Roar VBS: Animal Garland
This animal garland is a quick, easy filler decor to use anywhere in your Roar VBS program!
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Supplies:
Animal outlines
Cardstock paper
Scissors
Hole punch
String
Optional: Gallon size ziploc bags
Instructions:
-Print animal outlines onto cardstock paper. I copied mine onto 8.5×11″ paper, but tried to keep them realistically sized (for instance, the lion was much smaller than the elephant).
-Use scissors to cut out animals (it doesn’t matter if the black lines show – we’re going to flip them over). This is a fantastic way to involve people who can’t attend VBS to volunteer – send them home with some copied animals and scissors! (I put about 10-15 cardstock animals in a gallon size ziploc bag with a note indicating what date I needed the animals returned to church. I also made an announcement during church that I had take-home projects ready to go in our foyer. By doing this, I had volunteers cut out all the animals for me -wahooo!)
-Flip animals over so the black lines don’t show. Hole punch two holes in the top of each animal (this is where the string will go).
-Once you are ready to hang garland, weave a long piece of string through the holes you just punched. Hang animal garland right away once you string it. Be careful – the animals are a pain to untangle if they get tangled up (don’t ask how I know).
We used these garlands as fillers throughout our VBS, including in our snack, music and preschool areas. Since I used yellow paper, I added an animal print tablecover on the wall behind the animals to make them pop. You can see the animal garlands hanging in a few different areas in our decorating walk-through video.
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