LDS MUTUAL ACTIVITY

“Mormon Themed” Breakout or Escape Room…a great

Mutual Activity!

FUN! FUN! FUN!

If you would like to do our Mormon themed breakout room for your Mutual Activity…NOW YOU CAN!!!

We have received lots of interest in the Mormon themed breakout room and worked diligently for more groups to enjoy the escape room in a reasonable and affordable way.

If you would like to rent the escape room or construct your own Mormon themed breakout room for your Mutual Activity visit www.mormonbreakout.com.  Inquiries can be sent to qbennion@gmail.com.

For other great Mutual Activity ideas click on the following links:

—Johnny Lingo 8 cow wife Mutual Activity Personal Progress Individual Worth

—Family History/Genealogy Young Women Activity

—Scripture Treasure Hunt Mutual Activity or Lesson

—Mutual Activity Personal Progress Faith Value

—Mutual Activity Special Temple Night

—For the Strength of Youth, Standards Night, and Miss Molly Mormon Standards  and Ice Cream Bar

Breakout Rooms (or Escape Rooms) are an increasingly popular entertainment springing up all around the country. (BreakoutKC is very popular locally)  They are a type of physical adventure game in which people are locked in a room with other participants and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles, find clues, and escape the room within a set time limit. Some games include sub-plots. The games are based on “escape the room” video games in which the player is locked inside a room and must explore their surroundings in order to escape. Players must be observant and use their critical thinking skills to escape the room. Other inspirations include adventure board games and movies.

Soooooo for a fun combined Mutual activity we decided to create a “Mormon theme” breakout room.  Using clues from scripture, church history, Mormon culture and even the Young Women’s values and personal progress book, we made up clues, set up locks and created a “missionary apartment” from which they had to breakout!

The young men and young women were divided into 3 groups (we set up three identical breakout rooms).  They were told the rules of the game and lead into their respective room and “locked” into the room with all the clues needed to open the lock on the door.  They were given one hour to “breakout”.  We even had an iPad in each room linked to a computer in the “control room” in the event if the group got totally stuck or got totally off base.  Then, if needed a clue would appear on their iPad screen (we have had to give “clues” to keep each group on track).  In the control room we could watch and listen to each group, but they could not see or hear us in the control room.   With varying degrees of help all groups finally were able to breakout.   After breaking out,  using one last key found in the “missionaries apartment” they could open the lock on the chest holding their refreshments.  Everyone enjoyed the activity!

And then due to popular demand, (on a p-day) we set the rooms up again..and again…and again… and had the missionaries in our district try to “breakout” of the missionary apartment.  Again the activity was enjoyed with gusto.

Our plans are to share the Mutual activity with other wards and allow our youth to be involved on the “proctoring” end of the activity.

THE BREAKOUT ROOM:

The CLUES and LOCKS

EXAMPLE

Email from parents tells them to “Pray, kneel and look up”.

Tucked into the light fixture on the ceiling is an envelop:

 

“JARED” unlocks the suitcase

 

ANOTHER EXAMPLE

The order of the Presidents of the Church as represented on the wall (and if you don’t remember the order of the Presidents from memory it could be figured out using a bookmark in the Book of Mormon.)

The 24 hour kit could then be opened with more clues and challenges…

 

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