Holiday Ideas Zone

In this power point with a Christmas story, a town is all worked up to present a special gift to give to Jesus, but one little boy, who thinks he has nothing to give, discovers he has the most valuable gift to give... himself!

We wanted to complete our Advent study, and with a fifth Sunday, it seemed like a great idea to do something unique.  That’s where the M&M Nativity Legend comes in.

The Messenger of Advent Text: Luke 2:8-20

Here is a skit on what children can get their moms for Mother's Day. Hint: the gift will last all year long!

A humorous story of a reformed parrot.

A FREE download resource from DiscipleLand.com on the REAL Meaning of Christmas

Kids learn the real meaning of Christmas and where traditions came from.

Who's the best dad, and how much does He love us? Use this skit to tell children about the very best Father!

Since the holidays are such a busy time, we all get behind in something. For this Christmas season, I wanted to provide you with three last minute Christmas lesson ideas to help you, if you are in need of a quick children’s ministry lesson!

This is just a cool idea for a VALENTINE'S DAY bulletin board.

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

Here is an object lesson for Thanksgiving to remind us how much we have to be thankful for!

Have you ever asked yourself the question, “What does Jesus want for Christmas?” What do you buy for God, who has everything?

The following ideas are intended to help families make the celebration of Easter more meaningful. We believe that Christians are in the best position to proclaim the “real” meaning of holiday, beyond Easter eggs, candy baskets and new clothes.

50 every day simple and practical ideas for dads - little things that can make a BIG difference!

Easter Sunday is a special day for God’s children. In this children’s church program, the children look BACK at what Christ has done. They look AHEAD at what is prepared for them in Heaven. They look IN at their heart and make sure that Jesus is there. They look OUT at others who need to hear the message of God’s great love!

An easy fun snack-craft for Thanksgiving!

I wanted another alternative to Valentine's Day cards. I just don't like encouraging mature ideas of love or relationships. That's why I call these friendship cards.

A great object lesson about all the stuff that gets 'piled' on top of the true meaning of Christmas.

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

A variety of Easter related jokes.

Here is a FREE Easter Family DO-votional you can give your families for Easter. 

The following are a collection of ideas that you might try in your family. Maybe just one of these ideas will help someone in your family better celebrate Father's Day.

A magical object lesson illustrating how God restores a broken heart

This is a summary of the historical events that helped to shape Christmas as we know it today.

An elimination quiz about Christmas.

This is a tool to help you prepare for your Easter lesson. It is a chronology of Christ's Resurrection. (Can be modified into a lesson for kids)

A neat simple story for kids about spreading God's message. Can be used with a puppet or a vent.

This is a creative craft where the kids make a manger to look just like the one would have that Jesus laid in!

A fun and easy game that kids love!

A fast, easy, fun activity that teaches kids to think of others during the holidays

Seeing how important volunteers are in ministry, but having limited resources, we came apon this idea that many went "head over heels"about.

This Power Point starts with facts, and how we know from the Bible that Jesus is the true Son of God. It ends with the Christmas story.

Here are some Christmas monologues that we have used at different times with our puppet team and our drama group. They are short but significant. Add a couple of your favorite Christmas songs and you have a small puppet musical! I hope someone can use them! They can be a lot of fun!

Christmas time is a great time to express appreciation to the people you work with through the year

The game basically is a jazzed up version of Hangman that can be used to reinforce kids’ knowledge of the Bible, as well as having fun at the same time!

What better way to get kids into the habit of reading their Bible than to have them read the Christmas story?

This wonderful craft idea allows children to understand, in their own yummy way, the wonder of Easter!

Prepare your heart for Easter

Acting out of Jesus' death and rising.

Have kids answer questions out of plastic eggs, about Easter for prizes.

Use plastic Easter eggs to teach a Memory Verse.

An object talk for Easter plus some info on the history of Easter to teach kids.

Our kids love this puppet sketch!

This is a great activity to do with large or small groups of children. We search the church while listening to the Easter story and end up with a fun surprise!

Great craft for Easter

This is a creative way for people in the church to form relationships with those in their community around Easter time.

This is a pupet script that I used at our 04 Egg Hunt.

A family share a Christmas tradition