Have a seat at my Table

Birthday Bingo - Church Wide, Family or Children's Event

Bingo with a twist!

Set up and decorate tables to represent the 12 months. For instance, decorate the January table with the New Year celebration items. February with Valentine's Day items, etc. Depending on the size of your church, you may have to set more tables together for each month.

As guests arrive, they find their birth month table and have a seat. This will encourage new friendships and make for some interesting conversation.

Invite the women to "have a seat" at your table by hosting a What's Cooking event.

Invite the ladies to drag out their kitchen gadgets and help the children cook/bake some delicious treats!

January 13th is National Sticker Day! Gather around the table and create journals, thank you cards, prayer cards, or whatever you choose...using stickers! The sky is the limit!

Family Fun Night!

Calendar Planning 

Toast to a Brand New Year. Create a 10', 20' or even a 30' "Toast" bar with all the toppings! You can customize  your toast bar to fit any budget...from simple to elaborate!

Spread the Love!

Host a peanut butter drive for those affected by food insecurities.

Spreading Kindness One Jar At A Time!

Grandparents' Day is in September each year. Celebrate the grandparents in your church by setting up a fun photo booth with hats, scarves, shawls, etc.

Ensure that your children invite their grandparents to church on Grandparents' day and encourage your grandparents in your church  to invite their grandchildren as well.

Take your children on a hands-on journey through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ by making resurrection biscuits.

Simple 2-Sided Flash cards provide a visual for the children while the back provides easy to follow...step by step topics and instructions for the leaders.

C.A.R.D.S. - CHRIST ALONE REDEEMS AND DELIVERS SINNERS!

This event can be used as a family fun night or a fun learning activity in the classroom!

Challenge Your Families to a "House of Cards" Competition

Who can build a house using all 54 cards?

The possibilities are endless!

Looking for something a little different? Host a Milk and Bookies event and share the simplest of gifts...a book!

Here's a new twist to an old favorite...Face Painting!

Instead of the traditional face painting try giving the children brushes and letting them paint each others faces. You may choose to allow them to paint with their hands...or even better, allow them to paint with their mouth!

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Let's make some Oooey, Gooey, Slime!

Make it by the bucket, make it by the bowl, make it by the cup! Whatever method you use, it is Fun! Fun! Fun!

Slip and Slide with a Twist - Event can be done as a simple SLIP & Slide activity if desired

Tempera, Powder Paint, Water/Paint Shooters

Pizza, Paint and Praise

Get your creativity on while enjoying Pizza and Praise Music

Gather up all the junk you can find and get ready for an unforgettable  "Junk 2 Jewels" Family fun night or stand alone children's event. Each family/child will use "Junk" to create a one of a kind masterpiece. 

Thankful Tom the Traveling Turkey. A Fun Family Thanksgiving Day activity. Disguise Tom, take him with you on Thanksgiving day. Click the tab above for more details

Have a pizza day or night coming up soon?

Download these (2) free digital flyers by clicking on the link above.

Fall is on the way and what better way to celebrate than with a Silly Slippers and Hot Chocolate?

Perfect for time change Sunday!

World's Largest Ice Cream Sundae

Water Olympics

Get ready to get wet!

It's water, water everywhere on Water Olympics Day!

Celebrate Spring with a Mad Hatters Day!

Children/Families/Church will create hats, participate in a parade and compete for prizes. 

The Sunday following a major holiday is always a noisy and active day...and when the holiday lands on a Saturday, you know that the following day is going to be wild!

You can change this but simply changing the lighting, the seating arrangement, and all the "things as usual" routine.

Hosting a "Pop-Tarts and Pajamas (Missions) or a "Pancakes and Pajamas" Event?

Use these cute flyers to promote and build excitement for your event!

Super Selfie Scavenger Hunt Challenge your children to a 30 Day on-line Super Selfie Scavenger Hunt.

