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Supplies List for All Activities Many of these supplies your church will already have on hand. Most, if not all, are easily available.

Photocopy this sheet and place it near the coffee urn at coffee hour, along with a request to bring or donate items. Check these off as you receive them.

POP POP POP Partyc Bubbles

c Popcorn makers (three or more)

c Selection of store-bought soda pop—be sure to buy some sugar-free for those who are diabetic

c Cups

c Balloons with helium or without

c Markers

c Bright coloured paper

c Streamers

c Wide ribbon

c Circular coffee filters

c Plastic covers for the tables

c Bright coloured yarn

c Tape

c Scissors

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Creating Musical Instumentsc Paper plates

c Rice

c Tape, stapler or white glue

c Streamers or other ribbons—paper is fine

c Markers or crayons to decorate

c Tin cans—tape any sharp edges

c Any drum like container, such as large yogurt containers

c Chopsticks

c Burnt out light bulbs—rounded style

c Baby food jars or other small jars

c Small plastic bottles

c Anything that might rattle to fill the shakers—rice, seeds,beans, pennies, popcorn kernels

c Boxes—cereal, tea, cracker, etc.

c Elastics—thick

c A circle stencil—container top or saucer

c Tape or glue

c Old church bulletins

c Paper maché—one part white glue to one part water OR one part flour to one part water

c Large bowls or ice cream buckets to hold the paper maché.

c Newsprint—for painting and to rest creations as they dry

c Strong plastic or metal buttons at least one inch (three centimeters) wide

c Flat metal washers at least one inch (three centimeters) wide

c Thick household string or yarn

c Garbage bags to create smocks

c Paint. Great paint can be made by soaking dry felt markers in water—the less water used, the brighter the colour. The longer markers soak, the more intense the colour. To make the paint more “hardy,” add one part white glue to 10 parts paint.

c Stickers or small bits of paper to decorate shakers if you choose not to use paper maché

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c Thick paintbrushes to apply paper maché if you want to do it more cleanly

c Scrap paper from multiple sources; church bulletins, old newspapers, phone books, flyers

Making Portraitsc Scrap paper from multiple sources—church bulletins, old

newspapers, phone books, flyers

c Old magazines—be sure to flip through and check magazines if they are donated

c Blank paper in assorted sizes

c 11” by 17” or 8-1/2” by 11” paper

c Crayons or markers

c Pencils or pens

c Glue or tape

Nativity Playc Costumes—see Preparing for a Nativity Play

c Simple stage set—more simple than you think! See Preparing for a Nativity Play

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Creating Icons with ChildrenChoose one of the following:

c Slab of wood OR press board, 5” by 8”

c Card stock OR regular paper OR painting paper, 5” by 8”—cut an 8-1/2” by 11” sheet to size

Choose one of the following:

c For wood or press board—light blue and gold acrylic paint

c For card stock or painting paper—light blue tempera paint

For regular paper—soak dried out markers in water and use the water as paint—the less water used, the brighter the colour. The longer markers soak, the more intense the colour. To make the paint more “hardy,” add one part white glue to 10 parts paint.

Choose one of the following:

c Gold or silver foil paper

c Gold or silver markers

c Gold, silver or yellow crayons

c Yellow or gold paint

c Paintbrushes, glue, scissors, coloured markers, pencil crayons or crayons, paper, pencils, a small/medium bowl, picture examples of icons—you may have an icon at your church, you may borrow a book from the library or do an Internet image search for “religious icons.”

Optional

c Glitter or gold/silver sequins

c “Mod-Podge”—available at most craft and art stores

Glue

Cereal

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Milk

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Macaroni

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Tomato Soup

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The Grocery Store Game

c Enough “food” items to create a small grocery store atmosphere

c Empty cereal boxes, tea boxes, hot chocolate containers, washed empty milk containers, egg cartons, etc. Include a few packages of very affordable processed food, such as: • pasta with powdered sauce • flavoured gelatin dessert• empty containers of powdered drink crystals or• $1.00 noodles.

c Try to bring some packaged processed foods that would be a kid’s favourite. Anything with cartoon characters on the label is a great learning tool.

c Do not bring anything with peanuts or any kind of nut—even clean, empty peanut butter jars can cause a reaction in children with extreme allergies. While you may not have a child with allergies in your Sunday school right now, you never know when you might have a visitor with allergies.

c Consider using real fruit and/or vegetables—you could slice and share the fruit after the grocery store game.

c Grocery bags

c Anything resembling grocery store “uniforms,” such as baseball caps or aprons

c An assortment of coloured paper cut into bill sizes

c Masking tape, pencils

c Some kind of board or large piece of paper to share budget information if you have several children over the age of eight

c Concrete knowledge of any programs that your congregation actively manages or supports that affect children in need

Cereal

300 g

Milk

Milk

Macaroni

& Cheese

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Tomato Soup

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Puppetryc Old, washed mittens or socks—colourful!

c Anything that can be used for eyes—buttons, keys, pennies, paper circles

c Cut pieces of yarn for hair OR small pieces of fun fur

c Other creative touchs—felt for tongues, white plastic cut into “teeth,” hair ribbons

c Quality craft glue

c Paper puppets—see Puppets for Use with Puppet Theatre

c Paper puppet theatre—see Paper Puppet Theatre

c Select verses from the gospel that you have just read

c Answers to The Church Mouse’s question from the gospel that you have just read—see The Church Mouse Speaks

c Scissors

c Thick paper or card stock

c Glue

c Box to contain all the paper pieces, as this activity requires more than one Sunday

Goodbye Partyc Your favourite recipes for your favourite treats

c Stove

c Ingredients for favourite treats

c Cooking utensils

c Selection of danceable songs plus good stereo

c Balloons

c Paper and markers if you don’t want balloons

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Third Sunday Options—Bread Sunday, Story Sunday or Music Sunday

For Bread Sunday

c Recipe ingredients—soda bread is easy

c Large bowls and mixing implements for each child

c Aprons

c If you don’t have quick, easy access to a sink, have on hand a basin with warm, soapy water and two towels—one towel to wipe hands, the other to place under the basin

c Small or large containers, depending whether you choose to combine everyone’s efforts or bake as many small loaves as there are bakers

c Oven

For Story Sunday

c Selection of terrific stories

c Include one or two Old Testament stories in a Story Sunday. Look for books with excellent illustrations. Consider the content of the illustrations: are the pictures of women and men, boys and girls? Are the people plausible for the time period and place?

c Storybooks that feature themes of friendship, compassion, “the last shall be first,” especially if accompanied by engaging illustrations. Look, too, for books about nature that show the gifts God has given us.

c Children’s information books—subjects such as plants, animals and weather show the wonder of God’s creation. Also, biographies of famous Christians can make inspirational stories.

c Cozy place for the children to listen, with pillows or comfy chairs

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For Music Sunday

c Enough copies of Common Praise—or the hymn book your church uses—for the children to share

c The Church Mice Song Book—downloadable

c Musical instruments that you have made—if you are following the Key Calendar, you make musical instruments in September

c Any percussion instruments: bells, shaker eggs, maracas, shells. Include chopsticks if you have drums.

c Any musical instrument to help lead the singing—a piano or guitar is great, but if you sing with gusto, a simple shaker will do

c Melodies for at least seven songs—learn these by heart!

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