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 w...

I admit it, I am a perfectionist. And I don't always take no for an answer. Sometimes that turns out to be a good thing. Like when ...

Chalk Board Table from Joan Eppehimer on Vimeo . We had some old tables hanging around the church. For about $10 you can get a quart o...

We made this really cute polar bear cave with crinkled up white paper (actually used same paper in 2 churches), cotton batting, "B...

We made this Sunken Treasure Shop with all repurposed equipment. We borrowed an old trunk and an old barrel. We raided our wise men and k...

I found some more pictures from week 1 of Ocean Commotion VBS. This treasure chest was for the kids to put their offering in. There...

Sea Turtles, bubbles and seaweed. We recently completed the first week of a 2-part VBS. Here are some of the decorations. Like the bubbl...

Ever seen these babies in the nursery? No, not the father/daughter team, the cribs. A few years ago we decided it was time to do a nu...

In my last blog post I wrote about some DIY tools available through online sites to theme, remodel, or just spruce up your children’s ar...

Earlier, I wrote a blog post about the DIY remodel of the children’s area in our church building. I wanted to do the work ourselves to ...

Four years ago I began working my way into leadership of the children’s ministry in our church. There were a lot of changes to be ma...

This room came about when we were doing a VBS a few years back. The program had scenery you could project onto the wall of a room to ...

This was a simple project. I had seen this really cool room on Debbie Jackson's blog for the story of Queen Esther. I fell in love wit...

When I redid my 1940s classroom, I stripped it down to the plain walls and one table. I took the bulletin and chalk boards down...

For my first remodel challenge, I attacked one of the rooms used for a Sunday School class in our children's area. Since the room...

I love this tree because it is 3D AND you can make it from used paper.  If you have brown or black paper that you have used for a ...

Our children’s ministry is located in the 1940s wing of our church facility. Needless to say, it is old. It needed a big overhaul, but ...