Are you looking for Christmas ideas for your Relief Society activity? Here you will find meaningful program ideas, gift ideas, dinner ideas, and more!

This Relief Society Christmas Program and dinner set the perfect tone for the holiday season.

I wanted to share the details of a Christmas party I helped plan for our ward's Relief Society. In case anyone needed any Christmas party id...

This was a thoughtful gift handed out to the women at church for Mother’s Day and I’ve also seen it done with a Christmas towel / theme as well. It’s an idea worth sharing since it’s simple and costs very little. Copy and paste the thoughtful words below into a document with a graphic of your choosing. (I can’t give you the one seen here because the rights to the illustration don’t belong to me.) This was printed on half of an 8.5 x 11 sheet. And tied up neatly with the towel. "At first glance it is easy to look at a towel as a most ordinary object. Have you ever stopped to think that for thousands of years, the towel has been used for many wonderful purposes? For example, the mother who wipes the tears of a child, the physician who binds the wounds of a patient, or the woman in her home wiping her hands as she moves from task to task. Perhaps the most significant use of the towel happened over two thousand years ago when our Savior, only hours before He hung on the cross, took an ordinary towel in His loving hands and dried the feet of His disciples. This simple, loving act personifies the selflessness and loving service we seek to give during our lives. It illustrates that an ordinary thing like a towel, in the right hands, and with a giving heart, can lighten another’s load. As with every action performed by the Savior on this Earth, His act of service reminds us that simple day-to-day-kindnesses are the Savior’s way to bless and comfort. This towel is given with love and with the hope you will do works of goodness with it as the Savior did so many years ago." Note: This thought has been shared so often online, I can’t find the original author. If you know who it is, please notify me, I’d like to give proper credit.

Our Activity was based primarily on "The Happiness Project" book by Gretchen Ruben. She states four splendid truths for Happiness...

Rationing and air raids couldn't cancel Christmas - here's how Christmas was celebrated during the Second World War.

This Relief Society Christmas Program and dinner set the perfect tone for the holiday season.

Here's 100+ Relief Society Activity Ideas to help you as you're planning your next shin dig with your ward or branch.

Here are the blank versions of my newsletter. I do all the layouts and come up with the ideas all on my own. However I need to note that most of the recipes and quotes were copied from Pinterest and added to my newsletters. Please note that these newsletters are only to be used for Personal or Church use.

The story of The Hundred Dresses was the perfect way to kick off the holiday season for our Relief Society Activity.

A blog about crafts, cooking, tips, and ideas.

Turn any General Conference talk into an effective, memorable Relief Society or Elders' Quorum class discussion. Or Come Follow Me lesson.

Some suggestions to help inspire thoughts and ideas for the first Sunday council meetings. We are daughters of God, queens in embryo, with good works to do.

In patterning our life after the Savior's we should seek for opportunities to serve those around us. In Mosiah 2:17 it states, "...when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." As Relief Society sisters, we have tremendous opportunity to watch out for those around us that need that loving hand of help. When we feel impressed to help someone we need to listen to those promptings and act upon them. We can provide service to others individually or we can do this as a family. Teaching our children the importance of unselfishness, love, and sacrifice. One thing that we did with our kids a few months back was thirty days of service. Each day we did an act of service for thirty days. It was fun to see them serve others and discuss the happy feelings we each individually felt from doing so. Here are some ideas:

Sharing my top tips for a successful Relief Society Craft Night.

a cut up pool noodle We had another fun Relief Society , this was a Visiting Teaching Survival. it took place on a Airplane , ...

