Searching for VBS theme ideas 2019? Here's how to choose the perfect VBS for YOUR church--use these Vacation Bible School theme ideas, updated for 2019!
Make this caterpillar into butterfly craft with free printables! It's like magic! The caterpillar goes into the chrysalis and then turns into a butterfly.
Embark on a creative journey with around the world preschool crafts. Explore cultures through fun & educational crafts for little learners. Week 2 -
A rangoli is a colourful design made on the floor near the entrance to a house to welcome guests. At Diwali, Hindus draw bright Rangoli patterns to encourage the goddess Lakshmi to enter their homes. All About Rangoli, and Rangoli Crafts For Kids Here at Activity Village you can learn about rangoli by looking at photos and videos, print out some rangoli colouring pages for a simple colouring activity, try out some rangoli fuse bead patterns as a quick and non-messy craft idea, or have a go at some of our more extensive craft projects, which take you through designing and creating rangoli of your own with many different ingredients. Find out all about rangoli and explore our rangoli crafts below...
This Taj Mahal Art Project for Kids is STUNNING and only requires a few art materials that you might already have in your art closet. Pair this beauty with a unit study on India for a rounded out homeschool lesson.
Use pulses (red and green lentils and white rice) to create the flag of India with your kids! Other examples of DIY Indian flags as well.
This Republic Day, teach kids about India's national symbols through these 7 Indian National Symbol Crafts for Kids. National animal, bird, fruit & more!
Time for some animal crafts! We're venturing into the Indian jungle to make an elephant, a tiger and a peacock puppet out of paper plates, inspired by posts on Activity Village. We tried to do all of them on a rainy morning, which I wouldn't really recommend. The Whirl Girl loves her projects and even by the end of it, she was sick of them and ready to just play. But individually, they shouldn't be too much work. First up, an elephant. You can tell that she's Indian because she's all decorate like elephants in India often are. Like this one (photo from National Geographic): Supplies: paper plate (we used a small one) gray (or black and white) paint gray paper wooden chopstick or something similar glue-on eyes or black paper decorations (optional) Step One: Paint the plate gray. Step Two: Add decorations. We cut out paper and ribbons that I had. Step Three: Glue on trunk and eyes. Step Four: Glue on ears. The Whirl Girl decided these needed some decoration too, this time with crayons. Step Five: Attach chopstick to the back to make it a puppet. Introduce to other Indian jungle friends.
Jungle themed bookmark craft for children
Super simple craft for a DIY Paper Spinner, keeping the kids entertained this summer as part of the Make and Takes summer series Get Out and Play!
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A non-toxic slime solution.
This Sunday School lesson salvation is memorable for kids with a fun Wordless Book Cross Craft for Kids that includes a free printable.
Print This CraftAmerican Indigenous children created their own means of entertainment like this Indigenous Peoples Ball and Triangle Game. The ... Read More
Learning about the different countries of the world can be lots of fun! Our country themed crafts will enhance your geography unit studies on India.
A glittering ocean in a bottle. Make a seashell filled ocean sensory bottle with simple materials for an ocean themed unit.
A bendable snake made from a paper plate for St. Patrick's Day crafts. The Paper Plate Wiggle Snake is an easy craft for elementary aged children.
