Creative Ideas Zone

How are you meeting the challenge of church closings?

Here's an easy-to-do science experiment using only a balloon and a hex nut to illustrate the abundant life Jesus can give us.

Jesus First Miracle Craft 

Soon to be mom's favorite cookbook!

From our friends at DiscipleLand.com comes some handly advice for parents on guiding children and their use of technology.

Teach kids about discerning if something is the truth as you take a look at how to detect conterfiet money.

Begin putting fun learning stations, that reinfoce the lesson, in place in your kids ministry.

Using legos building blocks as a basis for teaching the Bible. 

Check out LIFEZONE ROCKS and use any videos/music/ideas you fancy!

How well do you truly listen to the kids in your ministry?

Great ideas for fun summer family activities.

Kids travel through four different rooms to meet important people in Jesus' life and to experience the reality of what Easter is really about.

Mother/Daughter overnight idea.  

What mothers in history may have said to their children. (fictional but humorous)

Whether you’re looking to create a craft with the kids in your Sunday School (or classroom) or searching for a great gift for your own mother, here are some crafty ideas and some store bought ideas to get you headed in the right direction!

Comparing learning to live as a Christian to learning a team sport.

How do you help the kids feel welcome and connected when the new year starts?

A nighttime ark walk that will have kids glowing with excitement.

Spice up your kidmin this summer with these fun games!

Here's a great idea for a mother-daughter event that you can host at your church. 

What are YOU doing to celebrate your pastor this October?

There is one specific skill that is absolutely essential for every speaker to learn and to master in order for them to elevate their speaking to a whole new level. That skill is: Truth by Vibration!

To effectively reach children, we need to understand children and teach them in a manner that they learn best.

Using Mike and Ike candies as a way to help kids learn to pray and to connect the things around them with reminders to pray.

Exciting magic trick where you can peel a banana showing that it is pre-sliced.

Get your markers out and learn to draw your preteens into worship with this creative idea.

One thing that we cannot do is over-communicate! Here are some useful steps to use in your ministry to immediately improve in the area of communication.

Are you taking care of yourself? Or just your ministry?

All of this got me wondering, does it really make any difference? Perhaps the bigger issue is how we, who know Jesus, celebrate every day of our lives! In fact, instead of watching the world take Christ out of Christmas, what if we put Jesus into every holiday? Why not try celebrating a bit differently in 2013!

Kids have questions, naturally. One of the best ways to interact and lead them closer to God is by engaging with their questions.

Help the kids see we are all far from God's kingdom and need His forgiveness.  

What do you do if you want to teach a story that the children in your ministry have heard before many times?

Give this fun flyer to your volunteers and have them give to a friend to invite them to serve in kids ministry.

Object lesson that integrates with the Gospel Message, showing how Jesus sees us as sinless.

Here is a fun summer activity to do with the kids, especially during Olympic years!

Here is a Powerpoint presentation that gives several different object lessons, each illustrating a Christmas item and why it reminds us of Jesus!

Are your preteens getting too old for Easter egg hunts? Here's a creative way to get them excited about Easter.

Use gifts, experiences of your congregation to reward your volunteers.  

Because Easter Egg Hunts are so very secular, our Children's Ministries Department decided to "put Christ in the Easter Egg"...

Get your kids praying for each other using this simple activity.

When preparing for fall, here is a list of wants and needs for your rooms.

Here is a preschool lesson on the story of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and the Fiery Furnace.

If you work with kids, you know how challenging it can be to keep their attention.

Are you a children's ministry leader at a small church? Here are some practical and creative ideas for your ministry!

The Old Testament Book Names can be doozies! Here is a simple fun way to introduce a book, using Leviticus as a sample.  

Have you ever tried to witness at Starbucks? Here are some ways to minister to kids and their parents at your local Starbucks!

Engage your kids in a simple cooking competition coupled with becoming a "Sweet Genius" God's way

Develop a contest between girls and boys and by grades through the summer for the most minutes they spend time reading the Bible or Bible story books every day.  

Want to tell the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 in an exciting new way?

Empower kids to pray for each other by teaching them how to pray. The prayer of a child can make a huge impact.