one body, many parts!
This page takes you through the various activities we had at Messy Church on 8 February 2014. Have a look and try a few!
Jigsaws
Draw a picture on the jigsaw – it could be of yourself, or of your family, or maybe the Messy Church symbol
The parts of the body fit together like a jigsaw
Undo the jigsaw and see if you can put it back together
Split pin people
Cut out the different parts of the person and put them together using paper fasteners. Colour in the face and the clothes
It takes many parts to make a single body
How many parts of the body can you see in the person you have made?
Pasta skeleton
Take the different shapes of pasta to make a pasta skeleton. Dip them in the glue and stick them to the card.
It takes many parts to make a single body
Do you know the names of any of the bones in the body? Why do we need bones?
Polystyrene ball people
Take a ball for the head and one for the body. Stick them together and decorate it to look like a person.
The head cannot say it doesn’t the feet
What parts of the body does your ball person have? Are any parts of the body missing?
Junk model people
Find some boxes of the right size and stick them together to make a person
A body isn’t really a body unless there is more than one part
How many parts of the body does your junk person have?
Polystyrene cup people
Stick two cups together and draw on a face. Then add arms and legs using pegs
A body isn’t really a body unless there is more than one part
How many parts of the body does your cup person have?
How many parts of the body do you think you have?
Sponge body painting
There are different shapes of sponge for different parts of the body. Put paint on them and print them onto a piece of paper to make a body.
God put the body together so that every part is valuable
You are a valued part of Messy Church
Stick marsh mallows together to make a person
It takes many parts to make a single body
How many marshmallows have you used to make your body?
What parts of the body does it have?
Eyeball bouquet
Put a ball on a cocktail stick and paint it. Then stick on an eye. Take off the cocktail stick and attach a pipecleaner. Twist it round and stick it in a cardboard vase. Then make two more in different colours.
If our bodies were only an eye we couldn’t hear a thing
What colour eyes do you have? What colour eyes does the helper have?
Photo collage
If you have brought a photo add it to the collage. If not draw a picture of yourself or get someone else to draw a picture of you and then stick it on. You might like to put your name on as well.
Messy Church has many different parts just as any other body does. Each one of us is part of it.
Can you see anyone you know in the pictures?
Prayer hands
Cut out two hands and colour them in. Stick them together like praying hands with a prayer in between them.
The eye can’t say to the hands ‘I don’t need you’
What good things can you use hands for?
Finger puppets
Make puppets to fit your fingers
All parts of the body work together smoothly
Move the puppets with your fingers and see if you can tell a story
Guess the helper
These pictures are of different Messy Church helpers. They will all be wearing badges with their names on. Can you find out who they are?
Everyone is different but each one is part of Messy Church
If you are brave enough say thank you to them for being part of Messy Church
Paper clip bracelet
Hook two paper clips together then wrap tape around them. Hook the next one and wrap tape around it. Keep going until you have the length you want then join the two ends with the last paperclip
All the parts of the body fit together like the paper clips fit together. They care for each other.
How can the people at Messy Church show that they fit together, that they care for each other?
Which part of the body are you?
Would you like to be
An eye someone who has vision for the future
An ear someone who is good at listening
A mouth someone who has helpful things to say
A hand someone who helps when things need doing
An arm someone who encourages and gives people a hug
A foot someone who will go to help someone in need
We are all different and we are all valuable.
Draw a picture of the part of the body you’ve chosen and write your name on it, then tape it to the body in the right place
