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This is the place to find things written or submitted by the creator of Kidology.org, Karl Bastian.

Use Karl's creativity to your advantage! Browse his ideas, plans, games, and more. Use them as is or adapt them for your ministry!

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Plus Rise or Fall

God wants us all to go up to heaven - and it is whether you have Jesus inside that determines that.

Bible
Plus Time's Up

Time is always passing and we cannot get it back. Someday, the ultimate alarm will go off and we will meet God.

Bible
Plus Harry Potter Object Lesson: Love That Leaves a Mark

When YOU accept Jesus as your Savior, He wants to leave His mark on you - a transformed life! And in exchange for your giving your life to Him, He will protect you from the Enemy and the ultimate consequences of your sin.

Love
Plus The Key to Heaven

Jesus is the only way to heaven, He is like the Key to Heaven!

Salvation
Plus Wise and Foolish Builders who built on the rock and the jello

Where we build our life is important – Will we build it on God’s Ways or World’s.

ChristianLife
Plus The Bible is our Mirror to see What we Look Like Spiritually

What we build our life UPON is important. We must build it upon the WORD OF GOD, not the wisdom of the world.

Bible
Plus Magic Tricks

Many magic tricks rely on false assumptions...

ChristianLife
Plus Being Connected to God Gives You Power

Being connected to God gives you power.

God
Plus Our Outside Power Source

We all need a source of power outside of ourselves, or we will get drained spiritually.

God
Plus Sling Shot and Balloon Object Lesson

How we can protect ourselves from the attacks of the enemy.

ChristianLife
Plus The Amazing Magic In-Out Tube Trick!

It is foolish to think that if we allow bad things into our life that good will come out.

ChristianLife
Plus Pipe Object Lesson

Sin gets in the way of God being able to do things in our life.

ChristianLife
Plus Easter Egg Puzzle of Life

Jesus rose from the dead to fix the problem of death once and for all.

Easter
Plus The Bible is like?

The Bible is like .....

Bible
Plus Reflection of Our Self

You look in the mirror and see what needs to be fixed before you are presentable to the world, but God’s Word shows us what we need to fix to be presentable to God and others.

Faith
Plus God As Father

God is the perfect Father.

Christian Living
Plus Spiritual Glasses

Just as real glasses help many us see objects in perspective, spiritual glasses can help us see things with a godly perspective.

ChristianLife
Starter Back To School Object Lesson

Here is a great 'back to school' lesson that shares the Gospel using school supplies.

Christian Life - Back to School
Plus Acts 5 - Stand Up Guys

The book of Acts contains amazing stories of faith and courage. It is easy to think of these heroes as being extra special or extra spiritual, but they were ordinary people, just like us! Kids can be challenged to be bold and brave for God in their neighborhoods and schools!

Bravery / Witnessing
Plus Flatman and Bobbin Discover the Trinity (#5)

The Bumbling Duo Discover and Discuss the Trinity.  

Trinity
Plus Acts 4 - Godly Gals

This lesson uses the examples of several women in the book Acts to teach that we need to discover what our gifts and abilities are, and then use them for God and His Kingdom!

Mother's Day
Plus Flatman and Bobbin Save Mother's Day! (#4)

The bumbling duo saves the world from a mother who was forgotten on Mother's Day—and all children are warned to love their mothers.

Mother's Day
Plus Acts 3 - The Encourager

Everyone loves to be encouraged! We all like compliments and pats on the back. Barnabus was given his name because he was known for encouragement. This lesson’s aim is to challenge kids to become encouragers – to be the kind of kids that build others up rather than tear others down. Our human instinct when we are hurt or attacks is to tear the other down, but in this lesson they will learn that when they build others up – everyone succeeds!  

Barnabus
Plus A Fresh Start

A complete lesson with MANY activities on the theme of the new year. Use the whole lesson or just parts of it.

New Year's Lesson
Plus Acts 2 - Bad Guy, Turned Good

Every kid has people in their life that seem hopelessly lost. Bullies that pick on them, or stuck up girls that look down on them, or mean adults who make life hard. It is easy to write them off as ‘bad people’ but kids need to learn that everyone is loved by God and no one is a ‘lost cause’ or beyond God’s reach. It may surprise them to learn that the Apostle Paul was once an arch enemy of God – he deserved to be ‘zapped’ but God chose instead to forgive Saul and turn his zeal and energy to good, and renamed him Paul. Kids need to pray for and be hopeful for even the meanest and toughest people in their lives, if they can learn to do that, they will be started on the path to being a change agent in the lives of others their whole life!  

