tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60444424811443962242024-03-04T23:19:45.201-05:00KidfrugalBig ideas for the small church kids ministryJoan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.comBlogger142125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-69082973481432866662021-09-27T12:03:00.006-04:002021-10-22T20:37:40.334-04:00Pirate Themed Trunk & Treat<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31ijaPUFwhQeMA0ylfD25cmxUsGivT4GJwHOO7uQ_WoJ7VwvBwaC3NkqpjftZyJ57e2hbqKBvSU4DszGxjUCsZPxzmA-psdmzSlQUH6MRcxOiYx0fx3PgYoUC-VvVLN9mASba1nMVehik/s1500/Trunk+%2526+Treat+Pinterest.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj31ijaPUFwhQeMA0ylfD25cmxUsGivT4GJwHOO7uQ_WoJ7VwvBwaC3NkqpjftZyJ57e2hbqKBvSU4DszGxjUCsZPxzmA-psdmzSlQUH6MRcxOiYx0fx3PgYoUC-VvVLN9mASba1nMVehik/w426-h640/Trunk+%2526+Treat+Pinterest.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p><br />Shiver me timbers and batton down the hatch, it's trunk and treat time and have we got a theme for you. Be sure to check the video out at the bottom so you can see everything.<br /></p><p>Suggested items:</p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>gold spray paint</li><li>brown packing paper (the kind that comes in all those boxes you get in the mail)</li><li>gold plastic table clothes</li><li>burlap</li><li>1" or thicker wooden dowel</li><li>plastic beads</li><li>old crates</li><li>chests</li><li>lanterns</li><li>trunks</li><li>a fog machine</li><li>old sheets</li><li>poles (you could make ship masts with them)</li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;"> The treat bags:</h3><p>I made a treasure map that showed the way to Jesus. I ended up using the one on the bottom because I thought it conveyed the message of how to have a relationship with Jesus more clearly. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8glHOaA8jVQrp8vx6ApDQQrEcE6KChLrvXC8Tnyv5udO7pcGzLuL7wW0f8WNKrCtrkDXkAaKtQ3K8i8KsJmBV78q0OtIvg08xRPHApn_SkYt46NwRM_VryRxN2xjgjLB-1bIHbIlLKuP/s1417/Trunk+%2526+Treat+Treasure+Map+2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1417" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8glHOaA8jVQrp8vx6ApDQQrEcE6KChLrvXC8Tnyv5udO7pcGzLuL7wW0f8WNKrCtrkDXkAaKtQ3K8i8KsJmBV78q0OtIvg08xRPHApn_SkYt46NwRM_VryRxN2xjgjLB-1bIHbIlLKuP/s320/Trunk+%2526+Treat+Treasure+Map+2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHAXJvAVTDFbfdloGsDmZdGBaC_lrADbNRDd0q705ntYnDlbVEmkEcU3l-EJczwrb63PDGjc9GtBPAwuWFAPJEKJHrXQiK3vSkKLLB9fuuaM3o6xJL7i8qhl0ZSna7n6bH_mN4vrlCIdG/s1417/Trunk+%2526+Treat+Treasure+Map.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1417" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqHAXJvAVTDFbfdloGsDmZdGBaC_lrADbNRDd0q705ntYnDlbVEmkEcU3l-EJczwrb63PDGjc9GtBPAwuWFAPJEKJHrXQiK3vSkKLLB9fuuaM3o6xJL7i8qhl0ZSna7n6bH_mN4vrlCIdG/s320/Trunk+%2526+Treat+Treasure+Map.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>I printed the bottom picture on labels and then attached them to the treat bags and filled the bags. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFEccPDJ_k_QfZ86lskNZPzv5E5WHKLSnFE0OLfy99BfohpTyZknv73I5faYC0SGYBa-zx60QACq8AXa0wvspTFt0t3jyqyrs6GJO0W9TehgIJ4Ahacc-kO8F0Jjcg7ZgyNA8ISfjz1TC/s2048/bags.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvFEccPDJ_k_QfZ86lskNZPzv5E5WHKLSnFE0OLfy99BfohpTyZknv73I5faYC0SGYBa-zx60QACq8AXa0wvspTFt0t3jyqyrs6GJO0W9TehgIJ4Ahacc-kO8F0Jjcg7ZgyNA8ISfjz1TC/w360-h640/bags.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Decorations<br /></h3><h4 style="text-align: left;">Gold Coins</h4><p>I purchased a one inch thick dowel. A friend cut it into 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick circles and spray painted them gold.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Other ideas</h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyz_nnYhYVt1zD-lyxImGKZzs2EeBSDBgBl_fqpJ8ko48fsoIQw05wPnSNJu-VQ8ngFfRtA5lGi_hAjSSjYe7IwM8Ln8mQ7htijolCfi-uhEZH6noCwx7G7Jggqb3kYMpYK_G4dCkpmzZJ/s1296/necklaces.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyz_nnYhYVt1zD-lyxImGKZzs2EeBSDBgBl_fqpJ8ko48fsoIQw05wPnSNJu-VQ8ngFfRtA5lGi_hAjSSjYe7IwM8Ln8mQ7htijolCfi-uhEZH6noCwx7G7Jggqb3kYMpYK_G4dCkpmzZJ/w400-h299/necklaces.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tj8M4bXYg_EcOKtSA2g_BuffXjx0JBO4SNC8SQuFxP8zJs0kmBU6znbfjlSwYZCw8Dd_X6U6bJFxSzdrz5dLC2ZKHKQHg2KlpJbw8qd0tSzfOWxzqqXfh1R5WmoaVSr-C3jvnchsGelN/s1280/treasure+trunk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tj8M4bXYg_EcOKtSA2g_BuffXjx0JBO4SNC8SQuFxP8zJs0kmBU6znbfjlSwYZCw8Dd_X6U6bJFxSzdrz5dLC2ZKHKQHg2KlpJbw8qd0tSzfOWxzqqXfh1R5WmoaVSr-C3jvnchsGelN/w360-h640/treasure+trunk.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGNzn0I4MmAyQCWGPwOElYZChaHGZheZNMyXmYS29OogcCj2mjnfzX_Rj9MoUJWFomO7EWo28mD-_EIAfxDSvGfATsssUmfNGOMzwwimm3P_5bxWbA-9PBHeeJbR1wOp8wxMK6bS-r_e9/s1296/trunk+getting+filled.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQGNzn0I4MmAyQCWGPwOElYZChaHGZheZNMyXmYS29OogcCj2mjnfzX_Rj9MoUJWFomO7EWo28mD-_EIAfxDSvGfATsssUmfNGOMzwwimm3P_5bxWbA-9PBHeeJbR1wOp8wxMK6bS-r_e9/w360-h640/trunk+getting+filled.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "trunk" that the treat bags went into. <br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzYSVrdFWk5OwMb8MCbpwBoIdPIRMY6ue-HyMergcpZwz7nYmJq4xisXvihoStf4E0-CmowT90puRKYNdgu9B3oHWG-ZHnechKG3y74GhbW7zT35okUeFiK7Sx_4zwCpXtSedNkITDw6g/s1296/pirate.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzYSVrdFWk5OwMb8MCbpwBoIdPIRMY6ue-HyMergcpZwz7nYmJq4xisXvihoStf4E0-CmowT90puRKYNdgu9B3oHWG-ZHnechKG3y74GhbW7zT35okUeFiK7Sx_4zwCpXtSedNkITDw6g/w360-h640/pirate.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='640' height='360' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz8iaXITuyzcLVCAbwGaz-j07vH5VvLhl63OZhsBhs2PF-YuDTRIzlKBSs0kKC9qIn0AAhqzmtfKF9s_PLbdw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p></p>Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-36783720471471169092021-04-11T21:27:00.001-04:002021-04-11T21:31:19.272-04:00DIY Eggtremely Large Easter Egg<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KODHFl-kQsmx1sITBoV1fM-0WIMQ6_-RQZL4hT7CY7AM7gWPjv0cTf8PGTYt5cYy4NAOk5OVscslMJ044lvyCTNeyB5vGyrmeYmpL7DzYZpbte9MZNJi4p-qh5dYgKUbUQfO608FEnD0/s1500/Giant+Egg.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7KODHFl-kQsmx1sITBoV1fM-0WIMQ6_-RQZL4hT7CY7AM7gWPjv0cTf8PGTYt5cYy4NAOk5OVscslMJ044lvyCTNeyB5vGyrmeYmpL7DzYZpbte9MZNJi4p-qh5dYgKUbUQfO608FEnD0/w426-h640/Giant+Egg.png" width="426" /></a></div><p></p><p>This was an eggtremely time consuming project to do, but it was also very rewarding, and even fun. I want to warn you though, don't paper mache it alone. I was having a great time until I hit that part and I posted on Facebook: <span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">
"</span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">I began to paper mache today...and I was reminded of this quote from White Christmas: </span>'Miss Haynes, if you're ever under a falling building and somebody runs
up and offers to pick you up and carry you to safety, don't think,
don't pause, don't hesitate for a moment, just spit in his eye.' If
someone ever asks me to paper mache again, that's my answer." To which a dear friend responded: </span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">"It’s
going to be great when it’s done! Don’t forget to post! And you’ll
forget all this trouble by next year- it’s like having a baby." And guess what? She was absolutely right. I had such joy when the thing was finished, and not because it was done, but because it actually turned out alright. And <b><u>I</u></b> gave birth to it. But I still recommend that you get help with the paper mache part.<br /></span></span></p><p><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">Supplies you will need:</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">a tall corrugated cardboard box (preferably at least 6 feet tall)</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">a large square sheet of cardboard for the middle "shelf"<br /></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">small cardboard mailing boxes</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">a broom handle (<u>optional</u>, but it will lend support to the structure)<br /></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">a gallon jug full of sand (<u>optional</u>) if you want to weight the bottom</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">square sheet of plywood or chipboard as the base</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">wood screws of 1 1/2 " and shorter</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">screw drive and either a hammer and large nails or a drill to make your pilot holes with</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">box cutter and extra blades (cardboard will dull blades quickly)</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">a long straight edge like a metal yard stick</span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">lots of newspaper (you can use other materials like paper towels or construction paper<br /></span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">flour and water OR white glue and water </span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">1 can white spray paint primer (unless you use paper towels or light colored paper for your mache layers)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">2 cans of the color spray paint you want to make your egg</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">1 can of spray sealer if you egg is going to be outside <br /></span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">2 packages of permanent self adhesive colored paper for a Cricut. One assorted (for the polka dots on the egg) and the other all the same color (for the zigzag around the egg's center). You can also paint these on if you have time and want to save money</span></span></span></span></li></ul><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"> </span></span></span></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">If you want to add a scene inside you will also need:<br /></span></span></span></span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">Clear vinyl (the heaviest gauge Joanne Fabrics, or whatever store you use, has)</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">I also purchased some green turf at Joanne's (using a 40% off coupon) for the grass in the empty tomb scene</span></span></span></span></li><li><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">The rest of the items you can make yourself or purchase online and print yourself. The links are below</span></span></span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">Cut and Prepare the Cardboard for the Structure<br /></span></span></span></span></h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">To get started you need to make the strips for the egg "shell" and a round circle for the center even if you aren't going to put a scene in the egg (if you are putting a scene in this circle will serve as the shelf for it to go on).</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I made mine 2.5 inches wide, but I probably should have gone with 3 or 4 inches wide. I think there were at least 6 feet in length.</span></span><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><br /></span></span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidAalZdgs1Q5mL2Kxzwl5bRoT3Y8JHblqlIumGuzZtu-r8as7Q-g6s1MHpjFpET5bfkOgoqa_fmnrjsWQkmf-xGvSU5XMJXjA1oolwI4CRddb8PW9r-5CzYe1vIXl9mDFhu6EeLhHF0CfI/s2048/measruing+and+cutting.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Again, watch the video if this doesn't make sense.<br /></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ShKIT35_w43k40t_0BeFc5KaH__K7srkCp7vY6tF6Eczio0L4bpq47vf8ZYoHuh4kbX0rht-14l2ibn_J4ckCjEDYtias82H8dwQnO0Uo7x1rWpGQdlwW221j-2EJaVbiUfx-USoRLHd/s2048/curving+sides+1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ShKIT35_w43k40t_0BeFc5KaH__K7srkCp7vY6tF6Eczio0L4bpq47vf8ZYoHuh4kbX0rht-14l2ibn_J4ckCjEDYtias82H8dwQnO0Uo7x1rWpGQdlwW221j-2EJaVbiUfx-USoRLHd/s320/curving+sides+1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">The finished pieces should look like the ones below:</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"> </span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zXicwGpgl4kvLeWYtwekH9OPyH4GOH2rY8sWu0Ue3gOxucu6VhxGpWH7i2eYg2GTSwdbWCuZsaI51WPYkcM4aSO3FmQ6KMPFyqyVyGeu5dwNeleUNzDcyTitNeWzpyPrGX4Hti_TZbQ1/s2048/curved+sides+done.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zXicwGpgl4kvLeWYtwekH9OPyH4GOH2rY8sWu0Ue3gOxucu6VhxGpWH7i2eYg2GTSwdbWCuZsaI51WPYkcM4aSO3FmQ6KMPFyqyVyGeu5dwNeleUNzDcyTitNeWzpyPrGX4Hti_TZbQ1/s320/curved+sides+done.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX">To cut my round circles, I used the hole in the yardstick to anchor it to the center of the cardboard. Then I put my pencil on the 15" mark on the stick and moved it all the way around until I had a circle. You could also use a piece of string cut to the length of 1/2 the diameter of the cirlce you want, attach it to the center of the square piece of cardboard and attach a pencil to the other end and run it around in a circle. Use the box cutter to cut them out.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2VCdDAM3s0b_slCM65S_DAFOMFmpOkF0ogFR39jukKFdwsC44P5nfUqVRGKszhPtSdD7F1LpjZmzzA6q6-i0xwhMTC4u-sa64ND6NgabMEIaq9sC1QluaQfN8sG1ZEKwySf326zY-VCe_/s2048/circles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MsIdzP9tvDC2sGwGEgkeukFWuhum8AyvV5Ktk6jphE0QrZbZww8J5tDzCALf0GxDfs_61TzfN5FvKIjTGHHdN4AZuZ70VQj2FyVGun2zEqWhKzMP9jqNSEWqeVGd69ttDr483YSjEvkX/s2048/egg+circles.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MsIdzP9tvDC2sGwGEgkeukFWuhum8AyvV5Ktk6jphE0QrZbZww8J5tDzCALf0GxDfs_61TzfN5FvKIjTGHHdN4AZuZ70VQj2FyVGun2zEqWhKzMP9jqNSEWqeVGd69ttDr483YSjEvkX/s320/egg+circles.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><h3 style="text-align: left;">Form the "Shell"<br /></h3></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto">To make the "shell" of the egg, I attached the long strips to a square of wood I had. I originally used a staple gun, but I ended up using wood screws, and attached the whole thing to a 3' x 3' piece of chipboard. <br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZAwWqqqDHDH79Dd8VGryeRYwUl8OptLI0X75SM7cjALpu58fkBHERSSXu6GeaG6bD7cPSFbBNhdrH_ESlXKbhF5qDtp7P9SjJy5eanchzNHnJtvAmksNS-a3Xtnnk_7hmjYA43EHhmOx/s2048/giant+egg+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGZAwWqqqDHDH79Dd8VGryeRYwUl8OptLI0X75SM7cjALpu58fkBHERSSXu6GeaG6bD7cPSFbBNhdrH_ESlXKbhF5qDtp7P9SjJy5eanchzNHnJtvAmksNS-a3Xtnnk_7hmjYA43EHhmOx/s320/giant+egg+3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What you are creating in this section.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I intentionally left one strip out because I wanted to put a "window" in the top 1/2 of the egg. I ended up adding a strip in the bottom half so there was something to paper mache over. I also used a small round circle of cardboard over top of the strips to help them pull up in a round shape (see second picture below).<br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id" dir="auto" lang="en_XX"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg219-CmDLBwmrxPCOQivrjWEG4IqRHLI4D8jeDjGeSvZdqJTHEmhAFsxP24_vFl2_vhi92bRhmt1R6SXJMXnrIgUryWp9up3a-Cvr7zGPWgJZlAmjMD3DprYv-KhGElc5S7RCoDA9OJhEj/s2048/egg+base+full.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg219-CmDLBwmrxPCOQivrjWEG4IqRHLI4D8jeDjGeSvZdqJTHEmhAFsxP24_vFl2_vhi92bRhmt1R6SXJMXnrIgUryWp9up3a-Cvr7zGPWgJZlAmjMD3DprYv-KhGElc5S7RCoDA9OJhEj/s320/egg+base+full.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div> </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NUS8C33WfT8HXpU89CdttrEJi6bOAGrVEjOM7VmZ6JPqTUUxI1UMTGUhTvtUGoTENphzHbND455VGPI3IjXg_UVcgXKnHe1FUUr8P99fgzwfekez5TWXAW7MP_726eds67mde2ZvpQKJ/s2048/IMG_20210315_112616741.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6NUS8C33WfT8HXpU89CdttrEJi6bOAGrVEjOM7VmZ6JPqTUUxI1UMTGUhTvtUGoTENphzHbND455VGPI3IjXg_UVcgXKnHe1FUUr8P99fgzwfekez5TWXAW7MP_726eds67mde2ZvpQKJ/s320/IMG_20210315_112616741.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </div><div> </div><div>To support the "shell," you stack small boxes up the middle of the egg. I weighted the bottom 2 boxes with a gallon of sand because the egg was going out side for awhile.