Fidget Buster & Prayer Helps

Here are two good Fidget Busters to do with our kids that tie into the rainy weather we have had this week and to our theme of building.

Fidget Buster 6: Caught in the Rain

Taken from Fidget Busters 101: Quick Attention-Getters for Children's Ministry by Jolene L. Rochlkepartain.

Tell children that they're plants and must stand with their feet firmly on the floor. Without moving their feet, they must react to different kinds of weather like a plant. Then announce these different kinds of weather. Do the actions with them.

• Rain
• Sun
• Breeze
• Snow
• Wind
• Hail

Say: Let's uproot ourselves and plant our selves back into our seats (on the circle) to learn more about our lesson.

Fidget Buster 21: Fix the Room
Taken from Fidget Busters 101: Quick Attention-Getters for Children's Ministry by Jolene L. Rochlkepartain.

Say: Did you know Jesus learned to be a carpenter from his dad, Joseph? Let's pretend we're carpenters and fix up the room. Have children run to an area you call out and fix it in the way you say. Do the motions with them. For example:

• Hammer the floor
• Saw the door
• Measure the window
• Drill the wall

Then say: You're all such good carpenters! You'd make Jesus proud. Now let's make noises like drills and drill our way back to our lesson so we can learn more about him.

Prayer Help: See & Touch Prayer
Taken from Hooray! Let's Pray! by Group

Truth: Everything we see reminds us to give thanks.

Cut scraps of different colored paper into pieces no smaller than 2 inches square. Collect scraps of material of different textures. Place the paper and the material scraps in a bag. Let each child pick an item from the bag and say a prayer of thanks to God for something that is the same color, or something that feels like what he or she is holding. For instance, he or she might thank God for the blue sky, a fuzzy bunny, a shiny red apple, or a soft doll.