Craft

Materials: cardstock cut into a cloud and fire shapes, cotton balls, popsicles sticks, glue sticks

Directions: Help children glue the two shapes back to back with a popsicle stick in the middle. Have them color the fire side of the craft red, orange and yellow and glue cotton balls on the other side of the craft.

Story

* God Led Moses

Materials: Map, Bible

Lead into story:

“If we were going on a trip but we didn’t know the way, we could use a map to help us. Maps help people find the way on a trip.” Open the Bible and say, “Now listen to a Bible story about a trip Moses and God’s people took. They did not have a map. How did they know where to go? Let’s find out.”

Act Out:

One dark, dark night in the land of Egypt, Pharaoh was still awake. Step, step, step. Pharaoh was worried. He wanted to talk to Moses right away.

When Moses came, Pharaoh said, “Moses, take God’s people. Take your animals. Get out of Egypt- and hurry up!”

What good news! Moses hurried to join God’s people. God’s people took their clothes. They took their cooking dishes. They took some food. (Pretend to pack)

God’s people lined up their sheep. They lined up their cows. They lined up their donkeys. (Have the children make each animal sound.) And, they lined up their families.

March, march. Walk, walk. Moses and the Israelites began their trip. But how would Moses know which way to go?

God helped lead the people. In the daytime God placed a big cloud in front of the people. (Have the children use their crafts.) The cloud always moved in the right direction. Moses and the people followed God’s cloud.

Sometimes, God’s people traveled at night. March, march. Walk, walk. But at night it was too dark to see God’s cloud. At night the God turned the cloud into fire. The people could see God’s fire in the dark night sky. The fire always moved in the right direction. Moses and the people followed God’s fire.

God helped Moses know the right way to lead the people. God helped Moses lead the people to their new home.

Ask: Who told God’s people to leave Egypt? (Pharaoh)

Who led the people? (Moses)

Who followed Moses? (Israelites)

What did God send to lead the people every day? (Cloud)

What did God send to lead the people every night? (Fire)

*Radiant Life. “God Leads Moses.” October 19, 2003. Pg. 51-52.

MusicGroup Music Time

Application

**Object Talk

Materials needed: salt, pepper, saucer, plastic spoon

To do: Pour a small mound of salt (about 1/4 of a teaspoon), representing God’s people into the middle of the saucer. Then, drop a very small amount of pepper over the mound of salt. The pepper represents not knowing the future or where you are going on a trip. Next, rub a plastic spoon vigorously over a piece of clothing to create static electricity. Then, wave the spoon over the mound, and the pepper will attach itself to the spoon, like doubt of the future removed from God’s people when he led them out of Egypt.

To say: God led Moses and His people out of Egypt by using a cloud and fire as a guide. Before they left, Moses and the Israelites may have been afraid because they had no map and weren’t sure which way to go. They had to fully trust God. This saucer represents the world, which we all live in. I am going to take some salt and place it on the world. This salt represents God’s people. Next, I’ll put some pepper in, which represents the fear God’s people might have been feeling.

How can we remove the fear?

It may seem impossible, but God can do miraculous things. Let me show you. Rub the plastic spoon vigorously over a piece of clothing to create static electricity. Then, wave the spoon over the mound, and the pepper will attach itself to the spoon.

Just like God led the people out of Egypt with the cloud and fire, He still leads us today. He gives us a map and directions (the Bible), even when it seems like we don’t know the way to go. We have to trust in God and ask for His direction and help.

**http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Objects/1object10.php

Sprouting Time

Seed: Use the cloud/fire craft we made this week and review the story about God Leading Moses out of Egypt.
Sprout: Play follow the leader around your house or outside as a family and have the leader play Moses. Take turns being Moses and the Israelites.
Fruit: Review the memory verse:

“Our God is a God that saves.” Psalm 68:20

As kids arrive:

What’s inside??? (CRAFT): God doesn’t look at the outside, he looks at your heart. What does God see inside YOUR heart?
Materials: Construction paper heart, Memory Verse
Directions: Draw how you think God sees you. Write your name on your heart. Glue the memory verse.

Storytime:

God Chooses David
Materials: 8 hearts with descriptors, 8 outward appearance drawings

Ask the kids and make a list on the board: What do you think a king should be like? If we saw someone walking, how could we tell that he is a king?

