For those of you who work in the Primary at church, here is a darling idea from Bee in Our Bonnet. If you don't have time to plan it for this year, save it for next year!
Invitations: Make them into necklaces so they won't lose them before they get home and show their parents.
While they were arriving, they colored a paper doll of them and their teacher.
The theme was that their teachers are here to serve them, so they did. Each class had a table and their teacher was their waiter/waitress. They took their order from this little menu.
For the rest of the activity, they broke up into classes and did some get-to know you activities. Then we returned together and played a relay game. In the game they had to carry balloons on a huge serving tray across the gym into a trash bin. The balloons flew off if they went too fast or if they didn't balance the tray. It was crazy but the kids loved it.The theme was that their teachers are here to serve them, so they did. Each class had a table and their teacher was their waiter/waitress. They took their order from this little menu.
How fun is that?!?
Here are even more primary ideas from Bee In Our Bonnet:
New Binder Covers: Given at the beginning of each year for the teachers and leaders
Spotlight Gift: Each week we spotlight a child and learn more about them. We wrapped up a miniature flashlight (from oriental trading) and put on this little poem. They get this little token to take home after they are featured. I can't take credit for the idea, but I still wanted to pass it along.
"Great to be Eight" cupcakes
Baptism Memory Books:
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Thanks Steph! I've done so many things in primary that I have never shared, but I'm glad I shared these few things if they can help other primary people! Thanks so much for the feature!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Thanks. I am Primary President and will have to use a lot of these ideas. This is great. Thanks so much for sharing!!!
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ReplyDeleteSomething crazy happened with this post and it cut out the whole 1st half!!! I fixed it now, so hopefully people will see it!
Thanks again for the fun ideas!