God loves you S'more than you know (And the story of Zaccheus is stuck in here too)

To say that this lesson was one of the easier ones I’ve done, would only be half true. The lesson, great!  Getting it ready, not so great. 

I stayed up late watching funny videos of people playing with plungers in Walmart Saturday night (which I don’t recommend for awesome Sunday school teachers) and decided to get up early Sunday to get my lesson ready.  Big mistake.  I set my alarm wrong and got up at 8:00, which is really bad for me…

Anyways, I had an hour and a half to get ready, make a Sunday school lesson from scratch, and remain awesome. Thankfully, my Pinterest browsing skills came in handy. I knew I wanted to do a lesson on Zaccheus, but I couldn’t find a way to attach that to a fun craft…that is until I found some cute s’mores printable on Pinterest.  I googled different words and found these on God’s love. click here and scroll to pg 6

I printed them out in black and white so the kids could color on them and left the back of it blank so they could make a picture of Jesus showing love to Zaccheus.

Once I had the craft figured out, I found this cute video on YouTube to show the kids.  They loved it!!! 

When I got to church more things went wrong, but I won’t go over that now J .

One I read the short story, I let the kids watch the movie. They gathered around on the floor and we turned off the lights. The mini movie gave me just enough time to go place baggies of s’mores on each seat and put crayons and markers net to them.  When the light got turned back on the kids had the net thing ready to go!!!  The kids loved the s’mores baggies and the movie and had a great time. I think that even some of the adults were jealous! I snapped this pic of a few of the baggies before they left, wish I ould have captured the pictures on the back!  They were so cute!!!

A Lesson on Giving (even if it's not your stuff)

I noticed that I hadn’t done anything “super cool” for my Sunday school class that would also be for the other people in the church.  I got this idea a few weeks ago when sitting in church listening to a sermon.  I wanted to try it out that Sunday but, being a non-licensed driver, it’s hard to get all the stuff you need.

So the lesson?

I wanted the kids to be able to give away treat bags to influential people in the church, bus driver, children’s church teacher, etc.  I went to Walmart and found these cute little treat bags for less than $3. 

I then found some memo pads for about .30 cense each and mechanical pencils for around $2.

I got a big pack of gum, candy, and a few other yummy things. I really wish that I would have got a pack of rice Krispy treats. I planned on having the kids color or write a card but we an make those.

Overall, it cost around $25 for everything. I usually don’t spend $25 on one lesson, but this one was something extra that I think pays off.  Plus, I get super cool points from the big kids as well as the small kids! 

I paired it with the lesson of the widow in the temple that gave all she had. If you run out of things to do, You can always have them color this picture that matches the story in the beginners bible that I gave all the kids. I wouln't go on about I much I love those right now...

In the end I had to leave town and never got to teach.  But Brianna said the kids loved it and had a great time.  I will defiantly do this again in a few years.