Lead into story: These are all things we think tell us what a king looks like, but we are now going to find out how God chooses and sees a king.

Act Out: Tell kids they we will be acting out (playing pretend) how God chose David to be king. Secretly, choose one child to be “David”—do not tell the kids! Tape the hearts and outer appearance pieces (that are covering the heart) on each child making sure to tape the “loves God” heart on the child acting as “David”. Remind the kids that we are just pretending.

Act out the story in 1 Samuel 16: Teacher is Samuel and Assistant is Jesse. Encourage the kids to act out the outer appearance descriptor they have, i.e. strong—flex muscles. As Samuel looks at each brother, talk about how the outer appearance they have would make them a good king, but then Samuel hears God saying, “no, that’s not the one”. After God says that, take off the outer appearance sheet of paper and uncover to reveal what is in the heart of that brother. Continue until you get to David. Do the same with David, but emphasize with David how he didn’t seem like a king on the outside, but God could see in his heart that he loved God more than anything else and wanted to obey God.

Ask: Why is it surprising that God chose David? Why do you think God chose David? Do you think others were surprised?

Memory Verse: Go over the memory verse “the Lord looks at the heart” 1 Samuel 16:7

1 Samuel  16: 1-13
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel+16&version=NIV

Activity: What’s inside GAME

There are 3 boxes. Two are wrapped in beautiful gift wrapping. The last one has no wrapping and is just a plain cardboard box. Choose 3 volunteers to open the gifts one at a time. The first two nicely wrapped boxes have not so nice things inside (i.e. trash, old squishy potato) and the last one has something nice in it (candy). As they open the boxes ask them what could have gone wrong. The outside looks nice, but the inside is not nice! They loved touching the squishy potato! The kindergartners understood before we got to the last box. Tie the truth that just like with David and God looking at the heart, we know that just because it looks nice on the outside, doesn’t mean it’ll be good on the inside. This turned out to be a really fun activity for all involved

What we see on the outside can keep us from seeing the surprising and wonderful things inside. That’s why we need to pray and ask God to help us see the way he sees—the heart, what’s inside not what’s on the outside. Then we’ll be able to see the special things that God has put inside us, and he can do surprising and amazing things with our hearts!

Sprouting Time!

Seed: Give “eye glass” ditto to kids or draw glasses. Have your child find someone in the family (Grandmother, older sister, etc.) and ask them to share what they see as your child’s most special gifts.  Draw it!

Sprout: Share with your child what you think God has gifted them with. Draw it!

Fruit: Ask your child what they think God has made them good at. Draw it!

06.05.11 Sprouting Time! Glasses ditto

Memory Verse:

“the LORD looks at the heart” 1 Samuel 16:7

As children arrive:

Materials needed: Dot-to-dot coloring sheet w/memory verse

Dot-to-dot praying hands coloring sheet. Have children color and review last week’s memory verse :

“[Y]ou are the body of Christ, and each of you is a part of it.” 1 Cor. 12:27

You (point outward)

are the body of Christ (make a cross with your finger)

and each of you (point outward again several times as if your are pointing to people in a crowd)

is a part of it. (move hands along the edges of your body in an upward motion)

Activity: God Can Hear Me!

(http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Preschool/Objects/1object02.php)

Materials needed: Two plastic cups connected by a long piece of string

“Begin by asking the children to name ways in which we can communicate over long distances. (The list may include letter, e-mail, phone, Skype, etc) Tell the children that long ago people used to send messages over something called a telegraph. A telegraph was a machine that would send a special code across wires. Telegraphs sent messages from one city to another

Say, “I’ll demonstrate this for you, but I need a volunteer to help me.” Once you have selected your helper, ask the child to take one of the cans and walk away from you until the string is tight. Have the child hold the can up to their ear; let them know that you are going to pull the string taunt so they need to have a good grip on the can. Once the child has the can up to his or her ear, whisper, “God loves you very much.” into your can. The child should be able to hear the message loud and clear, if not, try repeating the message a bit louder. Allow more children to be your helper as time allows.

Over the years, things have certainly changed. We went from the telegraphs to telephones and from telephones to cell phones. We can now call someone we know just about any place in the world and the devices we use do not have to be connected by wires.

