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Summer Outreach Program INTRODUCTION Hello out there! If you are reading this, you must in some way be interested in reaching kids for the Lord. Over the last few years I have developed a program that works for us, so I just thought I'd share it and maybe it will be of help to you. In the spring of the year I make contact with the people in charge of various townhouse complexes and government run housing units. I obtain permission to attend for 3 visits to their complexes in the summer. Most of the time I am permitted, as long as there is absolutely no religious content to the programs. You may run into this situation too, hence the development of this program. You will notice that I have included 2 "Day #3" programs. One has a Christian message, the other does not. The program requires 3 people. I usually attend with 2 teenagers. Our visits to the complexes in the summer allow us to make contact with the kids and families. In the fall and spring we do a 12 week, 1 time per week, 1 hour program at the church. We send out buses to all the complexes and pick up the kids who want to come. It is at this time that we present the gospel and teach them the Word of God. I usually find it best to do 3 consecutive day visits as then you only need to canvass the area with flyers one time. If the visits are a week or longer apart you will need to re-canvass the area with flyers as the kids will have forgotten. Have fun and drop me an e-mail to let me know your results or if you have any thing that might help us. We designed a folding puppet stage and throw it into the back of my truck, but even if you have a car, I think you could come up with some sort of a portable puppet stage. Perhaps you could drive some steel rods into the ground with a sledgehammer. Then attach fabric with Velcro (anything to make a partition wall in front of the kids so they can't see you get your costumes on.) No need to memorize puppet plays. Pin them to the cloth and read as you go. Kidz Connection Summer Schedule - Day #1 Narrator: Johnny is a nice boy, but he has no self-control. If he is upset, he has a temper tantrum. He throws things and jumps up and down. Unfortunately Johnny's schoolmates know Johnny has no self control, so they pester him, just to watch him lose his temper. (School- mate pesters Johnny. Johnny loses his temper.) (Teacher enters class. She sends Johnny to the principal's office for punishment.) Narrator: Poor Johnny. He always gets caught acting up and he always has to go to the principals office. Scene 2 (old age home setting) Characters: Narrator, Mother, Old lady, Johnny (A chair is empty but there is a bowl of peanuts on the chair.) Narrator: Later that day Johnny's mother asked Johnny to come with her to visit great granny in the old age home. When they get to the old age home granny is in the bathroom. Mother reads a book. Johnny is bored. Johnny notices the bowl of peanuts on the next chair. He tries to have self-control but finally he gives into his desire for the peanuts. He gobbles them down by the handful until there are no peanuts left in the bowl. Then he goes and sits down by his mother. Shortly afterwards great granny enters. She goes to sit in her chair and notices that all of her peanuts are gone. Johnny is afraid. The old lady thinks that the nurse must have come and put the peanuts in the garbage. She is happy. Johnny mops his brow - he is relieved that she was not angry. Granny: "Your cousin Joey sent me those peanuts. I did my best to chew them, but I couldn't, so I just sucked the chocolate off of them and spit them into the bowl. Johnny is horrified when he realizes that all of the peanuts he had eaten had been in granny's mouth. (Johnny, pretend you have a stomach ache or that you want to throw up.) Mother and granny want to know what is wrong with Johnny, but he is ashamed to tell them. Narrator: Johnny decided that next time he would have self-control and ask for permission before he ate anyone's peanuts. (everyone exits)
Teachers Present: __________________________________________________ Props Required: Fake Dynamite (a candle or paper towel cardboard cylinder wrapped in red construction paper with a birthday cake sparkler stuck in the top), Fire Lighter, Puppets: Tommy, Sally, Heart, Mom, Picture of a T. V. Set, Baseball cap, teacher's costume, granny costume, mother costume, bowl of peanuts, Bag of shoes, Water gun, roll of tickets, larger candy prizes, small candy treats for everyone 1. Suggested Silly Songs: Hokey Pokey and The Camel Song. The Camel Song is a silly song that I wrote and I think you can easily
do it too. The only words
to the song are as follows. “It’s a great day for riding
in the desert on my camel.
It’s a great day for riding in the desert on my camel.”
