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Stories Jesus Told (Part of a series of four on Jesus)
The Rivers Team - Rotherham - 17 June 2008
Below is a series of ideas produced by the Rivers Team from Rotherham and given to Lucy Moore at the Messy Fiesta in Mickleover.
Idea 1 - Toilet roll sheet (for Lost Sheep)
Craft Brief - Suitable for toddlers
How to - Stick cotton Stick cotton wool around a cardboard tube. Use black pipe cleaners for legs and stuff a black popsock for a head.
Idea 2 - Party hats and invitations (Prodigal Son)
Craft Brief - Suitable for older children / adults
How to - Decorate with sequins, crepe paper, tissue paper etc.
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Giving to Others (Part of a series of four on Jesus)
The Rivers Team - Rotherham - 17 June 2008
Giving to Others
Below is a series of ideas produced by the Rivers Team from Rotherham and given to Lucy Moore at the Messy Fiesta in Mickleover.
Idea 1 - Widow's mite
Craft Brief - Suitable for toddlers
How to - Make cardboard cutout of widow and fix together with split pins to use like a puppet
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Jesus walks on water (One of a series of four on Jesus)
The Rivers Team - Rotherham - 17 June 2008
Jesus walks on water
Below is a series of ideas produced by the Rivers Team from Rotherham and given to Lucy Moore at the Messy Fiesta in Mickleover.
Idea 1 - Thixotrophic cornflour and water on tray
Craft Brief - Suitable for toddlers
How to - Squidge it
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Jesus heals Bartimaeus (One of a series of four on Jesus)
The Rivers Team - Rotherham - 17 June 2008
Below is a series of ideas produced by the Rivers Team from Rotherham and given to Lucy Moore at the Messy Fiesta in Mickleover.
Idea 1 - Senses board - using sense of touch. Make a pair of glasses
Craft Brief - Suitable for toddlers
Idea 2 - Scraper foil. Doing jigsaw the wrong way round.
Craft Brief - Suitable for older children / adults
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Prayer Wall
Nick Lear - Didcot, Oxon - 30 April 2008
Each Messy Church we put some lining paper on a wall with some pens and offer people the opportunity to write up prayer requests. They are sometimes quite general, or they can sometimes be very personal.
We use these requests in our worship time. Sometimes we make the prayer wall into more of an 'installation' where people can engage in a prayerful activity.
It tends to be used more by adults than children, but that's not a bad thing!
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New heaven, new earth
Lucy Moore - Portsmouth, UK - 11 December 2007
Wiping away every tear
Choose a project from a charity that aims to help people who are less fortunate than we are, or that might make people smile instead of crying.
For example, decorate a shoebox for Operation Christmas Child, or decorate stars for the Toybox Charity.
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Lazarus / Resurrection
Lucy Moore - Portsmouth, UK - 10 December 2007
Jane's Empty Tomb Marshmallow Buns
Wrap a marshmallow in bread dough to make a small bread roll.
When you bake it, the marshmallow disappears and the bread bun is empty like an empty tomb!
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The Fall: Chocolate Apple Dips
Lucy Moore - Portsmouth, UK - 10 December 2007
Cut an apple into large-ish cubes.
Spear each cube on a cocktail stick and dip into melted chocolate.
Dip this into hundreds and thousands or similar ‘tempting’ topping.
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