This past summer we did a 3 day Bible Land VBS. So this lesson can be used for a 3 week series for Children's church or your own VBS. It consist of a play off of the orginal Candy Land game. We used the characters and made it look like our own little Candy Land scene. The theme is,
"Walking Sweetly With Yeshua(Jesus)"
Day 1- Sweet Words--make sure our words are sweet to others and pleasing to the Lord
Day 2-Sweet Friends--make sure you are being a sweet friend
Day 3- Sweet Prayer-make sure your prayers are a sweet aroma to Him
Set Up
1. Of course, make your own colored pathway from the front door to the main stage.
Use primary colors of cardstock and secure with white or black duct tape.
2. Candy Land back drop for stage. I was lucky enough to have my friend Heather able to paint the castle on a large sheet. Or if you have a projector, just project an image onto the wall or screen.
3. Name Tags: We used a gingerbread template and printed onto firm cardstock. Printed each registered child's name on it and they decorated it upon their arrival on the first day. Each day they hung their gingerbread name tag back up on the gingerbread tree and retrieved it every morning.
http://k2printables.com/images/gingerbread_man2.jpg Gingerbread man name tag template
Then I made a gingerbread tree out of firm cardboard. Used green felt for the tree and and brown felt for the trunk. I cut slits into the green felt and stuck on little hooks to the backboard. You will not be able to see the backboard, just little hooks coming thru the green felt. Lastly, use puffy paint to draw on the face of the Ginger bread tree. Place him at the front door so he greets everyone as they arrive.
3. Lollipops. Colored helium balloons on a string. String thru white cardboard tubes and secure string at the bottom. Wrap balloon in clear cellophan and secure with colored ribbon. Secure bottom to sandbag or balloon weight or just secure to a wall.
4. Bible Land Sign: I was able to download a Candy Land Font in which I made the letters. Cut them out and glue to red paper plates. Secure together with string or just secure to the wall with tape.
5. Draw the characters. I drew about 4 of the characters and displayed them around the room. Mr. Mint was adhered to a firm poster board with the rules and he gave the rules everyday.
6. Gumdrop Mountains. I got colorful buckets at the dollar store. Sprayed adhesive glue over it and rolled it in real sugar and then used clear laquer spray to make it not fall apart. Then placed on stage and surrounded with "snow" or cottonballs.
7. Candies. I secures colored paper plates together from the dollar store, and wrapped in clear cellophane and tied each end with colored ribbon. You can catch a glimse of one in the picture of the hanging about the Bible Land sign. You can also just use plain white paperplates and use colored cellophane wrap.
8. Bubble Machine. At the entrance I added an automatic bubble machine blower which made it seem so fanciful and exciting to come in. The front doors were open and bubbles were billowing out to welcome the kids.
9. Ginger Bread Man. I found an adorable gingerbread inflatable at Oriental Trading. I put it on stage as decoration. We also took pictures of the kids with him and framed them for each of the kids.
