Creative Ideas Zone

This Gospel presentation lesson involving slime could be used any time of year, but we used it for the "Wow" factor at Easter.

This is a great sample letter to send to the parents of the children attending any of your camps.

A fun event for children at during the Christmas season!

Object lessons, discussions, and game dealing with human temptation and perspective.  

3-5 year olds do a tongue twister as a discussion starter for telling others about Jesus.

One of the amazing thing about Eve must have been the smells. Let your kids sniff and retain this passage about our beginning.

A PowerPoint/Flannelgraph presentation retelling the story of Sodom and Gomorrah.

These are the documents I generate for a five-day-long, stay-overnight, kids camp. This particular one had a space theme.

This game is a blast but takes a bit of prep, and is very messy, so be prepared, and don't do this on carpet! Also, you must have a washable wall!

This idea came from one of our older kids and it has been a great success! It got the kids involved in the community, serving others and working together.

Using unifying themes help children remember what they have been taught.

A simple song sung to the tune of "If You're Happy and You know It"  

Using your church to bring the Gospel to kids on October 31st in such an awesome way that they don't miss going trick or treating.

A call to worship based on the superheros.

It is interesting the many ways we can illustrate the Trinity to children. Here are several creative ways that present this doctrine in simplicity.

The world is constantly judging everything on the way it looks and it is easy for kids to fall in this same pattern. This object lesson is a good reminder that God looks at the heart and we need to do the same.

This is a good game to help get preschoolers (ages 3-5) quiet and ready for the next activity.

This is a great object lesson idea that I heard from Rob Bell once. The main point is to illustrate how death in so many cases actually brings us life.

Use this power point story to illustrate why God sent Jesus to earth for us. A great launch to a salvation message.

A quest through different rooms (reminiscent of the Indiana Jones adventures) to find the answer to Eternal Life.

Object lesson for teaching kids about having an authentic relationship with God. Can also be used for discussing false prophets, the one true God, and such.

Based on an anecdote I read in an email, this lesson shows how God is the tie that binds us all together in this country and that He is the true power behind our nation.

This is an entry level skit which requires three adults and very few props. While it was written for Valentine's Day, it can be performed at any time of the year. The skit is about what toys do after everyone leaves a toy store, but it's also about abstinence, i.e. waiting until you're married to have sex. It's done in a very innocent way - there is nothing sexual or romantic in this skit.

These simple thumbs up, or thumbs down cards can be used in any number of contexts to help visualize good ideas from bad ones.

In our children's church we designed a "time machine" that we use to bring Bible characters forward to teach the kids.

This is a fun Halloween outreach idea.

Kids collect Ugly Ties & Votes are money Necktie voted "Ugliest" is worn by Pastor

Here is a fun and off-the-wall way to use popular television shows to raise money for missions.

This is a short liturgy for small children to present in a worship service in February or any time of the year. It is simple enough that they can easily learn and present well.

This is a short Valentine program that may be implemented into a Church Worship service on a Sunday morning. This may be used with a small or large group of children.

A cute idea to show your children's ministry camp volunteers that you appreciate them, using s'mores!

Creative ideas my church uses that allows kids to worship God in a variety of ways.

Weekly list of tasks that must be accomplished on a weekly basis.

3-5 year olds will understand the concept of being "poor" as an introduction to 1 Kings 17, God's provision for the widow.

A set of Christmas-themed rebus puzzles.

A fun skit to recruit volunteers

Using the current Wii games for a family oriented outreach event.

The Kidology Report reviews Aaron Reynolds' book, The Fabulous Reinvention of Sunday School, and provides ideas on how to transform your children's ministry.