HARE'S EASTER PUPPET SCRIPT

I have just posted a short Easter puppet script (or interview with someone dressed as a rabbit or hare).

download file here :   HARE'S EASTER

Sweet Easter

"Sweet Easter" is a short talk about Easter for children which may told at a school assembly, a church service or shared as a family devotion.
 Link :  Sweet Easter Talk

Also check out the Easter 'pass the parcel' game on the same page above
https://www.eliab.com/sweet-easter.html

AWESOME EASTER IDEAS

Check out these awesome Easter resources for worship or children's programs-

http://sa.uca.org.au/uyp/church-resources/all-age-worship/easter-services

http://request.org.uk/restart/2016/02/03/the-easter-story-pairs-game/

http://lapbooklessons.com/ResurrectionLapbook

http://www.biblestorycartoons.com/easter-story-resources/

http://eliab.com/Puppets/The-shape-of-Easter.html

http://eliab.com/Chants/Easter-chant.html

http://eliab.com/Chants/Easter-march.html

http://eliab.com/Poems/Jellybean-prayer.html

The Lost Coin Poem

LOST COIN POEM- (Luke 15:8-10)  (c) Eliab.com

An M & M Christmas - Children's Christmas Talk

I have just finished posting a short Christmas talk (or presentation) titled " An M & M Christmas"
I gave this talk on Christmas Eve last year at  an all-age worship service.
Here's the link - An M & M Christmas

A Story to Share at Christmas

A young man was teaching in a mission school in East Africa.Before Christmas, he had been telling the local children how Christians gave each other presents as an expression of their joy at Christmas time.
   On Christmas morning, a boy around ten years old brought the teacher a seashell of great beauty. When asked where he had discovered such a magnificent shell the boy said that he had walked many kilometres to a certain bay, the only spot where such shells could be found.
  " I think it was wonderful of you to travel so far to get this lovely gift for me," the teacher exclaimed.
     His eyes brightening, the boy replied, "Long walk part of the gift."

Jesus made the long journey to earth to show us how much God loves us.
"God so love the world that he gave His only Son that whosoever believes in him will have eternal life." John 3:16

Christmas joke

Good King Wenceslas rings up a local pizza restaurant to order a pizza.
"Certainly you Majesty," says the manager, "will it be your usual? Deep pan,crisp and even?"

Free Christmas Resources and ideas

Check out my free Christmas resources including the story "My Christmas Pillow" at my website
Eliab.com
Christmas page

Christmas Plus

Please check out my Christmas website ChristmasPlus for many Christmas stories, reflections, Assembly ideas, Christmas jokes plus much more!
Christmasplus.blogspot.com

Christmas Blessing

May the joy of the angels,
the eagerness of the shepherds,
the perseverance of the wise men,
and the peace of the Christ child
be yours this Christmas;
and the blessing of God Almighty,
the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,
be among you and remain with you always.
Amen

Sam the Snowflake Story

Sam, the snowflake

SPLAT !  SAM     the snowflake loved the wintertime. He enjoyed being rolled into a ball and thrown at someone in fun. He also loved seeing the children rolling and tumbling in the snow around him. One day as Sam was waking up, he heard some children coming towards him. They started picking up handful of cold snow and building a large snowman !! The children giggled as they put stones down the front of the snowman to make buttons and two big eyes. They also used sticks for arms and a bumpy nose. Finally they were finished and they stood back to look at what they had made. One small girl took off her hat and scarf and then she ran over and put them on the snowman. “He looks great !”, said the boy with the curly hair. Sam agreed that the snowman did look great, in fact, Sam longed to be part of that snowman but he knew that he couldn’t be a snowman without the help of lots of other snowflakes. He needed someone to come along and squeeze him into a big snow ball. He couldn’t be a snowman by himself. He was just too tiny by himself ! The children enjoyed playing until it started to get dark then the little girl went over to get her hat and coat from the the snowman’s head. As she turned to leave, she bent down quickly and scooped up a handful of snow, pressed it tightly and with a loud giggle she made a snow-hat for the snowman. What a big surprise for Sam as he now found himself right up on top of the snowman. He was so happy that he almost melted with joy ! Are there times when we feel so small that we aren’t noticed or feel important ? Who can we ask to help give us a hand at times like this ?