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YcJX2x-IJqgcSZ4-VQ_1izq0T3A7UtkS85Y28hGGFhjpc9PTvAwpD8v3GCvoK_doiOQ7amLiwYXgOhxgvMEA8mEECSVjQLjskcw8oWRcuPyTfVFPhxn-KsOhMFw1w8WW3hZO6pyeggA-/s2048/IMG_20210315_112343562.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2YcJX2x-IJqgcSZ4-VQ_1izq0T3A7UtkS85Y28hGGFhjpc9PTvAwpD8v3GCvoK_doiOQ7amLiwYXgOhxgvMEA8mEECSVjQLjskcw8oWRcuPyTfVFPhxn-KsOhMFw1w8WW3hZO6pyeggA-/s320/IMG_20210315_112343562.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9QvqbP-i7s-ITv8WHOVX2jv5-lwMqbeZivkOZnF6bQD7Q2rQWK3Sao8czK7KRzJDk0CYBVMAWTlkicmJoH8g_JSi0uwSNG7fCxX__L27gxr17Yf3Ur5BV7JE9bXxBAHZOuF01of3OY5N/s2048/IMG_20210315_112412606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ9QvqbP-i7s-ITv8WHOVX2jv5-lwMqbeZivkOZnF6bQD7Q2rQWK3Sao8czK7KRzJDk0CYBVMAWTlkicmJoH8g_JSi0uwSNG7fCxX__L27gxr17Yf3Ur5BV7JE9bXxBAHZOuF01of3OY5N/s320/IMG_20210315_112412606.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0-9vtLee2UOMn1e9ao2Jo7LDfSdZvtw9vY7JXH8ehDlTjGyPu0XAHr315aVBaQ44mJV9vehsamDhfr_BCAGIJ4PCZZhqS-4tUfX0CqSO-7Ud4YfPYr0c1kheDGzG2jwRmZSJuwGSRVTM/s2048/IMG_20210315_112616741.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0-9vtLee2UOMn1e9ao2Jo7LDfSdZvtw9vY7JXH8ehDlTjGyPu0XAHr315aVBaQ44mJV9vehsamDhfr_BCAGIJ4PCZZhqS-4tUfX0CqSO-7Ud4YfPYr0c1kheDGzG2jwRmZSJuwGSRVTM/s320/IMG_20210315_112616741.jpg" /></a></div><p>I also ran a broom handle up through the boxes to give it additional stability. I cut X's in each box to allow the handle to pass through.<br /></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZGoMnwTZeT-x_r3zZvrmm5HfNpJw6UsQgraCEAelu_2r2rtJbIAIsVDQEEFNuKSPeFYE2DtKaZTgWXc8Uo43gMKk29YsO9DfzTmHP-08_5-HqsWw0he-8_yFTeWUD06tcMfUqpQq69uO/s2048/IMG_20210315_115015560.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVZGoMnwTZeT-x_r3zZvrmm5HfNpJw6UsQgraCEAelu_2r2rtJbIAIsVDQEEFNuKSPeFYE2DtKaZTgWXc8Uo43gMKk29YsO9DfzTmHP-08_5-HqsWw0he-8_yFTeWUD06tcMfUqpQq69uO/s320/IMG_20210315_115015560.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xcBFT8SHzrf6HuAFuGuJXob1asYnPgynlO52Fo3j1cRAFZDZdteI6qsXoEWL6317qnD_wBMtPp_oF0dHBQe8qKTIa4MAQptQVqnjXUk9qFfBoS9oKBIovbKcb6z0G7Eg9_khnQIWF4Y-/s2048/IMG_20210315_112603208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xcBFT8SHzrf6HuAFuGuJXob1asYnPgynlO52Fo3j1cRAFZDZdteI6qsXoEWL6317qnD_wBMtPp_oF0dHBQe8qKTIa4MAQptQVqnjXUk9qFfBoS9oKBIovbKcb6z0G7Eg9_khnQIWF4Y-/s320/IMG_20210315_112603208.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjReMHjBDNGFnXUqPwhRs6HXROc_rLhocVl-wTkd_DtRTtJPjf8CVGIIpRDbyaKqn22oYh_kOqF0UAe6jc-jD9Bt_4xoG1ypqP6kESeQGUSgR0jnNqiNTxV8yNJrjTXYu7QX16AB5ASBZ/s2048/IMG_20210315_115116447.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAjReMHjBDNGFnXUqPwhRs6HXROc_rLhocVl-wTkd_DtRTtJPjf8CVGIIpRDbyaKqn22oYh_kOqF0UAe6jc-jD9Bt_4xoG1ypqP6kESeQGUSgR0jnNqiNTxV8yNJrjTXYu7QX16AB5ASBZ/s320/IMG_20210315_115116447.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p>This was not a perfect egg. The first cardboard circle probably should have been a little lower. The second one was not necessary. I was originally going to put the window up by that shelf. Once the "tower" of boxes was built, I brought the sides up and anchored them on the exposed broom handle. However, it really was not a good idea as I explain below.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1S1PXMZW-9g3rPI3shdVrqAzWgbL5TFBSL6q8AXeOd_pYk6bJy8jGsGaFuYKX3qis_CGKmTylUnPx0tA5DBkXHNpGl_sQsejXLqppHnZHIBJ4m_SeSwJhHa7dojnXX_8PTjd4p0HTrRWb/s2048/giant+egg+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1S1PXMZW-9g3rPI3shdVrqAzWgbL5TFBSL6q8AXeOd_pYk6bJy8jGsGaFuYKX3qis_CGKmTylUnPx0tA5DBkXHNpGl_sQsejXLqppHnZHIBJ4m_SeSwJhHa7dojnXX_8PTjd4p0HTrRWb/s320/giant+egg+2.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfz6Rcx5YA5Wo3apfDZ_yOsdl61_SGZkQxDah8xBKEtnXi4C8vmJoCpht58NMjVQVipjnn1mTegvsWg6to8vcJP8IkPJHepAUnETbUN65XDekv0AXzbH-KJ1ZRGjBdxYzvxXsMfn70C4bA/s2048/IMG_20210317_124406111.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfz6Rcx5YA5Wo3apfDZ_yOsdl61_SGZkQxDah8xBKEtnXi4C8vmJoCpht58NMjVQVipjnn1mTegvsWg6to8vcJP8IkPJHepAUnETbUN65XDekv0AXzbH-KJ1ZRGjBdxYzvxXsMfn70C4bA/s320/IMG_20210317_124406111.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This was a great way to anchor the strips of cardboard, but it made for a lopsided egg. Instead, I should have put a circle of cardboard on the broom handle and then anchored the strips all around it. I ended up having to put a circle of cardboard over the top of the whole thing (see 2 pictures down).<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKMoQ26cg5lX-3Q5ObXaabt50zugW0vU8wrF-hQs8anB2SHfge4IWJwenWUOeuNSqDhUqKTZiwZ8759KSzEUpfumo2nrO8yeqaiNeo3KkzwSdS67IrPHxtzxMvfoqpmwRWe-BbQ9sELOw/s2048/IMG_20210316_121604486_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlKMoQ26cg5lX-3Q5ObXaabt50zugW0vU8wrF-hQs8anB2SHfge4IWJwenWUOeuNSqDhUqKTZiwZ8759KSzEUpfumo2nrO8yeqaiNeo3KkzwSdS67IrPHxtzxMvfoqpmwRWe-BbQ9sELOw/s320/IMG_20210316_121604486_HDR.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS5EJnwnGlAZShb912LsrnTozFgLgiklo5M58hIFIhX9hIbDaLrC7nvvxKCJmyq71YvxCUHegngw-80OkwtUWhABncJsdNJ_qq9V8t9880aG3eFZKeyyvKfIt4N_J4oSDp0FP-544AQe_/s2048/IMG_20210316_121623842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicS5EJnwnGlAZShb912LsrnTozFgLgiklo5M58hIFIhX9hIbDaLrC7nvvxKCJmyq71YvxCUHegngw-80OkwtUWhABncJsdNJ_qq9V8t9880aG3eFZKeyyvKfIt4N_J4oSDp0FP-544AQe_/s320/IMG_20210316_121623842.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><br />I had to put the circle of cardboard on top so I could get somewhat of an egg shape. I ended up using screws to get it to stay in place. And some duct tape. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCWGM2vsrpCMgmTzMq2Bdm34gW_7-ZkTtoX0cxPyn-MmAO9SVuqSkoWHH_q-6UjM1ZS6srVmZ3upm-t9nP2vEqthoc71JMNnkBDe7YwtNhZy5tWkC5nfvTsSdRedDBit5fX6Zb1sjcMBx/s2048/IMG_20210317_124412536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTCWGM2vsrpCMgmTzMq2Bdm34gW_7-ZkTtoX0cxPyn-MmAO9SVuqSkoWHH_q-6UjM1ZS6srVmZ3upm-t9nP2vEqthoc71JMNnkBDe7YwtNhZy5tWkC5nfvTsSdRedDBit5fX6Zb1sjcMBx/s320/IMG_20210317_124412536.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavybNo_Uz0yHDF4BDqhPx_vQDBBwHPzDWWTCvjRpAJfvRhNi-4zUT1PWk-vLiA31XgAL8bpogL1fpGBjWF6mVjnTEFIWthQrZZOAZ_Kmv0_mfKSekGdmUUFDrb-iidyGXsDG5iNoHne0x/s1159/IMG_20210317_124429805+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhavybNo_Uz0yHDF4BDqhPx_vQDBBwHPzDWWTCvjRpAJfvRhNi-4zUT1PWk-vLiA31XgAL8bpogL1fpGBjWF6mVjnTEFIWthQrZZOAZ_Kmv0_mfKSekGdmUUFDrb-iidyGXsDG5iNoHne0x/s320/IMG_20210317_124429805+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can see how the top piece of cardboard is screwed down. I also had to slit it all the way around to get to curve over the top of the egg.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Paper Mache Steps<br /></h3><p>I covered the egg with some brown packing paper I had before I paper mached it.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1VZ-UKOohppO7QKab6Bdm4LRPAEU-M5QZqi6YXVjyeZu4jxWs9awrqdoTh6PT4s6JxvTw7axkDzwsqQitBAOkJEefaguFMAVKb6cuD3tEKG_6JPr2LJXOCYwa128BFo3yGqQdLg3XpvE/s2048/IMG_20210318_150138918_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP1VZ-UKOohppO7QKab6Bdm4LRPAEU-M5QZqi6YXVjyeZu4jxWs9awrqdoTh6PT4s6JxvTw7axkDzwsqQitBAOkJEefaguFMAVKb6cuD3tEKG_6JPr2LJXOCYwa128BFo3yGqQdLg3XpvE/s320/IMG_20210318_150138918_HDR.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Then came the most time consuming step, covering it in paper mache. You can see the window area I left open below. I used glue and water for two reasons. First, I read that it would dry faster. Second, it won't mold if you plan to keep the egg for awhile (flour and water will, but you can add salt which helps to prevent it). I really did not like this medium. It seems like it went faster when I used the flour/water base in the past.<br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YuDh_QHXFBQA8zDovxQ-NhtMRXke1CWtxi7GItsM7x3GbcswWbYOHaEWQ4omYzEzQqWJs9ZQ0cKaA9rR8g6l8PLHYNtfPKZ5mHlUp_Oxm9-kMHkZNaR6lPuoYGaVHK6iJvcAqLORYNG_/s2048/IMG_20210320_125849957.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YuDh_QHXFBQA8zDovxQ-NhtMRXke1CWtxi7GItsM7x3GbcswWbYOHaEWQ4omYzEzQqWJs9ZQ0cKaA9rR8g6l8PLHYNtfPKZ5mHlUp_Oxm9-kMHkZNaR6lPuoYGaVHK6iJvcAqLORYNG_/s320/IMG_20210320_125849957.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwpVSwFFDqpJCEc3T7pES-XN6JP6pacDys58ekH-jtRxicfTtJK3ke_cpo5R3d74Y193Y4XAJ5Q6h3MxmaWHqzHusIn9jsCJ4OV5O6sFgqaU7R4xB_weIZngT0v6l6hi6KnwHNNAyeoeY/s2048/IMG_20210320_125821171.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRwpVSwFFDqpJCEc3T7pES-XN6JP6pacDys58ekH-jtRxicfTtJK3ke_cpo5R3d74Y193Y4XAJ5Q6h3MxmaWHqzHusIn9jsCJ4OV5O6sFgqaU7R4xB_weIZngT0v6l6hi6KnwHNNAyeoeY/s320/IMG_20210320_125821171.jpg" /></a></div><p>It took so long that I only put one layer of mache on. The brown paper gave it more durability though. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Painting <br /></h3><p>Since I used newsprint I spray painted it with white primer before using my yellow paint. My sister told me it would make the color "pop," and she was right.</p><p>One can of primer...you will still see some newsprint. That is the "window" that you see outlined in blue masking tape.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5z_z_5fnao5Des3uZGc5Oxy1kP8KECzMCqu-zySMG4po2bgvdpt-XQ4noSemUkMMqUEYJcxXQ79rhFRJWbBvwREY2XwByWPz1cotVR_dIRe2nM7fTLyIg6Qqs16Xuc0lGrqTN2-5hcaA/s2048/IMG_20210324_102031253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ5z_z_5fnao5Des3uZGc5Oxy1kP8KECzMCqu-zySMG4po2bgvdpt-XQ4noSemUkMMqUEYJcxXQ79rhFRJWbBvwREY2XwByWPz1cotVR_dIRe2nM7fTLyIg6Qqs16Xuc0lGrqTN2-5hcaA/s320/IMG_20210324_102031253.jpg" /></a></div></div><div>Then 2 cans of yellow spray paint. You can see why 1 would not be enough in the picture below.<br /></div><div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGD_9TRD8wUg9mSGPEJK6pzfqEhGiyFVminkYPyJAmEz13gQzpW1TEF09M49JeSSXddotoXOfWzDZ0dUvtjAWOdw4PlL9o7dDJTndkFox8yajOBASlDc_dPXTf0rHERaEVt1k9Fpd9ecv/s2048/IMG_20210324_105119786.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisGD_9TRD8wUg9mSGPEJK6pzfqEhGiyFVminkYPyJAmEz13gQzpW1TEF09M49JeSSXddotoXOfWzDZ0dUvtjAWOdw4PlL9o7dDJTndkFox8yajOBASlDc_dPXTf0rHERaEVt1k9Fpd9ecv/s320/IMG_20210324_105119786.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpTqTu26afsvTyzSIA601G9MP_zHCMk3obH2WfAamNbrOoLr0Dj-_WYY21niS7Y5fkSXmuCXmFX2w-peH16esyg2SxdgYPsPZLB9SCF-tyI4MgMS7s8Se9kOaDKySyV_Ad2qsDRjcrKoK/s2048/IMG_20210324_141545610_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUpTqTu26afsvTyzSIA601G9MP_zHCMk3obH2WfAamNbrOoLr0Dj-_WYY21niS7Y5fkSXmuCXmFX2w-peH16esyg2SxdgYPsPZLB9SCF-tyI4MgMS7s8Se9kOaDKySyV_Ad2qsDRjcrKoK/s320/IMG_20210324_141545610_HDR.jpg" /></a></div></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Decorating<br /></h3><p>Now it was time to decorate the egg. We used a Cricut to cut the circles and zigzag pieces out of adhesive paper. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJWXFVMw7bLouwP6wAFn8IVFL3dv89zQmjCviJChcVLYX-_JbUALnLUD1akDlvvIm5pnY6TrMAWOpmPjZR3lKKa1aMQtYwF6edOeN0j1AK3L4QzuPq_iBK9KOSnfSpkqw_04UzWGP8GjK/s2048/IMG_20210324_164928335_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJWXFVMw7bLouwP6wAFn8IVFL3dv89zQmjCviJChcVLYX-_JbUALnLUD1akDlvvIm5pnY6TrMAWOpmPjZR3lKKa1aMQtYwF6edOeN0j1AK3L4QzuPq_iBK9KOSnfSpkqw_04UzWGP8GjK/s320/IMG_20210324_164928335_HDR.jpg" /></a></div> </div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Stabilizing and Finishing <br /></h3></div><div>A friend used yarn to create the boarder around the window. At this point the egg was fastened to the wood, but it was very wobbly. I hot glued about 1 1/2 pool noodles around the bottom to secure it. I had to slit the noodle with a box cutter to get it to bend in a circle. Then my friend sprayed the wood with adhesive and we sprinkled green Easter grass all over it. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAg43kKNzy6UrPN6RBSKwtSsSh5dFOVUBWGTGzXnxubFWB2hSBCLnHrIWpdsulSPrfhw68878DWbSTAj2LOTVdUhevGyozhpwH-x_5TVgKEn9wCU8utN37hQZZcwWhBTGZRc6CJmN7uD4/s2048/egg+almost+finished.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAg43kKNzy6UrPN6RBSKwtSsSh5dFOVUBWGTGzXnxubFWB2hSBCLnHrIWpdsulSPrfhw68878DWbSTAj2LOTVdUhevGyozhpwH-x_5TVgKEn9wCU8utN37hQZZcwWhBTGZRc6CJmN7uD4/s320/egg+almost+finished.jpg" /></a></div><p>The final detail we added was a yellow plastic tablecloth. I simply pulled it around the egg and tied it in the back. Details on what I put inside the window are below this picture. The "R" was part of the egg scavenger hunt the kids did. There were eggs on yard sticks hidden all over town on people's lawns. Each had a letter which you put together to spell out a phrase (He is risen).<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zc1_kpD6Pr_QOfgm8xR_cuXPKcVFJixk3n3LFDm2SnLSadpyd4R5wOJakoK8FdrQudCMIk1lOT2u_h03wBXTPCGZ5mQ_Y4fylDJLHrXTm16b1kLx0kv32DdudeR-dmj8UAeIh6rgmEd7/s2048/Hillcrest+egg1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Zc1_kpD6Pr_QOfgm8xR_cuXPKcVFJixk3n3LFDm2SnLSadpyd4R5wOJakoK8FdrQudCMIk1lOT2u_h03wBXTPCGZ5mQ_Y4fylDJLHrXTm16b1kLx0kv32DdudeR-dmj8UAeIh6rgmEd7/w225-h400/Hillcrest+egg1.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Window:</h3><p style="text-align: left;">I wanted to put a scene in the egg that would show children what Easter is really all about. I thought a large egg would draw their attention and then they would see the scene. My hope was that they would ask their parents about it. </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxsEjOF6n8Yhu4F6MbBPXgpvO5IteH33lZYYrxY5PcsEF7ABCrTtq1RKGchW4IDU9AQqaE9M6M9jYF_my7gRfCLwLdPO5Y65dJqdsvgP-DnbWvOzjIA2jVfO6cSd5UKCYd2aLrMcZzmpB/s2048/hillcrest+kids+looking+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjxsEjOF6n8Yhu4F6MbBPXgpvO5IteH33lZYYrxY5PcsEF7ABCrTtq1RKGchW4IDU9AQqaE9M6M9jYF_my7gRfCLwLdPO5Y65dJqdsvgP-DnbWvOzjIA2jVfO6cSd5UKCYd2aLrMcZzmpB/w225-h400/hillcrest+kids+looking+2.jpg" width="225" /></a></div>Another idea I had for the egg was to leave it outside during Easter week and advertise the giant egg for families to come see. Someone would have had to take it in and out though, and this wasn't practical. So we put it in the church lobby after the event. Our church runs a preschool and everyday that week all of the children wanted to look inside of the egg. So it was a great opportunity for the preschool teachers to share the message of Easter. <br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I made the scene of the empty tomb and the risen Christ. The tomb and Jesus came from <a href="https://www.catholicicing.com/religious-easter-craft-for-kids-make/" target="_blank">Catholic Icing</a> (I cut the halos off of the figures that had them). I added Christmas lights I had with an external battery pack and switch. They weren't really bright enough, but I love how they lit up the inside of the empty tomb.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmLmQnVtAfh2U1oh9tRMC-39vpyUnkxFIfaE3nud7BNYLT_xRi8BMzErArgL_dM32FAqC1hZSNH5tmgvYDdAdXnGxQxx2IZRobw22NPrvCwphyq0B1yXDZZseaM8k6G9D4ZU0UMq0gXmX/s2048/IMG_20210322_161856842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmLmQnVtAfh2U1oh9tRMC-39vpyUnkxFIfaE3nud7BNYLT_xRi8BMzErArgL_dM32FAqC1hZSNH5tmgvYDdAdXnGxQxx2IZRobw22NPrvCwphyq0B1yXDZZseaM8k6G9D4ZU0UMq0gXmX/s320/IMG_20210322_161856842.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOdb5RBdvCf-RpbCKC0ZNy7fNQGTIgzMBzzAN7S5uMD11TdZHC3mwdoLeZhpsi4dkq4P1trWtSmvhtbDHma-kpwopYYnlP-LUNcEYmAmpE4a67TEDTriwxOA2WLdK9rzVtRFCcxefe973/s2048/IMG_20210322_161907768_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgOdb5RBdvCf-RpbCKC0ZNy7fNQGTIgzMBzzAN7S5uMD11TdZHC3mwdoLeZhpsi4dkq4P1trWtSmvhtbDHma-kpwopYYnlP-LUNcEYmAmpE4a67TEDTriwxOA2WLdK9rzVtRFCcxefe973/s320/IMG_20210322_161907768_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div></div><div>The scenery for behind the tomb came from <a href="https://www.jesus-without-language.net/witnesses-crucifixion-make-2/" target="_blank">Jesus Without Language</a> (Witnesses to the Crucifixion Craft 2). I blew up the scene twice. I put the larger in the back even though that defies what you are supposed to do. I used blue construction paper for the sky. I was going to use the green moss turf they sell at Joanne Fabrics, but it was very expensive, so I opted for the astro turf they sell by the foot. </div><div><br /></div><div>Some other scenery that would work well can be found at My Wonder Studio, a site that has loads of free visuals designed by Didier Martin. You can look at the ones for Easter below and access these at the link I just gave you for Martin's studio.
