If you're still distancing from your Messy Church families, this idea from Sharon Sampson for a Messy Zoom Nativity might come in handy. You start with a scavenger hunt so that your families then have the props as you tell the Nativity story in an interactive way.
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Messy Church regional coordinator for Leeds, Rachel Gotobed, has written this great Christmas play, The Gingerbread Man’s Christmas Adventure. It would work well as a standalone play or could be used alongside Renita Boyle's book The Gingerbread Nativity.
by Anne
An unexpected hit at our Advent/Christmas Messy Church session yesterday were decorated Advent Candles. It was really just an extra 'filler' activity in case we needed it, but it really seemed to absorb a wide range of people - one Dad really got into it and produced a wonderful candle.