FHE Boxes

A handful of friends came over to my house for Playgroup today. We have been talking about FHE boxes lately so we decided this would be a good time to make them.  Well--- 11 kids under five including 3 little babies+ 7 mommas + a HUGE craft project + lunch + lots of phone calls  (it rang like this was Grand Central) = Some fun and a whole lot of chaos! We did end up finishing 12 of them, feeding all of us and having a smorgasbord of yummy desserts cuz everyone but me brought treats. Score! LOL. The kids had a blast and it was fun to see so many ladies out. I've missed days like this in Fargo so YEAH!

Some of the kids

OK- so you might be wondering "What are FHE boxes?" Let me tell you... Several years ago, my dear friend Christine had this FHE Box idea for a Relief Society Super Saturday thing. {She's always full of fabulous ideas like this} Well, at the time she made them- I made maybe 20 or so for gifts, of course. I'm sorta a Bulk-maker-freak or at least I used to be. LOL And of course while doing that, I made a box to store in my Craft Room that had all the leftovers which were labeled and organized and had a disk with all the info on it. You know-- just in case I ever needed it again. [And yes, I admit it-- I'm Sick!!! I am still prone to the Pack-Rat disorder. Recovering but sadly still have it sometimes.] It doesn't help though that now here we are almost five years later and all of a sudden I need all of that stuff. Still you are probably wondering- "OK, woman! Tell us what they are already!!"
Here you go...
1st- What is FHE? "Church leaders have instructed members to set aside Monday night as “Family Home Evening.” This is a time for families to study the gospel together and to do other activities that strengthen the family spiritually, create family memories, and increase unity and love."

FHE Box

2nd- FHE BOXES are an amazing little life-saver for Monday Nights with young children! It contains 30 fast and easy FHE lessons all in one place-the size of a shoe box! Proof that great things can come in small packages. LOL Inside the box are items kept separate in 30 snack size baggies. My kids simply pick out what interests them. It then becomes the visual for the lesson. We turn to the corresponding page in the handy dandy lesson book [that also fits inside the box], read the story and whoala! -- lesson complete! Each story also includes a scripture that you can turn to as well. So you could study further if your attention span is longer than the one at our house. Here's from the 1st page of the Lesson book:

30 Fast and Easy FHE Lessons

Directions: Have someone choose a bag out of the box. Look at the number that is on the bag or item. Turn to that page in the cards that coincides with that number. While you and your children look at the item, have someone read the short story.

1 Compass

2 Candle

3 Pencil

4 Dove 

5 Sacrament Cup

6 Baby in Basket

7 Animal

8 Joseph

9 Towel

10 Gold Coin

11 Whale

12 Lion

13 Money

14 Stone (Clear)

15 Seeds

16 Sword

17 Baptism Song

18 Missionary Tag

19 Fish

20 Hair

21 Ruler

22 Tree

23 Ring

24 Goatskin

25 Rock

26 Grapes

27 Sun

28 Apple

29 Picture

30 Pail

31. Fly

32. World 

(I'm working on adding the last 2)

This BOX works awesome at our home! We have other fun things for FHE lessons as well (that's a different story for another time!) but we love, love, love this option! And now 12 more families have life on Monday a tiny bit easier as well! Yeah! Thanks Christine for sharing your fabulous box!

Assembly Line