Materials
A variety of simple Christmas images. (e.g. Christmas Tree, a manger, a baby, etc) You can also use simple greeting cards for the design.
Activity
Form teams of six people. Instruct each team to sit in a line, one person behind another, and take a vow of silence for the duration of the game. Give the first person in …
Dear Father,
As you know, I am celebrating my Birthday with the host who invited me this year. I rejoiced at the opportunity and looked forward to spending the Holidays with them. However, these people are really quite strange. They really have not paid much attention to me at all since my arrival.
There is much talk about “Chris”, a …
If you saddled your six-legged droozle and rode
Toward the north, at a gallop, until you hit snow,
(And we all know a six-legged droozle can scoot
At one hundred and twenty when you give it the boot)
Anyway, on your droozle, you’d finally arrive
At a hamlet called Nazareth–this town has survived
Since the time that the Romans ruled …
Materials
Costumes and props related to the story (optional)
Activity
Tell the group they are going to act out and photograph “freeze frames” of the important parts of the Christmas story. Ask them to “Try to imagine how the Christmas story happened 2000 years ago when Christ was born.” (You can provide Bible costumes and props for greater realism, but …
What do sand, trees, money, pearls, wheat, and mustard seeds have in common? Jesus used them all as tangible symbols or object lessons to help his disciples to understand and remember intangible truths. The Master Communicator often attached deeper meanings to common things and objects.
Alphabetically listed are 25 items commonly associated with Advent and Christmas, one object lesson per
Materials
1. Bingo cards for each participant. Make Bingo cards using a grid of squares (5X5) and placing Christmas related items in each square. Make each card different in the choice of items on it and the placement of the items. (Bingo cards are typically unique for each individual. There are also usually more items than the bingo grid.)
2. …
Materials
Red, white, and green balloons – one for each person.
Game
Divide the group into teams. Give each person a balloon. On “go,” the first member of each team must blow up his/her balloon but not tie it shut. They must then aim the balloon toward the North Pole (finish line at opposite end of the room) and let …
Materials
Christmas Stories including the Biblical Account of Christ’s birth
Activity
Invite your young people to bring their favorite stuffed animals and meet in your home one evening after church. Being a kid again can be lots of fun especially when everyone else is being one! Have them sit around the Christmas tree. Light some candles and dim the lights.…
Materials:
Red and green balloons and 4 pins.
Activity
Find Open area able to accommodate the entire group sitting in chairs. You may choose to sit them on the floor instead.Station four teams stationed inside a square area. Once a person finds a spot he/she likes, he/she must sit in the chair and is not allowed to leave the seat. …
Materials
Miniature size candy canes.
Activity
Played in the manner of breaking the wishbone of a turkey, the objective is to connect the two candy canes at the curved end and pull. The first candy cane to break is eliminated. Continue challenges until only a couple winners remain. You can also do this with regular size candy canes or even …