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victoria Here’s a way to allow children to experience a Bible verse and think about it. It takes a bit of preparation but children will love it! Make meringue and pipe it in the shape of these words from Psalm 119:103: “Your teachings are sweeter than honey.” (See below for the meringue recipe.) Read the verse … Read more
Here are five, simple ideas to pray using playdough. This works well with under 5s, but plenty of children, teens and adults would also appreciate this very kinesthetic prayer. These ideas are those used at the mini-make session at the Hand in Hand conference in January. The dough I like to use is the 4-minute dough … Read more
Here are five ways to explore bible stories using playdough. The dough I like to use is the 4-minute dough from The Imagination Tree. I make lemon, chocolate, peppermint, lavender, glitter spice (with cumin), glitter herb (with mint and coriander), golden caramel (with gold glitter and caramel flavouring) and lavender bake (with lavender essence and poppy seeds). … Read more
I first heard about Godly Play years ago but had no cause or curiosity to follow it up. However, I recently developed both and also opportunity in the form of a course being run 20 minutes from where I live, AND childcare!I found the core training inspiring, challenging and refreshing, and I intend to follow … Read more
Advent is the four weeks running up to Christmas. It is a time of expectant waiting and preparation and many Christian traditions light candles during this time. How to make a wreath: To do this you will need four or five candles, and perhaps some spares in case the early ones burn right down. Try … Read more
Edible eyes are such fun! Using thick icing (icing sugar and a touch of water) as ‘glue’ to stick them onto bread sticks and Voila! You have bread stick puppets to tell your story with. And a snack for afterwards. It’s kind of VeggieTales with bread. We made them with broken breadsticks so some were … Read more
I love making cakepops so this is really just an excuse to have a cakepop activity, but it’s a goodun! There’s loads of Bible stories featuring sheep… David the shepherd boy, Jesus the Good Shepherd, the Lost Sheep… If you’re not sure, type ‘sheep’ into Biblegateway and see what you get! Just make your sheep … Read more
This is a great way to have fun exploring a Bible story. Make your treasure hunt by simply choosing the locations where you will hide a ‘piece’ of the story and write simple clues to place at each spot to guide everyone to the next location. If your family is mainly primary school age, you … Read more
Fill your paddling pool with water. As you fill it and wait for the water to be so icy cold, challenge everyone to imagine the water as blessings or good things from God. You may like to chat about what those things might be, especially to encourage everyone to think of some non-tangible blessings such … Read more
Bounce on a trampoline, taking it in turns to be in the middle. All the people around the edge should bounce and shout words of prayer for the person, for example, things they want God to bring in their life: e.g. health, good friends, help with school, joy, peace. Alternatively, you could play ‘Crack the … Read more
Make picture/word signs of keywords and challenge everyone to hold them up as they hear each word in the passage. This activity works well with non-narrative passages, such as John 6 which is where Jesus says: I am the bread of life. It’s a good way to help people pay attention to the words, and … Read more
Last weekend I went camping with my family and some friends with four children. As the evening got dark and we were eating (a very late) dinner, we lit a sky lantern. Before we lit it, we chatted about the lantern floating far away being a picture of us letting go of regrets, things we’d … Read more