea for Easter.  Just click on the picture below to check it out.

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Thanks for being one smart cookie and using your scriptures wisely!

I decided that I needed to reward the students who participated and used their scriptures.  I just printed out the handout below (click on the picture to make it larger.  Then right click and save it into your pictures or copy and paste it.) Then I used the Costco cookies and covered them individually with plastic wrap.  I used double sided tape to stick them onto the handout.

It makes 2 handouts per page.  Size it to a full size piece of paper.  Print it out on colored paper.  Cut out the circle and use double sided tape to attach the cookie onto the handout.

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D&C Scripture Mastery #7 D&C 18:10-11 Practice Handouts, Word Search and Puzzle

I made a large copy of D&C 18:10-11 and printed it out on 5 different colors of card-stock.  Then I cut it into individual words and put them into 5 baggies.  

I divided my class into 5 different groups and the group had to put it into the right order.  The fastest group won.  Here is a printout so that you can do it in your classroom. It will require 2 sheets of card-stock for the puzzle.  Just  click on the picture to make it large, then right click and copy and paste it, or save it into your pictures.

Here is a practice test that you can use:

and here is the backside:

Word Search:

(Each word is only in the puzzle once)

Plus I have a target that you can use:

and here is the backside to the target:

If you would like the targets for the other Scripture Mastery please see the links to the other Scripture Mastery.

The Seminary in a Sack item for this Scripture Mastery is a dollar sign charm.  To see all of the Seminary in a Sack items click on the picture below:

To see all of my seminary ideas go here.

Scripture Mastery #6 D&C 13:1 Practice Sheet

Back Side:

Another game that I played is I divided the students up into 4 groups.  I gave each group a piece of chalk.  They all started at the same time and each person wrote one word, then passed the chalk to the next person.  The fasted group won.

Here is a target that I have made for this scripture mastery.  For the other targets go to each scripture mastery's link.

Back Side:

The Seminary in a Sack item for this scripture is a key charm.  To see all of my Seminary in a Sack items click on the picture below:

For all of my seminary ideas go here:

D&C 10:5 Scripture Mastery #5 Practice Sheet

To print this out just click on it to make it larger.  Then copy and paste it into your word document or right click and save it into your pictures.

Here is a target that I have made for this scripture mastery.  For additional targets refer to each scripture mastery.

Front Side:

Back Side:

The Seminary in a Sack item for this scripture is a crown charm.  To see all of the Seminary in a Sack items click on the picture below:

To see all of my Seminary Ideas just click here:

D&C 8::2-3 Scripture Mastery #4 Practice Puzzle

This makes two practice puzzles per page.  I printed them out on several different colors of card-stock.  Then I gave each student a pair of scissors to cut their puzzle out how they wanted.  I brought sandwich bags for them to put their puzzle in when they were done. They each did the puzzle in a way that was best for them.  It worked out great!

To print it out, click on it to make it large.  Then right click and copy and paste it into you word or printing program, or save it into your pictures.

Here is a target that I have made to go with this puzzle.  To see additional targets go to the links for each scripture mastery.

Front Side:

Back Side:

The Seminary in a Sack item for this Scripture Mastery is a small plastic heart.  To see all of the Seminary in a Sack items click on the picture below:

To see all of my seminary ideas just click here:

Doctrine and Covenants Doctrinal Mastery General Conference BINGO

I gave each student a copy of the same BINGO board.  They are to write the topic of each Doctrinal Mastery underneath each scripture reference.  Every time the student hears that topic during General Conference they can put an X on that scripture reference.  On the back of the card they make a list of the the speaker who spoke on the subject and in what session.  On Monday they can bring it in for extra credit.

I attached the above directions to each BINGO card with some m&ms. 

To make a copy for yourself click on the picture to make it larger, then save it into your pictures or copy and paste it into your printing program.

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