We sing this little chorus in a minor key so that it sounds middle-eastern
in style. Have someone
musical help you make a melody for this little chorus. Now tell the kids we are going to all ride camels today. Have them pretend to get on a
camel. Now as you bob up
and down sing the chorus.
Stop. Ask
the kids if they find it is getting hot out here in the desert. Tell everyone to take off their
coats. Pretend to remove
an imaginary coat. Bob
up and down again and sing the chorus.
Stop. Say “Oh
no! Oh no! It’s a wind storm.
Pretend you are being blown around by a wind storm. Storm quickly passes, you bob along
peacefully and sing the chorus.
Stop. “Are
you guys getting hot? Are
you thirsty? Look over
there! (point somewhere in the distance)
“It’s an oasis! Look there’s a soda pop
machine and the water is dripping down.
Hit your camel on bum and lets go!” (pretend to hit the backend of your camel). Stop. “Oh oh” (have kids say Oh oh) “Now your camel’s mad at you! And you know what
camel’s do when they get cranky…… they spit at you!” At that moment your assistant comes running from behind
puppet stage and sprays all the kids with the super soaker water gun.
While they are being sprayed sing the chorus one last time and
that’s the end of the camel song.
2. Object Lesson: Jimmy or Julie:
________________
Teacher:
________________ 3. Puppet Show
Tommy: _______________ Mom & Heart:
_______________ Sally:
_______________ 4. Skit (We often have a child who can read be
Narrator)
Scene #1
Scene
#2
Narrator:
___________
Mother: _____________ Johnny:
___________
Johnny: _____________ Teacher:
___________
Grandmother: _____________ Other
Student: ___________
Narrator:
_____________ 5.
Suggested Game: SHOE
SCRAMBLE. Props required: Bring a dozen or more pairs of shoes
from your home. Put all the shoes that you brought in a pile in the front centre of the room. Tell the children that are picked to remove their shoes and add their shoes to the pile. Mix up the pile of shoes. Line the children up at the back of the room. Have everyone say the memory verse, then say "1, 2, 3, go!" All the children run to the pile and pull out their shoes. Then they run back to the start line. The last 1 or 2 people are eliminated from the game, but are awarded with a small prize or a ticket for participating. The remaining children go back and throw their shoes on the pile again. Someone scrambles the shoe pile, and the race is run again. Children are eliminated each round until there are only 2 children left. The winner is the last person left in the game. 6. Tickets and Prizes: Take a roll of tickets that are numbered on both ends. Have kids line up and as they get l/2 of the ticket from you, have them tell you their names. When everyone has a ticket do a draw for a couple of prizes. We usually use things like Pringles Potato Chips or other larger candy items. Sometimes we torture the kids with the ticket, we say the numbers really slow like a slow motion movie, or just about when we are to read the last number, we say, "I don't like that ticket! I think I'll pick another one". It drives the kids bananas. 7. Candy treat for everyone. We usually have some small candy treat prepared, enough so each child has one. Remember to remind them when you will be returning for your next visit.
Kids
Connection Day #1 Self-Control Object Lesson Characters:
Teacher, Jimmy or Julie (Out of Control person) Props Required: Cardboard tube from Paper Towel roll or tube from roll of wrapping paper cut down to 12". Birthday cake sparklers. Red construction paper. Matches or lighter. Instructions: Cover the cardboard roll in red construction paper and insert the sparkler into a hole in the end. Teacher: Boys and girls if we want to be people that are liked and have lots of friends, one thing we have to have is self-control. Have you ever been around someone who sometimes has self-control, but sometimes they don't? It's like walking on broken glass. You never know what kind of mood they are going to be in that day. From behind the puppet stage comes the assistant holding his "stick of dynamite" which is sizzling. Assistant: I can't take it any more! I think I'm going to explode! Teacher tries to calm him down. Assistant: Everything bugs me! Teacher tells the assistant that he has to get a hold of himself. He needs to use some self-control. He should not let himself get upset. Teacher counts down from 10 and at 1 the teacher grabs the dynamite and puts out the fuse just before it goes out. The assistant immediately is relieved and goes out saying from now on he's not going to let things get to him.
(Sally is watching T. V.
