2018
Games and Activities
May 2018


“Games and Activities,” New Era, May 2018

Games and Activities

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games and activities

The Extra Smile

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family in tent in living room

Setting up a tent for general conference is the best idea ever! Now, where can I roast these?

Idea by David Dickson; illustration by Val Chadwick Bagley

A Puzzle with Heart

President Russell M. Nelson (1) announced seven new temples during April 2018 general conference, (2) has studied Mandarin (the language of China), and (3) was a heart surgeon.

Can you solve this seven-piece puzzle, known as a tangram (invented in China), by arranging the pieces in the shape of the heart below? Cut out the colored pieces—or trace and cut them—and start arranging! Hint: the parallelogram may be flipped over.

Can you turn this

into this?

Conference Hink Pinks

A hink pink is a pair of words that (a) rhyme, (b) have the same number of syllables, and (c) answer a riddle. These ones are (kind of) related to general conference.

Example: Someone eating a big meal on the day when we celebrate the Resurrection. Easter Feaster

  1. A woman speaking in conference who gives 5 things to remember.

    ______________ ______________

  2. A person who provides food for a conference speaker.

    ______________ ______________

  3. A podium where people drink a glass of water as fast as they can.

    ______________ ______________

  4. A General Authority who joins metal pieces together with a torch.

    ______________ ______________

  5. The two people chosen to give the invocation and benediction.

    ______________ ______________

  6. A conference address that uses a parable about a boulder and a pebble.

    ______________ ______________

  7. A place where the Twelve can freely express their ideas.

    ______________ ______________

  8. Doctrine so powerful it removes the color from people’s hair.

    ______________ ______________

  9. A story that symbolically teaches a truth, printed on an item of clothing.

    ______________ ______________

  10. A more humble talk-giver.

    ______________ ______________

Bonus: The less vibrant hue of the neckwear I own.______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

2x Bonus: A message stuck to one’s snout after a cited passage. ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

Answers

A Puzzle with Heart

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puzzle

Conference Hink Pinks

  1. sister lister

  2. leader feeder

  3. gulp-it pulpit

  4. Elder Welder

  5. prayer pair

  6. rock talk

  7. quorum forum

  8. bleaching teaching

  9. wearable parable

  10. meeker speaker

Bonus: my duller tie color 2x Bonus: close-quote nose-note