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Back to School! What do you get when you mix a Back to School Celebration and National Waffle Day  A Back to School Wacky Waffle Day! Dress Wacky!

Waffle Cones or Frozen Waffles are perfect too!

The new school year will be here before you know it and there will be LOTS of children in need of school supplies.

Host a "Stuff the Bus" school supply drive in your community and help families...or teachers obtain supplies that are needed.

What do you get when you cross a giant ice block, ice cream in a bag and other cold activities? The Big Freeze! Perfect fun for a hot day!

Rootin' Tootin'

Summer Roundup

12 Weeks of Rootin' Tootin' Summer Fun!

Kick off your summer right with a wild and crazy "Messy Fun Night" Kids will LOVE you for it!

Looking for a meaningful Easter event? Try an Easter Nature Walk and Scavenger Hunt. Easy and Memorable Event

Add a photo booth to any event and get ready for fun! fun! fun! 

Set up the booth, provide a few props and let the kids do the rest. 

Celebrate your children's special day with one of these cute "Happy Birthday Babies" designs. Use them in your powerpoints, create postcards with them, etc. 

Wonders of Winter Wildlife 

Build and paint “Love Nests” for all of our feathered “Love Bird” friends, making feeder crafts, and learning about many of our woodland friends!

It's Date Night

A visual art collaboration that represents all the things you care about as a couple.

Decadent valentine treats at each art station.

Planning a downtown carnival, festival, or parade? Looking for some fun and creative ways to get your church noticed? Check out these GREAT ideas!

Nerf Wars

CREATE NEW FLYER AND PAGE

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Adopt a Pet

Stuffed Animal Adoption. Complete with FREE Adoption Certificate downloads.

WHERE'S WALLY? 

The real question should

be ...Where "isn't" Wally?​Community Family Event. 

Kick-off your "ALL PETS" Summer by hosting a petting zoo.

Engage your Pastor by hosting a "Pancakes with the Pastor" morning! The perfect way for the children to meet and interact with the Pastor.

Looking for a fun mid-summer activity? Try hosting a 777 day.

07/07 @7:07...7 Games in 77 Minutes. You can host this event at different times by simply switching the numbers to fit the day and month.

Invite them to your table!

Looking for a way to grow your children's ministry? Host fun "Bring a friend" days!

You can choose from once a month, quarterly, or every Sunday for one month... whatever works best for you!

Have the children load up their plates, gather around the table, and enjoy special treats while you teach a special lesson on "Friends from the Bible." Ruth and Naomi, David and Jonathan, Jesus and His Disciples, etc.

Did you know that long table events are the "thing" right now?

What better way to build on our "Unity", Gather Around the Table theme, than to host a "Build a Bigger Table" friendship day!

Set up one table and add chairs to both sides. Add a colorful tablecloth and attach the (foam) headboard with double-sided tape. 

Challenge the children to invite friends and build a bigger table. Attach the footboard when the table is complete.

How big will your table be?

Making the Bible Come Alive through Doodles! 

Unleash your creativity and imagination!

Gathering around the table has always been an important part of life. Playing games, sharing a meal, or engaging in a fun family activity can bring friends and family closer together, creating special moments and lasting memories.

Follow along was we take a seat at the table!

Happy Birthday, Jesus Food Drive - Collect cake mixes, frosting mixes, candles, party horns, streamers, balloons, tissue paper, etc.

Fill small brown paper bags with enough supplies to host a birthday party for Jesus. Place a couple of bags in each little free pantry in your community so those less fortunate can celebrate the birth of Jesus with their very own 'Happy Birthday Jesus' party.

A Fruit of the Spirit canned fruit drive is just one way you can support those in need. Children/families will learn how to give a helping hand to those in need while learning God's Word. Take it even further by hosting a church-wide Fruit of the Spirit night. Get creative!

