FHE Makeover

Family Home Evenings at our house typically consists of an opening prayer, a 30-second abbreviated scripture story, and a game of Mickey Mouse UNO.  Since I have three small children, that's all their attention spans will allow.  That's fine, but week after week of the same scripture story with the same pictures gets a little dull for me.  I've been feeling for awhile that I needed to do something different.  Here's what I did...

1.  I made a flannel board by covering an old white board I had kicking around the house with blue flannel (on sale at JoAnn's) and my glue gun.  A little red-neck, maybe, but it turned out just fine.

2.  I printed out a few flannel board stories, complete with pictures, from http://chocolateonmycranium.blogspot.com/2007/11/flannel-board-stories.html.  The stories came with colored pictures, which I printed on cardstock.  After cutting out the pictures, I laminated them and attached sticky back velcro (the hook side) to the back of the pictures.

The kids were watching with great interest this morning as I finished up the project.  They are excited for something new.  Now the trick will be getting little Tyler to leave the pictures on the board while I tell the story.  Between these new flannel board stories and an old set of Book of Mormon illustrated scripture books I just got from Mom and Dad, I should be in business for awhile.  :)