Everyone likes to have a party! Preschoolers are no exception. You can make learning the Bible fun with some of the party themes below. These are seasonal party ideas that are easy to plan and include devotions that will hopefully make a lasting impression on the little lambs in your church.
Nature Walk Party – Autumn
Purpose: Enjoy God’s creation.
Activity: Take a nature walk and collect flowers, twigs, leaves, pebbles, etc.
Crafts: Provide zip-top bags for each child. Poke a hole in each bag and tie with string to make a nature class book.
Snack: mixed nuts.
Devotion: Review Creation.
Noah’s Ark Festival – Autumn
Purpose: An alternative to a Halloween party.
Activity: Have each child bring their favorite stuffed animal. Ask parents to donate any cars they have at home for the party. Decorate the wagons with crepe paper streamers. Have a stuffed animal parade.
Game: Play a CD with animal sounds and let the children tell you what kind of animal it is.
Snack: Animal cookies and milk.
Devotion: Talk about Noah building the ark and how Noah loved and obeyed God.
Christmas Party – Winter
Purpose: To learn the Christmas story.
Activity: Make clay cakes and decorate them with plastic candles to celebrate Jesus’ birthday.
Game: Hide the figures of the nativity scene around the room. Let the children find them and bring them to the stable.
Snack: Decorate cupcakes, and sing “Happy Birthday” to Jesus.
Devotion: Tell the children the Christmas story.
Valentine’s Party – Winter
Purpose: Show love to family and friends.
Teacher Prep: Make cookies ahead of time. Provide children with frosting, plastic knives, sprinkles, and zip-lock sandwich bags.
Activity: Bake and decorate cookies to give to others.
Snacks: Decorated cookies and milk.
Devotion: Discuss how Jesus fed 5,000 people because he loved them so much.
Kite Party – Spring
Purpose: Have fun and enjoy the outdoors.
Activity: Flying kites. Ask parents to bring store-bought or homemade kites for the big event.
Snack: Rice cereal treats and fruit punch.
Devotion: Talk about how Jesus calmed a storm (with wind).
Easter Party – Spring
Purpose: Celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.
Craft: Making musical instruments. String pipe cleaner bells, place beans in paper towel tubes and cover the ends, plus any other great ideas you have.
Activity: Play instruments and sing Christmas songs that praise Jesus.
Snack: Fruit and crackers with juice.
Devotion: Discuss the triumphal entry of Jesus.
Mother’s Day Party – Spring
Purpose: Show love to mothers.
Teacher Preparation: Provide cups, soil, and small flowering plants. Also provide stickers, small children’s drawings, popsicle sticks, and glue.
Activity: Let the children decorate their cups with stickers and plant flowers in them. Glue a picture of each child on a popsicle stick and push it into the dirt next to the plant.
Snack: Cupcakes decorated with bright colors and juice.
Devotion: Let the children tell you why they love their mothers.
Father’s Day Party – Summer
Purpose: Show love to parents.
Teacher Prep: Cut out knotted tie shapes from construction paper. Poke holes on each side of the knots and thread through so the dads can wear their ties.
Activity: Let the children decorate the ties that they are going to give to their parents with crayons and/or stickers.
Snack: Cookies and water.
Devotion: Talk about how much Joseph loved Jesus and cared for him as he grew up.
Ice Cream Festival – Summer
Purpose: A time for parents, teachers and children to have fun.
Activity: Make ice cream.
Crafts: Make ice cream cones by cutting circles out of a variety of colored paper and long triangles out of light brown paper for the cones. Let the children glue the ice cream circles on top of the cones and decorate them with glitter.
Snack: Ice cream, toppings, plastic bowls and spoons, paper towels.
Devotion: God gives us food, and how delicious it is!