Teach your children to

"Bee Kind"

"Bee" Compassionate"

"Bee" a Loyal Friend"

"Bee" Discerning"

"Bee" Forgiving"

"Bee" Helpful"

"Bee" Thankful"

"Bee" Giving"

Resurrection Rolls

Help your children learn about Jesus' last days on Earth by making resurrection rolls/biscuits. ​

Saddle Up, It's Time to Ride!

Back to School (or anytime) Roundup!

Send them back to school with a Back-to-School Roundup!

Dress in your favorite cowboy/wrangler clothes, play cowboy/wrangler/western games, enjoy hot dogs or other campfire treats (including s'mores), and remember to play western tunes...or even better, add "around the campfire" guitar music to your event.

National Ice Cream Day is the 3rd Sunday in July. Celebrate the day by hosting a Bring your own topping family event.

I scream, You scream, We all scream for ice cream!

How many ways can you host an ice cream event? The possibilities are endless! 

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Let's make some COOL, COLORFUL string art! Note: You can make this a two-week/two-day event if you choose! 

Great way to get the men involved in your children's ministry.

Gather some empty water bottles and some colorful sand and you are ready for ANY beach theme activities. Find out how by clicking the link above!

Grab some water shooters, several packages of Kool-Aid and water and you are ready for Kool-Aid Wars.

12 Weeks of Summer Fun

Family Scavenger Hunt - Unraveling the mysteries of Easter.

Send your families on a 7-day Easter Scavenger Hunt...exploring the footsteps of Jesus!

The Twelve Days of Christmas 
Get ready for 12 AMAZINGLY fun days when you host a 12 Days of Christmas event.

Backwards Sunday/Time Change Sunday

Try something new for time change Sunday! Backwards Sunday! Wear your hat backward, wear your socks over your shoes, wear your shirt wrong side out. etc. Get creative!

Be the first in your neighborhood to host a Touch a Truck/Trunk or Treat event!

 Click link above for more information!

Send them back to school with an Ice Cream Blast. Create a giant sundae, make ice cream in a bag or churn your own ice cream. The sky's the limit.

Black Out Sunday - Total Eclipse

It's getting cold outside and what better way to keep warm than with a nice hot cup of chocolate?

Create a 20' Hot Chocolate Bar with tons of toppings, kick off a winter mission, go caroling and then warm up afterward, or simply enjoy a chocolatey cup of cocoa...anytime!

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Get ready for all of your favorite vintage cartoons characters at our "Saturday Morning Retro Cartoon" event. 

Daylight Savings Time Ends!

Looking for new to celebrate the ending of Daylight Savings Time? Try an Upside Down and Backwards Day where everything is a little bit...wacky!

Encourage attendance by celebrating Willy Wonka Day throughout the month of October.

Who will get the golden

ticket(s)?

Bring your moms and dads together for a special "time of prayer" before sending their children back to school! Serve donuts in the children's area for the children....while moms and dads have their own special time together in the family life center!

 Celebrate National Watermelon Day (August) by hosting a Family Fun Day for the entire church or a children's event with seed spitting contest, pass the watermelon, watermelon eating competition and much more! 

Celebrate National Lemonade Day (August) with a refreshing  lemonade treat while encouraging your children to memorize the Fruit of the Spirit! Great way to make learning FUN! FREE Generic PDF is also included so that you can host your own Lemonade Day...anytime!

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and what better time to teach the children about "giving thanks"?

Slime Zone Summer

10 Weeks of Oooey, Gooey, Slimy Summer Fun!

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Looking for something different for Daylight Savings Time or a new March activity? Skip the usual  activities and celebrate National Pi Day instead (March 14th). Order some pizza and have a costume "Math Nerd" or "Albert Einstein" look alike competition. Give each person who enters the competition an extra slice of Pi-zza Pi-e.

What better way to use up those bits and pieces of Christmas goodies than to turn them into a Valentines Day Hot Chocolate Bar? Crush up those peppermints, use up those baking bits, pull out that leftover whipped cream...and indulge in a delicious cup of hot chocolate! 

