Family Home Evening Activities

1     The Saucer Trick

• People: 2 players, in a group
• Goal: Object lesson, Trick
• Time: 5 - 10 mins
• Materials: 1 Candle, 2 small tea saucers
• Principle Taught: Following the world leads to sorrow and tainting of the soul
• Method:
  1. Preperation: Out of the room light the candle and burn the underneath of 1 saucer to create a sooted area (ensure that it is well hidden from everyone).
  2. Darken the room buy having just 1 lighted candle in the centre of the room. Ask for a volunteer to help.
  3. You then think of a story or senario that the person may like to have in the future. EG Rich and famous, Marry a gorgeous husband/wife, Get a great job etc.
  4. Once they have decided on what they wish to, give them the sooted dish and you tell them that all they have to do is follow your instructions and their wish will come true.
  5. Do a sequence of strokes and turns on the dish and follow with movements across the face (this will leave black marks on the face as they do so and will not be realised until they are finished and look in a mirror.
• Additional Details:
  • Be prepared to be messy.
  • Lesson to be learned could be that if we follow the promptings of the world even for what seems good we will end up dirtying our soul, often without even knowing.
  • You may wish to have 2-3 people doing it, just make sure that they cannot see each others faces or they will realise what is happening.