Creative Ideas Zone

Here are some ideas if you are having a 50's theme party....

This a GREAT fund raising event for kids! We have called it "Pennies for Heaven"...

An 'egg' themed appreciation note for your volunteers at Easter.

The kids are headed back to school, here are some ministry tips and ideas for Fall.

Host a Beanie Babie event.

Add these Biblical Ice Cream Creations to your next event or party! You can create a MENU and have your guests order from the following selections...

Instead of a pine word derby, try a cardboard box car derby!

Applying the concept of spirtual growth to the Bread of Life concept.

Alternative for those 'too old' for kids stuff but not still 'too young' for youth stuff.

Everyone loves to laugh at the Peeking Puppeteer Heads, except the puppeteers who are doing the show. Here is a creative way to eliminate that!

Doing a unit with dinosaurs??? Here are some FUN dinosaur ideas...

Romans 12:2, "but be transformed by the renewing of your mind."

An Easter presentation that uses the letters of EASTER to tell the real meaning of the holiday.

TONS of ideas/advice for planning an Easter Egg hunt.

Ideas for making popsicles... there are a variety of ways!

Fun activity to introduce topic of reflecting God.

A TON OF WATER WAR IDEAS!!!!

THIS IS A MUST! By promises to come 'uninvited' to video tape kids rooms and then show in children's church - kids will experience 'always being ready' for the return of Jesus!

Interviewing kids to keep up with what they are into and like.

Soon to be mom's favorite cook book!

Reviewing ruls with kids helps them help each other to do what is right.

Craft that focus on the places we 'go' in life on the way to heaven.

Jar with the most money in it is bad news for the teacher whose picture is on it!

Mother/Daughter overnight idea.

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

Parents often pay for child care - let them pitch in and bring all the kids to church one evening so they can go on a date, plus help raise some money for the children's ministry.

Have a winter event in the summer!

Robot offering contest idea

A fun activity that also shows how amazing God's word is - being written by over 40 authors and making perfect sense!

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

Kids can experience the story of Esther in a different way!

A fun variation on 'running through a splinker'

Teaching on stewardship or money? Here are some ideas for you...

Our Children's Ministries tries to teach at a very young age the importance of using the Bible (the Sword). To reward children for remembering to bring their Bibles to class...

Graphics, in a PowerPoint presentation, that are adaptable for many mission presentations.

Craft for theme 'being made in the image of God.

A bunch of ideas for ways to fill those awkward transition times!

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This is a script for a narrator and two others....doing a tandem telling of these two parables!

3 Day VBS outline for using a 5 day material

Thank you note with "Veggie" theme. (made for Veggie VBS)

Video tape kids rooms to show in children's church.

This is the code used in the Awesome Adventure Discipleship Series that you can use to write your own notes in the code.

A fun game for during the Super Bowl game - ideal for a party!

A powerful and effective way to illustrate the Gospel.

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

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

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

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.