Boys and girls did you know that there is even a better way to communicate? It is called prayer. Prayer is the most powerful form of communication we have. When we pray, we talk directly to God. Prayer is the prefect way to communicate with God. Prayer will never change, it’s the same today as it was hundred or thousands of years ago. We can talk to God anytime or any place by simply praying to Him.”

Memory Verse:

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13

Music: Live music with Lee and Janice

Passing of the Bible

Lesson:

Materials Needed: Bible

(http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Preschool/Lessons/1prayer01.php)

“Today we will be learning that God loves it when we talk to Him. Another name for talking to God is called prayer. Isn’t it great that God wants us to talk to Him. How should we talk or pray to God? The Bible tells us in Jeremiah 29:13 that when we pray, God wants us to pray with all of our heart and really talk to Him.

Listen carefully, I have something very exciting to share with you today. Did you know we can talk to God? Talking to God is called prayer. God wants to bless us and wants us to have a happy future.

Open your Bible and read Jeremiah 29:11-13 to the children.

Discussion Questions:

1. What is another name for talking to God? (Prayer)

2. How should we pray to God? (With our whole heart)

3. Does God listen when we talk to him in prayer? (Yes)

4. What kind of future does God want us to have? (God wants us to have a happy future and wants us to prosper)

5. Does God like it when we pray to Him? (Yes, it please God when we talk to Him)

Talk to the children about the many different ways in which we can pray. We can pray when we are standing, walking, kneeling, bowing, or singing. We can pray quietly when we are lying down in bed. We can pray with our hands together or with outstretched hands. We can pray in the morning, before meals and even at night.”

Pray

Activity: Telephone

Materials Needed (None)

(http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Preschool/Lessons/1prayer02.php)

“Have the children sit in a circle, or around the table. Start with one child and whisper one of the phrases shown below into his or her ear. Have that child whisper the same phrase into the ear of the child to his or her left, and continue around the circle until the last child is told the phrase. Then have the last child say what they heard out loud, and see how close it was to the original phrase. As children leave, simply make the circle smaller.

Phrases:

God will always hear our prayers.

It makes Jesus very happy when we pray.

If we ask anything in Jesus’ name, He will do it.

We can pray anytime, morning, noon, or night.

Compare this game to how when we pray, God hears exactly what we mean to say, even when we don’t say it exactly the way we want.”

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Review the new verse together as time allows:

“You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.” Jeremiah 29:13

Sprouting Time!

Seed: Have your child pray for themselves.

Sprout: Have your child pray for a family member.

Fruit: Have child ask someone (not a family member–a friend?) how s/he can pray for them and pray for them.

Memory Verse: “[Y]ou are the body of Christ, and each of you is a part of it” 1 Cor. 12:27

As Kids Arrive:

We had about 8 big books sitting on the floor in each class and as the children walked in they were asked to choose a book. The children sat on the books and some had to share their books with a friend. We discussed what happened in the children’s life that week and then we talked about sharing. After the children shared their thoughts we were reminded that we are All God’s Family – One Body, Many Parts. We then read one of the big books together.

Passing of the Bible: “I’m So Glad For the Bible” or “The B-I-B-L-E”

Music: We missed Lee and Janice this week, but had a special visitor, Henry Doll, during music time and he was a crowd pleaser! Henry brought his drum to music and we sang, “Jesus Loves Me,” “If You’re Happy and You Know It” and “Peace Like a River.”

Story Time:

We know that God’s Family is our Church.  We come together to share what we have learned together about God.  As believers we can always trust God when we face whatever changes come our way. When we put our faith in Jesus, God began the process of making us more like his son. The only way we can handle the twists and turns of change that happen in our lives is to walk closely with Jesus everyday.

Most of us like comfort and things a certain way. What is comforting to you, certain foods, a special toy, a good book?

Receive their responses.

Our Lesson today comes from the Book of Acts in the New Testament. A few lessons back we learned about Jesus disciples. Can you tell me how many their were?  10 fingers and 2 = 12 . Luke one of the disciples wrote the Book of Acts.

In the time when Jesus was with us we had people who were known as Jews and Gentiles.  Jews were known as the true followers of God, but this would now change with Cornelius and Peter.   Barriers between Jews and Gentiles were broken when Gods promise was filled for all people to be saved. This happened when Cornelius and all his guests believed in Jesus and received the Holy Spirit.

