Build a Temple Salt Lake City | Nauvoo | Solomons Temple | Activities Days | Youth Activity
Get ready for some fun activities! With these Build-A-Temple, easy to assemble temples, you can have a fun family night, activities days or Youth group event where everyone can be involved and take home something special! These fun to assemble temples allow you to help others enjoy the spirit of the temple and always have a reminder of a symbol of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. These make a great project craft for kids to be able to build and get a unique experience.
Available in three different designs (Read more about the history of each below)
Available as a 3 pack(1 of each design), or 5 of a single design.
1 - The Nauvoo Temple
2 - The Salt Lake City Temple
3 - A representation of Solomon's Temple (As it was destroyed, it is tough to know exactly how this one looked)
Each unit comes as a precision laser cut HDF panel with white hard surface.
Pieces measure around 2" x 3" x 3" when assembled. For different quantities or configurations, please reach out to us.
Warning: This product contains small parts and is not suitable for children under 3 years of age. Small parts may present a choking hazard.
The Nauvoo Temple, the second temple constructed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (following the Kirtland Temple), was announced in 1840 and its cornerstone laid on April 6, 1841, in Nauvoo, Illinois, under the direction of church founder Joseph Smith. Built in the Greek Revival style with distinctive symbolic features like sunstones, moonstones, and starstones representing celestial glory, the temple was a focal point for introducing and performing sacred ordinances including baptisms for the dead, eternal marriage sealings, and the endowment, amid intense persecution and the Saints' sacrifices of time, labor, and resources through tithing and consecrated efforts. Construction progressed slowly, with partial dedications allowing ordinances to begin in the attic and basement by 1845–1846; a public dedication occurred on May 1, 1846, by Orson Hyde, just as most church members were forced to flee Nauvoo westward due to mob violence and threats. Abandoned shortly after, the original structure was destroyed by arson fire in October 1848 and further ruined by a tornado in 1850. In a remarkable act of historical restoration, church president Gordon B. Hinckley announced its rebuilding in 1999; the Nauvoo Illinois Temple, an exterior replica of the original but with a modern interior layout, was dedicated on June 27, 2002—the 158th anniversary of Joseph and Hyrum Smith's martyrdom—serving today as a symbol of faith, sacrifice, and redemption overlooking the Mississippi River.
The Salt Lake Temple, stands as the iconic centerpiece of Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, serving as a sacred house of God for essential ordinances such as baptisms for the dead, endowments, eternal marriage sealings, and other rituals. Construction began in 1853 under Brigham Young, just years after the Mormon pioneers' arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, with groundbreaking on February 14, 1853, and dedication on April 6–24, 1893—exactly 40 years later—after decades of labor using massive quartz monzonite granite blocks quarried from Little Cottonwood Canyon and transported by oxen and later rail. Designed by architect Truman O. Angell in a Gothic-Romanesque style, the temple features six spires symbolizing priesthood quorums, the Angel Moroni statue atop the east center spire, and rich symbolic elements including sun, moon, and star stones representing degrees of glory, the all-seeing eye, beehive, clasped hands, and the Big Dipper pointing to the North Star. It has endured significant events like bombings, a 1999 tornado, and a 2020 earthquake that damaged the Moroni statue (later repaired), and as of January 2026, it remains closed for extensive renovations started in 2019, focusing on seismic retrofitting to withstand major earthquakes, interior reconfiguration for greater capacity, and modernization, with completion projected by the end of 2026 and a public open house planned for April to October 2027.
Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was a magnificent biblical structure in Jerusalem commissioned by King Solomon, son of David, and completed around the 10th century BCE (approximately 957 BCE according to some estimates). Described in detail in the Hebrew Bible (primarily in 1 Kings 5–8), it served as the central place of worship for the Israelites, housing the Ark of the Covenant in its innermost sanctum, the Holy of Holies, and replacing the portable tabernacle used during the wilderness period. Built on Mount Moriah with lavish materials including cedar from Lebanon, gold overlays, and massive stone blocks—constructed with Phoenician assistance from King Hiram of Tyre—the temple featured an oblong design with a porch, main hall, and inner sanctuary, symbolizing God's presence among His people. It stood for roughly 400 years as the focal point of Jewish religious life until its destruction by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II in 587/586 BCE during the siege of Jerusalem, leading to the Babylonian exile; no direct archaeological remains have been confirmed due to the site's sensitivity, but its legacy profoundly influenced later Jewish tradition, including the Second Temple built on the same location.
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