Below you will find just a few logos. You may copy any of these or you can contact us at Cool Kids and we will personalize them for you and your ministry. Why not give your children something to identify with your church and with your children's ministry? We are once again offering custom logos, however, they are no longer free. Each logo will cost $25.00. We will make three variations of the logo and will then tweak your final choice two times. If you are interested in a customized logo, please contact us at sales@coolkidsministries.com and we will tell you what to do to get things started.

If your church is thinking about or presently has a Puppet Ministry, the next few pages are designed to help you. There are complete instructions here on how to build a puppet stage (thanks to the Master's Puppets from Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio), information on what your puppet team should do and how to have an effective puppet team, how and where you can order puppets, and last but not least, some downloadable puppet scripts and links to free scripts and places where you can buy scripts. We hope you enjoy these pages. If you have any ideas that could help with a puppet ministry, please share with us, and share your scripts with us as well. Remember, "You impress from a distance, but you Impact up close!" (a quote from Howard Hendricks). Let's work together to impact some boys and girls.

Where to Buy Puppets and Stages

I. Salvation

• Everyone is a sinner - Romans 3:23
• There is a payment for sin - Romans 6:23
• Jesus Pail for our sin - Romans 10:9-10 and 13
• Security of salvation - Titus 1:2 God Can’t Lie!

II. Baptism

• I Peter 3:21 - It is a Picture of Salvation
• Answer of a good conscience to God

III. Rededication or Dedication

• If we confess, He will cleanse - I John 1:9

IV. Assurance of Salvation

• Treat as lost, and go through plan of salvation, if they have done this
• I John 1:9 - do they daily confess sin, and cleanse their life
• Titus 1:2 - Remind them that God can’t lie
• Remind them that the joy of our salvation is we are saved, even when we don’t feel that we are. - Psalm 51:12

V. Full Time Service

• Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust God to lead them, and He will take them exactly where He wants them to go!

Teacher enters into the room dressed in overalls, wearing a tool belt, and carrying a toolbox. It would be good to act as if he were an old man going to work on something in the class.

Invite one student to help you by blowing up one balloon. After he/she has blown up their balloon, tie off the balloon and attach a long string to it. Then use the helium tank to blow up the second balloon, tie it off and attach a long string to it as well.

The "muddy water" demo uses iodine which I had as betadine that is widely used as a surgical scrub. The other chemical is sodium thiosulfate. This can be ordered but I was able to acquire some from the local college chemistry lab.

Below you will find lesson series. All of the series are in win zip format. If you do not have win zip you will need to go to the following link in order to download it first (for free - http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm). After you have downloaded them, open them in winzip, and then change, move, recreate, whatever you need to do.

Each of the lessons below are a complete series. Most have lessons only for Sunday AM, but some have lessons that can be used in a Wednesday night program (i.e. AWANA Counsel Time, RA's and GA's, Kings Kids etc.) If you were to download the first 7 series listed below, you would have enough lessons for an entire year, and "28 Days of Power" is Sunday School Campaign for the entire church.

Author: Jamie Doyle

Content:

• God Already Knows
• The Bible Tear – Flash Restoration!
• Paper Bag Production
• “Ring On A Rope”
• "Ring Off a Rope"
• "The Color Changing Liquid"
• GOD CAN USE YOUR LITTLE
• Borrowed Ring to Nest of Boxes
• Going Through Tough Changes
• ELIJAH!

What you see: You pull a handkerchief from your pocket and show that it is just a regular handkerchief. You now pull a lump, or wad of it up in your hand and begin to tell it to do things and it obeys you. If you tell the handkerchief to lean to the right, it does. If you tell it to dance back and forth it does. Tell it to move with the music, it does, or tell it to take a bow and it does. Perhaps you want to pretend to borrow a hair from a young lady, and then pretend to wrap it or tie it to the handkerchief. Now you can pull and the handkerchief moves wherever you pull it. It is amazing. Then when you are finished, just fold it up, and place it back in your pocket.

What you see: The teacher holds a rope in the left hand that is a little over 2 ft. long, and in the right hand a rope that is only about 1 ft. long. Both ropes have knots tied in the ends. You ask the audience which hand has the longest rope. Naturally they will say the left hand. You tell them that might seem crazy to ask, however, you have noticed that these ropes sometimes change. You then reach over with your right hand a pull the rope from the right hand back through the left hand. Suddenly both ropes are the same length. You now place both ropes in the left hand, and ask, what more could possibly happen to these ropes? At that point you reach down, and grab the ropes with both hands and quickly pull the ropes apart and the two ropes become one rope. You tell them that this would be a good time for them to applause, and a good time for you to put the rope away.

