I've rounded up 10 ideas for virtual activities to spice up your Zoom calls with more unity + fun.
**ALL DOWNLOADS THAT I HAVE PROMISED ARE LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST FOR YOUR EASE!** 😎
#10. TOILET PAPER TOSS
You need: One roll of toilet paper per person
Zoom specifics: This best works on a desktop Zoom call so you can see everyone, screen record
Everyone needs a roll of toilet paper, and the goal of the game is to create a (screen recording) video of each young women "passing the roll" to each other between their video frames. It's a funny way to laugh and learn teamwork amidst this unique situation.
I originally got this idea and the next from another blog. Be sure to check out the amazing Laurie's post
here, it has more fun Zoom game ideas!! 💜
#9. QUARANTINED WOULD YOU RATHER
You need: Quarantined Would You Rather Cards (link at bottom of the post)
Zoom specifics: Designate one person to read aloud the would you rather questions. Paste them into the chat on Zoom.
A whole new theme for "would you rather" questions! Get everyone thinking, laughing, + pondering impossible scenarios as you play. The questions I’ve come up with span from crushes to Netflix to TikTok + everything in between. It will help you get insights in your young womens' quarantines.
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#8. WHODUNIT
Zoom specifics: Use the chat feature
Have everyone think of the most interesting, crazy, hilarious, shocking or unique thing that they did over quarantine and send it to one of the leaders.
In Zoom is you can control who you chat with + send private messages. DON'T send the messages to everyone...it defeats the purpose of the game. To send a private message, click on the arrow below "everyone" and select the leader that everyone has designated to receive the message.
Now that the leader has everyone's items (and knows the answers) the game is to read aloud the statements and hear the young womens' guesses on which young women did which activity.
*this is where the churchy ideas begin*
#7. SCRIPTIONARY
You need: (Scripture pictionary) cards (link at bottom of post)
Zoom specifics: Use the whiteboard feature (desktop: click ... and then "annotate," on mobile, click the pencil icon to start drawing)
Using the scriptionary cards and the Zoom whiteboard, see--and guess--what everyone is drawing. I've made four sets of Pictionary so that you have plenty of cards for each Young Women to try her hand at this super fun game. We had a lot of fun + laughs playing this.
Tip: If people keep saying "aaaah I said the right answer but you didn't acknowledge it!" you can also use the chat to share guesses so that they are set in stone and people aren’t like "Wha-but-" every five seconds. It worked for us!
#6. FOR THE STRENGTH OF YOUTH CHARADES
You need: For The Strength of Youth manual
Zoom specifics: Use the chat feature
The "host" has a copy of the FSY manual by their side and texts young women one of the categories of FSY privately via the chat feature when it is their turn and their charade.
Once the young woman gets what they do for their charade, they mute themselves and act out how to follow the standard until the group can guess what standard is going on! This one is simple, but so fun. I have seriously died from laughing while playing this one.
#5. DOCTRINAL MASTERY MAD GAB
You need: DM Mad Gab Cards (link at the bottom of the post)
Zoom specifics: Use the chat feature, a screenshare of the Mad Gab file works as well
😂I was laughing out loud as I typed these Mad Gab cards up. If you don't know what Mad Gab is, you are given a string of total gibberish, and you have to decipher what the true meaning is.
I've only included 12 because these are tricky! But not too tricky for those not in seminary yet. Your middle school young women have probably heard of the verses, and if not, you don't have to worry about them not getting the game. It's a team effort + everyone is on the same playing field for the fun.
#4. GENERAL CONFERENCE RACE
Zoom specifics: Be sure to have everyone knows how to mute themselves and turn off their camera! It's part of the game, I promise! Hahaha.
The most cliche question ever is "what was your favorite conference talk?" There is nothing wrong with going over general conference but putting a fun twist on conference review really makes it so much more fun!
This is a cute virtual (and doctrinal ofc) version of the game "I wanna go home." If you haven't heard of it, it's a race to "leave" a circle, but no one can say "I wanna go home" at the same time. I thought that adapting this to general conference could be so cute!
Everyone makes sure to have their microphone on, and the game begins. It's optional to turn off your camera, but this makes the game harder and more fun.
The task: all the young women have to say their favorite General Conference speaker from this last session and then go mute. The twist: no one can talk at the same time. If two people start talking at the same time, the whole game restarts!
That's where the camera comes in. You could try two levels -- one with camera on, the other with it off to ramp up the difficulty. When you can see others, you can see that look on their face like they have smth to say, but with cameras off, it's a whole new level! 😂
This activity is challenging, suspenseful, but most of all, a way to sneak in a lil gospel while having fun with a game.
#3. VIRTUAL HEART ATTACK
You need: to get all your young women in on this!!
Zoom specifics: Zoom not necessary, but you could do a recap call
This is the cutest thing!! First, pick your target. Next, tell the yw abt the idea.
Each young woman decorates just one giant heart (poster or piece of paper) with a message of 💖. For the "heart attack" part, you can go several routes.
My original idea was to have everyone plan to have their heart picture loaded and ready and text it to the recipient all at the exact same time! Mwahahaha.
But if you think that would be overstimulating or just end up being annoying to the recipient, put together all the pictures in a slideshow, and text it to them.
It could also be fun if you invited them to a Zoom call and then surprised them in the middle of it with the slideshow. You could *also* surprise them in the middle of a Zoom call with the Young Women pulling out their actual paper hearts. Lots of fun ways to do this!!
#2. BOOK OF MORMON BAKE-OFF
You need: Book of Mormon Baking Bracket (see below)
Zoom specifics: You don't need to use Zoom for most of this activity. You could do a recap call about it though!
This is quarantine baking on a whole new level!
The object of the game is to create a book of mormon themed treat. Extra brownie points if it's based on the Come Follow Me for the week! Each young woman gets a picture taken of them with their Book of Mormon treat, and you round them up and send out the brackets for the young women to vote on their favorites!! Eventually, a winning baker is crowned. Such a cute idea.
I was going to make a cute baking bracket printable for y'all, but I realized that wards have so many different young women and needs that I couldn't make a one-size fits all bracket. So I found something better!
Make your ward a baking bracket with the perfect number of "teams" participating and their names by heading over
here. It takes about 5 seconds to make and will be perfectly customized for your ward!
If you or your yw need inspo on Book of Mormon themed treats, check out
this, this, this, and
this from Pinterest. Just to get the creative wheels turning.
#1. WHAT'S YOUR TYPE (PERSONALITY PARTAY!)
I've modified one of the most fun activities that our group has done to be virtual/Zoom friendly. It's called.... "What's Your Type?" It is ALL about unity, belonging, and connection -- isn't that exactly what we need right now?
To help make this virtual activity go smoothly, you get a 40 PAGE slideshow to use over Zoom. It completely guides you + your yw through the activity! In the slideshow, there are THREE fun games that all operate around the theme of unity and a devotional at the end to tie everything all together.
Ready to have this fun activity with your group?
Click here!
👉**GAME HELPS LINK**👈
I made this a Google Doc so you can copy + paste the "virtual cards" onto the Zoom chat feature, edit any of it to suit your needs and quickly translate it into your language (tutorials in the doc).
It's in English
here, Spanish
here, and Portuguese
here. I hope it's helpful! If you love gospel freebies like this, follow me on/
Pinterest for more time-saving young women’s/latter-day Saint printables! 🤩
Have fun with your yw! Stay healthy and safe!!
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