Twas the Night Before VBS...and All Through the Church!!!!!

Tomorrow is the big day...kick off of VBS 2013!!  

I'm so proud of my wife...taking over the children's ministry at our church was a huge responsibility!!! 

VBS is kind of like the Super Bowl of her role!  

We are expecting 300+ kids! (which is huge since we only have 250 members  at our church!!!)

I'm also in charge of the crafts...so I'll be posting some of those images during the week!  

Doing crafts is NOTHING like being an art teacher!!!! More on that later.  

The popcorn box is on loan from my PTO prez 's!  She goes to a church that was doing the same theme...and allowed me to use her amazing prop!!!!!  (we're going to use it for our fall festival at school too!! might as well get some miles out of it!)

Here are some of the works created at our family art night!! 

HOW FUN!!

The one with her mouth open is my wife! :)  hee hee

With God, Cardboard, & Duct Tape....

With God, Cardboard, & Duct Tape...I CAN DO ALL THINGS!!! ha ha ha

I can make things look pretty, but when it comes to anything beyond that...you might need to call someone else?!?!  HOWEVER...I made the trees stand up! :) ha ha  I used cardboard & duct tape...and it worked.  I had created a more complicated version with foam, but that would have taken forever to do!!

Now I'm just praying they don't fall over during VBS!! ha ha

More VBS Sets

We needed something else for the entrance of our church.  I thought we're going to put up the LifeWay backdrop with the coaster front for pictures(remember the crazy picture of my wife and kids! ha ha).  However, there is a column there that would be in the way of group shots.....sooooo I decided to use one of our extra 4ft x 8ft canvas panels to create this!  Yes, Colossal Coaster World people...I know....it is Facing Fear...Trusting God.  SORRY!!!  I added a bit more after this picture was taken, but you get the idea!  

VBS SET ALMOST DONE!

CLOSER & CLOSER TO BEING FINISHED!!!  

I've had some great help & have been able to go in several hours on my own and work.  

I love these trees...wanna figure out other ways to use them(in my classroom maybe

VBS PREP FAMILY ART NIGHT

So for outside the snack area at VBS..we decided we'd decorate with family/kid made projects.

It was a lot of prep...A LOT OF PREP!  When doing something like this...you don't know how many will actually show, the variety of ages(though we set it at 4 +), how many parents will stay with their children....etc!  It isn't like our regular classroom where we are kind of controlling a majority of the factors.  So...making next to fool proof projects is a challenge..and as I said...a lot of prep.

PICTURES FROM THE ART NIGHT

A mother/daughter team having a great time painting!!!

My wife (our children's ministry coordinator) working on some cotton candy!

IF YOU ARE GOING TO PIN ANYTHING ON YOUR PINTEREST BOARDS...CAN YOU PIN THE FIRST PICTURE OF MY WIFE SMILING...IT WOULD MAKE ME LAUGH IF YA WOULD! 

Mr. Greg got more into it than I thought!!!!

Watercolor w/ Salt for Icee cups

Popcorn Station

Some of the kids that were left at the end!

Drying Table

Lest You Think I'm Laying Around Eating Bonbons!

So pretty much right after I left school...I started my summer gig!  Working for my wife getting VBS ready.  She heads the children's ministry at our church.  We're exciting around 400 kids at our VBS at the end of this month!!!! The person who was suppose to be doing the "set design" was unable to do it, so I found out a few weeks ago I had now be given "privilege" to do this task(on top of getting all the crafts ready!!).  

This is the progress so far!

I HAVE HELP!  

Beth is a special needs teacher...so it is fun to paint & talk shop!

I'm learning the joy of painter's tape!!! ha ha  

Colossal Coaster World: Decorations

Hello VBS friends....I wanted to show you a project I was working on.  I'm creating room decorations for our kick-off/training this weekend!  The track is made from black poster board & sun visor I bought from The Dollar Tree.  I'm going to have the tracks going around the room on the wall...and then ending with the track coming out of the ceiling with the coaster(hung by fishing line from the drop ceiling).  In my mind..it is going to be fun, but we'll see when I actually start putting it up! ha ha  I'm going to do another room as well in a different "style".  The bright green poster board is going to be part of that...you'll have to wait and see(mainly because I'm still working on it! ha ha)

Colossal Coaster World: Crafts Part 1

I shared before that my wife is in charge of VBS at our church this year.  It is a BIG DEAL...because our church about 300...usually sees 500 kids attend our VBS each year!!  My wife left the crafts in my hands.  We can't really afford to by the pre-packaged crafts from Life Way....so I'm tweaking some of the projects they have already...and substituting some of my own.  I thought this would be a fun substitute!!   

*WHAT YOU NEED FOR THIS CRAFT/PROJECT*

9x12 paper as a base

pre-cut strips to create the coaster (probably 10 per child

Elmer's Glue/Craft Glue (I would not suggest stick glue..probably would not hold.)

pre-printed coaster cars with kids in them

markers/crayons to color the coaster cars 

pre-printed bible verse to glue to the base