I Love the Words of the Prophets

Since President Nelson was a heart surgeon I thought it would be fun to do a Valentine's Day singing time highlighting him.

I found these super fun balloons called Wack-A-Pack at the Dollar Tree.  The balloon comes in a flat sealed packet.  When you hit the packet the balloon begins to inflate until it is big enough to POP out of the packet.  When the balloon pops out it does makes a small Popping sound, but it isn't super loud and I didn't find it to be irreverent for primary.  Before primary began I placed 6 Wack-A-Packs on the table and under each packet I placed the name of a song, along with a quote from a general authorities that went along with the song and an action.

Music Lesson: I started my lesson by showing a picture of President Nelson and explaining to the primary children that when he was younger he was a heart surgeon.  We discussed how he healed literal hearts in order to save lives.  Then I transitioned to talk about how all of us are able to heal and touch the hearts of those around us by being kind and reaching out to them in loving ways.  I asked for some examples from the children on what they could do to heal people's hearts.

Direction for the game: Have a child come up to the table and show the primary the accompanying action for the balloon pack and what song they are going to sing.  Explain that they will sing the song normally until they here the balloon POP out of the packet and then everyone will continue to sing while doing the action that accompanies the song.  Once the song has been sung and the balloon popped then read the general authority quote that went with the song and hang the balloon under President Nelson's picture.  

I used  THESE action cards from Susan Fitch to put under the packets, but you could also just write the action on a piece of paper.

I found quotes for all of these songs, but I only used the first 6: Sing a Song 253 ( we sang love instead of like), Love One Another 136, I Love to See the Temple 95, Jesus Said Love Everyone 61, 

A Happy Family 198, I Know My Father Lives 5, If the Savior Stood Beside Me, Oh how we Love to Stand 279, I Feel my Savior's Love 74 and  I Will Follow God's Plan 164.

You can view and print the quotes I used HERE. 

I also decided to print pictures of the general authorities that said the quote on sticker paper.  After we read the quote I place them over the pictures on the balloons before hanging them up.