Creative Ideas Zone
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The "Creative Idea" Zone is kinda the "Everything Else" Zone. If it isn't an object lesson, or a craft, or a story, or a game, or a magic trick, or puppet script, or a... you get the idea... then it's HERE!
There are tons of great ideas in here, so surf to your heart's content. Or better yet, use the search tool to search by key word or topic. And be sure to submit YOUR great ideas!
Level | Title | Topic | |
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Big Screen
How to make a big screen for a video projector |
Video Projection | ||
Books of the Bible Bookshelf
I created a fun tool for the children to use in learning the books of the Bible. |
Learn the Book of the Bible! | ||
Bread of Life Diner
We recently renovated our children's church room into the "Bread Of Life Diner". It's an awesome place for children to get their spiritual food. |
Children's Church theme | ||
Cafe Poetry
This event is a creative twist for kids where children are guided into different literature stations to explore and celebrate creative literature kids-style. |
Exploring literature with God | ||
Christmas Through The Years
Christmas Through The Years is a skit about the emptiness of chasing our own dreams. Molly Richards becomes the Queen of Rock and Roll, only to find that inside she's the Queen of Emptiness. After running from God for years, when she reaches rock bottom she final gets saved. |
Evangelism | ||
Concentration
Review the memory verse with a game of Concentration. |
Memory Verse Review | ||
Creation Cupcakes
Easy way for a hands on activity about creation. |
Creation | ||
Cupcake Surprise
The children will have a snack and be given a question to answer at the same time. |
Review lesson or topic discussion starter | ||
Dive In Movie
Great summer community outreach idea! |
Outreach | ||
Dora the Explorer & Forgiveness
This highly interactive skit uses familiar characters from Dora the Explorer to teach about forgiveness and the plan of salvation. |
Forgiveness, Gospel | ||
Drive-In
A fun way to spend the evening with children. |
Night of Fun | ||
Easter Links: Countdown to Easter
Use these Easter jokes, thoughts and activites to help your kids focus on Easter. |
Easter | ||
Egg Hunt Quick Tip
For the past two years, we have added two new ideas which work really well for our Easter Egg Hunt. |
Easter Egg Hunt Tips | ||
Eli and Samuel Rap
Fun Rap to go with an Eli and Samuel lesson. We put this on an overhead and played a rap beat |
Eli and Samuel | ||
Escape from your Boxes
Creative idea to illustrate "escaping" from sin |
Sin | ||
Evangicube Rap
This is a rap song that goes along with the Evangecube or can stand alone. |
Salvation Message | ||
Extra Extra Read All About It: A KIDS Church Musical
"Extra Extra Read All About It" is a musical that takes place in a high energy Advice Column (The I Witness News Team) office. |
Christian living: evangelism | ||
Fear Not Rap
Rap to go with a lesson on Fear |
Fear | ||
Fireworks
This activity can be used for the 4th of July or any celebration. |
Celebration | ||
God's Power
A humorous rendition of the story from II Kings 6 teaching that even when we can't see him, God's power is greater than anything that threatens us. |
Fear, God's Power, Elisha | ||
God's Word Reveals God's Character
Chronological overview of Scripture, needs-based approach of basic doctrines. Four-sessions of morning chapel lessons given at camp suitable for kids' church lessons. |
Bible overview | ||
If You Bring a Friend You Can Pick My Nose
I offer prizes to all of the kids who bring guests and to their guests using a giant foam nose. Both the guest and the child who brings the guest get to pick from prizes that I've inserted in the giant foam nose. |
Incentives | ||
Jesus on the Throne
This activity will give children a visual memory of keeping Jesus first in their lives. "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Matthew 6:33 |
Keeping Jesus first | ||
Kids Ministry VIP room
Create a room for your kids ministry volunteers to get a few refreshments before or after their scheduled time to serve. This not only gives them a place to get to know other volunteers in the kids ministry, gives them natural things like food and drinks, but it shows them that you're thinking about them. I guarantee it'll be the talk of the church. |