What is the church?  All people who believe in Jesus.  At this time the only people in the Church were the Jewish believers.  When everyone heard about Cornelius the Gentile along with his guests receiving the Holy Spirit the news traveled fast.

Peter had gone to Cornelius home a Gentile and ate with him.  He was told that this was not the right thing to do.   But Peter knew in his heart and mind it was.  Peter remembered what Jesus had told the disciples: “ that the Counselor, the Holy Spirit , whom the Father will send in my Name, will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.”  The Holy Spirit was reminding Peter of something that Jesus taught when he was on earth.

By Peter remembering Jesus words, Peter realized that what was taking place was God at work.  If we are believers we have the same Holy Spirit living in us that will remind us of all the things we have learned and are still learning from studying God’s word.

The Jewish believers had now been introduced to a change in their thinking.  They thought the Gentiles were not clean- that they were not worthy of God’s word.  Sometimes we don’t understand God’s Plan, but God was bringing All Believers the Good News. The Good News Spread!

God allowed the Gentiles to be saved causing the Body of Christ , The Church to Grow.

New Believers began being known as Christians.

We know we must face changes.  Whether we like change or not, God’s words will still be read and taught to us.  As believers we can Trust God to use Change for Good!!

Activity: Church coloring sheets

Ask the children what they might want to change or do to know God’s Word.

Sprouting Time!

Seed: Review the memory verse:

“[Y]ou are the body of Christ, and each of you is a part of it” 1 Cor. 12:27

Sprout: Learn the verse together using these motions:

You (point outward)

are the body of Christ (make a cross with your finger)

and each of you (point outward again several times as if your are pointing to people in a crowd)

is a part of it. (move hands along the edges of your body in an upward motion)

Fruit: Share the verse with a friend or family member!

Main Point: God’s family is made of many different people, but we’re all important to his family.

New Memory Verse: “you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a part of it” 1 Cor. 12:27

As Kids Arrive:
Glue pieces of paper/scraps on construction paper to make a person. Glue the memory verse to the top. Have older kids write: “God’s family is church” and write it for younger kids. Ask about last week’s memory verse (“you are members of God’s family”). Play hokey pokey as the kids finish their craft.

Story Time: One Body, Many Parts (1 Cor. 12:12-26)
Review

Is church a building? (No, God’s family is the church)

What does God’s family do together for church? (God’s family comes together to learn about God and tell him how much we love him and each other)

How can we be a part of God’s family? (Jesus died and came back to life. And he lives inside all our hearts. So we’re all one BIG family)

Last week, we used a pen to learn about God’s family. What did we learn from the pen? (God’s family has many parts, like how all of us are different parts, but every part is important and we need everyone!)

Today, we’re going to look at the body. Let’s use Mr. Potato head. Paul, Jesus’ disciple, said that the church is like a body.

Is the body made up of just one part? (no, many parts!)

And is there one part that is more important than any other part of the body? Who thinks they know which body part is the most important? (choose someone and have them pin up the most important part.)

So you think that’s the most important part? What if the hand (have someone pin up a hand) says, “i’m not part of the body because I’m not the heart”, does that make sense? The hand isn’t a part of the body??? Of course it is! (repeat this with other body parts, the eye, the foot, etc)

Can the eyes say, “I don’t need you, hands?” No. Can the head say to the feet, “I don’t need you?” No! So then in God’s family, can we say, (teacher’s name) is more important than (assistant’s name)? No. Can I say, I don’t need (assistant’s name)? No. God made us all important and we need each other to do God’s work!

So, let me ask you again, what part of the body is the most important? (ALL the parts are equally important).

Everyone in God’s family is equally important. Everyone has different but important and special jobs. What do legs do? What do eyes do that legs can’t do? (keep going until kids understand the concept).

That means in God’s family, we’re all different parts, and we all have different jobs, but we’re all “what”? IMPORTANT!

If you have time, take someone’s craft as an example, and point to different body parts and say how just like the head needs the foot, we all need each other. If the foot is hurting, would that make the head hurt and be sad too? Yes. If the foot is happy, will that make the head happy? Yes, because they are all part of one _____ (body). If _(child’s name) is hurting, will that make (another child’s name) be sad? Yes, because we are all part of one (body).

