This is a simple and fun way to use up old Pringles pots (or indeed a good excuse to eats lots of crisps!!). It can be used any time of year – for Easter, any Bible story, and we’ve used ours for Christmas angels. Follow these simple steps: Take your Pringles pot and cover it…
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Using nature as part of loose parts play has really caught on over recent years and it can be a fantastic – not to mention very cheap! – way to engage children as you talk about Bible stories. Muddy Church, GodVenture. Messy Church and many others have ways in which you can use nature to…
Taking a simple old game and making it new! This game requires little prep and can be done even with just one child. Having read the nativity story, place a variety of characters from the nativity either ornaments or printed, place them on a tray and allow the children to view them, touch them and…
Welcome to our Advent and Christmas Newsletter 2022 – packed full of resources, ideas and not a flake of glitter in sight! Click the image to download:
Welcome to the Church of Ireland Children & Families Ministry interactive video trail. Our trail encourages families to hear the Christmas story from a different perspective. Each stop has a video that can be played on mobile devices. You hear from Mary, Joseph, Elizabeth and others, acted out in short…
This is a free rhyming nativity play that is easy to use as it can be fully narrated so avoids any panicked children trying to remember lines! Alternatively if you have some budding actors in your group there is the option for a few characters to speak. A fairly simple set up that you can…
Click any of the images to download the pack or click the video image below to go to the video download page. If you need a print-ready version with crop marks and bleed please click HERE If your families are fed up with Elf on the Shelf and all that it brings, why not…
An outline and additional ideas for an all age worship service at Advent.
A Crib Service is a chance to tell the story of the Nativity in a different way. Unlike a Nativity play with characters who are dressed up, it usually focusses on a more traditional Nativity Scene.
This is an all age service outline covering the Christmas story – it’s interactive and simple to use.
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