Tommy enters and changes the channel. He moves in front of her to watch
the T. V. - pin a picture of a T. V. set to the side of the puppet stage.) Tommy: Let me watch my show. Sally: Tommy I was watching T. V. first. Get out of my way. (Sally tries to get in front of Tommy.) (Sally and Tommy have a
fight and Tommy pulls Sally's hair.) Sally: Quit pulling my hair! Mom! Mom! Tommy is pulling my hair again. I was here first! Mom Mom Mom!!!!!! (Mother enters) Mother: Young man is that true that Sally was watching T. V. first? Tommy: Well ya, but now I want to watch T. V. Mother: How many times do I have to tell you Tommy not to pull your sister's hair? Now go to your room until supper is ready! Tommy: Oh man. (He stomps away angry - talking to himself.) (Tommy exits) Sally: How come Tommy is so grouchy today? Mother: Because he stayed up late last night at Jimmy's house. You'll just have to be a bit more patient with him today. Sally: Well just cause he's tired doesn't mean he doesn't have to control himself. That's no excuse for losing his temper with me and treating me bad! Mother: You're right honey. Come and set the table for me. Sally: Okay Mom (Mother and Sally exit.) (Tommy paces back and forth) Tommy: That Sally! I could plow her! It's all her fault I lost my temper. It's all her fault I got sent to my room. (Heart enters behind Tommy.) Heart: Tommy Tommy: (jumps startled) Oh....... Oh it's you heart. You shouldn't sneak up behind me like that. Heart: Whose fault is it that you lost your temper Tommy? Tommy: I know. I know it's my fault. It's not Sally's fault. Heart: You need to use some self-control. Tommy: Self-control? What is self-control? Heart: Self-control is just controlling yourself. Tommy: But I can't! When I get tired I just get grouchy! Heart: That's no excuse. Tommy: You're right heart. I can control myself - sometimes it's hard, but I know I can. Heart: Well I'll be leaving now. Tommy: Thanks heart for this heart to heart talk. Sally, Sally come here! Sally: What do you want now grouchy boy? Tommy: I want to say I'm sorry for being so grouchy and fighting with you and pulling your hair. I should have controlled myself better. Sally: I forgive you Tommy. Come and eat, supper's ready. Tommy: Supper! Great I'm hungry like a horse - a hungry horse that is!
Topic: Don't be a Complainer Teachers Present: ________________________________________________ Props Required: Ugly dress & wig, men's suit, beard, bananas, beach blanket, Puppets: Tommy, Stinky, Tommy's Mom, Heart, black cape, teeth blackener, black lipstick, 2 ugly capes of some sort for Egor and Egorella, masking tape, folding card table, tickets, large candy prizes, treats for all. 1. Suggested Silly Songs: “Old MacDonald had a Farm” and “There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly” 2. Skit: Petuniarellla: _____________________ Grumpiella: ____________________ Prince Charming:
___________________ Narrator: (We often have an older child be the narrator. 3. Puppet Show
Tommy:
________________ Stinky:
________________ Tommy’s
Mom: ________________ Heart:
________________ 4. Skit
Torturella:
___________________ Crazy Assistant
#1: ___________________ Crazy
Assistant #2:
___________________ 5. Tickets and Prizes Take a roll of tickets that are numbered on both ends. Have kids line up and as they get l/2 of the ticket from you, have them tell you their names. When everyone has a ticket do a draw for a couple of prizes. We usually use things like Pringles Potato Chips or other larger candy items. Sometimes we torture the kids with the ticket, we say the numbers really slow like a slow motion movie, or just about when we are to read the last number, we say, "I don't like that ticket! I think I'll pick another one". It drives the kids bananas. 6. Candy treat for everyone. We usually have some small candy treat prepared, enough so each child has one. Remember to remind them when you will be returning for your next visit.