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I had to put "v" slits in it to get it to conform to the egg's shape. I was going to paper mache over the top of the "window," but I ended up using white duct tape at this point for the sake of time.</div><div><br /></div><div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlynGmKOJA8jPlyUCUGaRsiQoP4rf1aFgIF2qB2XrxuL6Hsjgk_y2KTcSnkcs6HqfA1U6rGHooUKEOc2nr_zO5CZ-idvuzv5BBBa60QIrQutEXWifIrKR-U-HWGwSUvXhJr4_gxLbox4Q/s2048/IMG_20210322_164318944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKlynGmKOJA8jPlyUCUGaRsiQoP4rf1aFgIF2qB2XrxuL6Hsjgk_y2KTcSnkcs6HqfA1U6rGHooUKEOc2nr_zO5CZ-idvuzv5BBBa60QIrQutEXWifIrKR-U-HWGwSUvXhJr4_gxLbox4Q/s320/IMG_20210322_164318944.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlqKngz4y7nqVdbTLbVw2aCyeENQIJcJtEBrxLZCKSbpGf-JM3bokQl6Rvsu8vDYfH04lPGekifEOWkvc2mgtQ1cPDI9fsY8J9MksqNUbYOJZrnfjStuxz2uzK3KypWVaAJ4hLxg75BiN/s2048/IMG_20210322_164433729.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZlqKngz4y7nqVdbTLbVw2aCyeENQIJcJtEBrxLZCKSbpGf-JM3bokQl6Rvsu8vDYfH04lPGekifEOWkvc2mgtQ1cPDI9fsY8J9MksqNUbYOJZrnfjStuxz2uzK3KypWVaAJ4hLxg75BiN/s320/IMG_20210322_164433729.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "V" shape slits<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSCMp53xmeOd5F5OVEkvKvMzHsU2VfLGgNwKi2ekoARS4xmyoWufxdkPtURw9k2ZJHqBbfxNtLodC9aSorOfyWJe_BxtkbJKXrOlWQdRsX4QgnBcQjRuym7diqgq108vF8HRn0c-xM6PW/s2048/IMG_20210322_164444801.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlSCMp53xmeOd5F5OVEkvKvMzHsU2VfLGgNwKi2ekoARS4xmyoWufxdkPtURw9k2ZJHqBbfxNtLodC9aSorOfyWJe_BxtkbJKXrOlWQdRsX4QgnBcQjRuym7diqgq108vF8HRn0c-xM6PW/s320/IMG_20210322_164444801.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"V" Slits I cut in the plastic Film<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV87MaBMxpxOyTcqEBMFaeg5fn4_nkWPHEYmFu4bTQRHZf35wb4ZsAo8ob4nl6FpeY-xwRG8eXn1R2gQpS1_-fKDIWF0CqB1JXKpJNIp7lQCdvwQFFmEWgyRxQdZ8E-AL1K_ENCyz87pu0/s2048/IMG_20210324_154501545_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV87MaBMxpxOyTcqEBMFaeg5fn4_nkWPHEYmFu4bTQRHZf35wb4ZsAo8ob4nl6FpeY-xwRG8eXn1R2gQpS1_-fKDIWF0CqB1JXKpJNIp7lQCdvwQFFmEWgyRxQdZ8E-AL1K_ENCyz87pu0/s320/IMG_20210324_154501545_HDR.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Covering the "window" up for spray painting.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUYkU1160PQIgvedkFmxn1L_SgeAfZ-DG2X6Uttg9ApdmDKgTZUYaACy6aen43X-uibnpXlhplgQDq3Zc2FTDgAfxJw5r-K11PjrCVMAAZ4AO6G_gdX3XDuY1jONNXZzwL86lOV-MDb0G/s2048/egg+lite+up.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1150" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUYkU1160PQIgvedkFmxn1L_SgeAfZ-DG2X6Uttg9ApdmDKgTZUYaACy6aen43X-uibnpXlhplgQDq3Zc2FTDgAfxJw5r-K11PjrCVMAAZ4AO6G_gdX3XDuY1jONNXZzwL86lOV-MDb0G/w360-h640/egg+lite+up.jpg" width="360" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "window" with the lights on.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div> </div><div>Whatever you do, I hope your egg can be a testimony of the risen Christ to many as well. 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<![endif]-->With St. Patrick's Day less than a week away, I thought this post bore repeating. A few years ago, alright, a lot more than a few years ago –
when I used to work with teens, we did a Saint Patty’s Day party. The crux of
the party was a treasure hunt.<br />
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And the piece de resistance was<br />
<a name='more'></a>a clue hidden in a Shamrock
Shake from McDonald's.<br />
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I picked up 2 small shakes and asked for 2 additional medium cups and headed straight for the church. I procured 2 small drinking cups (5 oz. size)
and put a typed clue in each one. Then I covered each said cup with saran wrap
and made it adhere with a taunt rubber band so no shake would get into the clue
cup. (These nice little plastic 2 ounce cups with plastic lids would work great. I've seen them at grocery stores in with the paper plates.)<br />
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Next, I placed the 5 oz. cups in the bottom of the the medium sized cups. Then I poured the shakes over top and put the lid on and placed
it in the room the respective team would enter. On the shake was taped a sign,
“Drink Me” and I placed straws next to it. The clue that led them to that room
told them to find something in the room that did not belong in there.<br />
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So, I don’t know how sanitary this is, but it was a blast
when the kids finally figured out that the next clue was buried in the
shake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They drank so fast, I ‘m not sure
their germs had time to intermingle in the cups. But if you are a germaphobic,
you could just provide one straw.<br />
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Here is a picture of the clue coming out of the shake.<br />
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You can look at all the clues from the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1C6CS67vy_cbLKwKOCrS25bQFeJ3_e_UAvQ-sg9hCGEU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">treasure hunt here</a>. It is a bit difficult to understand, but you might get some ideas.<br />
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I took a picture of the sanctuary for one of the clues, and cut it apart like a puzzle. We had a clue hidden in a pew Bible - so the picture showed them which pew to look in when they put it together. I drew an arrow on the picture.<br />
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The final clue was to look in someplace "very cold." It treasure was hidden in the only refrigerator the church has. There was a note in the freezer just in case they looked in there. It said, "not this cold."<br />
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Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-41404072154240933042021-02-07T18:32:00.001-05:002021-02-19T14:26:14.487-05:00Celebrating Purim with Children
<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQ7tGYkyiBWrxqQcwx8ZYUd7y4yH4IwdzMPHD3w9PU_jH4HdXuBHXAhq7nmS0jMhmnlet463OCtXnBG8_qi5Jl8GR0xOVSk3fvIEql9aGFHDZZIfHZx6q9-AesGxSWlHwVh-jo06_DqdB/s1500/Celebrating+Purim+with+Children.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKQ7tGYkyiBWrxqQcwx8ZYUd7y4yH4IwdzMPHD3w9PU_jH4HdXuBHXAhq7nmS0jMhmnlet463OCtXnBG8_qi5Jl8GR0xOVSk3fvIEql9aGFHDZZIfHZx6q9-AesGxSWlHwVh-jo06_DqdB/w426-h640/Celebrating+Purim+with+Children.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I've written about groggers and Queen Esther before, but with Purim coming up in February in 2021, I wanted to put it all together in one post. Hopefully someone reading this will be able to use some of these ideas in the midst of the pandemic of 2020/21.</p><p>In Jewish tradition, children would go to the Synagogue twice in celebration of Purim, where the entire book of Esther would be read. (I trust my readers are familiar with this story, if not, read it in one sitting and get familiar with it.) It is one service where everyone is encouraged to be noisy. As the story is read, every time the name of Haman is mentioned, everyone from young to old, stamp their feet, shake their groggers and make noise to drown out the wicked man's name. I think it is a brilliant way of getting children to engage in the story and become curious to learn who this Haman is. I'm not sure that is why the tradition developed, but it's a great by product. </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Groggers and Church<br /></h3><p>For starters, if you aren't Jewish, you could ask your pastor if you could do something similar in your church service the Sunday before Purim. It would be similar to doing a children's sermon. Here's the plan:</p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Pick a section of Esther to read that has Haman's name in it a lot. Or put a few sections together with his name in it.</li><li>Have kids make groggers in your kid's program the week before.</li><li>Briefly sum up the story in the church service (Bad guy Haman doesn't like it that a Jew won't bow down to him. Bad guy devises plan to get all Jews killed. Good lady Queen Esther risks her life going to the king and begs for the life of her people.) With social distancing kids will need to stay in their seats. Otherwise, we usually let them come to the front and sit on the floor around the leader.<br /></li><li>Instruct the adults that as you read, when they hear the name of Haman they can shake their keys if they have some, stomp their feet and shout boo along with the children. Children, of course, can shake their groggers.<br /></li><li>Then do it. When you finish reading the portion, recap that Esther prayed and then went to the king and her people were saved.</li></ol><h3 style="text-align: left;"> Acting Out Esther and the King</h3><p style="text-align: left;">Make a throne room, a throne and a scepter. The videos below show you how. Then have the kids take turns being Esther and the King. Esther has to walk in to the throne room. If the King extends his scepter, she is allowed to come before him. If he does not, the "guards" will take Esther away. Help children to understand that Esther was risking her life to do this.<br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">How to Make the Throne Room Wall</h3><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ViBtrqy_Em8" width="560"></iframe><h3 style="text-align: left;"> How to Make a Throne</h3><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Qv2erA2rJ_I" width="560"></iframe><h3 style="text-align: left;">How to Make a Scepter</h3><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8Ky226kiVic" width="560"></iframe><h3 style="text-align: left;">DIY Groggers</h3><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/om5bH3U6n7k" width="560"></iframe><h3 style="text-align: left;">Other Resources</h3><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.freebibleimages.org/search/?character=Esther">Free Bible Images</a> has excellent pictures for telling the story of Esther. You can print them up or download them into a Power Point presentation. There are ten different sets of images to chose from. </p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiUokUz0bBCx-BwEB1QTYuxNzYM_UIdkZKGcTSxIdTEExCXXCijZjmFVMr8sFXfnJZ9lfijhXospcLvWzC5WTGxA_wXaJlRMeI0W5vUKvzhwJpIvqMoKBmnvELo9orobnwFRSrkU1gnnc/s409/scepter.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="409" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOiUokUz0bBCx-BwEB1QTYuxNzYM_UIdkZKGcTSxIdTEExCXXCijZjmFVMr8sFXfnJZ9lfijhXospcLvWzC5WTGxA_wXaJlRMeI0W5vUKvzhwJpIvqMoKBmnvELo9orobnwFRSrkU1gnnc/w400-h325/scepter.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Final Notes</h3><p style="text-align: left;">There are several other traditions that have developed for the celebration of Purim which are beneficial for children to learn to do.</p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Giving to the needy (caring for the less fortunate). Special emphasis is placed on this the day of Purim. You can take a meal to someone in need, give to a local food bank, volunteer at a soup kitchen, or donate to a charity that helps others. Learning to give is a fundamental Christian principle, and this is a great time to teach it. Because the Jews were almost killed by Haman, they were all endangered together. From that, the teaching is stand together, and that includes helping those among you to stand.</li><li>Send gifts of food to friends (people within your Christian circle of friends). This teaches caring within the body of Christ.</li><li>For other Jewish traditions, check out this <a href="https://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/1362/jewish/Purim-How-To-Guide.htm" target="_blank">link</a>.</li><li>I also made "scepters" for the kids to take home from dowels and wooden dowel endcaps. I got the idea from Debbie Jackson's blog Bible Fun for Kids. Here is the <a href="https://www.biblefunforkids.com/2012/08/esther.html" target="_blank">post</a> with her instructions for making the scepters. I left off the wood doll pin stand and used a standard end cap for the "ball" at the end of the scepter.</li></ol><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNY4yt4phpAfd-43SFf4w98VH1PiAGAxNaYFTYqPX_ovJQgzEzGG9svbk0OA5l9spRjrWh09fhfj4ifZ1tpCp5qlUbjwVxVYBscygudOs2nkpgGf8Npm_dWcseAblL6t81Q0ndYHL44X4j/s640/scepter+head.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNY4yt4phpAfd-43SFf4w98VH1PiAGAxNaYFTYqPX_ovJQgzEzGG9svbk0OA5l9spRjrWh09fhfj4ifZ1tpCp5qlUbjwVxVYBscygudOs2nkpgGf8Npm_dWcseAblL6t81Q0ndYHL44X4j/w400-h300/scepter+head.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-57798019604690802902020-12-22T22:37:00.000-05:002020-12-22T22:37:21.713-05:00Angel Breakfast<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9kiCzkpggj183F8MiWVKysDc3ElmzN20hnuE0x2NZNlyW9DYlRAgPQlPeqUPTq8Y_HupymhzyazxXGtt4hyDBWjGVrxvDr9E0V7sDrTE_qS-w8EilaCT26pWzaA-0QeMAKJXEvD0ufLn/s1500/angel+breakfast+pin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-9kiCzkpggj183F8MiWVKysDc3ElmzN20hnuE0x2NZNlyW9DYlRAgPQlPeqUPTq8Y_HupymhzyazxXGtt4hyDBWjGVrxvDr9E0V7sDrTE_qS-w8EilaCT26pWzaA-0QeMAKJXEvD0ufLn/w426-h640/angel+breakfast+pin.png" width="426" /></a></div>Ever since I first read about a church that held an Angel Breakfast, I wanted to do one...as an outreach. It was never to be though. So, we held one during Sunday School instead. And now with Covid-19, even a small one probably isn't a good idea. But who's to say you can't adapt this and use it for Christmas breakfast in your home. <p></p><p>Why not add something different this year. When you can't go to the great events, why not bring one to your home. So here is everything you need to know, including downloadable printables. I hope you have a great family celebration this year.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Invitations <br /></h3><p>If you are doing this at home, you can skip the invitations. If you are able to do an event, used pictures of my centerpieces for the invitations. I designed them in <a href="https://www.canva.com/">Canva</a>, a great online tool that has a free version.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTS3zfnRyvI4UUeMG3OfblTLK6Pe-PzgMNZWqjCMAfL7BjSorl1nDB05QrgRvqmbnvTYCnBceVkInjgA_ezhBxpyxM8PLsVJcPhXwoOonzp5vgnjsR3qPz_G1MJ1N0KpwggwwDRQdnMr9/s800/Angel+Breakfast+FB+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTS3zfnRyvI4UUeMG3OfblTLK6Pe-PzgMNZWqjCMAfL7BjSorl1nDB05QrgRvqmbnvTYCnBceVkInjgA_ezhBxpyxM8PLsVJcPhXwoOonzp5vgnjsR3qPz_G1MJ1N0KpwggwwDRQdnMr9/s320/Angel+Breakfast+FB+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.png" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Decorations</h3><p style="text-align: left;">I used paper angels I purchased on Etsy <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/483856932/paper-angel-christmas-ornament-digital">here</a>. I used 20 pound paper rather than card stock so that the tealights would shine through better. I had to enlarge the angels. They are designed for place-cards. I opened it in Adobe PDF and copied the angel by taking a snapshot of it with the snapshot tool. Then I pasted it into a Word doc and enlarged it. You could also use it as intended and make darling place-cards for everyone.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQVnMAyNkM0ue5ElFVh4BfrWl7iTjfUMllQU0q1Qu_CPhVidGi2Qlj_JUPvb_O4VuNAvBQgWFsAErgVrLehIhRXKVlHp65w7euRmJjpudxaSLD3j3-ZotcQBNz8QdxcFMSp34GN3I9GdM/s401/lighted+angel+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="401" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQVnMAyNkM0ue5ElFVh4BfrWl7iTjfUMllQU0q1Qu_CPhVidGi2Qlj_JUPvb_O4VuNAvBQgWFsAErgVrLehIhRXKVlHp65w7euRmJjpudxaSLD3j3-ZotcQBNz8QdxcFMSp34GN3I9GdM/s320/lighted+angel+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>We used Buffalo Snow to make "clouds" down the center of our table. You can use any sort of fiber fill or even cotton batting for this. We added other angel figurines people lent us.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKauI_3DjlrIjFtwUKm9_eiZE3sR3BtX9dwQerVhosl7ZtqQ2Y_2d0fO7HK-gVNZvov9CHZ2YMDbr35o6qB7h0dOeew2DWwkBuMuZGoEudztzcQlVceckcw05x8uhnWOUjN9oGafvUnPrX/s960/table+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKauI_3DjlrIjFtwUKm9_eiZE3sR3BtX9dwQerVhosl7ZtqQ2Y_2d0fO7HK-gVNZvov9CHZ2YMDbr35o6qB7h0dOeew2DWwkBuMuZGoEudztzcQlVceckcw05x8uhnWOUjN9oGafvUnPrX/s320/table+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Meal (Breakfast)</h3><p style="text-align: left;">The main part of this breakfast is angel shaped pancakes. We made large round pancakes and cut them with an angel cookie cutter. If you are doing this for a large group, you can make and cut the pancakes ahead of time and then freeze them. When it's time to eat, reheat them in the microwave.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We added a "cloud" of whipped cream under the angel. Syrup, fruit cups and juice rounded out the meal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJU8QSznAvDC00TTzomKpVu5o-ct9IvrTYEtYeRl_ugoQt8LyE-NH1HSAPT34x_TQ8x1NUfkixsOhsfsup8InxSd0Q6XcTAoXPAsK9wB2_vxl9aKpryOGCpanebZfFJv7egD5bnpZzZwy/s960/pancakes+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJU8QSznAvDC00TTzomKpVu5o-ct9IvrTYEtYeRl_ugoQt8LyE-NH1HSAPT34x_TQ8x1NUfkixsOhsfsup8InxSd0Q6XcTAoXPAsK9wB2_vxl9aKpryOGCpanebZfFJv7egD5bnpZzZwy/s320/pancakes+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">Craft </h3><p style="text-align: left;">You can find plenty of angel crafts online. I have a number on my <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jobones7/kids-events-christmas-angel-breakfast-for-children/">pinterest board</a> entitled Kid's Events - Christmas Angel Breakfast for Children. We used one from Jesus Without Language. I liked this one because the angel actually looks like it is moving and it came from the Biblical story of the angel that appeared to Joseph in a dream. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvDgJN3vVe2ZWgf08ZsIVtL061RaGCsZiZMSf_amumSc0uX8_uv8GensLpesUHawsWSiyR3Sp1QmIey9q-VIle0GfOc43oGXEoLJJCLP0M4Esx2cA_vIs13vqsQVyFQaUOYhdXdbE5Squ/s344/angel+craft+top.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="340" data-original-width="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKvDgJN3vVe2ZWgf08ZsIVtL061RaGCsZiZMSf_amumSc0uX8_uv8GensLpesUHawsWSiyR3Sp1QmIey9q-VIle0GfOc43oGXEoLJJCLP0M4Esx2cA_vIs13vqsQVyFQaUOYhdXdbE5Squ/s320/angel+craft+top.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyiWu4WD1-DsgPAsmxtkwskjAcamifnBKtwvMPV--WKs-utj6APepCj73ZlFVyclkeqOmvBv-Vmyzxz0VNwPg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>The instructions for this one are<a href="https://www.jesus-without-language.net/joseph-mary-matthew-1-make-2/"> here.</a> You can purchase a huge Christmas pack that will include this craft at <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Christmas-Kidmin-Lesson-sets-5411382" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers</a>. You can contact Kate at Jesus Without Language to see if this angel craft can be purchased individually.<br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Story</h3><p style="text-align: left;">What a great opportunity to share with your children some of the truth of Christmas. God used special messengers to help prepare the way for his entrance into this world. The angel appeared to Mary, another to Joseph in a dream, and then to the shepherds. There were other appearances as well, but these are three major ones that occur within the 9 month period of God's entrance. You can find a children's book, or use some of the wonderful, free resources on line. My favorite site for visuals for telling a story is <a href="https://www.freebibleimages.org/">Free Bible Images</a>. The page that has all of their Christmas stories is <a href="https://www.freebibleimages.org/search/?theme=Christmas">here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUd3vOyh94U3iUfm7NAiX8HnTTdKPSPxnUN1pdPSPcJeLptUepR2-lpeKYkbYtksrFstqOOgm7oS616W13rHC1oUHfGl1bhxj974U5ZXHI7QIOhPRpxJdZjNQRBHgiC2uzxDm8dRFIvWr/s1024/story.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOUd3vOyh94U3iUfm7NAiX8HnTTdKPSPxnUN1pdPSPcJeLptUepR2-lpeKYkbYtksrFstqOOgm7oS616W13rHC1oUHfGl1bhxj974U5ZXHI7QIOhPRpxJdZjNQRBHgiC2uzxDm8dRFIvWr/s320/story.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2toKWjMYRtfVHFtvakpeu3FZAQtPo3T0XNeJxZ8jOzBiYn1iRzaCQwoqy9VFlt_VysBIKeMfa9rbSMNcqKfkRAevbuyupvK6C2DdVy9N0IFX0Gjhy-P-PLsPKwO7Z8yyT8y2RleqbYVA/s1008/story+angels.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="694" data-original-width="1008" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO2toKWjMYRtfVHFtvakpeu3FZAQtPo3T0XNeJxZ8jOzBiYn1iRzaCQwoqy9VFlt_VysBIKeMfa9rbSMNcqKfkRAevbuyupvK6C2DdVy9N0IFX0Gjhy-P-PLsPKwO7Z8yyT8y2RleqbYVA/s320/story+angels.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Above are two sample pictures from one of the many stories you can find at Free Bible Images. They come with story planners if you need help telling the story. I print the pictures on cardstock.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Photo Op<br /></h3><p style="text-align: left;">You can make this as fancy or simple as you want. We went with simple. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyadk5403byUelSqL3y2Ecp9qjp8L8-awq-G98tsCwRDJPhvoEkMFObRxz_1W7K2GYS3tnjXlQX47sZVO48fF9WaQW77RHN_0HsJbm440X__19BxuYC9aEcF_IRpVs769kZSEs0Z4jbR8B/s2048/IMG_2367+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyadk5403byUelSqL3y2Ecp9qjp8L8-awq-G98tsCwRDJPhvoEkMFObRxz_1W7K2GYS3tnjXlQX47sZVO48fF9WaQW77RHN_0HsJbm440X__19BxuYC9aEcF_IRpVs769kZSEs0Z4jbR8B/s320/IMG_2367+%25282019_01_02+03_58_42+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Please contact me if you have any questions.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-75997887957243625602020-12-07T22:35:00.003-05:002020-12-07T22:50:23.806-05:00DIY Gaucho Belts<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJDMlul_qGBxZ3tydgXvlLYt7fk3hG2mb2MK2_IvWnbiol-y86uyre2BI70J19SaHItSliun20BUO0vbbB7DyMrl_fm_KL8A3JtkLo-hojuPuPjna3D1CBTrZpwG2COYDd8SoXBZRQpO5/s1500/Gaucho+Belt+Pinterest.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJDMlul_qGBxZ3tydgXvlLYt7fk3hG2mb2MK2_IvWnbiol-y86uyre2BI70J19SaHItSliun20BUO0vbbB7DyMrl_fm_KL8A3JtkLo-hojuPuPjna3D1CBTrZpwG2COYDd8SoXBZRQpO5/w426-h640/Gaucho+Belt+Pinterest.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>This is a low cost craft to help children learn a little about the culture and geography of Argentina. Long before grass fed beef was being touted in the U.S., thousands of cattle were grazing on the grassy plains of the pampas in Argentina. These prairies extend for almost 300,000 square miles. This seemingly endless, mostly flat land in a humid, temperate climate create perfect conditions for growing cow friendly grass. </p><p>From the mid 18 century to the mid 19th, Gauchos (the equivalent of our cowboys) ruled the pampas. They mustered cattle, chased down runaway livestock, and performed odd jobs for wealthy <i>estancias </i>(rural estates). They were nomadic peoples who wandered from estancias to estancias to find work. </p><p>Gauchos are still in Argentina today. They are skilled horsemen as in days past, but they live more settled lives often as ranch hands on estancias. </p><p>A Gaucho always wore a belt, to tuck their knife in. Like many of our western belts, they may have had a large buckle with their initials on it. This craft is perfect for introducing the Gaucho to children.