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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Bible Story Mad Libs
A FUN way to tell a familiar Bible story |
Bible Story Fun |
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Kids are Curious!
What are you doing to engage the curiosity of your kids? |
Kidology Lab - Curiosity |
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Now or Later?
A fun (and yummy) lesson introduction that helps kids learn about delayed gratification. |
Delayed Gratification! |
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Crouching Sin Hidden Temptation - A Classic Toybox Tale
Beware of Crouching Sin, Hidden Temptation. It is out to lead you astray. Starring the little agents from Spy Kids and Samurai Jack. |
Tempation and Forgiveness |
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Not an Apple - a Toybox Tale Classic
Miss Piggy’s new talk show, “Talk To The Pig,” features Adam and Eve and revisits their days in the garden of Eden. |
Adam and Eve |
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Bible Numbers and Facts
This is a fun activity for helping kids learn some amazing facts about the Bible! |
Bible Facts |
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Amazing Easy Prediction Magic Trick!
This is a classic easy magic trick where you can predict a choice that a child makes. |
Prophesy or Choices |
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FUN Choices Opening Game
This is a fun interactive game that gets kids moving and trying to solve a fun but easy puzzle. It's all about choices! |
Choices | |
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Vote for Jesus! A FUN Patriotic Lesson
This is a FUN interactive lesson about how we "Vote for Jesus" every day by the choices we make! |
Fruit of the Spirit | |
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Secret to Having New Parents Serving Every Week!
Here is a fun positive way to have some parents helping every week in your children's service. |
Recruiting Parents |
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Books of the Bible Scramble Game
This is a fun unscrambling game using 20 random books of the Bible. |
Books of the Bible |
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Summer Bible Reading Challenge
A challenge to help kids read Matthew and John over the summer with parents involved. |
Bible Reading |
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Holy Spirit Balloon Game & Object Lesson
A fun game that also teaches four things the Holy Spirit does for us. |
Holy Spirit Helps | |
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LOST and FOUND Sign
Tired of loose items cluttering up your kidmin space? Here is a fun Lost and Found sign that also warns that items will be disposed of soon. |
Kidmin Signage | |
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Volunteer Spotlight Templates
A simple fun way to recognize new or super volunteers! Just add a pictures and some interesting facts and post outside the room they serve in! |
Volunteer Appreciation |
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We'll Be Back! - a Toybox Tale Classic
What happens when Dr. Bunsen Honey Dew tried to clone Arnold Swartzewhathisname? Instead of "I'll be back!" You get "We'll be back!" |
You Are Unique |
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Something from Nothing! - a Toybox Tale Classic
What happens when a magician tries to make Something from Nothing? Apparently only God can do that trick! And He did, when He made the world! |
Creation |
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The Sin Eliminator - a Toybox Tale Classic
What happens when Dr. Bunsen Honeydew attempts to purge Beaker of his sin with his Sin Eliminator invention? This is the historic first Toybox Tale performed back in 2001, four years before YouTube even existed! |
Sin and Forgiveness |
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List of Worries!
This is a humorous list of worries that a puppet or character has made. A leader talks them through it and challenges them to 'cast their cares upon Jesus.' (1 Peter 5:7) |
Worry Trust Faith | |
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Cereal Sunday Lesson
Written for Time Change Sunday where the kids are allowed to come to church in PJ's and eat cereal! This FUN cereal lesson helps kids learn spiritual applications from their favorite cereals! |
Time Change Lesson | |
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Offering Monster
Here is a FUN way to make giving both FUN and memorable. Introducing Numnum the Offering Monster! |
Offering Collection | |
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This is Love... Picture Presentation
Love isn't just the mushy stuff, it's putting others above yourself. This is a presentation with pictures of love in action! |
Love, Valentine’s Day |
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All About Me Kid Info Sheet
A fun and easy way to get to know your kids, learn about their needs, keep up with the world of kids, and get ministry feed back, all at once! |
Relational Ministry |
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The Kidology Handbook in Spanish
Translated by a friend, the classic edition of the Kidology Handbook is provided free of charge to Kidology All Access Members. (Disfrute de este recurso de entrenamiento gratuito.) |
Spanish Training Resource | |
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Wordless Book How To (Video Training)
Video training by Pastor Karl on the many ways to use the Wordless Book to share the Gospel with complete instructions. |
Wordless Book |
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Wordless Book Mini Book