(C) Don Stott, 2000

Here is the Church rhyme

Baby Moses Song

Baby Moses Song

Here’s a short song about baby Moses set to the tune “In a cottage in a wood” In A HOUSE BY THE RIVER NILE

In A HOUSE BY THE RIVER NILE

Free Bible Cartoon Pictures

Free Christian Cartoon Pictures by Richard Gunther.
Check them out at MightyMag.org 

Free games and quiz generators

Check out this teachers website where you can create free games, quizzes and diagrams for teaching.
http://ClassTools.net

Easter picture series

I found a wonderful series of pictures which tell the story of Jesus' death and resurrection. They are free to download and use.
Easter Pictures
Biblestorycards.co.uk

Easter Plus

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  I've started a new blog called EasterPlus which includes Easter ideas and resources for children’s ministry and worship resources. Please check it out...
  http://easterplus.blogspot.com

Sweet Easter

• Sweet Easter

  If you ask some children what Easter is all about they will invariably reply that it is to do with chocolate or Easter Eggs. Here is a fun way to teach the true meaning of Easter to your children’s group.
  The leader enters carrying either a large box marked “chocolates” or a large decorated basket. Build some suspense as to what’s in the box etc… As you remove each item from the box or basket use the item to teach about the meaning of Easter.
  1. A bag of gold covered chocolate coins. (Jesus was betrayed by Judas for thirty pieces of silver).
  2. Chocolate Rooster. ( Peter’s three denials of Jesus before the rooster crowed).
  3. Chocolate Cross. ( Use sticks of a “Kit-Kat” bar – or equivalent, to make a cross. Ask the children to tell you why some people where crosses around their necks then tell them the the crucifixion story as appropriate to the age group listening). As a kind of competition you might like to get two or three children to come out the front and eat a small Easter egg and then make a cross out of the silver paper. ” Now hold up your crosses to show everybody. Here’s one thing you can do with the silver paper next time you eat an Easter egg as a reminder of Jesus.”
  4. Hollow plastic egg. In Australia we have a sweet called “Kinder Surprise” which has a plastic egg which opens into halves with a small toy inside. If you don’t have  something equivalent then use a medium sized Easter egg ( unwrapped) and ask someone to come and take a big bite out of it. (Tell the events of the empty tomb on Easter morning).
  5. Marshmellows or chocolate chickens or bunnies. (Jesus offers us new life and a new birth just like the baby chickens coming out of the eggs).
  6. Gold foil covered Easter egg. ( The Bible gives a picture of the streets of heaven being paved with gold. If we believe that Jesus died and came alive again we can look forward one day to spending forever with Jesus in heaven).
  Don Stott, http://eliab.com

Easter Pass the Parcel

• Easter Pass the Parcel

  A variation on the well known game.
  This is played in the same way as at children’s parties except you have a number of parcels circulating according to the size of your group (say one parcel per ten children).
  Get everyone into a large circle and give out the parcels with an even number of people between each. Then as the music is played, the parcels are passed around the room from one person to the next as quickly as possible.
  When the music stops the people holding the parcel can unwrap one layer of paper. Make sure each parcel is unwrapped to exactly the same point. This way the game will finish with the three or four people getting to the centre at the same time.
  For Easter – Between the layers place: a palm cross (talk about why we have a cross on the top on hot cross buns or why people wear crosses around their necks) , an Easter card( What would you write about Easter in a card to a friend ?), a large nail (Jesus didn’t deserve to die -crucifixion), an easter egg (tomb), a clean sheet of paper (nothing on it- Jesus forgave our sins) . The gift could be a a small box of chocolates (celebrate that Jesus is alive).
  Use the items to recap the Easter story.

An Easter Rose

• An Easter Rose

  The young boy came home after Sunday School on Easter Sunday and told his mother he could understand about Christ but not about the roses. So he asked his mum, “Why was Christ a rose?”