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| Our group of 250-300 kids is heavily weighted toward the younger ages (lots of 4, 5, 6 year olds) and some of the group crafts (i.e. the baskets, the harps) just seem too difficult. I don't want the shopkeepers and tribeleaders making every kid's craft for them. What have you all come up with as alternatives to some of the crafts that group has proposed? As of right now we're planning on pottery, carpentry, jewelry, & the spice shop and I have my craft ideas for all of those, but am having trouble coming up w/ a 5th.
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How about the bakery?
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| When we did JM in 2005, we did the beginner basket from Group and our youngest kids had no trouble with it. When I made the sample, I did it with yarn and I thought it took a long time so I had the kids do it with jute instead. I figured the thickness of the jute would make the project go quicker . . . and it did -- TOO much quicker! The kids caught right on and had no trouble and I wound up wishing I'd let them use yarn instead. They really enjoyed this craft. We didn't do the harp craft that year because we just couldn't afford it. Instead, we made ankle dance bells. Each child just made one and they enjoyed wearing them during the Gatherings. Last year for Galilee, we did the Musical Instrument shop again. We made drums and jingle sticks. The drums were a HUGE hit and not too expensive, but with the numbers you have, they might be a little too time-intensive. The jingle sticks were fun, too, and the younger kids particularly enjoyed them. They wouldn't be bad at all for you. Here are links to my posts last year about these crafts and all the others we did. Maybe this will help you: 2 Musical Instrument Projects Our Shops What Shops Have You All Decided On? Our Galilee Experience
Amy in Ohio
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| We are planning on having a bakery, candy shop, maybe a couple of others, I just don't really thing of those as crafts. I'd like the kids to have something to take home w/ them each day.
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Amy could you give some instructions on the belts you spoke about in your earlier post? I tried to bring up your photos and as you know they are now closed. I wanted to add these to our crafts - I'm also going to give each Shop Keeper some dreidels w/instructions for those "early finishers" - last year they got pretty restless. Thanks & God Bless You. Wanda
"God is good.... ALL the Time!"
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I really enjoy the concept of the Jerusalem Marketplace, but I am so disappointed in the crafts and refreshment ideas. Thank heavens for this forum because I have gotten some good ideas. I hope that next year Group takes a good look at their offerings for VBS and come up with some better crafts and refreshment ideas. We are only doing two, the necklace and the dreidels (but they take only minutes to do) The other crafts I either got from the forum or from other places. It has just taken me more time to pull all this together.
Just wanted to complain.
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We have tried for the past 2 years to follow the manuals as closely as possible, and things have turned out very well. I am also thankful for this forum, because it has helped me work out potential problems with a lot of things. There have certainly been crafts that have not gone well, but I think it is also because we did not find the right materials (like the sandals last year--the carpet we used was too hard to cut) But overall, the marketplace has been a great success.
The snacks have also been very good. We have done the bread & water, although it was too hard to bake it in time to eat the same night, so our baker ended up just letting the kids think they were making the bread & actually she had some already baked. But to give variety we had an assortment of hopefully authentic foods in the Farmer's Market, and the kids really seemed to enjoy it. I would not want to try to come up with a different snack, and I don't think I could do anything that would seem nearly as authentic, which is what makes this whole VBS different from what we have done in the past.
I think the kids really enjoy the whole experience, partly because it is so simple, and hopefully really does help them understand the Bible in a whole new way.
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We too were overwhelmed by the idea of bread dough and rising times and kids with dirty hands but we found a great solution. We bought frozen bread dough. A local restaurant can order it from their supplier and it was about $60.00 for about 700 pieces. Our bakery lady was amazingly creative. Each day she had the kids who came to help put different toppings on each piece and then she baked them. (Butter with cinnamon and sugar, plain bread with cheese, pizza sauce and cheese, olive oil and herbs) It was amazing! And our kids went crazy over it. We were shocked. So we are definitely going that route again this year.
Sara W
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| We,too, are not actually going to eat the rolls the children make. They will have the opportunity to see and try to make brad, but they we be served rolls which we have bough and baked beforehand. The children's bread will be displayed in a shop as if for sale. Along with the bread they will be making butter (cream shaken in a bottle with tight lid). I did like the idea of offering cinnamon along with the butter they make. We are also having pita bread and leting them see how humus is make using chick peas. This will be the snack another day.
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