Kids
Connection Day #2 Complaining Skit Characters: Narrator, Petuniarella,
Grumpiella, Prince Charming (This skit is particularly funny if Grumpiella
is a man dressed up as an ugly woman.) (Spread a beach blanket
on the grass.) Narrator: Once upon
a time there were two sisters. One had a very thankful heart. She was
always cheerful. Her name was Petuniarella. (enter Petuniarella and
sit on the beach blanket.) Narrator: The other
sister was a complainer, nothing was ever good enough for her. Her name
was Grumpiella. (enter Grumpiella and flop down on blanket.) Narrator: All Grumpiella
ever does is complain. Grumpiella: (holds
her ears) The waves are too loud! Grumpiella: Petuniarella, you get lunch out of the van while I just have a little rest. (Petuniariella runs behind
puppet stage to make lunch.) Grumpiella: Petuniarella! Petuniarella! I'm hungry. Get me a banana. (Petuniarella joyfully gets
a banana for her sister. Grumpiella sends the banana back 4 times. Each
time Petuniarella runs behind puppet stage and pretends to get a new
banana, although really it is the same original banana. Each time she
has to run and get a new banana, she gets more and more exasperated.) The 1st banana is too green. Finally Grumpiella peals
the last banana and eats some of it. When she is done she calls to her
sister. Grumpiella: Petuniarella, Petuniarella. I have a present for you. (She throws the banana peel
10 feet away.) Petuniarella goes to pick it up, but before she can get to it, Prince Charming slips on the banana peel. They fall instantly in love and walk out arm in arm, leaving Grumpiella alone on the blanket. Narrator: When a
person is thankful, even good things can happen from bad situations.
Petuniarella and Prince Charming married and lived happily ever after.
Grumpiella never married. She always found something wrong with every
young man who came her way. Grumpiella: Johnny's
too tall. Billy's too short. Joey's too rich. Mike is too poor. Matthew
is too handsome. George is not handsome enough .........
Characters: Tommy, Stinky,
Mom, Heart (Tommy and his mom are shopping
for shoes.) Mom: Come on son, let's stop here and buy you some new shoes. Those ones you are wearing are falling apart and when you take them off, they smell so raunchy, they stink up the whole house! Tommy: They don't stink that bad. Oh mom I want these shoes over here. Look they have air pumps and lights that go all the way around. Please, please, please mom, can I have these? Then I'll be able to jump like Michael Jordon and I'll be famous! Mom: How much do they cost Tommy? Tommy: Only $200.00. Mom: $200.00! I'm not paying $200.00 for shoes for you Tommy. You're growing so fast you'll soon outgrow them. Tommy: (wailing temper tantrum) Whaaa whaaa whaaa! I want those shoes. I never get what I want. I don't think you love me. Mom: Tommy now that's enough of your complaining. Look over here. Here's a nice pair of shoes on sale for only $35.00. Tommy: (wailing again) I don't want them. I want the shoes with the lights that go back and forth. (enter Stinky) Stinky: Hi Tommy and Tommy's Mom. Mom: Hi Stinky. I'm going to get groceries now. See you later boys. (mom exits) Stinky: What's wrong Tommy? Why are you crying so hard? Did your grandpa pass away? Tommy: No Stinky: Did your cat die? Tommy: No Stinky: Did your fish die? Tommy: No Stinky: Well what's wrong Tommy? Tommy: (bashful) My mom won't buy me the shoes that I want, so I had to get these yucky shoes. She says the ones I wanted are too expensive. Stinky: Well how much do they cost? Tommy: Just $200.00 Stinky: $200.00!!!! That is a bit expensive Tommy. Look at my shoes, they're not fancy like your new shoes but I'm happy with them. My mom got my shoes at Walmart. She does the best she can and I'm just soooooo happy to have new shoes! Well bye Tommy. I have to go home now. See you at school tomorrow. (enter heart) Heart: See Tommy. Tommy: (jumps, startled) Oh heart, don't sneak up on me like that. See what heart? Heart: Look at Stinky, he doesn't even have half of the stuff you have and he is so happy. He's just happy that he doesn't stink any more. Tommy: You're right heart. I'm sorry I've been such a complainer lately. Do you think I could play basketball as good as Michael Jordon even if I don't have the shoes with the lights that go around and around? Heart: Sure Tommy. Let's go practice right now.
