Bubbles (Preschool Game)

Tuesday:	Bubbles
Bible Lesson:	Adam and Eve sinned. We all sin. Sin is when we disobey God. (Genesis 3)

Age Groups:

• preschool

Equipment Needed:

• bubble stuff
• bubble wands

Instructions:

You've got a dishpan or somesuch full of bubble stuff, and you have bubble wands, and you have preschoolers, and they blow bubbles, and they giggle, and the run after the bubbles, and try to catch the bubbles, and watch the bubbles pop, and then they blow more bubbles. Yay!

Board Foot Walk

Tuesday:	Board Foot Walk
Bible Lesson:	Humans are sinful and require salvation. (Genesis 3)
Memory Verse:	Romans 3:22

Age Groups:

• elementary
• teens

Equipment Needed:

• Boards with straps on them (see Preparation).

Preparation:

Prepare an even number of long boards (two-by-fours are good) by attaching straps to them in loops at evenly spaced intervals. Each loop should be large enough to accommodate a shoe, and they should be at the same position on each of the boards. We've found that 3-4 straps per board (and thus 3-4 people trying to work together) works pretty well. You will need two boards for each team that will be playing the game at any given time, so e.g. if you plan to have two teams going at once you will need four boards. Wide straps are best for the loops (rather than thin straps or rope), especially if some children might wear flimsy shoes or even flip-flops.

Instructions:

Each team gets two of the boards. Set them side-by-side, and each person puts a foot under one strap on each board, so that the team has essentially two very long feet.

Have them (attempt to) walk together as a cooperative group, from one end of the playing area to the other. Then have them try to turn around and walk back. Race the teams against one another.

Garden Stone Craft

Friday:	Garden Stones
Bible Lesson:	The church was begun in order to witness for God in all parts of the earth.
Memory Verse:	Acts 2:32
Preschool Lesson:	The church is made up of people (Acts 16)

Age Groups:

• elementary
• preschool
• teens

Supplies Needed:

• cement mix
• sand
• disposable open-topped containers (e.g., you can use the bottoms of old milk jugs)
• decorative objects (colored stones, shells, large glass beads, etc.)

Preparation:

Experiment ahead of time to determine the ideal ratio of cement mix to sand. Premix them.

When it's almost time, start adding water a little at a time, stirring, until the mixture is wet through but still thick. (A hand placed in the mixture and removed should leave a visible print and not fill in immediately.)

Spray each milk jug with Pam or other cooking spray before putting the mixture in, it will keep it from sticking when the kids try to remove it. Have the mixture ready in the bottoms of milk jugs when the kids come. Do not do it so early that it begins to dry. Timing is everything. Station a helper at the sink (or hose) to assist with hand washing.

Instructions:

Assist them in putting their hand print or (bare) foot print into the crete and then allow them to push decorative objects (colored glass beads, stones, sea shells, tiles) into the surface before it dries. Give each child a limited supply of decorations so that you have enough reserved for all age groups. Tell them they have to dry for 2 or 3 days in the milk jug and that they can cut the jug off or slide the stone out after that time.

Lesson Tie-In:

The stone itself does not correlate with the lesson, but you can ask them questions about the Bible lesson while they do the craft. There should be some time available while they are waiting for the cement to set firmly enough that they can remove their hands and feet.