Music:
If you’re happy and you know it, A Perfect Love, He Made Me

Activity: GAME
Everyone in God’s family is super important and different!
Group the kids into eyes, ears, legs, hands, feet, mouth, arms, nose. Keep score on the board.

Teacher calls out a command (that only one group can perform.) Students have to decide if their body part can do that action. If their body part can, then they perform the action, but if their body part can’t, then they must not do anything.  For example, “say amen!” Only the the “mouth” group can do this action. If someone from another group shouts “amen” then they get a mark on the board. The team with the least amount of marks, wins. This is to emphasize that every part has an important job, special and unique job. As groups get marks on the board, tell the class why “legs can’t shout amen” etc…

Commands:
1. shout amen (mouths)
2. jump as high as you can (legs)
3. say “listen” and whisper “God loves you!”. Ask, what did I say? (only the ears should know)
4. scratch your nose (hands)
5. what do you smell? (pass the candle in the bag–only the nose group should smell and know what it smells like)
6. “what color is my shirt?” or draw a picture on the board and ask “what is this?” (only the eyes should answer)
7. When we sing “A Perfect Love”, we stomp and clap. I’ll clap, you stomp. CLAP, STOMP (only feet should stomp)
8. Flap like a bird (arms)

Sprouting Time!

Seed: Create a task, such as picking up a ball, making a PBJ sandwich and eating it, taking out a piece of paper and writing your name.

Sprout: Have your child try to do the task several times, each time without one necessary body part working. Now, parent tries!

Fruit: See how difficult and sometimes impossible it is to do something if you have a part missing? That’s how God’s family is. He needs, and we need everyone to be a part of the family, the church, because everyone is important. God has given each of us something special to do that only each of us can do. We need each other!

This week we continued our lesson about God’s Family and learned about how each member of God’s Family has an important role. We discussed the great things God’s Family can accomplish in His name when we all work together!

Memory Verse: “You are members of God’s family” Ephesians 2:19

Craft: The children glued the Mother’s Day survey onto a piece of construction paper like a frame and decorated with crayons, markers and other included supplies. Also, the children drew a portrait of their mothers in the given box on the survey. Teachers and assistants helped each child fill out the survey and we loved the responses and hope you all did, too!

Review:

Hold up a picture of a family and ask the class what the picture depicts. Then say, “Last week we learned that we’re all part of God’s family.”

“What do you think church is then?” (God’s Family)

“Is it a building?” (No)

“Who is God’s family?” (We are!)

Music

We’ve begun to teach the kids what “worship” means. It means telling God how much you love him and having fun with God through music. The tambourines and maracas had their debut this Sunday. J

Passing of the Bible:

Read 1 Corinthians 12:12-13

12 The human body has many parts, but the many parts make up one whole body. So it is with the body of Christ. 13 Some of us are Jews, some are Gentiles, some are slaves, and some are free. But we have all been baptized into one body by one Spirit, and we all share the same Spirit.

Lesson:

Pray and ask God to help us understand the Bible.

Preparation

Before class, take the ballpoint pen apart and remove the spring and then put the pen back together without the spring. Keep the spring handy, where you can find it easily.

What you will say

I am sure everyone knows what this is. Yes, it is a ballpoint pen. What do you think the most important part of this pen is? (Allow for answers.)

Many of you said, “the ink.” That is a common answer. Let’s see how useful this ballpoint pen is. I need someone to volunteer to write with this pen, and see if it works properly.

Let several kids try to use the pen. They will conclude something is broken, or perhaps some may realize the spring is missing. Take the pen back.

Yes, the reason this pen is not working properly is that it is missing a part.

It may seem like an insignificant part, but the pen cannot work without it. It is the spring! I have it here in my pocket.

Insert the spring back into the pen, and let a few children confirm that it is now working properly.

This kind of pen needs all of its parts to work properly. Some parts may seem important, like the ink, while others may seem unimportant, like the spring, but if any of the pieces are missing the pen will not work. In God’s church, all Christians are important. Everyone has a purpose. Some people may seem more important, but without everyone, the Church just would not function.

Lesson in italics found at (http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Objects/1object08.php).

