The Bible Takes Us Places!

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I truly believe the Bible does take us places, if we will only allow it!

That is why I was excited to find this little visual aid!

I actually modified it from a newspaper clipping. 

Such fun! 

We should be excited about reading God's Word! 

It takes us to the Promised Land 

when the Israelites were battling Jericho! 

To Egypt when Pharaoh's daughter found Moses! 

Inside the big fish with Jonah! 

Crossing the Red Sea with the Israelites!

In prison with Paul and Silas!

Inside the home of Mary and Martha when Jesus visited!

And many other places!

A "Gold Star" Just for You!

Click on it!

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Let's Make a Well!

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Well, Well, Well!

There are several lessons in the Bible 

which include the use of a well. 

• Hagar
• Isaac
• Jacob
• Moses helps Zipporah
• The Exodus
• Jesus and the Woman at the Well
• etc.
  

The lesson that made me want to structure a well was,

Jesus and the Woman at the Well.

Begin by finding a nice size piece of sturdy cardboard or plywood.

Next you will need brown lunch bags.

  

Lots of scrap stuffing materials. 

Old paper, plastic grocery bags etc. 

Stuff the bags to be your "bricks/stones" for the well.

Hot glue the opening closed.

Make a circle with your stuffed bags and hot glue the bottom layer to the board. 

Next, hot glue each level of "bricks" until you get 4 levels high. 

Beginning last level.

This is what it should look like before it is painted.

I used spray paint to paint the "bricks or stones". 

Then added tulle inside the well 

and then added clear blue gift wrap for the water.

We added fake grass a clay pot and some flowers to the outside. 

Have fun! 

Click on the gold star to find directions for this well!

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Drift Wood!

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Memory Verse Prop!

To go along with our 

"Shipwrecked - Rescued by Jesus" 

theme for Vacation Bible School, 

I needed a way to have a portable memory verse for each day  

so it could be the center of attention when discussed 

but then set aside and still be in plain view. 

I was asked to make something resembling drift wood.  

The only thing I could think of was cardboard. 

I had some nice pieces that had been stored just for such a thing

and was able to put them to good use. 

Water based paint, water, brushes, cardboard, pencil, 

scissors, glue and I was good to go!

I began with brown then covered the brown with white

 then brown again, and lastly adding some black, 

making sure the layers of color shown through. 

I printed the Bible verses onto white paper 

and cut close to the letters and numbers 

then glued them onto the boards.

Also found a life ring on line and added the words

 - Bible Verse and day 1 - 4. 

That way the instructor knew 

which verse was for which day. 

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The City of Palm Trees!

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Deuteronomy 32:1-3

Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, and the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar.

Trees!

How many of us have fashioned a tree or two for our class room trying to help our students realize that Bible time land was real and had real trees?
Maybe it was the sycamore tree that Zacchaeus climbed, Luke 19:1-10.
Maybe the barren fig tree that withered when Jesus said it would no longer bare any fruit, Matthew 21:18-22
Then there’s always those creation lessons that could use a few different kinds of trees inside our room, Genesis 1:11-12.  

Palm Trees!

I want to share how another lady and myself made
palm trees one year for our Vacation Bible School!

We used brown and green bulletin board paper, a pencil, black sharpie marker, and scissors. We stapled them into the wall and used duck tape on the wood.

We laid out and layered the brown paper so as we drew and cut rectangles, there would be more than one tree being cut out at one time. The pieces get smaller as you go up so that it gives the illusion of being very tall . The pieces stacked nicely so they were easy to store until it was time to put them on the walls. 

As you can see, we were going to need several palm trees. 

After cutting out each piece for the trunk,
we crumpled them up then smoothed them out with our hands 

to look more like tree bark.

When it came to cutting the leaves, 

we looked up patterns on line 

and drew them out as best we could. 

Each tree had 4-6 long leaves.
Layer the green paper, 

drawn one leaf on top piece of paper, 

and cut 5-6 all at once! 

Helpers added balls 

of the brown paper for coconuts
and crumpled tan paper for the sand.

