Create some fun Scripture Specs! Children will love reading the scriptures through these fun glasses. Talk about how reading the scriptures helps us see our way to heaven and help us feel our Heavenly Father's love.

Children and Adult-size scripture spec patterns included (Color and Black & White)

OBJECTIVE: Tell children about the standard works. The scriptures tell us about Jesus and about Heavenly Father’s plan of happiness. They help us learn how we can return to live with Heavenly Father and Jesus again someday.

The scriptures contain stories of people who obeyed Heavenly Father’s commandments.

Nephi said, “My soul delighteth in the scriptures, and my heart pondereth them” (2 Nephi 4:15).

CRAFT ACTIVITY (Scripture Specs):
1. Print the activity (sized for children and teens/adults).

2. Create a pair of glasses—Scriptures Specs—that they can put on to read the scriptures. Cut out the book-eye pieces and place colored cellophane there or leave open. Punch holes on the sides and tie a string to it to tie around the child’s head.

3. As children/teens/adults wear the specs, read John 5:39. Explain that “testify” means to tell and that the scriptures tell us about Jesus and Heavenly Father.

THOUGHT TREAT: Open-Book Scripture wafer cookies. Display two frosting-filled wafer cookies next to each other glued together in the center with frosting. Open the scriptures and the cookie (in “V” shape), saying that this book should be opened each day to read about Jesus and His commandments (show a picture of Jesus).