Family History Fun
Celebrate ancestors’ birthdays with their signature
recipes/food, music, or costumes
Create a family cookbook with grandma’s recipes,
photos; make the recipes wearing a family apron
Play with photos: color them in photoshop, blow them
up, have paper doll ancestor games
Make photos into a wreath, Christmas ornaments, wall
tree
Recreate ancestral photos by posing as the ancestor
you resemble
Hold an awkward ancestor photo contest: find best
hairstyle, unusual beard
Go on a photo hunt to find out which ancestor you most
resemble
Make photo books, children’s storybooks, scrapbooks,
family calendars with ancestral birthdays
Put heirlooms in a shadowbox to display; photograph
family and personal heirlooms
Go on ancestral pilgrimages to find the houses,
cemeteries, and churches of your family’s past
Create a family history quilt/photo blanket
Incorporate heritage into milestone events (baby
showers, wedding receptions, priesthood)
Find ancestral graves at a cemetery, and put up photos
and signs there for other family members
Look up “family history ideas” on Pinterest and get
inspired
Make “remember me” Bingo, Go Fish, or Guess Who to play
for Family Home Evening/reunions
Request ancestors’ patriarchal blessings on lds.org
Join (or make) a Facebook group for descendants of a
particular ancestor, find or make a blog
Test your DNA to learn more about your roots
Use Waterlogue or Brushstroke apps to turn photos into heirloom
paintings; design a family logo
Dress up in heirloom clothes or costumes of the era,
act out family stories for FHE charades
(ideas I shared at a recent Relief Society activity)
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