Creative Ideas Zone

This is a classic easy magic trick where you can predict a choice that a child makes.

Open your service with this great and simple lesson, as the kids learn to go to God.

Small group activity that helps your kids check thier attitude

These super fun balloon feet are a fun way to celebrate guests. Kids love them!

Help children understand how, in a church, everyone needs to find out what their spiritual gift is and use it together with others in the Body of Christ.

Teach your kids about acceptance and get the volunteers involved with this fun activity or theme.

LOTS of ideas for teaching about the Bible. This is the chapter I wrote for Group's Ulitimate Bible Guide for Kids!

A fun way to spark interest in the Bible or review Bible books.

The files for Karl's Bible Ninja Warriors series.

This is a fun activity for helping kids learn some amazing facts about the Bible!

This is a super fun idea to teach on how amazing the Bible is by using a very fun introduction of creating a "mad libs" Bible story. It is funny, but has a teaching point on how God's Word came to be and what it means to be "inspired" by God.

A FUN way to tell a familiar Bible story

For any 5th Sunday, use the Bible-O-Rama Super Sunday, including several fun games that help kids review the Books of the Bible.

Host a Birthday Party for Jesus, here are some ideas for what to do.

This is a fun unscrambling game using 20 random books of the Bible.

Using children's love of candy to demonstrate that worship is a show of worth!

Put on an INSTANT Talent Show as you talk about the gifts God gives us.

Let the kids choose the lesson order to learn about choices!

A fun game that takes an ordinary daily chore (brushing your teeth) and provide a spiritual application on obeying God's Word.

A Kids Church Video featuring “Da Feet.” An introduction on “Running the Race” for a lesson on Paul.

This is a tool to save you time when you need to draw kids names throughout class or club to participate in activities.  

A Lesson on Encouragement from Legos! (Features a point by point PowerPoint)

This fun rap/chant/song will be a powerful worship tool in your ministry  

Everything you need from Game board, money and cards to create and play your own version of Faith-Opoly!

Host a Family Gingerbread House Building event. Everything you need is here!

Replay of Karl's live Flash Class: Taking Your Kidmin Digital

A bunch of kids accept Christ on Sunday - how do you follow up with them? In this post Karl shares the letters he sends out to both kids and parents. You are welcome to edit and adapt.

This is a fun interactive game that gets kids moving and trying to solve a fun but easy puzzle. It's all about choices!

A BUNCH of ideas for encouraging your volunteers from the aisles of the grocery store!

A fun way to open a lesson on attidudes or friendliness by having some greeters really put on the grumpiness.

Teach your kids how to be missionaries and start your service off with this exciting activity.

Are you feeling worn out, stressed, and ready to drop out of ministry? Wait! There's a way to avoid 'burn out"!

A fun fair you can have to help the kids learn about the fruits of the Spirit.

To introduce the topic of service, treat the kids like royalty as the enter kids church!

A way to help kids (and adults) get more out of their Bible reading time.

An invitation to church that kids can give their friends: "If you think church is boring, you've never been to MY church!"

Help kids understand how much what we read can shape us through this object lesson.

I love Minecraft. I play it with my son and other kids. It also teaches me things about children's ministry.

Pastor Karl shares the details of the Concert of Prayer he hosted at his church.

Children's Church Rules and Rewards

A fun interactive way to explain how God wrote the Bible when it had human authors.

Encourage missionaries by having your kids write letters to them.

A fun game that illustrates the need to focus to listen to the Holy Spirit over other "voices" in our lives.

Kids Love Comics! Skip the videos and PowerPoints, just DRAW the Bible Story and your kids will be glued to the story!

A fun take home slip when teaching on the Golden Rule. (Luke 10:27b)

Help kids understand their own attitudes through this easy activity with Name Tags. Plus, help build community as the kids get to know each other a little bit better.

If you are doing a Narnia unit, here are two files that might save you a little time. They are simply banners for outside that say 'Welcome to Narnia' and another about leaving shoes outside, and bring their imagination inside.

Karl shares all his files, graphics and information on how to host a Nerf Wars event for the preteens in your ministry!

A SUPER COOL Gospel Presentation that the kids will love - lots of audience participation!

This is a simple way on one Sunday to gently force all the kids to make some new friends!