</p><p>You can view the complete instructions in this presentation below. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='523' height='436' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxji_HnRdUZVIg66-UTVBBO1A_6iK1aiwCVB1Nw9dc55jh6IPntXCiZDXkGyzN8fUNiLeDxrhj_9bbJy19q7A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><h2>Supplies:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xikQtjTwsCeabwU0om_floBqZl34XR3FFDNVydqDBb-CVRTMhI8BdG1VagPH1U0YNsuk0WHkEYiHi4Uonh33qZU76q2Bty08UZCLUSG9Jkt2dwBCB0XO7PuB7eCkPZ0mR6B1WLJIdjP-/s1280/supplies.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0xikQtjTwsCeabwU0om_floBqZl34XR3FFDNVydqDBb-CVRTMhI8BdG1VagPH1U0YNsuk0WHkEYiHi4Uonh33qZU76q2Bty08UZCLUSG9Jkt2dwBCB0XO7PuB7eCkPZ0mR6B1WLJIdjP-/w400-h400/supplies.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></h2><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>heavy duty foil</li><li>hole punch</li><li>scissors</li><li>cardboard (from a cereal box or similar)</li><li>jute </li><li>yarn or twine (2 four foot pieces) </li><li>double sided tape</li><li>packing tape (about 2 inches wide)</li><li>craft stick and or Q-tip</li></ul><p> </p></div><h2>Step by Step Instructions: </h2></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Cut out a 4" by 3" oval from cardboard. Use a hole punch to put a hole on each side of the oval.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CBYvf5m9IF8RGmjDU7-HP0fKdL2xhyphenhyphenVf-bAU6ZuFpknMJmRGmsNdjR_rOUiLGw0kDN2TrxBrX7RwReb5i-EHQ_-A8P4wHxlOqLp28GxiglchwmZyboIpDYjwD44r69bO_JxNAGzqQSnH/s1296/roping1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7CBYvf5m9IF8RGmjDU7-HP0fKdL2xhyphenhyphenVf-bAU6ZuFpknMJmRGmsNdjR_rOUiLGw0kDN2TrxBrX7RwReb5i-EHQ_-A8P4wHxlOqLp28GxiglchwmZyboIpDYjwD44r69bO_JxNAGzqQSnH/s320/roping1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Draw guidelines on it (see above).</li><li>Letter your initials on it in large block letters or script. The key is that is needs to be large, leaving plenty of open space around each letter.</li><li>Put 2 pieces of double sided tape and put them on either side of your initials</li><li>Tear off a 3" piece of packing tape and adhere it to the double sided tape with the sticky side of the packing tape FACING UP (see picture for #2 and also below).<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mEv-SYpWb6yofYVqx6sPc3F2j-ugorRTtQLGStn5MXDheFzKOAdO4Cf5ThtWuft7274fewNt8h-aqx-Zc4ObkN0pbrur0z0JGljMTLMGssH1cFuKF1rXAcSbedIAPpeRuT7rNrB3B8rS/s1487/gaucho+belt+name+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1487" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mEv-SYpWb6yofYVqx6sPc3F2j-ugorRTtQLGStn5MXDheFzKOAdO4Cf5ThtWuft7274fewNt8h-aqx-Zc4ObkN0pbrur0z0JGljMTLMGssH1cFuKF1rXAcSbedIAPpeRuT7rNrB3B8rS/s320/gaucho+belt+name+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zN13E1o4pcSDjywzv34FCn9YsBabwX6B8AKQPtCj-yw0YLaJEpKb6EWRxvQ5AHRiHVsyFVoP2upOUREXBizYEJaOy_mCDZpmDOX27yaJ7wcBMStBlItwLxtJsru8fTPhrs7dNQEs3SUY/s1296/roping1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zN13E1o4pcSDjywzv34FCn9YsBabwX6B8AKQPtCj-yw0YLaJEpKb6EWRxvQ5AHRiHVsyFVoP2upOUREXBizYEJaOy_mCDZpmDOX27yaJ7wcBMStBlItwLxtJsru8fTPhrs7dNQEs3SUY/s320/roping1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyuSTt47k6yDS2zfEH0svY8mk2Lh01MmqftVagJTHPrySNvu_BjGkLTqDAaJmWqC7Z5XyXj-_yaO6_QuY-4YpGCBfchOpx108fgpJKxF8w1RysG2X_pEQja5QCY44gYGRgrcQlk11hCewP/s1296/roping1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></li><li>Lay the jute down along the initials you drew, cutting it at the end of each line (see pictures above). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZHOnC_-wTZk4F6as21cwqM_MUbOtB8E2yLnt8xUxith0Uro4pWiYD1n_Ag3fdbb2_hIbSGjeaRqpSm3COrfZjw_XMFSoz2AZlqBrAW-mofaDhiMVi02UrxseRD3uf_uTv5buu5bFjhP4/s1296/foil+front.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZHOnC_-wTZk4F6as21cwqM_MUbOtB8E2yLnt8xUxith0Uro4pWiYD1n_Ag3fdbb2_hIbSGjeaRqpSm3COrfZjw_XMFSoz2AZlqBrAW-mofaDhiMVi02UrxseRD3uf_uTv5buu5bFjhP4/s320/foil+front.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwtcg-VC7FkG7RTIaAg1fE0F3j2OFsQkqSlgz0cuawByx6p1_Au7nlrVTVc3iHMERfj4wkQcZTbI-a1dFadW_FjjfqdVAMPz6FOLnaspSPL4DVceuwSppTnIUH62IibURkc3EF7JTa-iY/s1296/foil.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMwtcg-VC7FkG7RTIaAg1fE0F3j2OFsQkqSlgz0cuawByx6p1_Au7nlrVTVc3iHMERfj4wkQcZTbI-a1dFadW_FjjfqdVAMPz6FOLnaspSPL4DVceuwSppTnIUH62IibURkc3EF7JTa-iY/s320/foil.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>When all the initials are outlined in jute place the square of foil over the top and wrap it around the back of the oval as pictured above.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChwa49N3wIpl80fATAQs_VkpPbojzF56UwGvBz_es1IGfqpn4OTjDYq6WCegScLB77C-LAPoq0DCUS_h6e29ZZNejRUoWV62T3KO6S6YwAzLUYXoYjrEhgML9oC5As2bDyDJZKHc-zeKX/s1296/tooling.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhChwa49N3wIpl80fATAQs_VkpPbojzF56UwGvBz_es1IGfqpn4OTjDYq6WCegScLB77C-LAPoq0DCUS_h6e29ZZNejRUoWV62T3KO6S6YwAzLUYXoYjrEhgML9oC5As2bDyDJZKHc-zeKX/s320/tooling.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Using a craft stick or a Q-tip tool the foil all around the jute until the letters stand out nicely. Do this slowly and gently trying not to make any tears in the foil.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_Uk1CGaiQi5b4SeWwqOCNHkamED9evApRIh23LmiI3aOkMBS1xkCSkS5wY0lWP47Kt9baeKcWdXHlLHGmiYZcwF_pejsU9w2uELH1RjMVmZfg5sY8sZI-lvsXEhRdEJhF2JII7uPCIg1/s1296/holes.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha_Uk1CGaiQi5b4SeWwqOCNHkamED9evApRIh23LmiI3aOkMBS1xkCSkS5wY0lWP47Kt9baeKcWdXHlLHGmiYZcwF_pejsU9w2uELH1RjMVmZfg5sY8sZI-lvsXEhRdEJhF2JII7uPCIg1/s320/holes.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></li><li>Use a blunt pencil to push through the foil where you punched the holes in the oval.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jmMyhrCFfCNKQj11Zunkaz6d1IresZfsUuBTyrv1KsXaKGoNjS9rZ9OI6GpyOY-B5bzwdtqPM94XE_hWsOaVXAoZhH7aTqhUT4ZCp5BXGeWkUlX4CgMLXDYDMLKtaBcujCdnd4WLF7an/s1296/yarn+loop.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2jmMyhrCFfCNKQj11Zunkaz6d1IresZfsUuBTyrv1KsXaKGoNjS9rZ9OI6GpyOY-B5bzwdtqPM94XE_hWsOaVXAoZhH7aTqhUT4ZCp5BXGeWkUlX4CgMLXDYDMLKtaBcujCdnd4WLF7an/s320/yarn+loop.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Fold each length of yarn in half and push one loop through each hole.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwV2U4UR2SqzUz-mWDTWn5fF3TsfK98UW6pwjxCGmRdqmtC8GADlIZKglIOx-LoihQtY50vFjwv0NeYmvS4p_D3vnEMsFPtGxvt_G6zCyFQls3UyLPA6kQB3FJkVMK5c0Xz8fQ5FB_Qbh/s1296/yarn.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwV2U4UR2SqzUz-mWDTWn5fF3TsfK98UW6pwjxCGmRdqmtC8GADlIZKglIOx-LoihQtY50vFjwv0NeYmvS4p_D3vnEMsFPtGxvt_G6zCyFQls3UyLPA6kQB3FJkVMK5c0Xz8fQ5FB_Qbh/s320/yarn.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytDAuaZcSmLLtAy7SyebTUQFKpGw6ce1mJhnkmgfuEfu5AR19YzisE7bAlzRiLt5FvGURNZMF-Yf4jjvGtAGcY7tweuY_FkOX-ZDVd5ZiPJFhkfPDQE8SqExMNW7hpeWUGt-rtiPPsR0K/s1296/yarn+1.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiytDAuaZcSmLLtAy7SyebTUQFKpGw6ce1mJhnkmgfuEfu5AR19YzisE7bAlzRiLt5FvGURNZMF-Yf4jjvGtAGcY7tweuY_FkOX-ZDVd5ZiPJFhkfPDQE8SqExMNW7hpeWUGt-rtiPPsR0K/s320/yarn+1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></li><li>Put the ends of the yarn through its respective loop and pull both sides tight.</li><li>If you want to add an antiqued look to the buckle, put black or brown liquid shoe polish over the surface. Let it sit for a minute of two and then gently wipe off with a paper towel. </li></ol><p>This idea came from the book, Around the World Art & Activities. It is no longer in print, but many libraries have it.<br /></p><p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWF5CXJdnTp0ZvelyJjbY2ja3Vf3fKakTErEsEqq4Whr-PoiDqM4wO_KvGshZjSrF5s3p-wUoBCJofzPPbqPRJIdQ7_-lh21DLrmr3kdET-Sz34eTPdUMoM3QDClknRQgoOQr9Hz93mmW/s2048/craft+book+standing.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWF5CXJdnTp0ZvelyJjbY2ja3Vf3fKakTErEsEqq4Whr-PoiDqM4wO_KvGshZjSrF5s3p-wUoBCJofzPPbqPRJIdQ7_-lh21DLrmr3kdET-Sz34eTPdUMoM3QDClknRQgoOQr9Hz93mmW/s320/craft+book+standing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br /> A "real" gaucho belt buckle:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DDPpWKGWDe26bbirdFKCsF7koM3KL6RmeLC3RvMw43bzq39NcWuXktWHmcIlQB0uWiK4HNmSQgSjIwGS7FxMU5sgv0AqLy7OotnCAGMnU4NxeGJe9N8BDSaENe6WakVC2xlaNigD652g/s1280/buckle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2DDPpWKGWDe26bbirdFKCsF7koM3KL6RmeLC3RvMw43bzq39NcWuXktWHmcIlQB0uWiK4HNmSQgSjIwGS7FxMU5sgv0AqLy7OotnCAGMnU4NxeGJe9N8BDSaENe6WakVC2xlaNigD652g/w640-h360/buckle.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div><p> </p></div>Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-60923242978155703422020-10-05T18:30:00.016-04:002020-10-08T16:47:48.676-04:00The Secret Ingredient<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I was in college I loved trying out new recipes. There was a cake recipe in my Joy of Cooking cookbook called Mystery Cake. The secret ingredient which gave it a rich flavor and extra moistness? A can of tomato soup. I know, weird, huh? But it was actually pretty good.<br />
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As I was thinking back over my posts, I realized that I may be missing the secret ingredient in many of them. Like this one,<b><i> <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2018/07/keeping-god-at-center.html" target="_blank">Keeping God at the Center</a></i></b>, which gives us the 4 tools for keeping God at the center of our life. But without the secret ingredient, these tools won't work.<br />
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What is that ingredient? The ingredient that makes it all come together? The component that allows the tools to work? The key element that runs throughout the Bible?<br />
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Jesus.<br />
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What difference does he make?<br /></p><p>He purchased/earned/bought us power over sin. Without Jesus, you are going to try to use the tools in your own power. With Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit enters your being, and he helps you to use the tools. He is the difference maker. In fact, he is often referred to as "The Helper" by Jesus himself. But the helper cannot live in us unless we first are reconciled with God. And that is where Jesus comes into the picture.<br /></p><p>Jesus paid the price that would reconcile us to God with his own life, so that we could be brought into a relationship with God. It was one of the first things I learned about as a new Christian. I grew up in a church, but I never really heard this good news there. I heard that Jesus died on the cross to show us how to love. That is definitely what he displayed by that act, but the main purpose was not to show us how to love. It was so that we would not have to perish, as Jesus so simply stated it as recorded by John in his gospel. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-9fWMph3Yxg2BUHdLwSsJEZl0Q4CuTNruayNz4gmN3wXu_eeWi2dvShP0E8aNWZhzca3TuUNYO5LQ8SKCTjHAO_LWtX7poF0oLCdLXWJeRkyB4zgpZQrsh0OiTNyrZ2O-ltke9YaxM07/s1500/It+had+always+troubled+me+that+jesus+was+afraid+to+die+on+the+cross.+Why+did+jesus+seem+to+shrink+from+it+Read+on..png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx-9fWMph3Yxg2BUHdLwSsJEZl0Q4CuTNruayNz4gmN3wXu_eeWi2dvShP0E8aNWZhzca3TuUNYO5LQ8SKCTjHAO_LWtX7poF0oLCdLXWJeRkyB4zgpZQrsh0OiTNyrZ2O-ltke9YaxM07/w426-h640/It+had+always+troubled+me+that+jesus+was+afraid+to+die+on+the+cross.+Why+did+jesus+seem+to+shrink+from+it+Read+on..png" width="426" /></a></div> <p></p><p>It had always troubled me that Jesus was afraid to die on the cross, that he asked God to get him out of it if it were possible. Why was he so afraid to die if he was such a hero I wondered? Plenty of people put their lives in harms way to save others all the time. Why did Jesus seem to shrink from it?<br />
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He shrunk from it because of the cost. He knew the cost. It was the cost he paid for us, so that each and everyone of us could be forgiven of our sins. His death had a purpose I never learned about in the church I attended growing up. </p><p>The purpose was to enable us to come back into relationship with God, the relationship that had been broken by what the Bible terms sin. In order for that purpose to be accomplished, Jesus had to become sinful. Or, more specifically, he had to take on our sin on the cross. God filled him with our sin. (1 Peter 2:24 "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree,...") Taking our sin, separated Jesus from God. Sin is what separates us from God, so when Jesus took it on, it separated him from the father. We will never fully understand what this was like, or even how it could actually be done. But the scriptures are clear that it did take place.<br />
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What we need to understand to appreciate this, is that Jesus and God the Father are one. God said, let "us" make man in "our" image. He was referring to his tri-une self. From all of eternity the trinity had never been separated. Ever. Until that moment on the cross when God laid our sin on Jesus and he cried out, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" </p><p>When Jesus and the Father were separated, it didn't matter if it were for a nano second or years...all that mattered was that it happened, and it was terrible...for both of them. That is why John 3:16 says that God loved the world SO much that he GAVE his only son. It is a love we will never be able to fully appreciate this side of heaven. Any decent father could attest to you how difficult it is to lose a child. How much more difficult to do it willingly. They were separated. It was excruciating for both of them. So much so, that Jesus begged if there were any other way to do this, then don't make me drink this cup (i.e. - the sins of man).<br />
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Agonizing for the Father and son, but blissful for us because of what it purchased for us. Forgiveness of sin, making us holy even though we are not holy, so that we could enter into fellowship with the Father and his Spirit could enter into us. And that is the secret ingredient that is missing in many of my posts, so here it is front and center.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLadvawIABkZpIbYUsy9Q5l7mDyw9EZkPovy5sO6ZUyv13t0A8guGQ4unndgmok_TsbJ8TqfNuJjRwzZ0Fd9jQVvUnVvD1q8KdjJiD4lE3VAQUucBhVgvZcrFaD3P2xm_CFXLjlBOeFVBI/s1500/Jesus.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLadvawIABkZpIbYUsy9Q5l7mDyw9EZkPovy5sO6ZUyv13t0A8guGQ4unndgmok_TsbJ8TqfNuJjRwzZ0Fd9jQVvUnVvD1q8KdjJiD4lE3VAQUucBhVgvZcrFaD3P2xm_CFXLjlBOeFVBI/w426-h640/Jesus.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /> <br />
Want to make the cake? <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9vcRLwAZAvIzWkzIOrAvgEQtaQjZ_TxJQAFOVmxxqdxW6DOLXgCex5bm6iVb2myktdhOYqrWQYHG07OzQxOiO8D5asRli7rGNgRD9egqi9lR5kOfE-0sR1n3XZHnPDuAABPBDWtRCmXO/s1920/tomato-2288415_1920.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1920" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis9vcRLwAZAvIzWkzIOrAvgEQtaQjZ_TxJQAFOVmxxqdxW6DOLXgCex5bm6iVb2myktdhOYqrWQYHG07OzQxOiO8D5asRli7rGNgRD9egqi9lR5kOfE-0sR1n3XZHnPDuAABPBDWtRCmXO/s320/tomato-2288415_1920.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><h3 class="recipe-instructions-heading">Ingredients</h3>
<h4 class="part-name">For the cake:</h4>
<ul class="recipe-ingredients"><li>
<span class="quantity">
2
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
cups sifted flour
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
1
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
teaspoon baking soda
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
1
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
teaspoon ground cinnamon
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
½
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
teaspoon ground nutmeg
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
½
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<span class="ingredient-name">
teaspoon ground cloves
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
½
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
teaspoon salt
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
¼
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
cup unsalted butter
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
1
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
cup sugar
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
1
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
10 3/4-ounce can condensed tomato soup
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
1
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
cup chopped walnuts or pecans
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
1
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
cup raisins
</span>
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<span class="quantity">
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
Confectioners sugar, optional
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
Cooking-oil spray for greasing pan
</span>
</li></ul>
<h4 class="part-name">For the frosting (optional):</h4>
<ul class="recipe-ingredients"><li>
<span class="quantity">
8
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<span class="ingredient-name">
ounces cream cheese, chilled
</span>
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<span class="quantity">
6
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
2
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
teaspoons vanilla
</span>
</li><li>
<span class="quantity">
3
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
cups confectioners sugar, sifted
</span>
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<span class="quantity">
</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
Grated lemon or orange zest, ground
</span>
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</span>
<span class="ingredient-name">
cinnamon or any liqueur to taste, optional
</span>
</li></ul>
<h3 class="recipe-instructions-heading">Preparation</h3>
<ol class="recipe-steps"><li>Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch
square baking pan with cooking spray. In a large bowl whisk together the
flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt.</li><li>Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar
on high speed until well-combined, 3 to 5 minutes. On low speed, beat in
the flour mixture in 3 parts, alternating with the tomato soup in 2
parts. Fold in the nuts and raisins. Spread the batter into the pan and
smooth the top. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out
clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan on a rack.</li><li>If you choose to make the frosting, combine the
cream cheese, butter, vanilla and sugar in the bowl of a mixer and mix
until just smooth and creamy. If the frosting is too stiff, beat for a
few seconds longer, being careful not to overbeat it. If you choose,
stir in the zest, cinnamon or liqueur.</li><li>To serve, remove the cake from the pan and either sprinkle with powdered sugar or cover with the frosting.</li></ol>
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<br /></p><br />Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-56404332671598597452020-09-28T18:00:00.002-04:002020-10-05T14:14:13.514-04:00Christmas on a Sunday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyeX2FufJaPnO9OscYf1_Cc49A_qfZd6rDFINIps0LO5sep8q7rGNSXjDA-36wQAcCcEM2dRkEgklrbhyRwFQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>Every once in awhile Christmas falls on a Sunday. Over the years we have approached it various ways. My most memorable Christmas Sunday was a few years back. That year we gathered the Sunday School teachers in November and asked if they wanted to cancel Sunday School for Christmas morning and just have a church service, since Christmas is also a huge family holiday. One teacher was very vocal that Christmas was the whole reason we had church to begin with and it being the celebration of the entrance of our Savior into the world we should absolutely have Sunday School.<br />
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So we planned an Intergenerational Breakfast and it was the highest attendance we had all year.</p><p></p><p>We set up a continental style breakfast. The <span class="st"><i>pièce de résistance </i>were the homemade cinnamon rolls one of our ladies made. </span>We had fruit salad, juice, hot chocolate and coffee as well. </p><p>We used cloth tablecloths and simple centerpieces to make things a little special. It was simple, yet classy. I found everything for the centerpieces in our resource room. Polyester fiber fill, plastic snowflakes and battery operated votive candles. The little snowflakes were made from white paper and a <a href="http://bit.ly/snowflakepunch" target="_blank">snowflake punch</a>. Walmart and Michael's carry these.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyr1w4-VO_bLcVMGRqSJlPCA0FY77ImWBvbmmTJFu2THBKf9TxKwEcUykzGvtDwuGumhceLbnVNs9VPYnhKne8UQa7B90QLbecQoKZddbhKJHvmxLdGV2HIED7qLy-YE5nP9jfuZ_9Dyu/s1500/tabel+decorations.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivyr1w4-VO_bLcVMGRqSJlPCA0FY77ImWBvbmmTJFu2THBKf9TxKwEcUykzGvtDwuGumhceLbnVNs9VPYnhKne8UQa7B90QLbecQoKZddbhKJHvmxLdGV2HIED7qLy-YE5nP9jfuZ_9Dyu/w426-h640/tabel+decorations.png" width="426" /></a></div><p>We played several games. </p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>One was drawing a Christmas tree and fireplace
on a paper plate on top of your head. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-tCBZ_-bFffg8ospQr4L__R8Rhg8zqnXyp8RIjW89YZC-1GSQpfBVZtMUx2gVw53s_ls4OWhvfdhngv6tiXztOt7h8ONDb7sZEAo0eIaVBX9GVH49OrmRP_jruTCVDkL7_ME_nEBWpfn/s1500/game.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU-tCBZ_-bFffg8ospQr4L__R8Rhg8zqnXyp8RIjW89YZC-1GSQpfBVZtMUx2gVw53s_ls4OWhvfdhngv6tiXztOt7h8ONDb7sZEAo0eIaVBX9GVH49OrmRP_jruTCVDkL7_ME_nEBWpfn/w426-h640/game.png" width="426" /></a></div><br /></li><li>The other was piling up snowballs
(marshmallows) on a wide wooden Popsicle stick. <br /></li></ol><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13e0Z8gk_4Qg4RRdwGS2fecpIOEoscPMSb5aulRXDnVlKkIE9qobadzQG0ZztszhVJvLM3c3EuVr4mIDpkmbebKiFGHyhMqdAtCB0fqSYr5b4czTI0IHRUiefce7x2iIcRyiV_yOt2AI0/s2048/sometimes+you+have+to+work+alone.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg13e0Z8gk_4Qg4RRdwGS2fecpIOEoscPMSb5aulRXDnVlKkIE9qobadzQG0ZztszhVJvLM3c3EuVr4mIDpkmbebKiFGHyhMqdAtCB0fqSYr5b4czTI0IHRUiefce7x2iIcRyiV_yOt2AI0/s320/sometimes+you+have+to+work+alone.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG0P8FSSI33wdZn54atUdPDZq5V1HnRCi_IzC-61HI1vUfkzLU5dlQj3XWDdRAWXhSgzGS8wK5Eogs5d0KATKFiFd5HKqqvqsbawQdyaPup8hx8CW8bJ2gxwq0oizyEXRxAWOYea9mu-Kr/s2048/piling+up+snowballs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpgkIvpWSwvD27bBYkzuGOs7OEMHi8Ho_MDPNho0WJUvxPrxRs7Nt853N8mqhFtn34dtui2hd8lddner6qtjPLTk-NbIR83MBJv9NCDbrHJFJNFj9tcRo9rg8mmAkYAWnyKvc0fWWBpkk/s2048/peer+to+peer.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpgkIvpWSwvD27bBYkzuGOs7OEMHi8Ho_MDPNho0WJUvxPrxRs7Nt853N8mqhFtn34dtui2hd8lddner6qtjPLTk-NbIR83MBJv9NCDbrHJFJNFj9tcRo9rg8mmAkYAWnyKvc0fWWBpkk/s320/peer+to+peer.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>We met in the children's area instead of the fellowship hall, and I
think this helped the event to be more incorporating of the generations.
