Kidologist's Zone

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 Soap Verse Challenge

Bible Memory is fun using soap and water. 12 bars of soap (or number needed for verse) and 12 bowls/buckets of water (or one giant tub) and towels!.

Teaching
Plus Pipe Race

Great Teamwork Game. You will need 24' tube of sump pump tubing & a super bouncing ball for each team.

Fun
Plus Un-Hang Man

Interactive lesson with a powerful teaching twist for upper elementary kids! Follow these instructions carefully and you will have a lesson filled with fun and laughter that ends with a somber challenge both for salvation and a surrendered life for kids already saved!

Salvation
Plus Pass the Message

A great game to reinforce our purpose of Spreading the Good News without being stopped by Satan --Teams and 1 spy needed. Requirements: 3 1/2 Floppy disks or CDs

Teaching
Plus Spot Enoch

A collection of action figures and/or dolls is required for this Teaching Game that requires children to "pay attention" in order to win points.

Teaching
Plus Operation Walk with God

3-legged race that requires setting up an obstacle course to reinforce Bible Account concerning "Walking with God."

Teaching
Plus Milking a Goat

Christian Life
Starter Christmas SAY WHAT PowerPoint Game!

This is a 'guess a letter' PowerPoint game that introduces Christmas and the theme of God's love through the gift of Jesus.

Popular Christmas Sayings
Plus Looking AHEAD! (A New Year's Devotional!)

A New Year's devotional or lesson that you can share with your kids.

Christian Life
Plus A Fresh Look at Your Ministry

View your ministry with a fresh perspective!

Vision - Evaluation
Plus Yeah, but I like you too!

Kidologist's Blog DewDate 11-30-2003 Reprint from Past Newsletter

Loved or Liked?
Plus The Mother of All Lego Ships

Kidologist's Blog DewDate 11-29-2003

Lego!
Plus A Puppet Routine on Giving

Christmas
Plus 3 Things Make a GIFT

Here is a great lesson that helps to teach just what it means that SALVATION IS A FREE GIFT.

Christmas
Plus The Surprise Birthday Party

Christmas
Plus After Christmas Blues Song

This song is sung to the tune of Don Fransico's "He's Alive" - it is a spoof - you sing it seriously, but it is actually very funny, especially if you introduce it as a song the Lord laid on your heart last night as you reflected on Christmas being over.

Christmas
Plus Ornamental Memory Game

Christmas
Plus Christmas "What Am I Thinking Of?" Game

A quick and easy Christmas themed game for use in your kidmin.

Christmas Game
Plus The Christmas Wrappers

Christmas
Plus Candy Cane Christmas Game

Christmas
Plus Santa Jokes

Christmas
Plus Shadow Guesses

Christmas
Plus Why is Jesus Better than Santa Claus?

Christmas
Plus Give your heart to Jesus!

Christmas
Plus The Never-Ending Gift!

Christmas
Plus The Chistmas Story Shuffle

Christmas
Plus 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Technically

Christmas
Plus Why Christmas? (a poem)

Christmas
Plus Christmas Carol Lyrics

Christian Life
Plus Play-Doh Christmas Game

Christmas
Plus Wisemen Gifts

Christmas
Plus Spread the Word

The purpose of this game is two-fold. First, to visualize the need to work together to spread the Gospel (the Good News) as far as possible. Secondly, in a surprise twist to illustrate how often in our zeal to reach people far away, we miss those right next to us!

Teaching
Plus Use Instructions

You will need two card tables and a mixed up puzzle for each team (one puzzle with box top that shows how to make it.)

Teaching
Plus Verse Mirrors

The object of the game is to write a verse in mirror image on a poster board. You will need 2 small mirrors and 1 large mirror.

Teaching
Plus Give-Away Monopoly

small group activity to teach the importance of stewardship

Teaching
Plus You're Music in the Hand of the Master

Christian Life
Plus What if you used an Oscilloscope on God!?

Bible
Plus Jesus in the Penalty Box

Salvation
Plus The Finest Perfume (Mother's Day)

Evangelism
Plus Cool Guy

Kids are imitating "Cool Guy" even when he hurts himself! A funny spoof on how far to imitate others.

Peer Pressure
Plus God is Your Spotter

You start with little weights and move up to big weights. The same is true in our spiritual life. If we aren’t even attempting little things for God, He will never be able to use us for anything great.

Faith - Strength
Plus Saying THANKS

It's never too late to say thanks. "It's time to dig out those thank you cards," writes Pastor Karl Bastian, the Kidologist. "You better 'make your list, and check it twice' - because if you forget someone, it won't be nice!"

Thanksgiving
Plus SELF-CONTROL

Fruit of the Spirit
Plus Kidologist's Christmas Songs

Christmas songs written by Karl Bastian to the tune of other popular children's church songs.

Christmas Songs
Plus So Clean You Can Lick the Bowl!

Prayer
Plus Watch Out For Spiritual Fleas!

Christian Life
Plus The Importance of TUBAS

Church
Plus Two Dollar Bill

Bible
Plus What Makes A Gift a GIFT?

Bible
Plus What' s your FOCUS on?

Christian Life
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