Rotation Stations

Bible Mountain

In this station, we have actually invited Joseph to come and visit your VBS! Have one of your leaders dress up as Joseph from Egypt, as he greets the students and shares with them a story from his life each day. After Joseph shares, the teacher thanks Joseph for sharing, shares a few words, and then leads the students in an activity.

At the end of your time, lead the students in the voting for the day. Hang the voting poster on the wall. Then present the two options for that day, and discuss the issue in a way that does NOT show a right or wrong answer. Have the students think for themselves and vote. They can sign the paper on the wall, or place a sticker.

Ski Class

Review the lesson title and memory verse for the day. Pass out the student sheets and help your students with them. Each student sheet has five different activities to enjoy!
The front of the sheet has two puzzles. For the older students, there is a game to play with a partner. Have your students choose a partner and play! Next, there is a word find. For the younger students, there are 10 different objects hidden in the picture of Joseph. After they find the hidden objects, have them color the picture.
Next, flip the student sheet over to do the maze. After finding their way through the maze, color it to make a nice bracelet to take home. Finally, fold the sheet and tape as shown to bring the memory verse home!

*Answers to the puzzles are in the Pocket Guide.

Cabin Crafts

In this station, your students will enjoy making a craft to remind them of the lesson, and to have something fun to take home. All the patterns for the crafts are available online and in the craft pamphlet. If you can photocopy a piece of paper for each child, you can do some crafts!

Summit restaurant

Of course, you can serve your normal snack, teatime, or lunch, as you are accustomed. Our snack ideas, along with being good to eat, are also an activity for your students. Everyone in your VBS will have fun making Joseph's coat of many colors out of bread or crackers, and it can be economic too! Rotate the ingredients to use items you can find easily near you, and have some fun with the snacks.

Frozen Games

Playing is an important part of the life of a child. Including games in your VBS, therefore, is essential! Choose one of the two games provided in each lesson, or play them both. Involve ice whenever you can, to give your VBS a more "frozen" feel. Have fun!

Missionary excursions

Introducing the new program, "VBS without borders" where your church can participate in helping children in other countries have a VBS. We are thrilled to offer this new missions station where your students can also learn all about another country, while participating to make a difference. We have made two different missions pamphlets, one for each side of the planet. Your students can imagine they are traveling to the other side of the world to learn about the culture, the languages, the needs, and see what a VBS would look like. Children from Latin America will be learning about India, and children from South Asia will be learning about South America.

The missions packet includes pictures of the country or area, VBS student sheets in the different languages, and a collection money bank to take up an offering each day for missions.
Contact sister Kristina Krauss at kristina@childrenareimportant.com for information on where to send your donation to participate in "VBS without borders." We appreciate all donations since the needs around the world are larger than we can do alone, and we need all the help we can receive. You can also use the mission station to share about your own denomination's mission program and send your donation to your home office for that project.