Kids
Connection Day #2 Complaining Object Lesson Supplies Needed: Table,
masking tape, Dracula cape, black lipstick, (2 assistants are dressed
in crazy looking clothes, with blacked out teeth. They laugh fiendishly
and run back and forth like crazy people.) Teacher: Today I want to talk about Chinese Water Torture Treatment. Do you know what Chinese Water Torture Treatment is? Who wants to be a volunteer for me to do Chinese Water Torture Treatment? (The teacher leaves to go behind puppet stage and put on Dracula cape and black lipstick.) (While the teacher is getting ready behind the puppet stage, the crazy assistants take the child who volunteers and puts them on a table. The assistants tie him down, around and around with masking tape. Don't cover his face, remember this stuff has to come off.) (The teacher re-enters wringing his/her hands like a spooky guy who takes pleasure in tormenting people. Talk like Count Dracula. Play it up good.) First we take the person we want to torment and tie him down. Then up above we will turn our water faucet to the leaky mode. (pretend you have a water faucet.) Now for days and days we will just let this water faucet go drip, drip, drip on our victim's head. (To represent the water dripping, using the tip of one of your fingers tap the child's forehead over and over until the child begins to show signs of becoming annoyed.) Before long our victim will not be able to stand it anymore and he will go cookoo in the head. (Periodically throughout the teacher's (dracula's) torture talk, the assistants run around and laugh fiendishly.) That is what a complainer does to those around him. Their constant complaining is like water dripping on your head over and over. At first everyone around them has sympathy, but one day, snap!!!!!!! The people around them will not care anymore. So please kids don't do complaining torture treatment on your parents unless you want them to go cookoo in the head! Topic: Don't Compare Yourself. (Non-Religious) Teachers Present: _________________________________________________ Props Required: Super Soaker water gun, picture of Mona Lisa (look in clip art or on the web for a pictures), Stinky & Sally puppets, a painting, maid costume, feather duster, police man outfit with gun, doctor costume, "Strike" sign, tickets, large candy prizes, treats for all. 1. Suggested Silly Songs: Skimaridinki-dinki-dink / I love you, or Hokey Pokey again. Under the Sea. (song from the Disney Movie, Little Mermaid. (on the last time you sing the chorus when you get to the line “Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter ….” Have an assistant come out with a super soaker and squirt all the kids. The element of surprise is fun to them. 2. Object
Lesson: _______________________
The real Mona Lisa or a copy?
3. Puppet Show
Teacher: ____________ Stinky: ____________________ Sally: ____________________ 4. Skit:
Doctor: ___________________ Police: ___________________ Maid: ___________________ 5. Suggested Game: Hot Stinky Sneaker
or Water Balloon Toss 6. Tickets and Prizes Take a roll of tickets that are numbered on both ends. Have kids line up and as they get l/2 of the ticket from you, have them tell you their names. When everyone has a ticket do a draw for a couple of prizes. We usually use things like Pringles Potato Chips or other larger candy items. Sometimes we torture the kids with the ticket, we say the numbers really slow like a slow motion movie, or just about when we are to read the last number, we say, "I don't like that ticket! I think I'll pick another one". It drives the kids bananas. 7.
Candy treat for everyone. We usually have some small candy
treat prepared, enough so each child has one. Remember to remind them
when you will be returning for your next visit. Kids
Connection Day #3 COMPARING OBJECT LESSON Supplies Required: A photocopy
of the Mona Lisa. If possible find out how much the original painting
is now worth. Teacher: (Hold
up the copy of the Mona Lisa.) Who can tell me the name of this famous picture and who painted it? The picture is called Mona Lisa and the painter is named Leonardo DeVinchi. How much do you think this copy of this famous picture is worth? It is not worth very much is it? Just the cost of the paper. But how much is the original painting worth? Millions of dollars. Why is the copy of the famous painting worth almost nothing and the original painting is worth millions? Because the copy is just that - a copy. When we try to copy other people, try to walk just like them, or talk just like them or sing just like them, we become just a copy, not an original. And an original is always more valuable. You are an original. You are special. There is no one just like you, with your gifts and talents. Sometimes it takes time to develop our gifts and talents. How much time do you think it took for the painter to paint this picture? It probably took hours and hours. He probably fussed a lot over it, making sure it was just perfect. He probably said "Oh moma mia, I gotta da blacka paint ina the wronga place! I gotta starta over again!" How much time did it take for me to make this copy? Only a few seconds. I just plopped it into the photocopy and wammo out came this copy. There is only one of you. Don't let yourself get caught in foolish comparing and trying to be something you're not. You be the best you, you can be. You have some special to offer the world. Kids
Connection Day #3 Comparing PUPPET SKIT Props Needed: Painting (enter Sally Puppet) Sally: (clears her throat) Today I'm going to sing my favourite song. Let me just clear my throat. (Sally sings the entire
song - she is very animated and dramatic.) (Teacher makes a big deal