A simple and easy Wordless Book template that can be customized for your own ministry. |
Wordless Book |
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An Emoji Christmas Story
Tell the Christmas Story with Emojis! |
Emoji Christmas |
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KARL'S NERF WARS
Purchase all the files and information on how to host a Nerf Wars event for the preteens in your ministry! |
Preteen Event Details |
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Charades Talent Show
Put on an INSTANT Talent Show as you talk about the gifts God gives us. |
Gifts and Talents | |
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Jolly Rancher Toss Review Game
Just a simple fun review game that is YUMMY too! |
Candy Review Game | |
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Live Comic Teaching
Kids Love Comics! Skip the videos and PowerPoints, just DRAW the Bible Story and your kids will be glued to the story! |
Creative Teaching | |
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The Vanishing Salt Shaker
Amaze the kids the next time you eat out by making the restaurant's salt shaker pass right through a solid table! No secret props, use only materials at the table. It's a fun way to connect with kids the next time you eat out! |
The Kidology Lab | |
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The Sugar Packet Puzzle
Here is a fun, challenging but entertaining puzzle you can do with kids right at the table in a restaurant. It's so easy it's hard! But the kids will have a fun time as you connect with them through this handy game. |
The Kidology Lab | |
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The Magic Hank
A fast and easy magic trick anyone can do - make a handkerchief bow down at your very command! That is, when he chooses to obey! |
The Kidology Lab | |
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The Penny Game
A fast and easy game for connecting with kids that requires only a handful of pennies to have a bundle of fun! |
The Kidology Lab | |
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Fear Not Video
This is a fun intro video on the topic of fear that gives the technical names of funny (but real) fears that people have. |
Types of Fears |
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Time Travel Fun Spiral Video
Just a fun looping spiral video for while asking kids to use their imaginations. |
GO! ZOOM Video | |
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Which is Better?
Teaching on Forgiveness and the transition from animal sacrifices to Jesus, the lamb of God, these are some ideas you can use! |
Forgiveness | |
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Spell LEVITICUS!
The Old Testament Book Names can be doozies! Here is a simple fun way to introduce a book, using Leviticus as a sample. |
Old Testament | |
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ZOOMING IN Video 3 - Fidget Spinner
Another video Karl made for introducing a lesson in the ZOOM Series from GO! Curriculum at his church. Used for talking about Zooming in and out over the Bible - the different between topical overview and digging in close to the details. This one zooms in on the most popular toy in America right now - the fidget spinner! |
GO! ZOOM Video | |
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Security Tag Signs
Signs for both the Check-in area and classrooms stating the importance and requirement to use the security tags for pick up. |
Child Security | |
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Safe and Secure Training Video
A Child Security Training Video for use in Your Ministry. |
Child Security |
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Sample CM Ministry Org Chart
Do you have an org chart for your kidmin? You Should! Here is a sample from Pastor Karl. |
Kidmin Organization | |
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Sample Ministry Brochure
This is a sample of a kids ministry brochure from Karl's church. Please dont copy in full - but you are welcome to use it for ideas and inspiration. |
Marketing | |
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Confession List... For Others?!
As a lesson intro on Confessing Sin, a puppet (or actor) has a list of sins to confess... only they are OTHER people's sins! |
Confession | |
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40 Seconds in the Wilderness
This is just a fun way to help kids related to the Israelites wandering in the wilderness for forty years by having them wander the room for 40 seconds. |
Israelites Wandering Experience |
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ZOOMING IN Video 2 - Lego Batmobile
Another video Karl made for introducing a lesson in the ZOOM Series from GO! Curriculum at his church. Used for talking about Zooming in and out over the Bible - the different between topical overview and digging in close to the details. |
GO! ZOOM Video | |
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ZOOMING IN Video 1 - Church Building
A video Karl made for introducing the ZOOM Series from GO! Curriculum at his church. Used for talking about Zooming in and out over the Bible - the different between topical overview and digging in close to the details. |
GO! ZOOM Video | |
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Karl's YES! Recruiting Flyer
As shared on Kidmin Talk #99, this is the recruiting flyer I made for my church. And, YES! You can use it too! |
Recruiting Flyer | |
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Listening to God
This is an Object Talk Video created by Karl Bastian that teaches and illustrates the importance of listening carefully to God. Features the Bop-It electronic game. |
Listening to God |