Creative Ideas Zone

Learn the benefits of and instructions for starting a Children's Church Store.

Don't have time for volunteer training? Think again. Use these tips to fit it into any schedule...and get a great turn out too!

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

Ideas for changing your decor every 6 months. 

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

Here are the many ways that I use technology in children's ministry.

3 Day VBS outline for using a 5 day material

Valentine's activity for children to show appreciation for kid-min workers

A Super Bible Memory Verse Activity for Elementary Kids

A Sunday School Empahsis to get kids excited about attending and bringing their friends.

Does the Bible really say that? We should never assume we know what the Bible says. We need to read it, study it, and teach it properly!

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

A quick look at the current need for Family Nights

Why does your church need a children's check-in solution? Here are the main reasons.

Use these worship station ideas to allow kids to express themselves in ways that they are most comfortable. 

Here is a great idea for bringing the story of Jonah and the whale to life! Kids get inside the whale and see Jonah praying to God.

Just a punny pizza-themed note for saying thanks.

A night of video game fun with a purpose.

A short lesson plan on “Finished and Home,” inspired by Hebrews 12:2, along with a short lesson to help you prepare and present this wonderful illustration of Jesus’ work on the cross and His place as King of Kings.

A very fun object lesson using the Ring on a Spring illustion!

Ideas for group names

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

Teaching children how to overcome "Giants" in their lives through the story of David and Goliath.

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

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

A fantastic idea using tin foil to get kids engaged in thinking about what is an idol in their life.

Some new words to a classic song.

February is a great month to build excitement in your children's ministry! This year we are doing Fruitful February in our children's ministry.

A rope is hung from the center of a cutout wooden heart. By a couple of simple moves the rope is wound around the heart sides. When the heart is suspended by the rope and draped with a red scarf, it is easily released. The scarf is removed to show the heart freely hanging on the suspended rope.

A magic trick that illustrates the value a human life.

Here are some ways to make your lessons fun and exciting. In so doing , you will overcome most discipline problems.

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.

Robot offering contest idea

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...

25 ways to build up a child verbally. Don't always say it the same way. Be creative and vary the ways you build kids up!

A visual object lesson - the audience misses the obvious. Do we miss out on the most important thing in life?

An elimination quiz about Christmas.

Fisherman craft from pop can.

Do the kids "enter in" or "zone out" during your Praise and Worship segments? Here's a fun way to get the kids to put their heart into praise.

Sometimes life is like a jumbled mess of pieces, but God places all the parts there to make something cool out of it if we will follow His instructions. Trying to live our lives without following God's Word is like trying to build a model car without the instructions.

This is a fun and creative way to help kids understand the importance of the armor of God and how it can protect us, even today.

Everyone is different!

Provide kids with a list of Bible verses beginning with the letters of the alphabet. As the kids memorize verses they receive a dime to put in the candy machine. After they have memorized all verses they earn a trophy.

Someone may have suggested this already but I thought it was a great way to teach the books of the Bible and my kids love it!

This game show is designed to teach children different techniques to memorize scripture.

These are instructions to make a bird feeder.

You can make your art look better, just like Jesus can do in our lives!

These video clips show kids that no matter what circumstances, God is always in control, and so we always need to obey Him!

Ideas for promoting camp in your children's ministry.

Lots of camping activities ~ Indoors