Kidologists 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, and use them as is or adapt them for your ministry!

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All Access Balance the Plate

Engage your small group with this activity that teaches them to stay focused on Jesus.

Concentration,
All Access Looking for Jesus

Encourage Families to Look for Jesus this Christmas.

Christmas, Jesus
Starter The Romans Road to Heaven!

Simple way to present the gospel message using 8 verses from Romans.

Gospel, Evangelism,
All Access Hidden Golden Coins

Teach your kids how to be missionaries and start your service off with this exciting activity.

Missionaries, Evangelism
All Access Lost Sheep

Fun game to open your lesson with where kids go and search for the lost sheep.

Game, Shepherd
All Access Attitude Check

Small group activity that helps your kids check thier attitude

Attitude, Small Group
Starter World War Rock, Paper, Scissors!

Have your kids play this fun game as you take Rock-Paper-Scissors to the next level!

Games, Extras
All Access Kid-Written / God-Breathed

A fun interactive way to explain how God wrote the Bible when it had human authors.

Divine Inspirtation, Bible
All Access Thermostat Vs. Thermometer

Teach your kids to remain strong in God through this exciting object lesson

Trusting God, Promises
All Access Which one is the Bible?

Teach kids about the different translations in the Bible in a way that they will remember, by acting it out.

Bible Translations
All Access God Keeps Us Safe

Help kids get a better understand of why God sets boundaries for us and how he tries to keep us safe in this exciting object lesson.

Safety, Boundaries, Freedom
All Access Just Let it Happen

Short object lesson and talk using an egg to show God's purpose and ability to complete us.

Being Good, Purpose, Victory
All Access Stacking Up a Good Attitude!

Exciting game that teaches kids about watching their attitude. They have fun Speed Stacking and have their attitude tested.

Game, Attitude, Speed Stacking,
All Access Being a HELPful Volunteer!

How can a volunteer truly H.E.L.P. their leader?

Training Volunteers
All Access The Fixed Magazine

A leader has an altered magazine to illustrate how God made us each unique.

Self Image
Starter Take Your Life Back from the Church

Don't let the church suck you dry - that isn't God's Will for those in ministry. When the church is killing your joy, you are doing more than God is asking of you and it is time for drastic action. Now. Stop making excuses.

Leadership & Life & Priorities
All Access On the Passing of Steve Jobs

Karl Bastian, founder of Kidology.org, reflects on the passing of Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, October 2011.

Leadership Tribute
Free The Kidologist Top Influencers

Karl Bastian was selected by Group’s CM Magazine as one of kids ministry Top 20 Influencer’s – but who were his “Top Influencers?”

Leaders, Influence
All Access Pocket Puzzle Evangelism?

Learn how to naturally and safley invite kids to church.

Evangelism, Invites
All Access 10 Standards for Excellence

Written by Karl Bastian for his children's ministry, here are ten scripturally based standards you can ask your volunteers to live up to in order to serve in the kids ministry.

Volunteer Standards
All Access Memo From CP: No More Child Care

How to Release the CM from providing Child Care to other ministries.

Child Care Policy
All Access Draw the Bible - Turn Off the DVD Player

Karl presents a creative teaching style and encourages us to stop using the DVD player while teaching.

Teaching Methods, DVD, Drawing
All Access Da Bible Feet - Joshua

A Kids Church Video featuring “Da Feet.” An introduction for a lesson on Joshua.

Joshua
All Access Da Bible Feet - Caleb

A Kids Church Video featuring “Da Feet.” An introduction for a lesson on Caleb.

Caleb,
All Access Da Bible Feet - Moses

A Kids Church Video featuring “Da Feet.” An introduction for a lesson on Moses.

Moses
All Access Da Bible Feet - Paul

A Kids Church Video featuring “Da Feet.” An introduction on “Running the Race” for a lesson on Paul.

Race of Life, Paul
All Access The Power of Choices

Devotional About the Power of Choices, both Large and Small

Choices, Wisdom
All Access Backyard Bible Splash!

This is a fun event your church can host in the summer.

Water Sports, Summer
All Access Bless Those Who Curse You

Two true stories to help kids see how to bless those who curse you.

Loving Your Enemies
All Access Frozen Pancake Toss

Kids Toss Frozen Pancakes on the head of friend into a tin!

Bread of Life
All Access Getting Started in Kidmin

A look at great resources to help you get started in kidmin

Kidology, training
All Access Dealing with Parent Conflict

Karl Bastian provides tips on how to keep your cool and deal with parents when they get upset with you!

Parent Conflict
All Access Dr. Seuss' Bible

Using a Dr. Seuss' "Book of Books" to Explain how the Bible was put together.

Bible Structure
All Access Encouragement via Lego!

A Lesson on Encouragement from Legos! (Features a point by point PowerPoint)

Encouragement
Starter Grumpy Greeters

A fun way to open a lesson on attidudes or friendliness by having some greeters really put on the grumpiness.

Witnessing, Attitudes
All Access The Crazy Campers

A Four Part Funny Skit Series for kids church or camp that illustrates why following God’s Plan for your life is best!

Following Instructions
All Access How May I Serve You?

To introduce the topic of service, treat the kids like royalty as the enter kids church!

Service
All Access One Now or Two When You Leave

A lesson on waiting the involves one of kids favorite things, CANDY!

Waiting, Patience
All Access How To Do a Bible Sword Drill

Are you interested in learning how to do a Bible Sword Drill? Here are some clear instructions for how to effectively do a Bible Sword Drill in your children's ministry!

Bible Sword Drills
All Access Host a Fruit Fair!

A fun fair you can have to help the kids learn about the fruits of the Spirit.

Fruit of the Spirit, Fair, Games
Free The Friend Factor Game Show!

Really Fun Game for Children's Church! A "game show" style game, that would go along great with a teaching on friendship.

Friendship, Games, Fun
All Access Remote Control Kid

This is an entertaining object lesson where a leader "controls" a kid with a remote and concludes by teaching about about allowing God to take our remote control.

Asking, Conduct, Holy Spirit
All Access Training Kids to Pray in Group

3 practical ideas to help your kids pray from the H.E.A.R.T

Prayer, Praise, Guiding
All Access The Future of Children's Ministry

This is Karl's contribution to the Greg Baird / Kidmin360.com series. Download the COMPLETE book below.

Leadership & Discipleship
All Access The Value of Worship

Andy the Appraiser visits and talks about the worth of a valuable object as a lead in to the fact that Worship is how we show God how much HE is worth to us!

Worship
All Access Globe Race!

A simple, fun, and exciting game that will help children realize that our country is just a small part of much larger world!

Missions
All Access Walking in the Light

Puppet learns the hard way what it really means to "Walk in the Light" (Also can be a skit)

Obedience
All Access The ONE Leader!

Puppet thinks if only he ruled the world everything world be O.K. - learns that Jesus was the perfect leader, and He was killed!

Jesus, the Rejected Leader
All Access Country Name Tags

This is a fun way to get kids thinking about different countries around the world throughout an entire missions program! Rename them the name of a country for a service!

Missions
All Access Puppet Appreciation Sunday

Puppet illustrates the need for Praise in a very entertaining manner!

Prayerful Praise
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