We had so much fun making this peacock craft for Multicultural Kid Blogs as part of the Cutting Tiny Bites Around the World Series! Click on the link or the
Looking for some fun lessons for teaching children (and getting them excited!) about Jesus, can kind of be difficult. Especially when you have children in your classroom that can range in age from three months to almost 6th grade. I found this on Pinterest- Fizzy Forgiveness Prayer Station. What I really loved about this was the fact that you can take something relatively easy to find (fizzy tablets) and turned it into something really cool! Kids LOVE fizz. Even I as an adult, feel child like exuberance when I see fizz. There is something just so awesome about effervescence. I took this fizz idea and made it my own. Sometimes to come up with a cool idea, we just need a little help from above-and others! My lesson was to teach children about prayer. I don't think you can stress enough, the importance of building a strong relationship with our Lord. Prayer does this along with reading His word. Welcome to the lesson of: "Jesus Gets Excited When You Pray!" I used 1 Timothy 2:1-6 (NLT). I wanted to stress that Jesus hears all prayers, not just prayers that come from adults, and we should pray for everyone! Also, I wanted the children to understand what praying actually means. I looked up and printed out the definition, and some easier words, to help describe what it means to pray. After we took turns reading and discussion what prayer means and how it applies to the verse I showed the kids what happens when we pray. I used two glasses and filled them with some regular tap water and for extra "fizz" some sparkling water. I went to our local City Market and bought these Alka Seltzer generic tablets. We got 30 tables for roughly $2. I wanted to make sure we had enough for two child, at the very least. I allowed the children to pick what color we would make the water-they chose green, purple. My children at home chose orange. I had them gather around and I said, "Tell me how this makes you feel." I dropped a tablet into the water and it immediately began to fizz. The excitement on their faces was extremely evident and also, they said it was pretty cool. I asked them if it was exciting to watch the fizz, and they all said, "Yes!" I told them, that every time we pray to Jesus, that's how he feels. He feels excited, because we're building a relationship with him. We're talking to him, we're including him in our lives. Jesus loves us so much and he wants to be a part of our lives. I handed each kid two tablets (there are two in each pack) and said that each one of us could pray together for someone or about something in their lives. I also gave them personal discretion that if they didn't feel comfortable praying out loud, we would just pray in agreement silently with them. To watch the kids pray with excitement was just amazing! I know it partly had to do with the fizzy tablets they got to play with, but we also got to watch them gain understanding that praying is a good thing. Praying can be fun! If it's fun to go to the movies, shouldn't it be fun to spend time praying to God too? I think so! Also, I told the kids, after we had gotten into a few prayers, that we needed to be quiet and listen. They could hear the fizzing noise in action. I said sometimes that's how God works. He answers our prayers, but sometimes we have to be quiet and listen. God is a gentleman and he never forces us to do anything. At the end of the class, I allowed the kids to save up their fizzes and they all dropped their remaining ones in together to see if they could over flow the water (which of course they managed to do! I'm pretty sure that was the one silent prayer we had!!). We finished up the lesson with another coloring page from TwistyNoodle! I mentioned them before in our Lamb of God lesson we did over Resurrection Sunday. I hope you found this fun and can some how use it to teach your kids about how awesome and amazing Jesus Christ is! Just an FYI-I have a few left over tablets and I kept the orange glass out for our kids, and when they pray I let them drop a fizz into the water. Make sure to monitor your kids too! If you use the alka seltzer tablets, make sure they don't eat them or drink the water that you use. I'm not sure what exactly could happen, but we don't need to try to imagine it either! Have fun sharing and learning about God! I'd love to hear your ideas or how you've incorporated this into your own lessons and teaching! Do you follow me on Facebook? Do you follow me on Pinterest? You should! Stick around and check out some of my other blog posts! Leave a comment, too! Pin It
Learn how to create a desert diorama to display the plants and animals you would find in a desert habitat.
Need youth group games? We have 50 of them, and they are all no prep youth group games! Perfect for groups as little as 3 and as big as 100. Check out these 50 no prep youth group games that are not dodgeball!
Easy Build Rubber Band Slingshot! No Adhesives!: Are you bored? Looking for something awesome to build for cheap that will help kill huge amounts of time? IF yes, THEN THIS INSTRUCTABLE IS FOR YOU! This Instructable will give step by step instructions on how to construct a low cost slingshot only …
Two solitaire board games you can make yourself and are guaranteed to keep your kids busy for some screen-free brain building fun. You need lots of patience!
Cute and super fun rocking elephant. Made using paper plate, this craft is easy to make and is a simple DIY toy for kids.
Finally, I have managed to scan and clean the rest of this cute coloring book. Over the next week I will post all of the remaining countries in no particular order. You can find the previously posted countries by clicking on these links:
washi tape rain sticks craft for kids. Simple DIY instrument to make
Download this free Job coloring page showing Job with all of his children and animals at the beginning of his story....
Pass It On is a simple game for VBS or youth group. It only requires some rolls of toilet paper and can be played indoors or outdoors. This makes it a good option if you have to suddenly change plans due to rain or other circumstances beyond your control.
Today I am sharing a super crafty idea from Creative Play in BKK (a primary school teacher and mom of 2!) She dyed bags of rice for the kids to play in! Make sure you are always