Conversion of Paul
Plus Acts 1 - The Ultimate Super Hero

This lesson can serve as an Easter lesson as well as an introduction to a unit on the book of Acts. Kids love super heroes because (like adults) kids both wish they were more powerful and that they could have help when in need. Well, Jesus meets both those needs. When we need help – He is there, and He invites us to more than just ordinary people, he calls us to be heroes for him! A hero is someone who puts the needs of others above their own needs, and kids do that every time they witness for God! Jesus proved he was the ultimate super hero because not only could he do amazing things, but he did something no else had ever done or ever will do: He was able to raise Himself from the dead! And if he can raise himself, he most certainly can raise us too!

Jesus - Easter
Plus Evolution: Don’t Buy the Lie

Evolution is not a science, it is a theory that turns to science for evidence, but IT is not science. Creation and evolution are the same in that regard – what differs is the evidence!

Evolution
Plus Adam and Eve: The Biggest Boo-Boo Ever

This lesson introduces children to the origin of sin into our world, but also touches on the appeal of sin that remains even today. The creation lesson laid the foundation for our creation and our being made ‘free’ and the last lesson on being made in the image of God that is stained, this lesson will bring them together with Adam and Eve’s fall with a two-fold application. First, that Jesus has provided salvation, and secondly, that we need to fight temptation daily so that we don’t also make mistakes (sin) that can have long lasting consequences.

Origin of Sin
Plus Priorities

Explain the importance of putting Jesus first in your life!

Priorities
Plus An Easy Choice

Sometimes the things of the world appear to be more attractive than the things of God, but we have to remember that in the long run, choosing God’s Way will always be better!

Faith
Plus Pick Your Prize Game Show

Be careful not to lie. The key is to tell the truth, just not the ‘whole truth’ because that is what the world/Satan does.

Deception
Plus Satan's Traps

Satan traps you by tempting you. He makes you think it is only a little lie or a small thing and that will give you a lot of pleasure.

ChristianLife
Plus Muzzle

What is a muzzle? Do people ever need muzzles?

ChristianLife
Plus Red Phone

Demonstrate the phone and talk about how helpful it is. (for talking to friends and family, getting help, directions, reminders, etc.)

ChristianLife
Plus Does Ivory Soap Float?

Don't buy the lie of evolution.

ChristianLife
Plus The Broken Pencil

Where did the world come from?

ChristianLife
Plus Rubber bottle opener gripper

We need to get a grip on God!

ChristianLife
Plus The “Magic Box” Show

The “Magic Box” - Show a box empty, and then ask kids what they would like for you to make ‘appear’ in the box…

ChristianLife
Plus Paper And Tape

Sin causes friendships and relationships to be torn.

ChristianLife
Plus Bungee Cord

Imagine you are all alone and lost in the woods and a giant monster is chasing you and you trip....

Christian Living
Plus Jimmy Jim's Jesus

Step aside, Sam I Am, Jimmy Jim is here, and he wants you to try Jesus! 

Witnessing
Plus Farmer's Almanac

Lots of people try to predict the future, in books, magazines, and on TV, but the truth is, you can’t! It is impossible because NO ONE HAS BEEN THERE – but God HAS been there, He is there!

Christian Life
Plus Faith Tested But Finally Triumphant

A story of a 17 year old girl having her Faith in Jesus Christ being tested by her boss.

Joseph
Plus The BUNNY and the BUTTERFLY

Bunny and caterpillar learn some lessons about how God answers our prayers indirectly or does not answer them for a reason.

Joseph
Plus 50 Bicycles from Grampa

A boy believes that he is getting 50 bicycles from his grandpa, when really he is getting 50 bicycle playing cards.

Bragging
Plus Child Security in the Local Church

Looking for church policies to ensure "Child Safety" in the church? The Kidologist has done extensive research on this and offers his findings and his manual for his church.

Child Security
Plus Permission Slip

What about permission slips? A little advice and a sample.

Forms
Plus Memorized Book

Teacher has the kids come up with a 'random' number, and then open a book to that page/line and the teacher has that line on that page memorized!

Christian Life
Plus New Year's - Great Expectations

How we can plan our lives better according to God's plan.

Life Planning
Starter Mercy and Grace

A very fun lesson on what Mercy and Grace really are. A student does not receive the super-soaker treatment he deserves.

God's Love
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