Planning a "Back to School" trip to the Water Park, City Pool or even a private pool event?

Download this FREE Back to School Splash flyer and start planning NOW! 

No pool available? No problem, simply plan your own Back to School event by using this flyer and my FREE Water Olympics activity.

Think Outside the Box. This event can be done as a Family Fun Day or a Children's event. Graphics for both are included. Simply fill the box with odds and ends and send home. Families/children will create a "One of a Kind" item and submit a photo for a chance to win a prize, a homemade trophy, certificate or simply the title of "Champion" You can repeat this event as often as you like by using a different  theme or medium. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Summer, etc. etc.

An entire evening of baking, decorating and competing. for the ultimate title of

 Cupcake Wars Champion!

Get ready for Water Wars/Shootout!

Super Soakers, water squirters, water guns...or even a squirt bottle will do.

Get Ready to Get Wet!

St. Patrick's Day

Shamrock Shakes and Silly Pics

Crazy Hair Day and Corona Hair We Don't Care events,

Anyone can have a crazy hair day...celebrate by hosting a Crazy Hair Day Competition!

Children enjoy cereal in their PJ's and receive their very own SLINKY to celebrate Springing the clocks forward.

Host a "Crazy Hat" night family-style. Families will create their own hats using items that they already have around the house.

Coordinate with your Pastor, Men's Group, or fishing buffs at your church to create a memorable fishing experience for your kids. This is one event that they will definitely remember.

Daylight Savings Time 

When time goes flip-flop, what do you do? Have a Flippin' Pancake day of course!

Bring the family to the table!

February Family Fun Day!

Encourage your families to gather around the table and create memories that will last forever!

Families will cover your kitchen table with white paper. Gather art supplies, cut out various sizes of red or pink construction paper hearts, and glue them to their white paper tablecloth.

Each evening, a different family member will be responsible for finding a "Love" verse from the Bible to bring to the table.

During mealtime, families will write the verse on one of the larger hearts and discuss what the verse means...and how to apply it to their lives.

Families will be encouraged to create "sweet" Valentine’s Day treats together!

"Inspire Your Heart with Art"...where creativity meets the Creator!

This event would also make a great child/parent night. 

Give each child a canvas (if hosting a child/parent night, they still receive one canvas) and allow them to design whatever inspires their heart.

Churchwide or Children's Event Night

Musical Chairs Bingo

Bingo with lots of twists and turns!

Friendship Builder

Usher in the New Year (or host anytime) with a Noise Night!

Bucket band, barrel bash, bubble wrap stomp, crunchy snacks, and more. Don't forget the earplugs! 

Help feed those in your community by hosting an "Oodles of Noodles" pasta drive.

Collect "ALL" types of pasta and stock your church food pantry or any "little free pantry" in your community.

Grandparents, Giggles and Gobs of Fun!

Plan a special morning for your grandparents. Invite them to attend children's church with their grandchildren, afterwards take fun photos, enjoy grilled cheese and soup, and ask your grandparents to share how things have changed since they were children.

Are you needing a fun  Promotion Day idea? Try an  "Aloha Day," which means hello as well as goodbye. Perfect for those leaving your department as well as those entering into it for the first time.

Encourage your kiddos to “Bring a FRIEND” for friend day!

Not just any friend...A Twin Friend!

National Waffle Day!

Celebrate National Waffle Day (Each year in August) with a "Wacky Waffle Day."

Dress "Wacky" and enjoy delicious waffles...with tons of toppings!

Are you thinking of hosting a board game night? Try creating your own giant board game with carpet squares for the spaces and a massive die made from a (square) cardboard box.

Click above to find out how to create your own GIANT game board and die!

Water Balloons, Stomp the Balloon, Balloon Squash, Shave the Balloon and Bubble Wrap Stomp!

It's Clown Night!

Have your children dress in brightly colored clothing and come celebrate "Clown" week!

