Making Family Home Evenings POP!










  Popcorn Recipes


Recipes are for one microwave popcorn bag, popped


Ranch Seasoned Popcorn

Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons melted butter. Toss to coat. Sprinkle buttered popcorn to taste with dry dressing mix. Serve.

"Buffalo Wings" Popcorn

Combine 2 tablespoons butter with 2 tablespoons Frank's Red Hot sauce in a small microwave-safe cup. Heat on high power at 15 second intervals until completely melted. Toss with popcorn in a large bowl and serve.

Ramen Popcorn

Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons melted butter in a large bowl and toss to coat. Open the seasoning packet for one serving of ramen. Add half of seasoning and toss to coat. Add more sea-soning if desired. Serve.

Kraft Mac and Cheese popcorn

Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons melted butter in a large bowl and toss to coat. Add 1/4 cup of store-bought Mac & Cheese cheese powder. Serve.

Chili seasoning mix

Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil in a large bowl and toss to coat. Add 1/4 cup store bought chili seasoning mix. Serve.

Cinnamon and Sugar Popcorn

Drizzle the popcorn with 2 tablespoons melted butter. Toss to coat. Sprinkle the popcorn with a mixture of 2 tsp. sugar and ¼ tsp. cinnamon. Serve.






Great resources for family home evening fromhttp://www.livecrafteat.com

1. http://spirituallythinking.blogspot.com/ this is a fun site for fhe ideas – she has outlines that you can use that include object lessons, activities, etc.

2. http://family-home-evenings.com/category/family-home-evening-lessons/ http://family-home-evenings.com/category/family-home-evening-lessons/ This site seems to be entirely dedicated to family home evening lessons and activities! They have lessons on many different topics, so you’re likely to find something that will work for you and your family.

3. http://teachldschildren.com/?s=family+home+evening   I love this site because a lot of fhe lessons are based on stories in the Book of Mormon!  These would be great for kids in senior primary.

4. http://fhelessons.wordpress.com/ This is a great resource site – she has great lessons and printables and it looks like everyone is having so much fun in her pictures!

5. http://thegoldenseven.blogspot.com/2010/05/fhe-lesson-index.html  This site is really organized – she has an entire fhe lesson index, as well as ready-to-print fhe lessons!

6.http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2007/10/family-home-evening-lessonsmasterlist.html#.UPzOVidZXEZ This site also has a master list of fhe lessons that she’s organized alphabetically. She also has them for you to download and print.

7. http://www.fhelessons.com/  This site will give you a wide variety of topics to choose from – everything from testimony to tithing settlement!  They also have great recipes for the treat portion!

8. http://fhelessons.inthebananastand.com/  This site has great stories and fabulous printables for you to use in your family home evening!

9. http://ptskjohnson.blogspot.com/search/label/Family%20Home%20Evening  This site is super fun! what kid wouldn’t love to do a “Nephi’s courage obstacle course,” build Jerusalem out of legos, or make tattle monsters out of kleenex boxes??!  Any kid would love these fun, yet gospel-centered activities!

10.http://www.theideadoorfiles.com/index.php/family-home-evening  This site has a huge list of resources for fhe – everything from lessons, printables, scripture reading charts, game ideas, helps for families, etc….

11. http://safelygatheredin.blogspot.com/search/label/Family%20Home%20Evening%20activities  this site is unique in that the several fhe ideas they have are all based on emergency preparedness!

12. http://www.youtube.com/user/MormonMessages I love the Mormon messages.  Use it as a quick family home evening on a busy night, or use it to supplement a lesson.

13. https://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/language-materials/08994_eng.pdf?lang=eng   This is a link to the primary outline for the year.  A great way to reinforce what your children are learning at church than by following along with the sharing time schedule! even if you use it as a supplement to ask questions about what they learned on sunday.

14. http://www.holyhandouts.com/2011/08/family-home-evening-agenda.html  I love this one because she’s colorful, clean, and consolidates useful information. plus, I love the fhe planner she’s got.

15. http://ayearoffhe.blogspot.com/  she’s got a lot of great ideas and free printables on this site. the best part is that she has pretty much your whole evening planned…everything from the scripture and opening song to the lesson and activity.

16. http://nataliesfhespot.blogspot.com/  Similar to #2 on this list, she’s got the whole thing planned for you.  She’s got great activity/object lesson ideas.

17. http://teachldschildren.com/  This one’s great for visuals as well as ideas for discussion.  She even has reading assignments for during the week.

18. http://www.oopseydaisyblog.com/2010/06/family-home-evening-file-organization.html  She’s got some great ideas for organizing your fhe lessons, and they’re cute, too!  She also goes through the structure of a family home evening.  Very useful when you’re trying to make them consistent.

19. http://www.sugardoodle.net/Family%20Home%20Evening/FHEIndex.shtml  Most people know about sugardoodle!  Needless to say, they’ve got tons of fabulous ideas here.

20. http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp? locale=0&sourceId=ba20a41f6cc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=7b2a5f74db46c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD  This is a link to the Family Home Evening Resource Book.  The name says it all.  This book is definitely a huge resource.  It has so many topics, and each one is packed with great ideas.  I love how it has the purpose for each lesson…sometimes it’s easy to lose track of why we’re teaching what we’re teaching…and it’s so convenient to get all of this information online.

21. http://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/37108_BeholdYourLittleOnes/ Nursery_Teacher__00__CompleteManual_00_eng_.pdf   This is a link to the nursery manual, Behold Your Little Ones.  This one is fabulous for younger primary-aged children.  I think it is so great that you can follow along with the nursery program and be doing some of the same activities and focusing on the same topics during the week as they do in nursery on Sunday.