Volunteer Appreciation | ||
Mannequin for $25
To illustrate the Armor of God, we needed a mannequin. Here's how to build one for $25 (sorta)! |
Armor of God | ||
National Enpuppeter
This is a prop that I spent too much time on... |
Puppets | ||
Personalized Easter Seek and Find
Find the words for verse Romans 5:8 in the seek and find. |
Easter Seek and Find | ||
Prepare for Battle
Teach children that worship can help them through hard times. 2 Chronicles 20:22 |
Worship | ||
Quiet Time Cards
Kids earn rewards for reading their Bible every day by filling in Quiet Time Cards! |
Encouraging daily Bible reading | ||
Saul, Paul & Paul
This is a scripted "game show" which interviews three very different people - a devote Jew, a blind man and a dynamic Christian. At the end of the game show, the kids find out that all three are the same man - Saul/Paul of Tarsus. The skit concludes by telling the story of Saul's conversion and presenting the gospel. |
Evangelism; Paul's conversion | ||
School of the Rock: A K.I.D.S. Church Musical Outreach
Musical for our Kids Church outreach |
Musical Outreach Script | ||
Spring Eggstravaganza
This is a special event that is done around Easter. This is like a festival with low-key fair-type game booths, bounce houses and egg hunt plus a special creative method to tell the Easter story. |
Easter Outreach | ||
SS Teacher
Nehemiah building the walls of Jericho and the great celebration that followed. |
Nehemiah building the walls of Jericho | ||
Stuck on Christmas
The Sandwich Shop & Stuck on Christmas are two skits designed to introduce Awana T&T clubbers to all of the verses in T&T's Start Zone. Stuck on Christmas is is a wacky Christmas special, which is designed to be performed at any time of the year. |
Evangelism | ||
Super Hero 1 - Gideon, Unconditional Surrender?
Too many times we think of Old Testament as characters we can live by, when we should see them in a different light. This is the real story of Gideon. It is really about how God delivered Israel and Gideon took the glory. |
Gideon | ||
Super Hero 2 - Samson, What are you doing?
Too many times we think of Old Testament as characters we can live by, when we should see them in a different light. This is the real story of Samson. It is really about how God delivered Israel not Samson. Samson may have super power, but it was only when the Spirit of God rushed on him. |
Samson | ||
T I T H E lesson
Use the letters from the word TITHE as an acrostic to teach the children what it means. |
What does tithe mean? | ||
The GodPod
A skit introducing the idea of praying for God's will to be done in our lives, instead of just asking God to give us what we want. |
Prayer, Selfishness, Submission | ||
The Sandwich Shop
Sandwich Shop was designed to introduce Awana T&T clubbers to all of the verses in T&T's Start Zone. The Sandwich Shop is an evangelical skit which takes place in a sandwich shop. |
Evangelism | ||
Time Traveling
We use a time machine to call up Bible characters and tell their story live. |
Lessons using a time machine | ||
Twist and Praise
Anxious to get your kids moving as they sing and praise? Try this simple form of expression. |
Creative Praise | ||
Virtual Pet
A partially functional virtual pet for PowerPoint. |
Burden Bear | ||
Volunteer Appreciation
Just a way to show our volunteers that we love them! |
M-Azing Volunteer | ||
Walking in Faith
A high-interest activity that emphasizes how we exercise our faith. |
How do we experience our faith | ||
Kindness Campaign
An incentive campaign to encourage our children to be kind. |
Kindness | ||
Oh Superman in Grand (SONG)
This is Karl's 'Super Hero' song that is referenced in several Kids Church lessons. |
Super Hero Song | ||
Take-Home Envelope
Here's an idea to help kids keep all their "stuff" together after Sunday School. |
Administrative | ||
Faith Overcomes Pride (Part 1 of 5)
A skit in which the kids participate to tell the story of Naaman |
Faith, Pride, Naaman | ||
Faith Overcomes Peer Pressure (Part 2 of 5)
A skit/game show in which kids participate to tell the story of Shadrack, Meshach & Abednego |
Faith, Peer Pressure, Shadrach, Meshach & Abednego | ||
Faith Overcomes Fear (Part 3 of 5)
A skit/game show in which kids participate to tell the story of Daniel and the Lion's Den |
Faith, Fear, Daniel & The Lion's Den |