Thoughtful Thursdays: DIY Castle Crafts

I’m thinking VBS all the time right now.

It’s the first time our church has done VBS for a long time, and I’m in charge of it. Since we have just been at this church since June, 2016, we are going with curriculum to help make it easier. Our choice was Regular Baptist Press’s  Over the Moat: Drawbridge to the King curriculum as I have used their products before.

I would love to hear from VBS enthusiasts about what you have done that has been a big hit in your programs. We will go out in our neighborhoods the first couple of weeks in April inviting people to our church’s Easter cantata and also including flyers about the upcoming VBS summer program in June. 

So please tell me some great VBS ideas! I really do want to hear all you have to offer. Either email me (there’s a contact form at the bottom of the page or my email is in the sidebar) or leave me a comment. Do you do big prizes? big snacks? How do you draw in kids? I absolutely VBS, and want it to be a program that is well-done.

Although we ordered the curriculum, we will probably come up with crafts ourselves. If any of you are doing the same RBP curriculum, here are some good crafts that are not too difficult or expensive that will go with our castle theme. There are 5 different categories, which is perfect as there are normally 5 days of crafts. We might do some easier crafts with the younger children and save the harder crafts for the older children.

Castle crafts:

• Free Castle Coloring Sheet & King and Queen — both can be printed on cardstock and stand up
• DIY Stamp Castle with free printable templates
• Easy Castle craft with brown paper bag and a $2.50 printable

Stained Glass Crafts:

• Faux Stained Glass using a transparency and aluminum foil
• Stained Glass Window uses contact paper

Sword Crafts:

• DIY Sword using cardboard cut in the shape of a sword
• DIY Sword using inner tube of wrapping rolls

Shield Crafts:

• DIY Shield using cardboard and aluminum foil
• DIY Shield or DIY Coat of Arms using free printables
• DIY Shield

Crown Crafts:

• DIY Crowns: use any of the templates below (or print off a few for kids to choose from):
  • Printable Crown Template
  • Printable Crown Template
  • King and Queens Printable Crowns
  • Many downloadable templates here (not just gold crowns)

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