Don't Eat the Prophet

There is a cute game called "Don't Eat Pete" that is fun to play for Family Home Evening.  We have tweaked the game a little and created our own version called, "Don't Eat the Prophet."  It's a fun way for the whole family to learn the names of all the prophets of the restoration.  We've made a couple of editions over the years as the prophets have changed.  Here is a picture of our most recent version.

Here are the basic rules:
 1. Put a piece of candy, raisin, craisin, or cheerio on each picture of a prophet.
 2. Send one person out of the room.
 3. Have one member of the family choose one of the prophets to be "it" or "Pete."  Make sure everyone there knows which prophet was chosen.
 4. The person who was sent out of the room returns.  He picks up one treat at a time off the pictures.  If the treat is not "it" he is allowed to eat the treat.  If the treat chosen is from the agreed upon prophet everyone yells, "Don't eat the Prophet," and then that person's turn is over. 

The point is to get to eat as many treats as possible before your turn is over.  We like to have the children say the names of the prophets as they pick up the treats, to practice knowing the name that goes with the picture.  We help each other when we don't remember a name.

I'm always on the lookout for fun games and activities to use for family home evening that are good for ages baby and on up.  This one is fun for everyone.  I think I'll have the kids help me make a new version this week that has the Quorum of the Twelve and the First Presidency on it.  We can use this activity to familiarize ourselves with the names of the apostles before General Conference this weekend.  There's always a chart with pictures in the conference Ensign, so we'll just cut out pictures from that to use.