As you build the trunk of the tree,

 you can tilt the rectangles 

to make your tree lean different directions.

Here are more pictures of our "Shipwrecked - Rescued by Jesus" Theme!

I think you will need a tall ladder! 

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"Staying on the Right Track in a Troubled World"

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Room Décor! 

Bible Class Room Décor can be so fun!

Our theme was Staying on the Right Track in a Troubled World.

Looking back, all the work that was put into this class room 

was never done in vain especially when bringing God's word to children. 

We had a 5 day Vacation Bible School! 

I love these Bible Story Posters I found at Concordia Publishing. 

The pictures are very detailed and the color is so vivid!

(Always check to make sure of what is written 

on the back of class materials to make sure it agrees with scripture.)

Names of my students in purple! 

Advantage of hosting a 5 day VBS? 

You get to learn their names!

Welcome Sign!

We always need to beware of the "derailers" in life!

Scripture on the puffs of smoke help us to remain on course!

• Satan
• Temptation
• Pride
• Peer Pressure
• Materialism
• Bad influences
• Distractions
• Apathy
• Selfishness

Day One

 - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - 

Daniel 3 

- Stand up, stand out, and be different! -

- Babylon -

Seeing that both day 1 and 2 lessons came from the book of Daniel, 

we used this poster for both days.

Hanging the names from the ceiling caught my students attention 

and also helped to remind them of who we were studying about.

Lessons 1, 2, and 3 took us to Babylon 

during the Israelites 70 years of captivity. 

I do love a map that is eye catching! 

I believe the places you are "visiting" 

should be well marked. 

Each lesson had a "Key" to staying on the right track! 

Day Two 

- Daniel in the Lion's Den - 

Daniel 6 

- Making Good Choices - 

- Babylon -

Daniel's name was hung over the train. 

"Key" to day 2 of staying on the right track!

Day Three

 - Queen Esther - 

Esther 1-10

- Thinking of Others -

- Babylon -

Esther's name is hanging in the upper left of the picture.

Day 3 lesson came from the book of Esther!

Some of our visual aids for Queen Esther. 

I had a tri-fold piece of cardboard that I covered 

to tack the pictures up with. 

My students got to wear a couple costumes!

Queen Vashti and Esther!

Mordecai with sack cloth and ashes.

"Key" to day 3 of staying on the right track!

Day Four 

- Jesus Heals a Paralyzed Man - 

Mark 2;1-12

- Choosing the Right Friends -

- Capernaum -

 This poster shows where lessons 4 and 5 are found.

The title of lesson 4 hanging above the white board. 

Day 4 and 5 lessons took us to the Land of Palestine!

Day 4 - Capernaum

Day 5 - Bethany

This visual aid drew quite a bit of attention,

 even from the other classes! 

They all had to pass through to see the man

 being lowered from the roof!

Can anyone find what is wrong 

with this rooftop picture? 

"Key" to day 4!

Day Five 

- Jesus Visits Mary and Martha

Luke 10:38-42

- Putting Jesus First -

- Bethany -

(Mary and Martha's names were hanging along the back wall 

along with the name Jesus, but I failed to get a picture of them,)

"Key" to day 5!

How all 5 "Key" posters looked on the wall. 

My helper was great! We set up a kitchen of sorts 

for  the lesson about Mary and Martha. 

We learned our theme Bible verse by putting parts of the verse of different cards and after each time we said it we pulled out 1 or 2 cards and said it again until we could say it without any cards! 

We had loads of learning fun!!

We had a "Kings Throne"!

Each day I added the name of the King who was on the throne 

and ended up with Jesus who is our true King. 

All of our students wanted to sit on the throne to have their picture made. 

The robe, scepter, and crown were bought at a party/costume store. 

All of these visual aids were such effective teaching tools! 

Wed. evening we had an open house! 

The students took their parents around to look at the rooms. 

They had no doubt about what their children were being taught. 

B-I-B-L-E!!

It was so rewarding being their "Engineer" that week!

All of my Bible class students 

have a special place in my heart. 

It brings me much joy to look back 

on how God's word was planted in their hearts. 

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