Some children were there with their families, but there was at least one who came
without parents. Adults intermingled and played games with the children
whether or not they were related. We even had people come to this that
did not normally come for Sunday School. The best thing was that this
could be an all-inclusive event. Those with disabilities could be
incorporated as well.</p><p>My favorite moment came when one of the boys let out a huge yawn, and without missing a beat I asked, "Are we boring you?" What was special was that he was non-verbal. He rarely attended church because while non-verbal, he was not non-noiseful. I am not aware of the level of his handicaps, but at that moment, in the warmth of everyone joined together in one big class area, I interacted with him like any other child, which of course he was, but we so often forget that. It flowed naturally, effortlessly in the atmosphere of the gathering. </p><p>There is a time and place for intergenerational programs and there is also a need for age appropriate teaching. If your church regularly has a Sunday School, an event like this would be great once a quarter, or even 3 times a year. It helps the children to connect with the rest of the church, and helps the church connect with them too. And it is an opportunity for an all-inclusive gathering of everyone in your church.<br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUcOGRCRfbsZhANxslGtyD33PT_NFswolSO5X31l8c3lk_iSiBIbm9Vnbot5QFBr-rLQik6O1_JT9mRUrckzHcu3V281XIVOISlCf9cUk3M2RFfp3e2y4dw12cI3YdgE-GCWmxXIUPCr2/s2048/sometimes+you+have+to+work+alone.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRUcOGRCRfbsZhANxslGtyD33PT_NFswolSO5X31l8c3lk_iSiBIbm9Vnbot5QFBr-rLQik6O1_JT9mRUrckzHcu3V281XIVOISlCf9cUk3M2RFfp3e2y4dw12cI3YdgE-GCWmxXIUPCr2/w400-h299/sometimes+you+have+to+work+alone.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br />
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Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-17206181387813078692020-09-21T18:00:00.003-04:002020-09-21T21:44:36.467-04:00DIY Scroll<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjA6Mg0nO0sC5pHifiJhJ2Oq3NM7mr6fxYUgAM8csBQW6GfQqGUtgMyH4HpsPhhk8d11FvuZEj3GLOL4vodBqNdiWISejUX_OaHVtMmqtX05FHQogU43sAhdnnIgTj2KlR2Rtje4rqbiY/s1500/DIY+Scroll.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjA6Mg0nO0sC5pHifiJhJ2Oq3NM7mr6fxYUgAM8csBQW6GfQqGUtgMyH4HpsPhhk8d11FvuZEj3GLOL4vodBqNdiWISejUX_OaHVtMmqtX05FHQogU43sAhdnnIgTj2KlR2Rtje4rqbiY/w426-h640/DIY+Scroll.png" width="426" /></a></div>I wonder if Andrew Clements ever dreamed that there would be so many new words in the English language when he wrote the children's book, <i>Frindle</i> published in 1996. It was a book about how a new word gets acknowledged as a new word. Today we have words and terms that my computer's dictionary doesn't even recognize. Terms like DIY and words like repurpose. I looked it up, and repurpose really is a word. According to the online etymolgy dictionary, it became a word in 1983, long before google became a word.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUajAuk0952U0ghTKu8Kp1BW0ojmoVf1ds0KIpN2FjuM_3Q9CB4g9Pekk1CnEtAr7xvCQqdg-j6bASR45dcSKK9XNsOQKNiNVkzNe0LrUoBPAdM35yKF_CPm2ysC2HosgBIZOUF_KLVzhP/s2048/scroll+paper+%25282018_01_28+03_59_28+UTC%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUajAuk0952U0ghTKu8Kp1BW0ojmoVf1ds0KIpN2FjuM_3Q9CB4g9Pekk1CnEtAr7xvCQqdg-j6bASR45dcSKK9XNsOQKNiNVkzNe0LrUoBPAdM35yKF_CPm2ysC2HosgBIZOUF_KLVzhP/s320/scroll+paper+%25282018_01_28+03_59_28+UTC%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>But I digress. This is about repurposing that packing paper that comes in all the online stuff we order today. (I wonder when online became a word.) I left file drawers full of this paper at our old church. The first time I unwrapped something wrapped in yards of it, I thought, "This can surely be useful for something." I smoothed out the 10 foot length of it and rolled it up. Sure enough, I found uses for it. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3rLisF1K4NgfJ66R0hby4GibMcHWi5cC9Om-VLDjF57pm4TovSPGopc3pPqbV2HdydiMAtWLh8tjTTpOMWWrQJS8nxuLscqBeEhCH0QVfozQGT04v6g4TPaS5MeBNc-hI0dH2wsMjsHO/s2048/packing+paper.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3rLisF1K4NgfJ66R0hby4GibMcHWi5cC9Om-VLDjF57pm4TovSPGopc3pPqbV2HdydiMAtWLh8tjTTpOMWWrQJS8nxuLscqBeEhCH0QVfozQGT04v6g4TPaS5MeBNc-hI0dH2wsMjsHO/s320/packing+paper.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>It works great for making a scroll because it is already wrinkled when you get it. All I had to do was cut it in half to make my scroll the height I wanted. You could add dowels at each end, but I didn't bother for this lesson. We just rolled it up from each end, and viola!...a scroll. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTfKRFRQdzly-U6uDFMiCzEnwByztNk9CTdZPmSNm2SarqZa8P72-Wfz7AvYQNhMa-HueiojljJQq-EVYTLj0AXClpLMnXGPbJS0wAUvptPUMVbH0Z01ZQbXpTWuAFVt8Hnoq5bVHS3ND/s1600/scroll_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsTfKRFRQdzly-U6uDFMiCzEnwByztNk9CTdZPmSNm2SarqZa8P72-Wfz7AvYQNhMa-HueiojljJQq-EVYTLj0AXClpLMnXGPbJS0wAUvptPUMVbH0Z01ZQbXpTWuAFVt8Hnoq5bVHS3ND/s320/scroll_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /><p></p><p>I let the children write the Bible verse on the scroll for this particular lesson. It was when Jesus unrolled the scroll and read from Isaiah in the synagogue in Nazareth. Letting them write it themselves, copying it from a Bible, helped them to connect with the story. When we acted it out and "Jesus" read from the scroll, they knew what he was reading had come from the book of Isaiah because they had copied it themselves.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2018/01/rejection-at-nazareth.html" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-4564VvLyYL12hgrIEnouZpS5KbM6vY36mJg4KbqvHFk-VBAYDkhJwEV0y_JlNOOd2J_-AZtJZ3iMK6Ihv8GNs8QoxAymZMajVbqmFxOG5T2XaXw6I5cZ3lH6M99U9WkECBxUyJscorX_/s320/Jesus+Rejected.png" /></a></div>You can check out the whole lesson on rejection at Nazareth <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2018/01/rejection-at-nazareth.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2016/06/in-cave-with-dave.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="735" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1EmIBDxyiFZ38_n7aGpiRrOV1kwW-tOxT2q11jEBzeAeX3qE8ZtAdPS2cPYiUgEIYLaNUbonjWEIejaominVlF8h0LScoM7kUOjsJRShVB1HGOHpeDJ4os8ESjk0WAOIzbkidvsib-pO/s320/DIY+Cave.png" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I have also used this packing paper to make a cave. Full instructions for that are<a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2016/06/in-cave-with-dave.html" target="_blank"> here</a>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2014/10/dont-be-wallflower-make-wall-tree.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2CdWi2wGtdrfA8hozZuZrBYv-tJltylD9AeebDybBfeIZLkqTXjF3JoYI-1R-suTTwEz90jWE0ab3B3nRLLg5r9ESvM-GYmRrcfOC9QRIU4NeoK0xHOxS9-HcRiCo8S2wo5_-FbT0fF0m/s320/IMG_4806.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I could have even made this <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2014/10/dont-be-wallflower-make-wall-tree.html" target="_blank">tree</a> from that packing paper, but I repurposed this black paper from a road we made for a VBS. You can search this blog with the word repupose to see what else we have repurposed. And by the way, in the book Frindle, frindle becomes a word for pen.<br /></p><p>By the way, if you are still reading this, instead of getting a new church building, we repurposed these walls for about $500. So instead of a tree today, you will find these themed walls in our kidmin place. Here's what it looks like now:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4wqbjhqnyfX8DRC-JPp690oPet9GWmsMarvzyX1zXD9l3eUYVJZUTKRpBN-DfPj03z0jYmH6e3Gr7yEDOnkz5JOq0ab49Qc-scP9d9BPdxYz2XlIm9LnOeThXv-EeqvxJm28kiIywFpE/s800/1-JAM+Center+from+Stage+%25282016_11_07+08_27_37+UTC%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="606" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4wqbjhqnyfX8DRC-JPp690oPet9GWmsMarvzyX1zXD9l3eUYVJZUTKRpBN-DfPj03z0jYmH6e3Gr7yEDOnkz5JOq0ab49Qc-scP9d9BPdxYz2XlIm9LnOeThXv-EeqvxJm28kiIywFpE/s320/1-JAM+Center+from+Stage+%25282016_11_07+08_27_37+UTC%2529.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZNjaVqnRzTis4bfmP-tHWumTMo47dbE7CrGvQ-qkJMtSogfyv6odqjVDePsUB5C1VCc5xn1b41DGXWIogSN5sFNC9P5KiJibFMN5wQa38IDXXPyXR0pcEN2xTGTEOohrgSQdp5fIjlt7/s2048/JAM+Center+area.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmZNjaVqnRzTis4bfmP-tHWumTMo47dbE7CrGvQ-qkJMtSogfyv6odqjVDePsUB5C1VCc5xn1b41DGXWIogSN5sFNC9P5KiJibFMN5wQa38IDXXPyXR0pcEN2xTGTEOohrgSQdp5fIjlt7/s320/JAM+Center+area.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIq9FBJ_XWhqu9M4oaVIQOvQc2-h207oT3SMvDKOOMfreHUG7FmZRCKnOxeMI8DMcrgJmCwLY0qOGI6iItEM179tuoNbMi96Fv57ojpFoEC08zUy8J4kQ7M4MegqbWm-OaCd1ZJuraEj7/s1024/1-finished4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJIq9FBJ_XWhqu9M4oaVIQOvQc2-h207oT3SMvDKOOMfreHUG7FmZRCKnOxeMI8DMcrgJmCwLY0qOGI6iItEM179tuoNbMi96Fv57ojpFoEC08zUy8J4kQ7M4MegqbWm-OaCd1ZJuraEj7/s320/1-finished4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>You can read about our remodel project in several posts I wrote. Click <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2015/08/diy-theming-part-2-dignified-doors.html">here</a> for one of them.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-73809521776195936652020-09-14T21:21:00.007-04:002020-09-16T22:01:11.952-04:00Missions, Missions, Missions<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6h-mNs9wkHmz0l0QeLL3h_OjNCD4Io2anLs_ZDcOgY7B6HZddBb5FY50MQ5L_oL5vjUU1zvW1fTos1apsJRwHcQLf9uoTYvGNkwUkWZI8AowORV3Bckl_StCOp97usZBD9OAiRxDr3i8/s1500/South+American+Festival.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic6h-mNs9wkHmz0l0QeLL3h_OjNCD4Io2anLs_ZDcOgY7B6HZddBb5FY50MQ5L_oL5vjUU1zvW1fTos1apsJRwHcQLf9uoTYvGNkwUkWZI8AowORV3Bckl_StCOp97usZBD9OAiRxDr3i8/w426-h640/South+American+Festival.png" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>One summer, back when most churches had VBS's, we were not able to hold one. So my pastor husband said we should do a big fall outreach for children, and he asked me to be in charge. I love that kind of thing, so I was psyched to plan a children's outreach. Then we had our Sunday School teacher's meeting to plan for the fall classes, pick a date for the outreach and discuss the upcoming mission's conference later that fall. One of the teachers thought it would be a great thing to do something for the kids with the missionary since the one coming was especially good in relating to children. <p style="text-align: left;">So that became our children's outreach to replace VBS, and of course, since I was supposed to be in charge of the outreach event, I was put in charge. I was a little ticked off. It was not what I had envisioned, and it certainly was not what I had agreed to do. Ever felt that way? It seems to happen to me a lot. But in hindsight, it was God's plan. So I encourage you to be sensitive to God when plans don't go as you had planned. What follows is the inter-generational event we came up with before we had ever even heard of the word inter-generational.<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I always work with a planning committee for events. Some people hate committees, but I love them because you get so many good ideas and you develop things together. That is what the church (body) is all about, working together to do more than we can do alone. I try to look for a lot of ideas and bring them to the meeting and then let the team go crazy. Usually that means they tell me to keep my feet on the ground. But I love the process of working through plans with other and seeing our dreams come to life together. <br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">Since I am writing this during the pandemic of 2020, most of this event could not be done as we did it. However, I encourage you to be creative and figure out ways to adapt some of it. Check out the adaptation article I wrote for lots of ideas as to how to make this festival "pandemic friendly."</p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Prep</h1><h4 style="text-align: left;">PASSPORTS: <span style="font-weight: normal;">We created "passports" for the children. They were required to visit each booth once before they went back to a booth a second time. They got little international stickers at each site. Here is the<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1R3OvsOJyQ2GtpLehEt43NzUaglgPtmcI/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank"> PDF</a> we used. We ran the covers off on card stock. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4hn5849masQ2I3xttmDG4TP6uXrgFCTR-hDF9dX7uo32uqgqUcJfodLperfF6pa7RGe8C2dsMa8pkjVJlq0Xmivls_F88m59K8xlDH7WAwpfs2pCGLuewEpaeaJskUgxcpUO_vFHrdVa/s694/IMGP3941+copy+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="694" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_4hn5849masQ2I3xttmDG4TP6uXrgFCTR-hDF9dX7uo32uqgqUcJfodLperfF6pa7RGe8C2dsMa8pkjVJlq0Xmivls_F88m59K8xlDH7WAwpfs2pCGLuewEpaeaJskUgxcpUO_vFHrdVa/s320/IMGP3941+copy+%25282%2529.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCXpud2p79RSzwmTBDbTNxbm2y48r0QH2tJbdYD5KyK1w0umQVFgCi92MPSHzj1W6LfZwLNPCc8rYhq17TWYJWTyEm_MnH9N3wW6ckg6vPkAqB8vdxjvTTaWa7spoo6W2PZbWm_zb5cdB/s2048/IMGP3819+copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCXpud2p79RSzwmTBDbTNxbm2y48r0QH2tJbdYD5KyK1w0umQVFgCi92MPSHzj1W6LfZwLNPCc8rYhq17TWYJWTyEm_MnH9N3wW6ckg6vPkAqB8vdxjvTTaWa7spoo6W2PZbWm_zb5cdB/s320/IMGP3819+copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>TAKE HOME BAGS: </b>We purchased balloons that looked like a globe (earth day balloons) and ordered a helium tank from a local welding supply company. The plan was to bag up leftover odds and ends from previous carnivals and attach them to the inflated balloons as an anchor. The balloons were displayed in the sanctuary on both sides of the platform. This was for a photo opp of the whole group at the end of the event which we submitted to the local paper. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jBXBku86gt-z2O-SAdh1LvLk3kGeRLFZFtkhgf4AHrQwr8M-L_PF3S3or0L6AtS5BtmQRnLcrSBOkmeebN4GdzIaJWK2giev4kf40Sr1JQ4WftIWK5mSrgadWMSSEDCeLN0Wz1kfiBfR/s2048/balloons%2526kids.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1jBXBku86gt-z2O-SAdh1LvLk3kGeRLFZFtkhgf4AHrQwr8M-L_PF3S3or0L6AtS5BtmQRnLcrSBOkmeebN4GdzIaJWK2giev4kf40Sr1JQ4WftIWK5mSrgadWMSSEDCeLN0Wz1kfiBfR/s320/balloons%2526kids.JPG" /></a></div><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>DOOR PRIZES: </b>We had some large items donated, so we decided to offer some door prizes. You got tickets for registering at the front door and kids could put them in the prize bucket of their choice. We awarded the prizes in the closing assembly, which encouraged people to stay. You had to be present to win.</span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHL75QI298Y2C15twPb_wL8KHYzxhDxg8LsYNP38xJ-EUNp3HYkNJsPofTTwQhhIamCkOwkmT9VHtH0bLoHYQlarUeOwJeasGjWrFasNir4EAgzm0tJF8Ve9Bvdp5TjEaNrRpqoD-IrDCs/s2048/IMGP3934+copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHL75QI298Y2C15twPb_wL8KHYzxhDxg8LsYNP38xJ-EUNp3HYkNJsPofTTwQhhIamCkOwkmT9VHtH0bLoHYQlarUeOwJeasGjWrFasNir4EAgzm0tJF8Ve9Bvdp5TjEaNrRpqoD-IrDCs/s320/IMGP3934+copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>FOOD: </b>We wrote to the missionary that would be coming and asked for some recipes. We chose empanadas for Argentina, and then added a few other countries with recipes we already had. The internet is a great source, as is your local library.<br /></span></h4><h2 style="text-align: left;">Here are the categories of what we planned:</h2><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Food - we had empanadas (Argentine style), Brigadeiros (a Brazilian sweet), <span id="intro_text_less">alfajores (a Peruvian cookie) and pizza.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C7sNJz-3644oP25T4Sjl9UffrzRiuVlN5axF0BpUSG29_DjTUh4tYPwHWZCcxvUT-YT7FS1HmLfIIEYJXzRxWlqjsqCt-PlvJX3WhtJlbZvUkS3E-GXTrzOfuor6lNIxbKLi9LCRwCpb/s2048/food.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-C7sNJz-3644oP25T4Sjl9UffrzRiuVlN5axF0BpUSG29_DjTUh4tYPwHWZCcxvUT-YT7FS1HmLfIIEYJXzRxWlqjsqCt-PlvJX3WhtJlbZvUkS3E-GXTrzOfuor6lNIxbKLi9LCRwCpb/w400-h266/food.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></span></li><li><span id="intro_text_less">Argentinian Experience - this one wasn't listed in their passport, but our missionary brought items from Argentina and clothing. He explained the different items to children and let them try on the clothing. It was a big hit. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcxndFVYHcejTv2zhfy_wGKXEskKQPCx-OMjYTZsADJD-x9OAT5BqbTH9qZcOWi3rgQpPdwVmsKGvWKjD_hzD0f2VplqbidpEU4D8yjSWpMupqPbksGeOIkh1Bf1Y35AqyGh0-Ve6uyVV/s2048/curios.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1362" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBcxndFVYHcejTv2zhfy_wGKXEskKQPCx-OMjYTZsADJD-x9OAT5BqbTH9qZcOWi3rgQpPdwVmsKGvWKjD_hzD0f2VplqbidpEU4D8yjSWpMupqPbksGeOIkh1Bf1Y35AqyGh0-Ve6uyVV/w266-h400/curios.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBycuaCpsrmfeouNWas-1fRO52go6-l_NJJwjMyYoMRU-z6M7e5G7F7vznpw9rlfugFZ2bo1bD3MKQsaTzuG-DQ3ROpkhukFjPfgae5NvLcXsQuWNsioL9vppxGKOP3n00TFGqulwXXl4/s2048/clothes.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVBycuaCpsrmfeouNWas-1fRO52go6-l_NJJwjMyYoMRU-z6M7e5G7F7vznpw9rlfugFZ2bo1bD3MKQsaTzuG-DQ3ROpkhukFjPfgae5NvLcXsQuWNsioL9vppxGKOP3n00TFGqulwXXl4/s320/clothes.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></li><li><span id="intro_text_less">Service Activities - since this festival was missions themed, we included some activities that taught the children to give to others. </span></li><ol><li><span id="intro_text_less">Card Making - we made cards for a local nursing home. We got a list that had the name of every resident on it, and made sure that cards were made for every single one. Even our adult helpers made cards when they had a chance. The residents loved getting them. Children not only made the card, but many wrote a little note in their card.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3z6rbEmKKs432c0K1s4_ebR0UpEYPWnTndCSbo7jKWFbd0l3FRoklveztuOAy5i_cG37wwdkV0UyNEFuEE-sYaqQpi7HIZH7NH4VenF6Mpj8ZlZMqb_ep6m4LkWR0LSH07VDJHkrPRfIp/s2048/card+making.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3z6rbEmKKs432c0K1s4_ebR0UpEYPWnTndCSbo7jKWFbd0l3FRoklveztuOAy5i_cG37wwdkV0UyNEFuEE-sYaqQpi7HIZH7NH4VenF6Mpj8ZlZMqb_ep6m4LkWR0LSH07VDJHkrPRfIp/s320/card+making.JPG" /></a></div><br /></span></li><li><span id="intro_text_less">Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes - we had a whole room set up with items they could fill boxes with. This project took a lot of preparation. Our youth group had a bottle drive to raise money for it. Then the youth went shopping on a Saturday morning at the Dollar Tree and each one was given about $25 and some guidelines for what to buy. We also used some of the money they raised for postage to help mail the boxes. The congregation brought in items as well and also plastic shoe boxes for the event. As children filled a shoe box, they brought it into the sanctuary where we made a big pyramid of them for a photo op at the end of the event.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzv_KULEoe2zeSfWd78xxL5gC-_AbK2qTvHh6NiOOQwU1dUnUJW1AvCj7vUX5C8Yjr-us_VXXypTbFYjlkbX6Y_Pt1D1KImFq4YIBE5jPmAGjfzjQ456RAHkrLrRlXIdCgo9yjj9-uST6/s2048/filling.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzv_KULEoe2zeSfWd78xxL5gC-_AbK2qTvHh6NiOOQwU1dUnUJW1AvCj7vUX5C8Yjr-us_VXXypTbFYjlkbX6Y_Pt1D1KImFq4YIBE5jPmAGjfzjQ456RAHkrLrRlXIdCgo9yjj9-uST6/s320/filling.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYC8jV48gBXMJ38xdbwi0fXtBt5dwezkMKN8FGD2CaKanoxhi8Tw8dNibAPUTn8ISvv3bGa4Zp1d8HVTWicvSfimdmTLHMiVolcC5i60EJyy-EYDB4Lp8eko8Fcj7JWTCik1grYp-kjkMj/s2048/fill+for+shoe+box.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYC8jV48gBXMJ38xdbwi0fXtBt5dwezkMKN8FGD2CaKanoxhi8Tw8dNibAPUTn8ISvv3bGa4Zp1d8HVTWicvSfimdmTLHMiVolcC5i60EJyy-EYDB4Lp8eko8Fcj7JWTCik1grYp-kjkMj/s320/fill+for+shoe+box.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></li></ol><li><span id="intro_text_less">Craft - I found a book at the public library (every frugal children's workers favorite place) called Around the World Art & Activities: Visiting the 7 Continents Through Craft Fun. Children made a Gaucho Belt. The kids loved these. It took a lot of prep work, but we had youth help one night, and we also sent some home with our older women who liked to cut things for us. I will give a separate post as to how to make them. This book is out of print now, and very expensive to buy used. I suggest the library. Most libraries can borrow it from another library if they don't have it in their collection. I have included detailed instructions in the Gaucho Belt post. 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You had a dowel with a coin on top of it and children threw a small rock to try and hit the dowel and knock the coin off. We have flag stands for small flags, so we stuck a dowel in this to make it stand upright. 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You just had to toss it into a basket, but it was a piece of equipment the kids had never seen or handled.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORYYVitBcTvUdf1O2Q-try2XjLQEBAwwzNjDWhRnL_XrGhSBdGkov_VXiVbk1pkKa0r1KTdoHvBJPNxMnwX8iYXRUlHwZHS4NE_RU9_Gugvub-xPa0WXqwD__Ewi3hPdgz3CVt1zyE8kZ/s1488/shuttle+cock+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1488" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiORYYVitBcTvUdf1O2Q-try2XjLQEBAwwzNjDWhRnL_XrGhSBdGkov_VXiVbk1pkKa0r1KTdoHvBJPNxMnwX8iYXRUlHwZHS4NE_RU9_Gugvub-xPa0WXqwD__Ewi3hPdgz3CVt1zyE8kZ/w400-h284/shuttle+cock+%25282%2529.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></li><li><span id="intro_text_less">Duck Races - this was a fun one. We had a kiddie pool full of water and ducks floating in it. Each child got a water pistol and had to squirt their duck across the pool against other ducks.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTH-bXo-eFvK6HQVNPpFCPU0oDDUMTK3fYhqm5wi6PZimAV9qnf3lEp-ciP9bJ51G0OG2_EHlHTyoI49PowN2nydj3vcrRFlAtcR6QbLfwrxPDtGOLLQITGBbZfBqWDWv8FsSdmEFE215c/s2048/IMGP3871+copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTH-bXo-eFvK6HQVNPpFCPU0oDDUMTK3fYhqm5wi6PZimAV9qnf3lEp-ciP9bJ51G0OG2_EHlHTyoI49PowN2nydj3vcrRFlAtcR6QbLfwrxPDtGOLLQITGBbZfBqWDWv8FsSdmEFE215c/s320/IMGP3871+copy.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></li><li><span id="intro_text_less">Face Painting</span></li><li><span id="intro_text_less">Bean Bag Toss</span></li><li><span id="intro_text_less">Open Doors - This is another fun one. Someone made a little cabinet with a door on it that had a real doorknob on it. Kids were given a ring of keys and two or three chances to try and find the right key to open the door. If they got it open, they got a small prize that was inside. Otherwise they got a consolation prize. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtdt0RPRFWCiqkLJY57KXQ-Lfacs_q290YSjSv_UfWFXH2Sx6RzDof1MzwuzWlg06dri00w7zVuhDmTPeOiG4FoguBZchwbHqclDQnxzAMwFj93dyC3pRenqKWMm-MheVFgqUmaY0XchV/s2048/IMGP3890+copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span id="intro_text_less"></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYm8GSo4SevFkKyPAuSLqL8y5CTUA-YRMsb-UU_z5gwXO_Tqf06-pfeXspYeaSVq3Kln0eWrpWqXwaebxKZyo70xDM1L5AorrHyzOXojCJo0u4NOgjuiZj9pmrVcv16pw2g6eI0bByr6j4/s2048/IMGP3879+copy.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYm8GSo4SevFkKyPAuSLqL8y5CTUA-YRMsb-UU_z5gwXO_Tqf06-pfeXspYeaSVq3Kln0eWrpWqXwaebxKZyo70xDM1L5AorrHyzOXojCJo0u4NOgjuiZj9pmrVcv16pw2g6eI0bByr6j4/s320/IMGP3879+copy.JPG" /></a></div><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtdt0RPRFWCiqkLJY57KXQ-Lfacs_q290YSjSv_UfWFXH2Sx6RzDof1MzwuzWlg06dri00w7zVuhDmTPeOiG4FoguBZchwbHqclDQnxzAMwFj93dyC3pRenqKWMm-MheVFgqUmaY0XchV/s320/IMGP3890+copy.JPG" /></div><br /></span><br /><span id="intro_text_less">Children visited the booths for 90 minutes (this was actually longer than necessary). Then everyone gathered in our sanctuary and the missionary dressed a few children up and then spoke to the group about Jesus.</span></li></ol></ol><p><span id="intro_text_less"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="intro_text_less"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiU2akb4m25Rwmt0bcK8dup4BRsKpuG1CS7zIcOeabYtbgIQEiy0matn2SY-WwRXtDyMRzBGS24_5F50qZwvpBPSAqKuR9vIN5Ov_uVMIxOpeoQnt8vfvVg2QUn-JgJg2gmcJoxQnoAZ1/s2048/bob+speaking.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiU2akb4m25Rwmt0bcK8dup4BRsKpuG1CS7zIcOeabYtbgIQEiy0matn2SY-WwRXtDyMRzBGS24_5F50qZwvpBPSAqKuR9vIN5Ov_uVMIxOpeoQnt8vfvVg2QUn-JgJg2gmcJoxQnoAZ1/w400-h266/bob+speaking.JPG" width="400" /></a></span></div><span id="intro_text_less"><br /> After our missionary shared with the group we had a couple of drawings (this encouraged people to stay for the whole event), we took a picture of the children with the OCC boxes and then all of the children took home a helium filled balloon with a bag of goodies attached to the ribbon, acting as a weight. </span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithueCzE_nugO6xzPiOIP8BxZXDbobqKFZOcE106VK1WDA0c2wyE5sNT2_uD_ojt6Xe-xLLe2IseShyGlCxNM7TjEXWh80SsMTLFqxkDNlzJlqdd9n_meS4p2zs7R00K5z-JAmHca_oWjX/s2048/balloons+%2526+boxes.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEithueCzE_nugO6xzPiOIP8BxZXDbobqKFZOcE106VK1WDA0c2wyE5sNT2_uD_ojt6Xe-xLLe2IseShyGlCxNM7TjEXWh80SsMTLFqxkDNlzJlqdd9n_meS4p2zs7R00K5z-JAmHca_oWjX/w640-h426/balloons+%2526+boxes.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><span id="intro_text_less"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span id="intro_text_less"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1oLpSBeX3hzMa9bvuA96PkZuxpR1yJdoEJcwKNk5KLcPB0mFssZsXBG1HBPy4zoxt695rFHBfbOhcgM5X0Msys6C0cYcHooy5qz6RyaA83ZPisrt-d5gReRF0T1YGj9uvBRgEMV9YIzd/s2048/balloons+getting+boxes+%25282%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1362" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg1oLpSBeX3hzMa9bvuA96PkZuxpR1yJdoEJcwKNk5KLcPB0mFssZsXBG1HBPy4zoxt695rFHBfbOhcgM5X0Msys6C0cYcHooy5qz6RyaA83ZPisrt-d5gReRF0T1YGj9uvBRgEMV9YIzd/w640-h426/balloons+getting+boxes+%25282%2529.JPG" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><span id="intro_text_less">I had a lot more pictures from the event, so I made the video below to give you an idea of how it went.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>