about Sally's singing.) Teacher: Thank you Sally so much for sharing your gift of singing with us. You have a wonderful talent. Sally: You're Welcome. (enter Stinky) Stinky: What's so special about Sally's singing anyway? Everybody likes singers better than other people! I can sing just as good as Sally. Teacher, I want to sing a song too! Teacher: Stinky, I didn't know you could sing. Stinky: I can sing just as good as Sally. You just listen and see. I'm just as good as Sally, maybe even better. I'm going to make a C.D. and I'm going to sell them and I'll be famous! (Stinky clears his throat. Stinky sings his song very off key. The teacher covers her ears.) (Sally covers her ears.) Stinky: How come you put your hands over your ears? See I told you, you like Sally better than me! Teacher: (hugs Stinky) Stinky you know I don't like Sally better than you. Why have you suddenly taken this interest in singing? Stinky: Because I thought only the singers were special people, and I wanted to be special like Sally. Sally: I'm not more special than you Stinky. Teacher: You already are special Stinky. Sally is using her singing talent. Stinky you have other talents that make you special. Stinky: I'm not good at nothing! Sally: That's not true. Stinky is an artist. He's the best painter in the world. When I look at his painting I feel like I'm in another world. Teacher: Is that true Stinky? Do you paint pictures. Stinky: (bashful) Well ya. I paint some. Do you want to see one of my paintings? Teacher: Of course! (Stinky descends to get a picture.) Stinky: Here is one of my paintings. Teacher: (in awe) It's so beautiful. Stinky you have a most wonderful gift. I'm so glad you are using your talent. Stinky: I guess I was pretty foolish to be comparing myself to Sally wasn't I teacher. Teacher: It is foolish for us to compare ourselves with another person. Sally: Well see you later I'm going to practice singing. (as she leaves she sings Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do. Stinky: See you later. I'm going to paint some more pictures. Kids
Connection Day #3 Comparing SKIT The doctor and the policeman are arguing about who is the most important of the 2 of them. As they argue the maid is cleaning up around them. She dusts them with her feather duster. She lifts their hats and dusts under their hats. She gathers up the garbage etc. The doctor says, "Well I'm more important than you Mr. Policeman because I help people get better. I operate on people and take out gallstones and kidney stones and I do heart transplants. See if you can top that one! I'm more important than you and I am for sure way more important than this maid!" The maid gives them a dirty look as they have insulted her. The police says, "Well I'm more important than you because I keep law and order in this town. I catch all the bad guys and put them in jail. I catch the burglars and the murders, and I help little kids cross the street! I'm way more important than you and I'm for sure more important than this maid too." The maid puts her head down and says, "They think I'm not very important." The maid decides to go on strike. The maid gets a sign and carries it pacing back and forth. TWO WEEKS LATER The doctor enters and trips over some (imaginary) garbage. He complains about how he can't find anything in his office. His papers are all messed up. He just realizes that because of his messy desk he did a mistake. He did a heart transplant on Mrs. Jones and he was only supposed to take out her tonsils. And he cut off Johnny's foot and he was only supposed to remove a planters wart. "Oh no am I ever in trouble Big! Oh why did the maid have to go on strike? Why did I ever think her job was not important? I'll never think I'm more important than anybody else again!" The policeman enters and trips over the imaginary garbage. He sneezes all the time because he is allergic to dust and his office is so dusty. He looks out an imaginary window. Oh my goodness the bank is getting robbed. It's the dirty dozen gang. Where's my gun? I have to go arrest them! Because his office is so messy he can't find his gun. He looks out the window and he realizes that the bank robbers have gotten away. "Oh man! Am I ever in trouble now! I let the bank robbers get away! Oh why did the maid have to go on strike? Why did I ever think her job was not important? I'll never think I'm more important than anybody else again!" The doctor and policeman make a deal with the maid to have her come and work for them again. They promise her a raise and they promise to treat her equal to them. Kidz Connection Schedule - Day #3 Topic: Friendship (This program has Christian message.) Teachers Present: _________________________________________________ Props Required: Super Soaker water gun, Puppets: Jesus, Stinky, Mom, Costumes: Delilah dress and wig, Samson hair and robe, rope, scissors, 3 folding chairs, tickets, large candy prizes, treats for all. 1. Suggested Silly Songs: 1. Skimaridinki-dinki-dink / I love you or Hokey Pokey again. 2. Under the Sea. (song from the Disney Movie, Little Mermaid.(on the last time you sing the chorus when you get to the line “Darling it’s better down where it’s wetter ….” Have an assistant come out with a super soaker and squirt all the kids. The element of surprise is fun to them. 2. Code Word Game: _____________________ Prior
to meeting, prepare some tickets by cutting them in half (there should
be identical numbers at both ends of the ticket). Put the halves into separate bags. Pick a Code word and announce it before
the “special talk” about friendship. Tell the kids that during your talk, whenever you say the “code word” the first child to jump up and say “I
love liver” gets a ticket.
