It's finally here! The week my children wait for all summer long! The week the church custodian fears above all others. The week that makes creative juices flow in ways we mommies only dream of all the rest of the year.
VBS WEEK!
Yes, Vacation Bible School is upon us again, and although we have known about it since May, we are swamped in a last-minute panic.
"How can we make a burning bush by tomorrow morning?"
"There aren't any red stickers anywhere in town for Pharoah's boils!"
"Can we stuff a whole team of kids under one table and pretend it's an Israelite house?"
Oh, it's always a great test of ingenuity and making-do. The early pioneers and settlers have nothing on me when it comes to creating stuff for VBS. Two years ago I made a "tribes of Israel" tent out of two stacks of chairs, a big brown tarp and some huge utility clips. A few saddle blankets on the floor and Presto! Just call me Rebekah. Last year it was "God's Big Backyard" and we had it all: tent, picnic table with checkered cloth and a blanket on the ground.
This year I'm at the Bible stories station. Hence the burning bush, boils (and other plagues) and Israelite house. Out of the five days I think Pharoah Day will be the most entertaining; the kids get to throw pretend dead fish and frogs at him, turn his drinking water to "blood" with kool-aid powder, and clip clothespin locusts to his clothes. Plus stick red boils all over him.
Anybody have any good VBS stories out there?
3 months ago
I haven't taught VBS, but I do teach Sunday school to ninth graders, who get really bored really quick, and most don't want to be there early on a Sunday morning. I used to teach sixth graders, and they were a little more responsive - but VBS sounds like fun.
ReplyDeleteI wanna come to your VBS. Sounds a lot more fun than work!
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