Decorating: Sanctuary (Opening & Closing) – Maker Fun Factory

We use our sanctuary for opening and closing every year.  All of the kids {even the preschoolers} are in both opening and closing.  We spend about 15 minutes each in opening and closing.

Opening usually consists of:
-Welcome
-Music
-Skit
-Daily bible point intro {by the director}
-Announcements
-Prayer {usually by the director}

Closing usually consists of:
-Music
-Daily summary {director asks a few kids to share the bible verse, bible point, etc.}
-Daily totals {attendance and offering}
-Announcements
-Prayer {usually by a child who volunteers}

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Our sanctuary decorations for Maker Fun Factory included:

-Pallet & pegboard wall {my husband and dad built this – they used 8 pallets and (3) 4’x8′ sheets of pegboard}

-Pallets {smaller pieces sitting on the stage; 1 large pallet on stage – I screwed the daily bible point posterboard to it each night}

-Working pulley system {tennis ball maze}

Robots from our robot building competition

Ball maze

Upcycled blueprint Maker Fun Factory sign

-Daily bible point posterboard

-CREATE decoupage sign

-Cutout gears {on communion table}

Crew signs {on pews}

I’ve linked to tutorials above for the projects that have them.  

If you have any questions about a specific project, just let me know.  Stay tuned – I’ll share more of our decorating photos over the next few weeks!

I am a long-time Vacation Bible School lover.  I’ve lead in several capacities throughout the VBS world and am currently our church’s VBS director.  It is a joy for me to be able to share VBS ideas and resources with others!  I will continue to share ideas here as we prepare for Maker Fun Factory VBS .  Follow the blog to see more of our ideas and planning!  Please let me know if there are any specific VBS items or ideas you need help with.

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