Tell the kids to hold on to their tickets because there will
be a draw for prizes at the end.
Put some thought into talk about friendship.
Make it lively and exciting for the kids.
This little game should last no longer than 5-7 minutes.
3. Skit
Narrator:
____________(we usually get a child on site do read this) Samson: ____________________ Delilah: ____________________ Philistine: ____________________ 4. Puppet Show
Jesus:
___________________ Stinky: ___________________ Mom: ___________________
6. Tickets and Prizes Take a roll of tickets that are numbered on both ends. Have kids line up and as they get l/2 of the ticket from you, have them tell you their names. When everyone has a ticket do a draw for a couple of prizes. We usually use things like Pringles Potato Chips or other larger candy items. Sometimes we torture the kids with the ticket, we say the numbers really slow like a slow motion movie, or just about when we are to read the last number, we say, "I don't like that ticket! I think I'll pick another one". It drives the kids bananas. 7. Candy treat for everyone. We usually have some small candy treat prepared, enough so each child has one. Remember to remind them when you will be returning for your next visit.
Characters: Narrator, Samson,
Delilah, Philistine Supplies Required: a rope,
a wig, scissors, 2 golf balls Narrator: There was a very interesting man in the bible who we can learn a lot from in the area of friendships. His name was Samson. (Samson enters flexing his muscles. You could put inflated balloons on your arms to make them appear bigger.) Narrator: Samson always
knew God had a plan for his life. His mom and dad told him he was special
because he was a miracle baby. An angel even came to his mom before
he was born to tell her he would be the one to begin to set God's people
free from the evil Philistines. (Philistine comes out and shakes his
fist angrily.) The angel only gave a couple of strict instructions.
Samson must never drink any alcohol nor must he ever cut his hair. So
he never did. One day Samson went into enemy territory. He knew it was his destiny to do damage among the Philistines. Guess what he saw when he was there - a beautiful woman named Delilah. (enter Delilah) Delilah: Hello there big boy. Want to come over to my place for supper? Samson: Sure baby. See you at 5:00 o'clock. (Samson exits.) (Philistine enters) Philistine: Hey Delilah if you find out the secret of his strength and tell us, we'll give you lots of money. Narrator: Later that
day. Samson: Okay lady I'm here, what's for supper? Delilah: Oh we'll have supper later, come and lay down on the couch for a couple of minutes and I'll just massage your head for you. Samson: Cool! (Have 3 chairs lined up in a row in front of the kids. Samson and Delilah sit on them. Samson lays his head on Delilah's lap.) Delilah: Tell me Darling what is the secret of your mighty strength? Can you become like a normal man - you know weak and feeble, so we can hurt you? Narrator: Samson
knew what she was up to. He knew that kind of woman could not be trusted.
