There really aren't a lot of ways to make Virtue requirements into an activity. Since this is the only value where the project is dictated, I decided to focus on that and have a Book of Mormon party. It was a costume party--we were to come dressed as a Book of Mormon character or thing. (I was the tree of life, complete with fruit to exceed all whiteness.)
The girls were divided into 3 teams: Nephites (led by Nephi), Jaredites (led by Mahonri Moriancumer), and Anti-Nephi-Lehies (led by Ammon). They rotated through a few activities.
First we started with 116 Post-It notes spread around the church that they had to go find and bring back. They took forever, didn't manage to get them organized to see how many were still lost, and weren't very cooperative. And I completely forgot to explain the relevance.
After we all explained our costumes and Nephi, Mahonri, and Ammon explained who they were and who their tribes were, we split into teams to go through the activities.
In one room, the girls learned about Nephi's boat and the Jaredite boats. Then they had to build their own boats out of paper plates, plastic utensils, and tape.
In another room, the girls learned about Lehi's vision and went through an obstacle course by following an "iron rod" through the "mists of darkness."
In another room, they learned the importance of scriptures and had a scripture chase. There was a Joseph Smith Translation exercise too (a message that I "translated" by changing the font to Webdings), but I didn't get time to get copies made.
At the end, we gathered in the kitchen and they used frosting to decorate Liahona cookies. I was quite frazzled by then and had trouble getting them settled enough to explain what the Liahona was. I closed by explaining that the scriptures are kind of like a Liahona for us and we need to be reading the Book of Mormon. I passed out Book of Mormon reading charts as they left.
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