VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODBUILDING W ISE HIGH-RISE

DAY 3 FOUNDATION FOR LIFE

Bib le Story W ise & FoolishBuilders

Theme VersePhilipp ians 1:6

Bot tom Line Jesus' love is the foundat ion for the rest of my life.

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Prep- Various build ing supplies: sw im noodles, boxes, crates.- Determine how long teams w ill have to build .

Play- Form teams of 5?8 kids.- Ask the kids to recall today?s Bib le story. Remind the kids that some builders made

w ise choices, while others made foolish choices.- Give each team a set of supplies.- Challenge the kids to make the highest st ructure they can before t ime is called.

Suggest ion- For a smaller, inside version use craft st icks, index cards, and foam count ing b locks.

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODBUILD W ISE HIGH-RISE

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODRUBBLE CLEAN UP

DAY 3 FOUNDATION FOR LIFE

Bib le Story W ise & FoolishBuilders

Theme VersePhilipp ians 1:6

Bot tom Line Jesus' love is the foundat ion for the rest of my life.

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Prep- Provide stacks of newspaper.- St retch a length of caut ion tape to d ivide the p lay area into two sect ions.

Play- Explain that the rocks and broken bricks at a const ruct ion site are called rubble,

and that the rubble has to be removed before new const ruct ion can begin.- Tell t he kids that they w ill p lay a game that creates and cleans up rubble.- Form two teams. Designate a side of the room for each team.- Inst ruct the teams to use the newspapers to create rubble (paper wads) and toss it

to the other side of the room. - The team w ith the least rubble when t ime is up is the w inner.

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODRUBBLE CLEAN UP

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODMEASURE UP BROAD JUMP

DAY 3 FOUNDATION FOR LIFE

Bib le Story W ise & FoolishBuilders

Theme VersePhilipp ians 1:6

Bot tom Line Jesus' love is the foundat ion for the rest of my life.

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Prep- Caut ion tape to designate a start ing line. - Ret ractable measuring tape to measure the jumps.

Play- Ask the kids to line up behind the caut ion tape.- Create teams of f ive to six kids.- A fter each kid jumps, use the tape to measure the d istance.- Add up each team?s d istances for points. The team w ith the most points w ins.- Play again as t ime permits.

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODMEASURE UP BROAD JUMP

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODLEAKY PIPES

WATER GAME

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Prep- Sw im noodles (3 per team)- 1 bucket of water w ith pour spout per team.- 1 empty bucket per team..

Play- Form teams of 6?10 kids. Give each team 3 sw im noodles and a bucket of water.- Challenge the kids to hold the noodles end to end, matching the holes.- Place the empty bucket at one end of the line of kids w ith noodles. - Pour the bucket of water into the f irst noodle and catch the water in the empty

bucket . The object of the game is to be the team that catches the most water in the bucket at the end of the noodles.

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODLEAKY PIPES

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODBUCKETS AND CRANES

WATER GAME

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Prep- 2 buckets (one per team).- Water.

Play- Form two teams and explain that the kids are going to act like cranes to pass the

bucket of water from one end of the line to the other.- Give the f irst person in each line a bucket f illed w ith water. She w ill raise the bucket

up and pass it to the next person in line. He w ill grab the bucket from her and lower it like a crane. He w ill t hen pass it to the next person.

- Each person in line w ill alternate raising and lowering the crane w ith the bucket down the line.

- The team w ith the most water left in the bucket w ins.

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODBUCKETS AND CRANES

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODW RECKING BALL PINATA

WATER GAME

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Prep- Fill gray or silver balloons w ith water and hang from something a few feet higher

than the heads of the kids.- St ick.

Play- Encourage the kids to take turns st riking a balloon unt il it breaks. A fter a balloon

bursts, move on to the next one.- Kids may be b lindfolded to make the game more challenging.

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODW RECKING BALL PINATA

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODCONSTRUCTION CONE CATCH

WATER GAME

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Prep- Make enough water balloons for each team to have one.- Provide a const ruct ion cone or p last ic cup for each kid.

Play- Form teams of two. Stand the partners about 4 feet apart .- Give each kid a const ruct ion cone.- Hand a water balloon to one kid from each team.- Challenge the kids to toss the water balloon into his teammate?s cone.- Move the teams further apart after each throw.- The last team to break their water balloon is the w inner.

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODCONSTRUCTION CONE CATCH

VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODTOOL TIME

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GAME

Prep- Toolbox or belt w ith various tools- Paper and pencils

Play- Show the tools to the kids and inst ruct them to be

very observant .- A fter about a minute remove the tools and see how

many tools they can remember and list .

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VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODSTEADY STACKER

TABLETOP

GAME

Prep- Thread 5 hex nuts onto a chopst ick or sturdy skewer.

Make several sets for kids to share.- Table or another f lat surface.- Timer.

Play- Explain that the kids w ill at tempt to stack f ive hex

nuts in 20 seconds.- Kids w ill stack the nuts by slid ing them off the

skewer w ithout touching them w ith their hands.

- Set the t imer for 20 seconds and call ?Start .? A llow the kids to take turns at tempt ing to complete the stack before t ime is up.

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VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODBLUEPRINT CHALLENGE

TABLETOP

GAME

Prep- Lego® bricks- Build shapes out of Lego bricks. Place white paper

over the shapes and rub w ith a b lue crayon to make a b lueprint .

Play- Explain that builders use a pat tern called a b lueprint

to show how a st ructure is supposed to be built .- Encourage the kids to use the Lego bricks to make

the st ructures shown in the b lueprints.

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VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODCONSTRUCTION CONECOOPERATION CHALLENGE

TABLETOP

GAME

Prep- 10 cups and 4 st rings (about 24 inches)- Rubber band for each team of four.- Use hitch knots to secure 4 lengths of st ring equally

spaced around each rubber band.Play

- Explain that the object ive of the game is for p layers to work as a team to stack all t he cups in a pyramid. The challenge is that p layers cannot touch the cups. They may only use the rubber band tool and their voices.

- Demonst rate how the p layers must worktogether to pull t he st rings and st retch the rubber band to f it around the cup so it can be lif ted into p lace.

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VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODWASHER TOSS

TABLETOP

GAME

Prep- Use permanent markers or spray paint to color washers

two d if ferent colors (3 of each color) .- Use masking tape to d ivide a table in half.- Tape a lid in the center of each side of the table.

Play- Form two teams. Posit ion each team at one end of the

table.- A llow each kid to throw three washers to the target on

the opposite side. Score 1 point for each washer that lands inside the area marked by the masking tape. Score 5 points for each washer that lands in the lid . A fter each kid?s turn, add up the score and alternate which side is throw ing.

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VBS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODNUTS AND BOLTS

TABLETOP

GAME

Prep- Gather enough sets of matching nuts and bolt s for each

kid to have one or the other. The nuts and bolt s need to be various sizes, but each needs to have a match.

- Const ruct ion hat to hold the nuts and bolt s.Play

- Explain that the phrase ?nuts and bolt s? means the basic details about something. Tell t he kids that they w ill p lay a game that w ill help them learn the ?nuts & bolt s? about their friends.

- A llow each kid to choose a nut or a bolt .- W hen everyone has one, each kid

f inds a partner w ith a matching nut or bolt . Once pairs are found, they should learn three things about that friend.

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