He decided to just play with her a bit, you know have a little fun with
her. He would never tell her the truth. Samson: Sure just tie me up with a new rope and I'll be weak as any other man. (Delilah ties him up.) Delilah: Get up Samson, the Philistines are here to get you! (Samson breaks free of the rope and knocks the Philistine out. Delilah has a temper tantrum. Samson returns ready for some supper.) Delilah: Oh just have a little rest darling. Tell me for real, what is the real secret to your big, strong, handsome, powerful strength. Samson: Oh if you just weave my hair, I will be powerless. (Delilah lulls him to sleep on her lap and weaves his hair.) Delilah: Samson get up the Philistines are here! (Samson unweaves his hair, and chases the Philistine out. Delilah has another temper tantrum.) Narrator: Every day
Delilah pestered Samson to learn the secret of his strength - every
day .............. all day long. (Delilah walk behind Samson pestering him.) Narrator: Samson
didn't realize it, but his hanging around with the wrong kind of people
was affecting him. Soon he couldn't take her nagging any more and he
told her the special secret that only God and his parents knew. Samson: It's my hair! It's never been cut. There I told you! If you cut my hair I'll be weak like a regular man. (Delilah lulls him to sleep on her lap again. She cuts off his hair. Pretend you are cutting under the wig.) Delilah: Samson get up! The Philistines are here. Narrator: Samson awoke and thought he would shake himself free as at other times, but he did not know that the Lord had departed from him. He didn't even have the strength to defend himself against Delilah. She poked at him and hurt him. Samson: Stop it. You're hurting me! Narrator: The Philistine
came in and plucked out Samsons 2 eyes. (use golf balls with painted eye balls on them. Samson gets up holding onto his eyes, with his eyes closed shouting "My eyes! My eyes!) Narrator: And they escorted Samson to the prison where he did slave labour. Poor Samson if only he had known when to draw the line, when to stop his friendship with people that were pulling him down. Kids
Connection Day #3 Friendship Puppet Show (Jesus enters. He is very
playful.) Jesus: (to the audience) Stinky's coming and I can tell you what he's going to say, even before he says it. Watch this. He's going to come up here all exasperated and shout "Mom! Mom! Where did you put my purple socks?" Here he comes now. (Stinky enters very exasperated.) Stinky: Mom! Mom! Where did you put my purple socks? (Voice from behind puppet stage) Mom: Stinky, did you look in your sock drawer? Jesus: Oh ya, I forgot." Stinky: Oh ya, I forgot. (Stinky exits to go look in the sock drawer) Jesus: See told ya. I know everything about Stinky. I know everything he's thinking. The amazing thing is, I even know what he's going to think before he thinks it! Stinky's coming back now. You want to know what he's going to do next? He's going to go and sit down in that chair to watch T. V. (Stinky returns and plops himself over the edge of the puppet stage as if he is watching T. V.) Jesus: (to audience) See told ya. I know when he's going to sit down and I know when he's going to get up. Now he's going to say "Mom! Mom! Where's the remote control?" Stinky: Mom! Mom! Where's the remote control? Jesus: (to audience) See told ya. I know everything about Stinky. I know Stinky inside and out! Now Stinky's going to get up and go and get a pop out of the fridge. Stinky: I think I'm going to go and get a pop from the fridge. (Stinky exits) Jesus: (to audience) See told ya. (Stinky returns and Jesus approaches him.) Jesus: Stinky, how ya doin' bud? Stinky: Jesus! Jesus is it really you? Are you really standing in front of me? Jesus: Of course Stinky. I'm all around you - in front of you, behind you, all around you! Stinky: Wowsers! Jesus: Not only that I know everything about you. I know you inside and out. Stinky: Double wowsers! Jesus: Not only that, I know every thought you think, before you even think it! Stinky: Triple wowsers! Jesus: Not only that, I know every word you're going to say, and everything you're going to do before you even do it! Stinky: Quadruple wowsers! That's amazing! You're blowing the circuits in my brain. I can't understand how you could know all that about me! Jesus: I love you Stinky. I want to be your best friend. Stinky: For Real? What do I have to do? Jesus: Just open up the door and ask me to come into your heart and I will. Stinky: Jesus please come into my heart. Jesus: Okay. What do you want to do now, new best buddy? Stinky: Want to go and pester the girls and put worms in their hair? Jesus: Nah. I like girls too. Stinky: You like girls too!!!!!! Okay let's go do something else. (all exit) |