Game/Activity:

Parts of a whole

We used a felt Mr. Potato Head and had the children help place the different parts of the character on the felt board. We kept asking the class after each piece was placed, if Mr. Potato Head is complete. After he was completed we asked the class what parts Mr. Potato Head would use if he were:

Eating an ice cream

Jumping rope

Riding a bicycle

Dancing

We reiterated that every part of the body has a special purpose and works together so that the whole body can function properly. Just like the body, God’s children (us) each have special jobs so that the church can work the way it is meant to by loving God and others.

Sprouting Time

Seed: Discuss the five senses: taste, touch, hear, smell, sight. Focus on the sense of taste and talk about how we have taste buds on our tongues and the taste buds can sense four tastes: bitter, sweet, sour and salty.

Sprout: Prepare popcorn and divide the popped corn into three bowls. Season one bowl of popcorn with Parmesan cheese, one bowl with salt, and one bowl with sugar. Let your child/ren taste the three different flavored popcorns and identify the substance on the popcorn in each bowl

(http://www.kidssoup.com/Five_senses/five_senses_activities.html).

Fruit: Point out that even our taste buds have special jobs and that they (the taste buds) all work together so we can taste food properly. Just like the taste buds on our tongues, God’s children (us) each have special jobs so that together the church can show love to God and others.

Craft: Mosaic Church

1.      Give each child a colored piece of construction paper

2.     Tell them to write their name on it as many times as they can- in the Preschool class we wrote all our names on one piece of paper.

3.     Tear it apart into little pieces!

4.     Everyone has to get 4 or 5 pieces from each other so that they have a mix of everyone’s pieces.

5.     Give each child a church drawing. Have them color the heart and the cross. Glue all the pieces on the church building but not on the cross and heart so that it looks like a mosaic of everyone.

6.     Glue the memory verse. Help the kids memorize the new verse.

Story Time: God’s Family and God’s Church (Ephesians 2:19-22)

1.     Pray and ask God to help us understand the Bible.

2.     “Who is our heavenly father?” (God)

a.     Ask several kids this question.

b.     “Wait a minute, if he’s your father, and your father, and your father, then does that make us all brothers and sisters?” (yes!)

3.     “Remember last week we learned that Jesus did what for us? (died on the cross, took away our sins, and came back to life, so we could be together with God and stinky sins couldn’t separate us from him).

4.     “Well, because Jesus did this, we can all be God’s sons and daughters and be in his royal family”

5.     “So we’re all part of his family. What do you think church is then? Is it a building? (no) Who comes to church? What do we do at church?”

a.     “Church is not a building. Church is when God’s family comes together to be with God, to learn about him, to sing with him, to say ‘I love you God!’”

b.     “So, does that mean church can happen outside? On a boat? In the ocean? In the parking lot?” (yes!)

6.     Use someone’s craft as an example.

a.     “So church is when God’s family comes together, like we’re doing today. *God’s family is the church not the building!” (*keep emphasizing this sentence)

b.     “It’s like the craft we just made. When we look at this church, we can see that it’s built by everyone’s names, colors, and pieces. A church can’t happen unless everyone in God’s family is a part of it.”

7.     Review:

a.     So, is the church a building? (NO)

b.     Who is the church? (God’s Family)

c.      Who is God’s family? (We are!)

Music Time:

We all met in the Preschool room and sang “This Little Light of Mine,” “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands,” “Jesus Loves Me” and “Peace Like a River.”

Activity: Playdough Church

1.     Give each child a ball of playdough

2.     Everyone has to make a sculpture of themselves.

3.     Teacher: Sculpt a cross

4.     Putting all the sculptures together around the cross to form a “church”. Ask kids, one by one, to come up to the front and add their sculpture.

5.     Ask: How is this creation like church? What is at the center of all of us in this creation? (the cross-Jesus)

Memory Verse:

“You are members of God’s family” Ephesians 2:19

Sprouting Time

Seed: Create a homemade family band. Give each family member a different instrument: spoons, two sticks to tap together, a drum made from a cool whip type bowl, a bottle to blow over, etc.

Sprout: Sing a favorite song together and play your instruments.

Fruit: Point out that even though each instrument is different, it is still part of the band. The same is true for each family- we all have different roles (father, mother, son, daughter, sister, brother, etc.) but make up a group. Then, relay it to the church. Each member of the church is different, yet we all come together to worship and learn to live like Jesus.