Chalk the Walk Event!

Grab your COLORFUL chalk and head out to the parking lot! Give the children a theme or let their imaginations run wild! 

Get creative! All the tie-dying tips and tricks you will need to create beautiful and unique shirts, socks, bags etc. 

Get ready for 8 weeks of wet, wild and messy fun! 8 Exciting events! Includes free downloads, postcards and devotions.

Treasure hunt in a bottle

Very versatile craft...use when teaching on Paul's shipwreck, Rahab, spying out Canaan or any beach/sea lesson. 

 You can even use it as a VBS beach craft. 

Hours of fun. Can you find all 20 items?

Rock And Roll Into The New Year. The event can be hosted any time of the year by simply changing the name.

The days are getting colder...which means that it is  the perfect time for a

"pajama day."

Feel free to use this free digital art for your next pajama day!

Shave Cream Wars

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Send them back to school with an Ice Cream Blast...complete with a FREE Color Changing Spoon! Serve Sundae's, Banana Splits or any Ice cream treat you choose!

Host a "Total Solar Eclipse Party" ...What better time to teach the children about the "Son" and living in darkness?

Click Link Above for Downloads

Valentine's Day

Hot Chocolate Bar

and Silly Pics

Pop-Tart Pandemonium

Create your own Pop-Tart event with this cute digital flyer. 

Looking for some new ideas for October? Look no further!

The Great Scarecrow Capers is the perfect 3 in one activity. Host one...two...or all 3 events all based around scarecrows.

Needing some fun ideas for Promotion Day/Move up Day? Try an Up! Up! and Away event...everyone will dress in Super Hero Cape, Mask, etc and give their fellow students a "Super" farewell. Or an Aloha Day...which means hello as well as goodbye. Several different ideas are included in free download. Just click on the link above to see all the exciting ideas!

It's that time of year again...time for school to begin. Send your children back to school with prayers for a safe and successful year of learning.

What could be more fun than bubbles? GIANT BUBBLES of course!

Park and Pray Every Day. 

Encourage your church (or community) to get involved by praying for our children, teachers and leaders.

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13 Weeks of Summer Fun...Down on the Farm!

Perfect for Wednesday Summer Fun Nights.

Flying High With Jesus!

Family Kite Day!

Celebrate on Easter Sunday or any Spring or Fall (windy) day!

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Want a fun and unique way to teach your children and families the true meaning of Easter? Why not send them on a Family Selfie Adventure!

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Encourage your kiddos to “Bring a FRIEND” for Valentine's Day!

Not just any friend...A Twin Friend!

Splish Slash Summer Blast

11 Weeks of wet and wacky summer fun! Includes free flyer downloads.

Tinker Tuesday (or Workshop Wednesday) can be done in several ways. Children may pickup a bag of craft items on Sunday to create a "one of a kind" art project on Tuesday or you can host an event on Tuesday's (as often as you like throughout the summer, Spring Break, Winter Break, etc) and create their projects at the church. 

Slime Night

Get Ready to be

SLIMED!

Dogs Days of Summer

How do you keep your rambunctious kids out of trouble? By celebrating man’s best friend!

Whose Ready for a Super Messy  Egg Fight?

Perfect event for teaching on the messes that we sometimes find ourselves in...and the one who helps us to "clean it all up."

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Looking for something unique this summer? Check out these "All Pets" activities!

Stuffed Friends Sleep Over

The sleepover with a twist. Children will go home while stuffed friends stay behind. What mischief will they get into?

Climb Aboard

Firetrucks, Police, Dozers, 4 Wheelers, etc. Touch, Climb on Board each vehicle

Ya-Hoo! We're headed to the ranch.  (Ranch, Farm, Zoo, Petting Zoo, or even a hobby farm). Never underestimate what you can learn...from an animal.

It's Food Fight Night!

Clean our your fridges and get ready for the biggest food fight ever!