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The global pandemic of 2020 has been challenging for all of us. When I began the KidFrugal blog, it was to resource others. Even though we are now retired, I still participate in some children's ministry, and I continue to read and research. Coming from a small church background we always had to rethink things. I never knew if I would have one kid or 8 kids. But over the years we were able to adapt and provide quality time for the children that came.<br />
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Ministering during a pandemic is similar in some ways. You have to re-think everything. Think outside of the box. How can we "touch" kids when they aren't even coming on campus? How can we connect. What about when we re-open?<br />
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I have already written a few posts about re-opening with kids in your services for those of you that will not be having separate children's ministries yet. You can check out worship bags here and ways to engage kids in <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2020/06/8-ways-to-engage-children-in-big-church.html">"Big Church" here</a> and specific ideas for worship bags <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2020/06/whats-in-your-bag.html">here</a>.<br />
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Today I want to give you some resources from Melissa J. MacDonald. If you aren't familiar with Melissa, aka as "Miss Mel" to many children, you owe it to yourself to read her book or listen to some of her teaching material.<br />
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Below is a 30 minute training video that Melissa did entitled, Engaging Kids Over Video. There are some really good pointers in this video. Melissa is straight forward, and engaging, which is what you want to be on video. She will give you some great ideas how to be personable even in a video. Some of her pointers include:<br />
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<li>How to be personable - if you are in your office, talk about some of the personal items in your office before you get into the lesson. Introduce your dog if your at home. Let kids see something about YOUR personal life in the video.</li>
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In addition to speaking and making videos, Melissa also writes. She is a regular columnist in Children's Ministry by Group and has a book entitled, Missing: An Urgent Call for the Church to Rescue Kids. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Melissa also offers many different training opportunities like boot camps, coaching and seminars. Find our more at her website: <a href="http://www.melissajmacdonald.com/" target="_blank">Melissa J. MacDonald</a>. <br /></div>
Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-73034187535672711832020-07-12T17:00:00.002-04:002020-07-22T13:23:09.889-04:00Virtual VBS Incrediworld Day 1<br />
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I just recently finished filming a 5 day VBS for the local church we attend. This is day one, the creation story. In it, I use my signature mailbox and flashcards to engage the children. I accessed the images for the flashcards from <a href="http://freebibleimages.com/">FreeBibleImages.com</a><a href="http://www.freebibleimages.org/" target="_blank">http://www.freebibleimages.org/</a>. The images I chose came from this <a href="http://www.freebibleimages.org/search/?theme=Creation" target="_blank">page</a>.<br />
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Here is a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/193IepovXgbI6dB40X8FxUugLk8AlyDcE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">link</a> to the 11x17 visuals I created in PDF form.<br />
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Incrediworld VBS is by Answers In Genesis and is available for free this summer due to the <br />Covid-19 pandemic. You can access your copy <a href="https://answersingenesis.org/vbs/incrediworld2020/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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You can watch the whole lesson below (my intro got cut somehow, but it's still OK).<br /><br />
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<br /><br /><br />Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-81448501811213231252020-07-05T18:00:00.019-04:002020-08-30T01:24:19.067-04:00What's In Your Bag?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vdg-3ESBEno-PzxY6TB7RzDCxi8Yv7_IT_fChCXltrd0RBY5Cu0LHildNL1ORbbR0cthqllvzwZizdRP4Opxw2ZaQ96ZoNnlv28EToV86Be6g7WFi8_s_yzHFyv0P_sRpN21u6tQbkfT/s1500/6+Ideas+for+Worship.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="625" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vdg-3ESBEno-PzxY6TB7RzDCxi8Yv7_IT_fChCXltrd0RBY5Cu0LHildNL1ORbbR0cthqllvzwZizdRP4Opxw2ZaQ96ZoNnlv28EToV86Be6g7WFi8_s_yzHFyv0P_sRpN21u6tQbkfT/w416-h625/6+Ideas+for+Worship.png" width="416" /></a></div><div><br />
Worship bags and worship boxes are nothing new to the church scene. However, I am willing to bet that they are new to a lot of pe<span style="font-family: inherit;">ople since the Covid-19 appearance and the changes we have had to make in ministry. Most churches have not reop</span>ened their children's churches. And even when they do, there are going to be some parents who will want to keep their children with them in the pew.<span><a name='more'></a></span><br />
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I have seen some very cool ideas for the contents to fill these bags and boxes with.<br />
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1. My all time favorite are these worship streamers. You can order these a lot of places online. The ones pictured here are from <a href="https://www.orientaltrading.com/ribbon-wands-a2-13601523.fltr?sku=13601523&BP=PS544&ms=search&source=google&cm_mmc=GooglePLA-_-1398795105-_-58038614627-_-13601523&cm_mmca1=OTC%2BPLAs&cm_mmca2=GooglePLAs&cm_mmca3=PS544&cm_mmca4=FS39&cm_mmca5=Shopping&cm_mmca6=PLAs&cm_mmc10=Shopping&cm_mmca11=13601523&cm_mmca12=24ct-Ribbon-Wands&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0YD4BRD2ARIsAHwmKVllxtfbSv7LaWbczrROI2QDay1i_RxecY-EMlJ8q4OJM-w3r6x9KwwaAo1nEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Oriental Trading</a> (top) and <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/629364340/10-piece-set-any-ribbon-wand-waldorf?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_birthday_All_Products&utm_custom1=83a61bb7-b0cb-4c50-9cfb-88c98ef83ba7&utm_content=go_1707961806_63430309901_331635216378_pla-293946777986_c__629364340&utm_custom2=1707961806&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0YD4BRD2ARIsAHwmKVnz6W_nGehwupN3vGfpRy8R3Dc4q5iAc6x2a7CRVjzUZXncfhaCPCMaAqJrEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Etsy</a> (bottom picture). Oriental Trading has a huge selection to chose from. This particular set on Etsy was almost sold out, but there are plenty of others to chose from on Etsy. You can also make your own with ribbons and dowels or wooden rings. These are my favorite item because they actually help children to engage IN the service. That should be our ultimate goal, and this is one step along the way to that. For other ideas to get children engaged in the service, see my post, <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2020/06/8-ways-to-engage-children-in-big-church.html">8 Ways to Engage Kids in Big Church.<br /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI1rYumpPe-Fjq5Rko66Txr6rkglSv7f6r8C1Ynk86A9DDVA06IPyWD2YjkIoDyomwgGx_VGMAjN454wt5Ok2WimgIgzRV-_U0X57_FrJhCu2O3ZLPBVk234OD6befklPOBTHE9XpfVn0/s1500/worship+streamers.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKI1rYumpPe-Fjq5Rko66Txr6rkglSv7f6r8C1Ynk86A9DDVA06IPyWD2YjkIoDyomwgGx_VGMAjN454wt5Ok2WimgIgzRV-_U0X57_FrJhCu2O3ZLPBVk234OD6befklPOBTHE9XpfVn0/w266-h400/worship+streamers.png" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2. A close second favorite of mine is this Seek and Find book from the <a href="https://www.thegoodbook.com/seek-and-find-old-testament-bible-stories" target="_blank">Good Book Company</a>. If you haven't discovered this British based publishing group you owe it to yourself to investigate and invest. They have wonderful children's materials, not to mention good stuff for adults too. Seek and Find: Old Testament Bible Stories has 450 things to find and count. It is a board book, so you can wipe it down each week. This isn't really a frugal find, but some things are worth the money.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g0MXCuoy22RtygwPNgCZ51nom6B99UuGsmt8qLmjyieaPRMiHmjim0Vz6zTidJ1awyrV-KMnciZRgyLycI-I6bBlK9PRdSVc2f_Fsxwwj26el9VIt4CKxTKQB_K5qGViTxWRc8zcPxJN/s1500/Seek+%2526+Find+Books.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7g0MXCuoy22RtygwPNgCZ51nom6B99UuGsmt8qLmjyieaPRMiHmjim0Vz6zTidJ1awyrV-KMnciZRgyLycI-I6bBlK9PRdSVc2f_Fsxwwj26el9VIt4CKxTKQB_K5qGViTxWRc8zcPxJN/w266-h400/Seek+%2526+Find+Books.png" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3. Reusable sticker pads. When I was a kid, these were called ColorForms. I love that kids can use these over and over again, and "tell" the Bible story with them. This Melissa & Doug product features 5 major Old Testament Bible stories with 160 reusable stickers. It is a great manipulative toy for young ones. Workers may find this one labor intensive to clean and keep track of though. You can order them from <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/bible-stories-reusable-sticker-pad/pd/091244?en=google&event=SHOP&kw=children-0-20%7C091244&p=1179710&dv=c&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0YD4BRD2ARIsAHwmKVkmJCpMvOup3nLPkOcpTCYxMxWWwKpWHBpk79F6L3aC87fSw10tDmQaAglvEALw_wcB#CBD-PD-Description" target="_blank">Christian Book Distributors,</a> Melissa & Doug, or at some of the major retail stores like Walmart and Staples.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16UqDT2cwV3rLcRaAgCZ3O1tXb0i3bkCQ1_eCTvgaqkVGp7h8q-Pkn2ywvnULaEI40Vu8GvKMUI_7WWEPBGOE5s0vonLJ_tAzWKIpniYbytYQN1nppLUomT2cxtUYR_4hvl-4MJgC-U89/s1500/Reusable+Sticker+Pads+from+Melissa+%2526+Doug.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh16UqDT2cwV3rLcRaAgCZ3O1tXb0i3bkCQ1_eCTvgaqkVGp7h8q-Pkn2ywvnULaEI40Vu8GvKMUI_7WWEPBGOE5s0vonLJ_tAzWKIpniYbytYQN1nppLUomT2cxtUYR_4hvl-4MJgC-U89/w266-h400/Reusable+Sticker+Pads+from+Melissa+%2526+Doug.png" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">4. Water WHAT?! Water Wow. Reusable painting pages. The books come with a "water pen" which you fill with, what else but, water. As children "color" the pad page with the water pen, a picture is revealed. Four different Bible pictures are in the Bible pad. Another great product from Melissa & Doug. Available from <a href="https://www.christianbook.com/water-wow-bible-stories/pd/094054?event=CBCER1#CURR" target="_blank">Christian Book Distributors.<br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yNJkI1LzfjPIiq5O93nT0xgya0VD12IceFZF9OpfjLkTUW19W0FywuleFUZFfWJ1yCLuQy3nO1H9tc5ZIr-OkieHs0RepCDpEu258DCy-GAmHeUFbbUUGzLsgXYafXWYAm46tJVFPnbJ/s1500/Water+Wow%2521+Coloring+Pads.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yNJkI1LzfjPIiq5O93nT0xgya0VD12IceFZF9OpfjLkTUW19W0FywuleFUZFfWJ1yCLuQy3nO1H9tc5ZIr-OkieHs0RepCDpEu258DCy-GAmHeUFbbUUGzLsgXYafXWYAm46tJVFPnbJ/w266-h400/Water+Wow%2521+Coloring+Pads.png" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">5. This is somewhat like the old fashioned Etch-A-Sketch they had when I was a kid. Only you had to turn dials to draw on that. It was a great toy, but I digress. These are not cheap, but would hopefully last. You draw with the permanently attached magnetic pen. This particular board is from <a href="https://www.lakeshorelearning.com/products/ca/p/PP717/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=PLA&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0YD4BRD2ARIsAHwmKVnMTLhRDYTT9WOAI2A-Ij6OcUe_LkhZGMa_qBIm4KO_t8_Vjs3PkWwaAmytEALw_wcB" target="_blank">Lakeshore.<br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyl-WOXpMFONAUeRBlfn6xp1jECzKg6_20VO0bg4mzKiDZHveaUS5XYePX6Y0x5EG9j3rfk7FYoxtc1BqwTbFNn6O-Ene5IxgOUhwJUiyba34OcSZ4Y6FsceAQpNZzfv2yX4CdxbRFjB3/s1500/Magnetic+Sketch+Board.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCyl-WOXpMFONAUeRBlfn6xp1jECzKg6_20VO0bg4mzKiDZHveaUS5XYePX6Y0x5EG9j3rfk7FYoxtc1BqwTbFNn6O-Ene5IxgOUhwJUiyba34OcSZ4Y6FsceAQpNZzfv2yX4CdxbRFjB3/w266-h400/Magnetic+Sketch+Board.png" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">6. This last idea is definitely frugal, but you know that frugal can mean it takes more time to make. It's a DIY idea from <a href="https://paththroughthenarrowgate.com/felt-shapes-church-quiet-bags/#comment-31494" target="_blank">Path Through the Narrow Gate</a>. This is a felt shape quiet bag. It is the same idea as the reusable stickers, only you use felt pieces instead. It is my understanding that the corona virus does not survive as well on cloth surfaces as it does on hard ones. So if left for a week, these should be virus free by the next Sunday. You can also purchase small Bible felt story sets from <a href="https://www.bettylukens.com/collections/felt-activity-kits" target="_blank">Betty Lukens</a> and put them in ziplock bags or pencil holders as Anna Joy has done. Anna Joy, creator of the blog, has some other great DIY projects for worship bags on her blog.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiH8HaoyiWak-2WZvgUAuDMEjWw_LUZrvLOis9tQLeoJfxdhC2zbFlN09t2b99u6F52pySbPXSNcOBlksSL7lD47E5WA03AYGDtPP_thQ2rF_MTG95_z1-_eK8akXGU-3hPSLgAIEaw0u/s1500/DIY+Felt+Church+Quiet+Bags.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTiH8HaoyiWak-2WZvgUAuDMEjWw_LUZrvLOis9tQLeoJfxdhC2zbFlN09t2b99u6F52pySbPXSNcOBlksSL7lD47E5WA03AYGDtPP_thQ2rF_MTG95_z1-_eK8akXGU-3hPSLgAIEaw0u/w266-h400/DIY+Felt+Church+Quiet+Bags.png" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are lots of other ideas out there for what to put in your bags/boxes. These were just some extra special ones. Lacing cards, hidden picture sheets, as well as standard coloring sheets, books and small toys. If you purchase some of the larger items, I suggest ONE per bucket/box/bag. Then the kids have something to look forward to. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you have any other ideas or pictures please share them below. For other ideas to engage kids in "Big Church," see my posts, <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2020/06/8-ways-to-engage-children-in-big-church.html"><i>8 Ways to Engage Kids in Big Church</i></a> and <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2018/09/to-have-childrens-church-or-not-to.html"><i>To Have Children's Church or Not To.</i></a> There are some good book recommendations in the Children's Church post.<br /></div></div>Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0Jamestown, NY 14701, USA42.0970023 -79.235325899999992-33.753138672250273 140.1396741 90 61.389674100000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-50811143348008673522020-06-05T15:55:00.000-04:002020-06-26T16:24:56.776-04:008 Ways to Engage Children in "Big Church"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Location, location, location. These are three most important words in real estate.<br />
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Connect, connect, connect. What are these the three most important words in? Intergenerational services. You could say, "Engage, engage, engage." too, but I like the connotations of what connecting means. So even though I entitled this "engage," I want the purpose of the engagement to be to connect children to the big picture of church. This entails realizing that they are a part of something bigger than their children's church or Sunday School classes. It means realizing that there is a body of believers that they are a part of. The more you can connect them to that body, the more they will feel a part of it. And the more they feel a part, the better the chances that they will maintain a life long connection with a local body of believers. Even beyond that though, children should be a part of our churches NOW, not when they are grown up. So I will give you ideas in this post, but more important than doing these things, is developing a church body that values the collective body, which includes children, the disabled, ethnicities, and, well you get it, all that are a part of the body of Christ.<br />
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Today with the event of Covid-19, as churches are facing re-opening, they are also facing incorporating children into the worship services. I did write a similar <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2018/09/to-have-childrens-church-or-not-to.html">post</a> a few years ago about alternatives to children's church, but I have included more ideas in this post. So here are 8 ideas for connecting and engaging children in "Big Church." <br />
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Melissa J. MacDonald just did a webinar on "Engaging Kids in Big Church" which had some really helpful insights. I will incorporate them into the article and credit her. She is also offering a <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePYLvHJqNVGYuD0AlMEIbisSwPPFZba8V2Ds1HJNjPHDaRgw/viewform" target="_blank">Communion for Kids</a> guide for $25. You can order that <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePYLvHJqNVGYuD0AlMEIbisSwPPFZba8V2Ds1HJNjPHDaRgw/viewform" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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Ideas for Engaging Children In or During the Worship Service:<br />
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<b>1.Worship Bags:</b><br />
<u><b>Covid-19 Version</b></u> - Everything in the bag needs to be
disposable, or something you are willing for the children to take home
each week. Also, you will need to use some type of disposable bag - such
as zip-lock or paper. Ideas for what goes in the bag: coloring picture
related to the pastor's sermon, a few crayons, and blank paper. If your church is alright with it, you could include a packet of gold fish crackers or some other snack. I am listing some other ideas below that could either be used IN the bags, or just handed out stand alone.<br />
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<b>2. Printed Bible Stories</b><br />
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pastor is preaching on a particular Bible story or event, you may be
able to print up one of Lambsong's Bible story books. If you want to include a story regardless, you can use these as well. Jill Kemp has done
a wonderful job of illustrating over 70 Old Testament stories and over
80 New Testament passages. Most of her booklets are for preschool age. She even has some one page versions. Everything is free on her site. Below is a picture of the cover to one of the booklets. They print 2 to the page. You can access all of the OT and NT booklets <a href="http://www.lambsongs.co.nz/Bible%20Story%20new_testament.htm" target="_blank">here.</a><br />
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<b>3. Fill in the Blanks</b><br />
This was one of the ideas Melissa gave in her webinar. According to "Miss Mel" (and she is the expert), kids love fill in the blanks. See if you can get your pastor's sermon notes or power points to make fill in the blanks for his sermon.<br />
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<b>4. Draw Pictures</b><br />
Include blank paper in your bags and ask kids to draw a picture from something in the sermon (Another "Miss Mel" idea). If you know what your pastor is going to be preaching on, you can give some suggested drawings. Have them put their names on them and post them on a prominent bulletin board or notice board. You can post them on social media and scroll them before the church service along with your announcements or whatever you use pre-service. Kids will love seeing their stuff featured.<b> </b>And it<b> </b>helps them to feel<b> connected </b>with "Big Church." Connect, connect, connect.<br />
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<b>5. Word Search</b><br />
This idea also came from Melissa's webinar. Create a word search from the scripture passage your pastor is using (or from some of the scriptures he will be using). Print out the whole verse, and then the words that you want them to find. There are lots of sites on-line to do this. Here's <a href="http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp" target="_blank">one at Discovery Education.</a><br />
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<b>6. Bingo</b><br />
I think this idea is super, but I can just see an exuberant child forgetting all decorum and yelling out, "Bingo!" during the service. All kidding aside, this seems kind of fun and engaging at the same time. Not having tried this tactic, I cannot say for sure, but I would put words from the sermon into a bingo generator. This <a href="https://myfreebingocards.com/bingo-card-generator" target="_blank">site</a> can make up to 75 different cards off of one sermon. You can also put words from the other parts of the service into the grid. This might be especially nice if you have a more liturgical service.<br />
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<b>7. Key Words</b><br />
This idea comes from Melissa's father, Pastor David MacDonald. Pick a key word from the pastor's sermon (or better yet, let the preacher pick it). Have children count how many times they hear this word in the message. If he or she is willing, children can go to the Pastor after the service to see if they got it right. He/She can even give them a small prize if he wants. The real win is that it is a way to connect with the Pastor. Connect, connect, connect. <b> </b><br />
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<b>8. Children's Bulletins</b><br />
There are a lot of generic ones on line. I know someone who has the children turn their bulletins in after the service and she posts them on a special bulletin board for all to see. This gives the kids a sense of pride and it helps the rest of the congregation to connect with the kids. Connect, connect, connect. <br />
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You won't be able to do this right now, but on the back of my bulletins I had pictures of different people in the church. If the kids got them to sign their bulletin, they got extra credit. We give out fake money to our children for different projects. If kids turned in their bulletin the following week, we put money in their "store" account. (You can read about the different ways we taught giving with this <a href="http://www.kidfrugal.com/2015/02/helping-children-change-lives.html">here</a>.) Having them get peoples signatures helps them to _____________. (Hint, it starts with a "c.")<br />
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Here is a sample below of what I used to do.<br />
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I even had guest speakers give me questions or outlines of their sermons to use in our children's bulletins.<br />
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Next week I will give you some ideas for helping the sermon to be all-age accessible, for doing a children's focus during the service, and hints for the Pastor and staff to help make the transition to an all-age service. <br />
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If you are looking for some more help with an intergenerational service, I have included some links below. Come back next week for more ideas.</div>
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<li> <i><a href="https://www.ivpress.com/parenting-in-the-pew" target="_blank">Parenting in the Pew</a> </i>by Robbie Castleman. This book contains ideas, challenges and examples of ways you can help your children learn to worship God and participate in the worship service.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.allageworshipresources.org/about-us/" target="_blank">All Age Worship Resources</a> - this is a British web page with excellent resources on it. </li>
<li><a href="https://refocusministry.org/2015/03/14/do-not-hinder/" target="_blank">Do Not Hinder: Welcoming Kids to Worship</a> - using Jesus's words in Mark 9:36-37 the author makes an excellent point that "whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name, welcomes me;" refers to our congregations. Very motivational article.</li>
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Google "intergenerational church worship service" and you will find lots of other ideas. Have a good idea? Please share it with us. </div>
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Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-30660673470239953052020-05-31T21:54:00.000-04:002020-05-31T21:54:41.171-04:00The Butterfly Project<br />
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My regular readers may be aware that we retired from full time ministry in September. This entailed finding a new church and then getting involved. Hence, not many new posts...until now. Our new church had a genius idea I want to share with you during this COVID-19 crisis. This will still be great after the pandemic too, but it is particularly useful now.<br />