The story of The Hundred Dresses was the perfect way to kick off the holiday season for our Relief Society Activity.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but I’m responsible for all the activities for the women in my ward (that’s Mormon talk for a church congregation). I’ve been doing this for almost two years now, and we have some awesome activities, if I do say so myself. But don’t think I’m really patting myself on the back here. See, I think I’ve come up with exactly . . . ZERO of the ideas. The internet ROCKS for great activity ideas (ok, my committee is a huge help too!). But even with the ideas I’ve found, we usually find a way to improve on them. And since I get so many things from the great web, I thought maybe it was time I give a little back. So I’ll be posting our fabulous activities here once and a while. First up: Friendship Speed Dating. I first got the idea on Pintrest, of course, when I saw this pin: (ok, this is my picture from that night, not hers!) What an awesome idea! Everyone knows that what women really want is to just chat, and the idea of getting to know the sisters better was an awesome one. Biggest problem with her post is that she doesn’t really explain the format too great, and there aren’t any questions at all! So here’s how we did it. First, we had a potato bar dinner (we’ve got several gluten free in our ward, so this is an awesome option to include them.) My amazing crafty person decorated the tables . . . um forgot a picture of that! But we did a polka dot theme – super easy. She did each table a different color of scrapbook papers in different sizes of circles, and then had little nut cups full of color coordinated jelly beans (yes, she admits she’s slightly OCD). We also had the list of questions at each seat so people could look them over as they ate. I didn’t want the questions to be the usual. I wanted to actually get to know something about people, not just where they were born or how many kids they had. We had a great brainstorming session, and came up with this list. I’ve got it in color: Or in black and white for you to use! So here was our format. One side of the table didn’t move – yes that means you don’t get to talk to everyone. But it also means the activity doesn’t last 4 hours. This was also great for some of the older women that don’t move very well. We had a time for 5 minutes each spot. When it was time to switch, my timer friend flipped the lights. And then usually yelled out. And then sometimes did jumping jacks to get people to stop talking and move to the next spot. It took about an hour to get through the line. It was one of the biggest hits we’ve ever had. Now, I also have to admit, we fielded more questions on this activity than any other before (Do I bring my husband because we’re dating? Is this actually ok to do because I’m married? What on earth is speed dating anyway?) But stick with it – it’s great! (if you’d like to follow my rs idea’s board, you can find it here: Yes, I know it’s called Craft Day, but just go with it!)

I had to throw together a Relief Society Activity super fast, and this is what we did. It turned out AWESOME!!! I took my ideas from these two blogs; http://pininspired.blogspot.com/2012/05/walk-day-in-my-shoes-rs-activity.html http://www.somewhatplanned.com/2015/09/lds-church-in-her-shoes-relief-society-night/ This was our fun invitation to get the sisters excited! Our stake at that time was gathering donations for Safety Net so we encouraged the sisters to bring a pair of shoes to donate, and any other donations they had. We received a ton of great donations! The dessert for this event was just WAY to fun! We made high heel cupcakes! I am a huge fan of NOFADE cupcake liners. Totally worth the extra cents. You can find these at Walmart, Hobby Lobby, Party stores... I decided to make 2 kinds of cupcakes. Chocolate Oreo and Strawberry Lemonade. So easy. Just make the cake like normal, but add a pudding mix! YUM! Oreo Frosting: 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup butter Pinch of Salt 5 Tbsp of milk 1 tsp vanilla 5 cups powdered sugar 1/4 cup Karo corn syrup Cream together shortening and butter. Add pinch of salt and vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar and milk. Blend well. And corn syrup last, beating an additional 3-4 minutes. Then add finely crushed oreos. Add to your taste! Spread or pipe onto cupcakes. Strawberry Lemonade Frosting 1 cup real butter 1/2 cup seedless Strawberry Jam (You can use seeds, totally a preference) 3-4 cups powdered sugar Mix all ingredients together until fluffy. Spread or pipe onto cupcakes. Add lemon zest to the top of cupcakes for the lemon flavor! We put them together at the church on the table they would be displayed on, because they are fragile. You don't want to have to move them a bunch. Simply frost a simple edge around a Milano Cookie . Found at most grocery stores. cut your Pirouette Waffers in half but at a 45 degree angle. Simply frost the cupcake to your liking. Then place the Milano cookie in the back at an angle, then put some frosting on the 45 degree angle of the Pirouette Waffer and stick that to the bottom of the Milano cookie. It really is so simple, and so cute, and everyone LOVED them! The night of the event, we set up two rows of chairs in a semi-circle, had a few fun high heels next to the shoe quotes, and then the fun high heel cupcake display. We gathered together, sang "Faith in Every Footstep" I gave a little tiny talk about not judging others, walking a mile in their shoes, "what if her story, were my story." Then everyone came up and shared their own shoe story. (Those that wanted to. Most people did!) Then we ate fruit, and high heel cupcakes!!! I thought it turned out to be a super fun night. Some of the stories brought the spirit, others just made you laugh. Stories of shoe being worn for temple service, river rafting trips, a husband buying them after noticing a wife admiring them... so many fun stories. A fun fun night! Here are some of the printables I made to use that night;