Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope you all are well
and enjoying summer.
So, I must admit that my Mom is my best friend.
Although I am not able to spend a ton of time with her during the school year,
I am so blessed to spend oodles of time together in the summer. Mom is the
Children’s Pastor at our home church, so for the past 15 years, one of our
annual ventures is organizing and decorating for Vacation Bible School. We
decorate under the philosophy that VBS is the one week of the year that is
entirely about our children. So, VBS is definitely a party. For the past 2
weeks, Mom and I have spent 10 hours a day decorating and painting and
constructing and all the other tasks that come with transforming a church into
Kingdom Rock (a Group Vacation Bible School)!
To show you our completed efforts, I am linking up with 4th Grade Frolics for Monday Made It.
The Youth and Children’s Center Mural – With
latex paint, paper from Dick Blick, 2 ladders, a pencil, lots of paper plates,
brushes, and paint shirt, this 17′ x 10′ beast hangs on the main wall in our
Children’s Center. (Note – to hang large murals, always use grommets to make
sure it’s secure!)
Decorative Shields – (1) Using a yard stick and pencil, partition the poster board into four sections. (2) Cut pieces of wrapping paper to fit the sections. (3) Use spray adhesive or double stick tape to adhere the paper. Do not worry if the sections overlap or do not touch. (4) Use duck tape to form a cross to finish off those edges! (5) Enjoy!
Water Pump! Every year,
we have a service project that our friends help with. This year, we are
supporting the construction of a water well in Africa through The
Water Project. Mom and I ventured to Lowes wanting to build a water pump
(to collect coins in), and we definitely succeeded. We headed to the plumbing
section, started throwing random PVC pieces together, and the Lowes man thought we were cRaZy…but he finally came to our rescue! 🙂 The top screws off, so
kids can put coins inside and after we spray painted it silver, it looks
GREAT!!!
Castle Construction – As
soon as you walk into our church, you see a large, red Coke machine. As an
attempt to mask the terrible looking machine and prohibit our 6-year-old
friends from drinking caffeine before they come to us, we built a castle using
blue insulation board (8′ x 4′). Blue insulation is GOLD, people. Gold, I say. It
can easily be cut using a razor knife, is easily painted, and it is lightweight
(i.e. if it falls, it will not crush a child)! I gave the blue board a coat of
gray, sponged darker grey blocks, and then cut out saw pieces. Then, I used
wire zip ties to connect the two sides of the castle and taa-daaaa! 🙂
As you can tell, Mom and
I really love VBS and we make a great team. When you put all the bits and
pieces together you get this….
So, I must admit that my Mom is my best friend.
13 Responses
How gorgeous! You definitely have VBSgirl Style! I am impressed with all of your projects…you and your mom make a great team!
Haha – thanks, Suzy! We really are great together, and I am SO blessed to have her. 🙂
Wow it looks great! VBS is definitely one of my favorite things about summer time! I hope you have a blessed VBS. 🙂
~Lauren
Thanks so much, Lauren. It is one of my favorites, too. We had a fantastic Christ-centered week! 🙂
Great job! We love VBS too. 🙂
That is AMAZING!! I love it 🙂
Bridget
Literacy Without Worksheets
super cute! You ROCk. I'm really impressed. Want to come do mine?
Haha – I {love} the pun, and sign me up! I am all about VBS….but I need a nap first! 😉
You and your mom are so talented! I love how it turned out! Those children are going to have so much fun! Enjoy!
The Polished Teacher
Amazing! Those kids are going to be thrilled! Mom's are great! Enjoy every minute with her!
Karen
anappleadayinfirstgrade.blogspot.com
Thanks so much, Karen. It was a wonderful week and saying goodbye is definitely hard. Thanks so much for stopping by! 🙂
Awesome décor! Wished I had seen the ribbon banner earlier. We just started last night, hope your VBS week is blessed.
Donna W.
LOVE VBS!!! One of my favorite things about summertime. The decorations look beautiful!
Kelly
Thirsty Firsties