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This project was a mailing, but not just any mailing. The church purchased magic flying butterflies. If you aren't familiar with these babies, they are paper butterflies with wind up wings. The sender "winds the wings" up and places the butterfly in a card. When the receiver opens the card, the butterfly comes "flying" out.<br />
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You can order these butterflyers all over the internet, but we got ours at <a href="https://butterflyers.com/" target="_blank">this website.</a><br />
Cards were purchased at the Dollar Tree where you can get them 2 for $1.00. You could also make your own. <br />
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To make this project really special, parents were notified ahead of time that the card would be coming in the mail. You could email or text the parents, but they simply posted it in the Facebook group for their children's ministry. The children's director announced that something would be coming in the mail for the children and asked parents to film them as they opened their cards and then send the video to the church. Someone at church put the footage together and made one video which was shown during the online church service. It was a delightful surprise, and we got to "see" some of the children we hadn't seen for quite awhile. Below is the video that was shown in church.<br />
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This is a win-win project. It sends joy into the home where it is captured on film and then sent back to the church where it is shared with all. It benefited the congregation, the children's ministry, the children themselves and families.<br />
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<li>The children see themselves shown during the "big peoples" church and thus feel a part of it. </li>
<li>The ministry is kept before the church (they often do not see what goes on in kidmin). </li>
<li>Finally the children & their families receive joy when they get the cards in the first place.</li>
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Have you done any mailing projects? Let us know in the comments below.Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-59235314204229477012020-05-26T21:00:00.000-04:002020-05-27T10:50:24.019-04:00Tube People Starring in Isaac & the King<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I was in college my roommate gave me a note that said, "Procrastination is the thief of all time." Yes, I am a procrastinator. I kept thinking that I would redo the video for this post, but I realize that is not going to happen so, without further ado, here is part 2 of my tube people special.<br />
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I must admit, when I rolled these babies out I wasn't sure if they were going to go over or not. After all, "tube people," really? <b><u>I</u></b> like them, but I am a bit of a nerd. Not cool. Not a hipster. So I have been thrilled to see that this post has actually been more popular than my green screen post, which is, uh, more for the techy generation. And that encouraged me to do part 2 of this post.<br />
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I videoed myself acting the story of Isaac and the Wells (Genesis 26) to give you non-thespians an idea of how to use these tube people for story telling. Basically, you get the narrative down in your mind, and then you can even add lib a little. Like Rebecca telling Isaac that if they have to move one more time she's not coming. Maybe I took a little too much liberty there, no woman would have ever said that in those days, but it does sort of bring Rebecca to life for the kids. Once kids understand a story, you can let them act it out themselves. The key is to be uninhibited. <br />
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As I wrote in the original tube people post, you could use peg dolls, Lego people, or many other things to be "people" to act out Bible stories. Below are a few pictures of other ways I have made characters for story telling. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These "tube people" are made with Ian and Sue Coate's images. They are free on the websites listed below. </td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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You can download the Coate's Bible images on <a href="http://www.freebibleimages.org/contributors/" target="_blank">Free Bible Images</a> or on their own website, <a href="https://www.freechristianillustrations.com/" target="_blank">Free Christian Illustrations </a>. Both of these sites are worth exploring for a multitude of good illustrations and Bible figures. You can find them for almost every character and event in the Bible.</div>
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As I became more advanced in making the paper action figures above, I would make a copy of the image and then "flip" it in Word or Publisher. I ran off both copies and pasted them front and back so you could see the figures from both sides. These were a lot of work, but I saved them in a tote to reuse. You could also flatten the paper clip for storage in file folders.<br />
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You can find the free download for the Bible people printable at <a href="https://activity-mom.com/2012/09/bible-people-printable/" target="_blank">The Activity Mom</a>.<br />
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If you would like to see another demonstration of dramatizing a Bible event with paper figures, check out my <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2017/02/elijah-and-prophets-of-baal.html" target="_blank">Elijah and the Prophets of Baal post</a>. Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-82283356258475324872020-05-05T07:00:00.000-04:002020-05-26T14:17:46.750-04:00Tube People for Acting Out Bible Stories<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Make these tube people from things you already have around your house.<br />
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I coined the term "tube people," because that's what these are. People made from tubes. Complete instructions are in the video.<br />
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As parents or teachers, you can use these people to act out Bible stories. Kids can use them for the same, or just for imaginary play. In this day of tech, playing with hands on, kinesthetic items is so important. Tech is great, but I still don't think there is any substitute for good old fashioned creative play to develop the imagination. So during this time of staying at home, here's a great activity for the whole family.<br />
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<li>empty paper tubes (toilet paper, paper towel, gift wrap) AND/OR empty chip board boxes. You can also use card stock, manila file folders or anything stiff that can be rolled into a tube.</li>
<li>stapler or tape</li>
<li>pieces of cloth (can be old rags, sheets, t-shirts...you can even use tissues)</li>
<li>Sharpie (black)</li>
<li>rubber bands, yarn, twine, strips of cloth for tying on the "head dress"</li>
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<iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/414991439" width="640"></iframe>These people can be used in any number of Bible story re-tellings. Sometime in May 2020 I will post some links below to scripts I have that could be acted out with tube people. I will also have a link to a video where I actually use tube people to re-enact a Bible story so you can see how to do it (for anyone who feels inhibited, or thinks they are not creative enough to do this.) Keep checking back.<br />
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Today, with social distancing being practiced, and churches doing everything online, I noticed that my old "Green Screen" post was getting more traffic. So I am going to add a little to it in light of the present situation the coronavirus has imposed upon us.<br />
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First of all, you need a green screen. You should be able to order on online. If you can still purchase paint where you live, a great option is painting one of the walls in a class room. The advantage of this is that you don't have to take a screen up and down every time you want to film.<br />
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If you are going to paint a wall, it is worth your while to buy a gallon of the stuff the professionals use, Chroma Key Green paint. It will cost a little more, but should still come in under $50.<br />
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We got ours at a Sherwin-William’s paint store. They quite often have coupons online. The "real" stuff will provide more consistent background lighting across the wall. In a pinch, you can hang a piece of green fabric behind you. Google it for more ideas.<br />
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Once you have a green screen, you need some software to edit your movies or pictures. Windows Movie Maker (installed on most newer laptops) has a feature to do this. Filmora is another great program. It is downloadable and fairly reasonable. They have a good post <a href="https://filmora.wondershare.com/windows-movie-maker/make-green-creen-video-with-windows-movie-maker.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="59" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Table Grid"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Placeholder Text"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Revision"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="List Paragraph"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Quote"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 3"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 3"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 3"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 3"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 3"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 3"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 4"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 5"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Emphasis"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style>
/* Style Definitions */
table.MsoNormalTable
{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
mso-style-noshow:yes;
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-parent:"";
mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
mso-para-margin-top:0in;
mso-para-margin-right:0in;
mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;
mso-para-margin-left:0in;
line-height:115%;
mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
</style> <![endif]--> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
Here are just a few ways you can use it in ministry:</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;">
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Normal"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="9" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Title"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" Name="Default Paragraph Font"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="11" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtitle"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="22" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Strong"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="20" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Emphasis"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="59" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Table Grid"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Placeholder Text"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="1" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="No Spacing"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light List Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="62" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Grid Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="63" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Revision"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="34" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="List Paragraph"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="29" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Quote"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="30" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Quote"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 1"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="60" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Light Shading Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="61" SemiHidden="false"
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 1 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="64" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Shading 2 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="65" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 1 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="66" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium List 2 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="67" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 1 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="68" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false"
UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 2"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false"
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<li> Since all church is online right now, my sister films her children's church segment in front of a green screen. She flicks her finger, and she magically reappears in the church office telling the children what today's lesson is going to be about. She filmed one of her other presenters in front of the screen and then put the ocean behind him so he could be a surfer dude to explain how riding a colt was like riding a wave with a boggie board instead of a surf board. They also "hid" an object in the background for the kids to find while they watched. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth ten thousand, so I posted it below.<br />
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<li>On location announcements – use the green screen and then put a scene behind the announcer. Are you advertising a missions trip? Use a shot of a landmark from that country, or how about a wild animal ready to pounce on the announcer?<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/159440654">Mrs. Bucket and the Palm Sunday Breakfast</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user50164990">Joan Eppehimer</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
If you really want to get fancy with this style of announcement, you can pre-record someone reading their ½ of a scripted interview. Put them in front of whatever scene you want. We used a palm tree lined street in Jerusalem to advertise our Palm Sunday Breakfast. Show the video on a Sunday morning. Have the spokesperson in your sanctuary “interview” the video by reading the other ½ of the script. Click <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-WWksH_gsjMYV9kcEpPZTd3QjQ/view?usp=sharing">here </a>for a copy of the complete Mrs. Bucket scripted interview. Complete instructions for this type of video are <a href="http://kidfrugal.blogspot.com/2015/04/communicating-with-flare.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</li>
<li>Create your own slides for whatever presentation software you use. Check out this one that could be used for Easter. These pictures are courtesy of Karl Bastian, the Kidologist. You can access his full blog post <a href="https://kidologist.com/2016/02/12/making-lessons-relational/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kidologist+%28Kidologist.com%29" target="_blank">here</a>. </li>
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I met a great kidmin worker who lives overseas through doing this blog. Her work is really professional. With the current COVID-19 pandemic going on, this gal, named Kate, has been making wonderful home packs for families with children. So what's in a home pack? A simple Bible lesson you can teach, some game ideas, coloring pages and always at least one craft. If you have a printer these are great. She even gives age appropriate choices in the packs, so they range from preschool through elementary. I hope you can take advantage of these and pass the word along.<br />
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Kate collaborated with a couple of other bloggers to create these. Here is the <a href="https://www.jesus-without-language.net/kids-ministry-at-home/?fbclid=IwAR2RwpqMePYIcFIheyb1ljxgEyqZDPqAzAXtO2hjwZvo5QiIlJxPzRp6ULA" target="_blank">link</a> for the one for Palm Sunday. If you go to her site, Jesus Without Language, you will find some more home packs. These are all being offered free of charge, but you can always make a donation to Kate's ministry if you want.<br />
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Genesis 26 is about stopping and unstopping wells among other things. This is a fairly simple story with some good applications. I include a drama and flash cards at the end. In the post, <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2020/05/tube-people-for-acting-out-bible-stories.html" target="_blank">"Tube People for Acting Out Bible Stories,"</a> there are instructions for making the wells for the drama and also some other visuals you can make with your children. I show you how to tell the story using "tube people" in the post, <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2020/05/tube-people-starring-in-isaac-king.html">"Tube People Starring in Isaac & the King."</a> You can teach this lesson yourself at home using the flash cards I prepared and linked at the end of this post.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wells supplied water, an essential resource to life. </td></tr>
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In Genesis 26, Isaac confronts stopped up and stolen wells with patience and gentleness. Wells were the source of water, an essential resource to life. Stopping up a well usually meant war. According to the notes on Genesis 26:17,18 in the Life Application Bible, filling in someone's well with dirt was one of the most serious crimes in the land. Isaac had every right to fight back when the Philistines stopped up his wells (vs. 15). But he chose not to.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stopped up wells.</td></tr>
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First the Philistines stopped up all of Isaac's wells that his father had dug, because they were jealous that God was blessing Isaac. He moves (actually he is "kicked out" of where he is by King Abimelech) to the Gerar Valley and his servants dig and discover a well of fresh water. The Philistines from Gerar come and claim the spring for their own after Isaac's servants did all the work.<br />
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No problem, Isaac's men just dig another well, but again the other shepherds come and dispute over it. Isaac abandons that well too and his servants dig a third time. They strike water again, and this time there is no dispute. Isaac breaths a sigh of relief and names the place Rehoboth which means "room." The idea was that God had made room for him in the land.<br />
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Things get even better though. God appears again to Isaac reaffirming his promise to bless him and increase his offspring. Finally, the King himself seeks out Isaac, and wonder of wonders, he apologizes to him and makes a covenant with him that they will not harm each other.<br />
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Lessons to be learned from this story?<br />
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<li>When Isaac encountered trouble, he did not "run" and go to Egypt where he could have lived because God commanded him not to (vs. 2). He stayed in the land and trusted God. </li>
<li>Isaac did not demand his rights to the wells. He simply moved on and found more water. He was leaving matters in God's hands. God had told him to live in that land and he would give it to his descendants. </li>
<li>Isaac was gentle rather than demanding. He simply moved on and dug another well.</li>
<li>Isaac was patient. He had to dig wells three times until the disputes stopped.</li>
<li>Isaac persevered. He did not give up, but kept digging new wells.</li>
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We need to:<br />
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<li>Obey God (do as he instructs us)</li>
<li>Obey God even when it is difficult</li>
<li>Trust God instead of demanding things. Be gentle, not demanding. Proverbs says that a "soft answer" turns away, or diffuses someone's anger.</li>
<li>Don't give up. Isaac kept digging wells until God made room for him in the land. Galatians 6:9 teaches this principle, "Let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we don't give up." Likewise, 1 Corinthians 15:58 encapsulates this principle.</li>
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I made some flashcards for telling this story that you can download <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-PQRnCPJ-cxc-atPRi46aPvaVD1ZZ5To/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The DRAMA can be downloaded <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v_lhoHGsARxCjiY9jY-pXPgQvwOiz9MxT6qzCDNWkDI/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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If you want to print the signs for the wells, you can access them <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1piGuE38qLnN1xSUaPyeQ6suo72o0modB/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">here</a>.Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-42410506188549694022020-03-21T17:00:00.000-04:002020-03-21T17:00:00.580-04:005 Books for Instilling Values in Children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I admit it. I am somewhat of a bibliophile. Not a true blooded, died in the wool, bibliophile...but I do love books. Especially children's books. In fact my love for children's written materials actually landed me a job in the children's room of our public library. It was my favorite secular job of all times. But I digress. The purpose of this post is to introduce you to some really good children's books. Ones that will entertain, but also exemplify good values through story.<br />
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Disclaimer: As I write this, it is March 2020 and we are in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Normally I write to equip children's workers. But two things have happened. First, my husband retired and since he was a pastor, we changed churches. For now I am not working in ministry except on occasion. Secondly, everyone worldwide kind of got moved out of hands-on ministry with the coronavirus. So for the time being, I plan on writing some posts like this one, to equip those at home with children. Someday I hope someone will be reading this, and the coronavavirus disease (COVID-19) will be a thing of the past. Someday, that day will be reality, but for now, we are where we are.<br />
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So here we go.<br />
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<li>Book number one is <i>Obadiah the Bold</i> by Brinton Turkle. Turkle wrote and illustrated his own books during the 1960's and 70's.There are a total of four books in this series. Obadiah is a little Quaker boy who lives on Nantucket Island during colonial times. The characters in the books use what is called Quaker "Plain Speech." It is most noted when they address each other as thee or thou. There's a long history behind Plain Speech, but it isn't used much anymore. I think it is cool to read though. <i>Obadiah the Bold </i>tells the story of how Obadiah decides he wants to become a fearless pirate when he grows up and roam the seas to find buried treasure. "Has thee ever heard of a Quaker pirate?" his older siblings taunt him. After a somewhat harrowing time of playing pirate with those same siblings Obadiah's father takes him on his knee and teaches him about true bravery. The pictures are delightful in these books, and Obadiah's irrepressible spirit should capture your hearts. I would order from <a href="http://www.bfbooks.com/" target="_blank">Beautiful Feet Books</a>(BF Books). In cooperation with the <a href="https://www.carlemuseum.org/content/friend-among-us-art-brinton-turkle-0" target="_blank">Eric Carle Museum</a>, BF Books published new copies of <a href="http://www.bfbooks.com/The-Obadiah-Trio">three of the four books </a>with restored color in the artwork in 2018. If you must order from Amazon, make sure you get these 2018 editions. Recommended for K-3rd grade. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOos61RcygrILshUtOWL9F_kAf3mKPPYRVeCr4HL1X1TSXA8Q6Es0uhgzhfSJPea4-gCUd-rzBHQv0BX4aGBipiCOsnV4-ZxGgnKiajnXv0vkfqrCT-ySUi5hJUChtgUMFTOwwQWkjRljW/s1600/clancy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="402" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOos61RcygrILshUtOWL9F_kAf3mKPPYRVeCr4HL1X1TSXA8Q6Es0uhgzhfSJPea4-gCUd-rzBHQv0BX4aGBipiCOsnV4-ZxGgnKiajnXv0vkfqrCT-ySUi5hJUChtgUMFTOwwQWkjRljW/s320/clancy.jpg" width="257" /></a></li>
