Love Is........
This page takes you through the various activities we had at Messy Church on 13th February 2016. Have a look and try a few!
Cake in a bag
Weigh out
the ingredients you need into a bag
Take the
instructions so that you know how to cook them when you get home and add the
missing ingredient
I may know everything, have great faith to
move mountains but without love I am nothing
What happens
when love is missing?
Take a sheet
of paper that shows what the Bible says about love
Stick lolly
sticks on the back
Add a cord
to hang it up
Love never fails
What do you
find easy about love? What do you find
difficult?
Flower of hearts
The hearts
will be the petals of the flower
Write on
each one something that love is
Then stick
them to a stalk to make a flower
Love is the most important thing God asks us
to do
What do you
find surprising about love?
We challenge
you to
- get the stick around the wire
without touching it
- juggle two beanbags
juggle three
beanbags
throw the
diablo
Hula with
the hula hoop
Love never gives up on people
How long did
you keep trying? Love doesn’t give up
easily
Prayer heart
Write on a
heart the names of people you care about
Stick your
heart to the big heart and thank God for those people
Love is patient and kind
How many
people can you think of that you care about?
Take a card
and decorate it with hearts
Love is kind
Who will you
give your card to?
Volcano
Make a
volcano out of clay
Put a little
cup in it and then mix some vinegar bicarbonate of soda and watch it erupt
Love does not get upset or angry with others
Do you get
upset with other people? What sort of
things upset you?
Choose one
of the shapes of spectacles. Decorate it
with felt tip pens and stick things onto it.
Stick on
some cellophane with double sided tape, where the lenses should go
Love helps us to see things clearly
When we love
someone how do we see them differently?
Heart Biscuits
Decorate the
biscuit with heart shaped icing and a red sweet
Love is always hopeful and trusting
How can you
show love to other people?
Gift box
Decorate the
gift box, and put a chocolate in it
Love is not selfish, it thinks about other
people not just itself
Who will you
give your gift to?
MirrorTake a card flower. Stick on a hazy mirror and decorate it with jewels.
Now all we can see of God is like a cloudy picture
in a mirror. Later we will see him face
to face.
How well can
you see yourself in the mirror?
Take 2
strips of each length of card and a piece of ribbon. Thread a bead on the folded ribbon and tape
it to a long piece of card. Put the
pieces of card in order short, medium, long, ribbon, long, medium, short and
staple them together. Then bend them
over to meet on the other side and staple them again.
God loves us very much. He wants us to love him with all that we
are. He wants us to love the people we
meet too.
You could
give your heart to someone and tell them that you love them
Colouring pictures
Colour in one of these pictures
Love is happy with the truth
Love is happy with the truth
Take a piece
of paper and write on it or draw a picture of anything you would like us to
pray for you.
The prayers
in here will be passed on to a team of people who pray every month for Messy
Church
Roll your
paper up and put it in one of the tubes in the cross
Clanging cymbals
Attach the
bells to some ribbon and then attach a ribbon to each cymbal
Then
decorate them
If I don’t love I am like a noisy bell or a
crashing cymbal
What loud
noises don’t you like?
Stick modroc
around a cardboard heart. It will go
hard when it dries
Add a cord
so you can hang it up
Love is
patient and kind
Where could
you hang your heart to remind you of what you have done today?
Marble paintingLet the marbles roll around on your paper to make a pretty pattern
If some
people are kind and loving, others will learn to be kind and loving and it
spreads around everywhere
What have
you learnt from other people about how to be kind and loving?
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