<li>Book number two is <i>Clancy's Coat</i> by Eve Bunting. This is a simple Irish tale about a coat, and a broken friendship, that both needed mending. When Tippitt's cow wanders into his friend Clancy's garden, and makes havoc of it, neither man is willing to make peace with the other. Until one day, Clancy brings an old coat to Tippitt, who is also a tailor, and tells him it needs to be turned, "Make the inside be the outside and the outside be the inside, if you get my meaning." When Clancy comes back to check on the coat, it hasn't been done yet, but Tippitt invites him to have a cup of tea, and the second time he serves him bread with it, spread with wonderful, creamy butter from Tippitt's cow. And so the reconciliation slowly takes place through repeated visits and added food each time. Values experienced: forgiveness, patience, sympathy and reconciliation. When I shared this story with the children in an after school program, we had tea, bread and butter after the story. You can even make your own butter with the children. Just get cream and pour it into a jar with a lid that seals tightly. Start shaking and pass it around. First it will turn to whipped cream, but keep shaking, and it will turn to butter. Unfortunately this book is out of print, but there are still plenty of used copies around and you can always get it from the library. Grades 1-4; ideal for grades 2-3. Available from various <a href="https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/clancys-coat_eve-bunting/406837/item/5533796/?mkwid=oHhNdxmt%7cdc&pcrid=84403170552&product=5533796&plc=&pgrid=21323627712&ptaid=pla-294817614436&utm_source=google_shopping&utm_content=oHhNdxmt%7cdc%7cpcrid%7c84403170552%7cpkw%7c%7cpmt%7c%7cproduct%7c5533796%7cslid%7c%7cpgrid%7c21323627712%7cptaid%7cpla-294817614436%7c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIx4DGxKqq6AIVTf7jBx23VAl_EAYYASABEgJYyfD_BwE#isbn=0670806986&idiq=5533796" target="_blank">bookstores</a>.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li>Book number three is <i>The Sign Painter's Dream</i> by Phillip Roth. I have actually written a whole <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2019/07/the-sign-painters-dream-modern-tale-of.html" target="_blank">post</a> with activities on this book a few years ago. This is the story of a crabby old sign painter named Clarence (nice alliteration...crabby Clarence) and a small gray-haired women and George Washington. Clarence's only soft spot is history books, especially Revolutionary War ones. When the pleasant woman asks him to make her a sign, for free, Clarence about blows his top. But that night, General George Washington comes to him in a dream and Clarence has a change of heart. He does make the sign, he makes it for free and he makes it glorious and magnificent, just like she asked for. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I almost think the picture of the sign is worth the price of the book. Among the values taught are generosity, kindness, hard work and cheerfulness. Ages 4-8. This one is out of print too, but you can find it used on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Sign-Painters-Dream-Reading-Rainbow/dp/0517885417" target="_blank">Amazon</a> or at your local library. I saw a few on eBay too.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<li> Lastly, book number five is <i>Hooway for Wodney Wat</i> by Helen Lester. I will warn you that some feel this book does not teach good values, but more on that at the end. I first encountered this book when one of my library coworkers used it for a preschool story time. I recently gave it to a four year old at a party and one of the other little boys piped up, "I know that story, he can't say his "r's" and he makes the bully go away." Proof it will lure even reluctant readers through its strong story. Wodney is really Rodney, but he can't pronounce his "r's." All the kids make fun of him for this, especially the new student, Camillia, who arrives announcing she is bigger, meaner and smarter than all the other rodents. Poor Wodney takes a virtual beating through teasing, and so he takes to pulling his sweater up over his head and just sort of peaking out. Then one day they play Simon Says and it is Rodney's turn to be Simon. The bully doesn't realize that Rodney can't say his "r's" and so when he tells the class to "Wead the sign." everyone but Camillia reads it. She weeds it. Now here is where it gets tricky. I always read it as though Rodney was just leading, and each of the commands he gave were not premeditated to bring about the final result (except by Helen Lester of course). It never even crossed my mind that Rodney might have purposely given the last command to get rid of Camellia. I always just thought it happened, and so he accidentally became a hero. Just what is the third and final command Simon gives? "Go west." While the class lies down to rest, Camillia walks west, never to be seen again. And the kids don't make fun of Rodney anymore, he is now a hero. So, I leave this one up to you. Take it, as I naively did until I read others reviews today, that Rodney simply was giving commands, and his last one was perfect, because it had the effect of Camillia leaving. Or you can analyze it and say it was premeditated, and then it might not be such a good story to read. True, the children do laugh at Camillia when she begins to mistake Rodney's directives, and this is not a positive value. However, I want to point out that Rodney never subverts to meanness or bullying tactics. If his solution was premeditated, he chose a non-violent way to solve a problem. Value taught: "Vengeance is mine says the Lord, I will repay." Think about it, who made the rat's mouth? God. So who gave him the speech impediment? God. And who used the impediment to save the day? That one is up for grabs apparently, but remember who gave Rodney, or Wodney, his gift of speech. Ages preschool - grade 2. Available at bookstores (you may have to special order), <a href="https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/hooway-for-wodney-wat-by-helen-lester/" target="_blank">online</a> and in your library. </li>
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When I worked in the children's room at our public library we changed up the decorations with the seasons. Leaves for fall, snow for winter, and flowers and raindrops for spring. So I utilized the idea in our kidmin space at church.<br />
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We did stars in December to go along with the Christmas lessons and kept them up until after Epiphany. In the spring, we did butterflies and dragon flies and let the children color them. When we took them down, I sent the ones they had colored home with them.<br />
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If you have a suspended ceiling in your space, this is really easy to do. Just use a paperclip or binder clips to attach fish line to the metal grids between the ceiling tiles. It is a little tedious to punch holes in each item, cut the line, thread it through and knot it. I make little loops on the end that will go around the paper clip. If you use binder clips, you don't even need to make a loop at the one end of the fish line, just clip it to the grid. When using paper clips, I always used white ones so they blended in with the tiles.<br />
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Why decorate for the seasons? Kids notice it, and so do parents. It says to me that you care enough about the children coming that you want to make their space special. I didn't always do this, but whenever I did, the children loved it. You can watch the video below to see what we did.<br />
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If you are interested in learning how we decorated our walls in the J.A.M. Center, you can read about it in several posts. You can link to several sites that provide the materials to draw the designs in my post <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2015/08/diy-theming-that-doesnt-look-like-you.html">DIY Theming That Doesn't Look Like You Did it Yourself.</a> <br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/394835547">Snowflakes</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/joaneppehimer">Joan Eppehimer</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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Like any self-respecting blogger, I love to check my stats. Lately I have noticed people visiting my Hosea for Kids post. I love the story of Hosea. It is rich with God's mercy. So I am excited that people may actually be teaching the truth of this story to children.<br />
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There is absolutely no reason to get into what a prostitute is to teach the truth of Hosea. All children need to understand is that Hosea's wife left him for someone else, never mind that it may have been 10 or 20 someone else's. This is such a gripping, literal object lesson. As there are so many children of divorce or abandonment today, kids have seen this phenomenon firsthand. It is not difficult for them to understand how Hosea must have felt. They may have seen a parent's hurt as their mom or dad left for someone else. They may have experienced the hurt of a parent simply leaving, abandoning the family. You can bridge from any of this to help them connect with what is happening in the book of Hosea and their own relationship with God.<br />
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For those of you who have never conquered this book, the story is simple. Hosea represents God. Hosea's wife, Gomer, represents Israel (or today she would represent an individual Christian or the church, depending how you want to study it). In case you don't know it, Gomer is a prostitute. God tells Hosea to marry her. They marry, have kids, and then she up and leaves to pursue another lover. After awhile, God tells Hosea to go after her. He not only pursues her, he pays a hefty price to buy her back.<br />
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You can go back to the original <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2017/05/his-love-never-gives-up-hosea-for-kids.html" target="_blank">Hosea post</a> to see all the visuals for teaching this. My point here is to encourage you to teach it. The message is powerful. Children are so much more open than adults, and they know what it is like to be hurt. Even just a friend who turns on them hurts. So they get how Hosea felt.<br />
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That part is not hard to convey. Then you need to let them understand Hosea represents God, and how much God loves us. He told Hosea to go after Gomer, even after she had left him and was being unfaithful. It is a picture of God's deep, steadfast love for us despite that we turn our backs on him many times. Children need to know how great God's love is for them, especially in a world that lacks stability.<br />
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The second lesson from Hosea comes in when you help children to understand that we are Gomer, and to see how Christians can be unfaithful to God. We all KNOW how to be unfaithful, but it is more difficult to recognize it in ourselves.<br />
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I remember as a college student someone gave me a track that talked
about sin. I had no idea what sin was. I sure knew how to do it, but at
the time I had no concept of what the term conveyed. I
am convinced if we could clearly see our unfaithfulness, it would go a
long way to help us to change.<br />
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Unfaithfulness looks like this:<br />
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<li>God pursues us and we enter into a
covenant relationship with him when we take Jesus as our savior. That
relationship is like a marriage relationship in many ways, and so the
story of Hosea and Gomer speaks to that relationship. </li>
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put our desires, our wants, our will in place of what God wants, it
breaks our relationship with God. It is like having an idol, or as in
Gomer's case, another lover. We may not be worshipping a statue, but we
have something that is more important to us than God...ourselves. I can
still hear Ravi Zachareus preaching about this message. He quotes from
Hosea 4:17 in regard to Israel (Ephraim) "Ephraim is joined to idols,
leave him alone." </li>
<li>When we join ourselves to ourselves (our desires, our
goals, our wishes, our dreams, our plans), we might as well be joined to
an idol. And that certainly is not what God wishes.</li>
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struggle with this all of the time. The wonderful thing is that God
wants us to be close to him even more than we want it, and so he will
help us. It is the same issue I taught about in the Acts 19 lesson where
the Ephesians were so committed to God, they burned over one million
dollars worth of sorcery materials. How do you stay in that committed covenant
relationship with God and not go after the idols of self? You use the
four anchors for keeping God at the center instead of yourself. You can
read about it in <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2018/07/keeping-god-at-center.html" target="_blank">Keeping God Central</a>.<br />
In conclusion, the things to drive home from Hosea are<br />
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<li>God's undying love for us - this is very comforting and stabilizing for youngsters in today's turbulent world</li>
<li>What unfaithfulness (idolatry) looks like in a Christian and how that hurts God </li>
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<li>Strive to stay true to God and don't "leave" him for these other things (our desires, wishes, wants...such as wanting to be popular, wanting to be liked, wanting things and so on). To teach this concept, check out my post, <a href="https://www.kidfrugal.com/2018/07/keeping-god-at-center.html" target="_blank">Keeping God at the Center</a>.</li>
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Frances Rivers has written a wonderful fictional book based on Hosea called, Redeeming Love. If you need help believing in God's love, this book is a great source for that. It is <span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="e24Kjd">a historical romance novel set in the 1850s Gold Rush in California. The central character, Angel, is sold into prostitution as a child. Eventually landing in California, a man named Michael Hosea, obeys God's call to marry Angel and from here on in the story unfolds God's love for us through Michael's unconditional love for Angel. Its central theme is the redeeming love of God towards sinners. I highly recommend this book. </span></span><br />
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<br />Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-16091885959011910552019-08-26T17:06:00.001-04:002021-10-21T18:22:38.395-04:00Stability in a World of Instability<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In the summer of 2018, my husband and I were on a medical leave of absence in Chapel Hill, NC. He participated in an experiment for a pharmaceutical company testing a new type of treatment for the rare disease he has. We were put up in a lovely apartment for three months. My husband's nephew also participated and so his nephew and sister were in the same complex and we got to enjoy each others company all summer long. It was an idyllic summer with lots of sunshine, new friends, new places to go, old friends to reconnect with, swimming in the pool and not a lot of responsibility. It was wonderful and my soul drank in every minute of it.<br />
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The apartment had it's own laundry room, complete with a new washer and dryer and wire shelving on an entire wall. One day while I was doing the wash, I pulled the bottle of Purex laundry detergent from that shelving and a memory came flooding over me. I had gone to the Walmart in Chapel Hill by myself to buy that bottle of detergent because I knew I could get the size and brand I wanted there. I remembered the heat. I remembered clearly where I had parked the car. I remembered the traffic when I left the parking lot. But most of all, I remembered it was well over a month ago that all of that happened. We still had a lot of time in Chapel Hill. Leaving to go home was not even on my mind that day at Walmart. The memory was so strong my body could still conjure up how the heat had felt that day and I could still remember the entire summer stretching before me.</div>
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As I set about washing towels for perhaps the last time in Chapel Hill, and as I poured out the depleting laundry detergent into the lid, this wave of emotion just came over me - like when you are at the Jersey shore in the ocean, and you don't see the wave coming up on you until it is too late. It came out of nowhere and its darkness spread its tentacles over my spirit that had been so gay a moment before. Our time in North Carolina was almost gone. We were leaving in six days. </div>
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As I stood there with the bottle in hand, I felt how we cannot hang onto anything, I felt the fleetingness of life and moments. I felt my total lack of control over any of it, try as I had to hold onto all the moments and seize the day during our time there. The day was still coming that we would have to leave. A sadness hung over my spirit. It cast its dark tentacles deep into my normally joyful soul, unfurling gloominess and snuffing out all gladness in my being. This went on for awhile as I went about my work, and then, the comfort came. It came from God's Holy Spirit. It was almost as if he put the knowledge in my soul that come what may, He will never be moving or leaving or changing or depleting. He is the surety, the stability - the one I can anchor my soul in. The rock that is higher than I am. He is the ONLY sure thing in my life, or any of our lives. But what a surety he is. As the truth of this knowledge became apparent to me, it was as if the petals of my soul were unfurled by it. The darkness was dispersed. The truth in the Bible is something we can anchor our souls in. James 1:17 says "there is no variation or shifting shadow" with God and Malachi 3:6 teaches, "I the LORD do not change." That is what makes God the rock we can utterly depend upon.</div>
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from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint.</div>
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I don't know what life has brought your way, but I do know that none of us can control it. I hope that you have found the rock that is higher than you are and are anchored in Him so that come what may, you have anchored your soul in God. When those moments come - and you never know when they will - remember the one who never changes and pray with David, "lead me to the rock that is higher than I." Thank God that because of who he is, he IS higher than us, he IS a rock and he can ALWAYS answer that prayer, because he is the LORD who does not change.<br />
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Joan Eppehimerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08438901838542084608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044442481144396224.post-74422218612548289222019-07-24T17:00:00.001-04:002020-09-20T16:32:16.601-04:00How to Host a Shoebox Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A few years ago I was asked to create an event that the whole family could attend and interact together at. I planned a shoebox party for Operation Christmas Child (OCC).<br />
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If you have never heard of OCC, it is a relief program run by Samaritan's Purse. People pack shoeboxes with a variety of small items such as hygeine, school supplies, toys and clothing. OCC sends the shoeboxes all over the world to needy children. You could also make your own shoeboxes and send them to a local shelter or group homes instead of through OCC (just don't use their boxes!).<br />
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A shoebox party not only offers something families can do together, it is an event the whole church can participate in, making it an inter-generational event as well as a family event. It gets even better though. One of the things I like best about an OCC Party is that the kids are making something for someone else, not themselves. That makes it a service event as well. So a shoebox packing party is like three events rolled into one.<br />
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Organizing the Event:<br />
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1.Get the supplies to put in the boxes. Use the OCC website to get up to date ideas and learn what CANNOT be included. Click <a href="https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/packing-parties/" target="_blank">here</a> to get started.<br />
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<li>We usually start asking our congregation in late July when school supplies go on sale. Some people collect all year long for us. </li>
<li>We also do some type of fundraiser to obtain money to purchase more items. You can have a field trip to the Dollar Store and give each child a certain amount of money and let them buy things for the event. The youth group could also do this part. Or send someone to the store who is a good bargain hunter. I usually give categories to my "shoppers" of the types of items I want them to purchase.</li>
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2. Shoeboxes: Determine a goal of how many boxes you want to fill<br />
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<li>Purchase from <a href="https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/order-pre-printed-shoeboxes/" target="_blank">OCC</a> (they have plastic and cardboard)</li>
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<li>Or get free ones from shoe stores</li>
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3. Rubber bands - you need one to secure each box<br />
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4. Labels, scissors, black marker or pen, tape - The labels are included in the How to Pack a Shoebox brochure. You can order them free from OCC<a href="https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/order-materials/" target="_blank"> here</a>. The scissors are so people can cut the label out that they chose (boy or girl). The marker/pen is to mark the age you chose. The tape is so they can tape the label on the box. We used packing tape because it covers the whole label. (If you chose to track your boxes, then you will pay and print the labels ahead of time. Click <a href="https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/follow-your-box/" target="_blank">here</a> for that link.)<br />
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1. Decide if you want any DIY stations. You can make <a href="https://joywithpurpose.com/homemade-fishing-kits/" target="_blank">fishing kits</a>, <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/c0/b0/ee/c0b0eeaf712f8dbe257d99733b208034.jpg" target="_blank">jewelry kits</a>, <a href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/25/64/7e25643e002515354e0cbcf0869433a9.gif" target="_blank">sewing kits</a> or <a href="http://www.lubirdbaby.com/2011/01/princess-wand-tutorial.html" target="_blank">craft items</a> to give as gifts. You can find instructions on how to make these kits and others on Pinterest. Check out my OCC board <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/jobones7/operation-christmas-child/" target="_blank">here</a>. Gather the supplies needed to make these items.<br />
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2. Divide all your loot up into categories. We usually have a hygiene table, tool table, school supplies (arts & crafts can be here too unless you have too much), clothing (separated by age and sex), "wow" items (something pretty cool - ONE per box), a table where you can make a homemade card and write a note and the DIY tables where you make your own kits and crafts.<br />
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3. Making signs for each table helps people find them better. We also made little maps up of the church.<br />
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4. Promote. OCC has <a href="https://www.samaritanspurse.org/operation-christmas-child/order-materials/" target="_blank">free posters</a>. I also made <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DADGcCDKY90/share?role=EDITOR&token=afrIeXtvUphRl6dcZZ6CBQ&utm_content=DADGcCDKY90&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton" target="_blank">post cards</a> and bulletin inserts to advertise the event. OCC has free graphics you can download.<br />
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6. Host the event! We included a spaghetti dinner and held the party on a Friday night. We also invited a missionary who had been in Peru when OCC boxes were distributed. She helped everyone to understand what the children had liked there. In particular, the kids wanted her to read the cards and notes that were in some of the boxes. Notice how intent our people were at this station after learning that!<br />
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7. Get a group shot at the end for your local paper and celebrate what you did as a team.<br />
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Some extra ideas for fun: I had a giant white board and marker. It said "boy" on one side and "girl" on the other. Every time someone made a box, they marked it under the appropriate category. We had a goal to do at least 15 boxes for boys. If they did a "boy" box, they also go to ring the bell by the board. We surpassed our goal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making fishing kits.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "wow" item table</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An inter-generational event!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Set up for the spaghetti dinner we had before we packed boxes. We put the labels at each place so people could decide ahead of time who they would make a box for.</td></tr>
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