How it works: You actually have three ropes. Cut two ropes about 12 inches long and tie and knot in both ends. Now cut a third rope about 2 ft long and tie a not in both ends of that rope as well. make sure to allow enough room for the knots so as not to make the rope too short when you tie the knots in place. Since you will never remove these knots, you may want to place a little Elmer’s glue on the ends to keep them from fraying. You now start off with the long rope and one short rope in your left hand, the knots hidden inside your fist. And one short rope in your right hand, just held in the middle. No one will know that you are holding two ropes in your left hand. Ask which hand has the long rope. Play this up, and then tell them the reason you ask is that you have a hard time being able to tell at times. As you do this, take the rope in your right hand and begin to pull it through your left palm, as you do let your fingers slide down the long rope as well. When the knot from the rope in your right hand reaches your palm, drop that rope and pick up the long rope with your right hand. If you have done this correctly, your right hand will be in the middle of the long rope and the two short ropes will now be in your left hand, and they will look the same length. As soon as this effect sets in, place the rope in your right hand and hold them together there, still hiding the knots from the other ropes.

It still appears that you have just two ropes. Now ask what you could possibly do from here, and then reach down, grab the ropes and pull apart quickly. The knots will stop you from slipping off the end of the rope, and now with the ropes stretched out between your two hands, it will appear as if you are just holding one long rope. Tell them it is time for them to applaud, and time for you to put the rope away. Practice, there are a lot of possibilities with this one. Have fun!

What you see: You come into the class with two one dollar bills. You show these to the boys and girls. Then you tell them that a dollar is not what is used to be. If you want, you can tell them the things that you used to buy with a dollar. However, times have changed, and so has the dollar. At this point, place the two dollar bills back to back, and take a pair of scissors and cut them in half. Then you can tell the boys and girls that if we give our dollars to Jesus, He can take and do with them what we can not. Although they are not worth much to us, they are worth a lot to Him. Then with a little shuffle you show the boys and girls that the bills are still connected and still whole. Even though they just saw you cut them in half.

This is a very easy illusion to do, but one that looks very effective. You can use this to illustrate the bondage of sin, and yet the forgiving power of God.

How it works: Simple, when you go to place the rope on your left hand, hold both ends of the rope in your right hand and lay the top of your left wrist (where your watch face would be) in the loop of the rope. Now let the ends fall on either side of your left wrist. In other words, the rope is just wrapped around your left hand. (See picture) Now all you have to do is lay your right wrist on top of your left wrist and let someone tie them together. It makes no difference how tight they tie. As you will see, the way the rope is draped over your left wrist, forms an “X” between the two wrists when tied. Now all that is necessary to escape is that you twist your wrists and slide them apart. I like to just turn around, and hand the rope to the person who tied it. The knots are all still there, and my removing my hands has been hidden in the movement of me turning. It is instant, and very impressive. With a little practice, you will enjoy this one too, and it can be done anywhere and with anything that is capable of tying your wrists together. Have fun!

What you see: You have three paper cups stacked inside of each other and three small pieces of paper rolled into a ball (torn pieces of napkin work great) lying in front of the cups. You begin by picking up the cups and one by one sitting them face down on the table. Now place a ball in front of each cup. Pick up the ball in front of the middle cup and place it on top of the cup. Now place the cup on the left on top of the ball and middle cup, and then place the cup from the right on top of the stack, tap the top of the cups, and pick up the cups and you will find that the ball has dropped through the cups and is now lying on the table. You can now repeat this amazing feat. Place the three cups back on the table, face down again, and this time place the middle cup over the ball that has already fallen through. Now pick up another one of the balls, place it on top of the middle cup, and then stack the other two on top just as before. Tap the top of the stack and remove the cups to show that now both balls are lying under the stack of cups. Repeat this a third time, just as the first two, placing the last remaining ball on top of the middle cup, and then stacking the other two on top, tap the top and now all three have penetrated the cups. It is absolutely amazing.

The "muddy water" demo uses iodine which I had as betadine that is widely used as a surgical scrub. The other chemical is sodium thiosulfate. This can be ordered but I was able to acquire some from the local college chemistry lab.

What you see: You show your class a glass of milk. Place it under a handkerchief. Remove the handkerchief several times so they can see the glass. Begin to move around the class and let kids reach up under the handkerchief and feel the glass of milk. After several have felt and are convinced that the glass of milk is there, stop, and ask the class a question. Have you got milk? Do you think I’ve got milk? After their answer, toss the handkerchief into the air, and watch their amazement as they realize there is no glass of milk under the handkerchief anymore.

After the laughter, and especially the groans dies down, you can make the “C’s” cross over each other by moving your hands over one another. “Yes, ladies and gentlemen, you have now witnessed the crossing of the Red Sea (C).”

You can then say, “I hope all of you could “C” that OK. If you could just answer me by saying “Si” (“C”) (each time, as you say “C” hold out one of the “C’s” to emphasize your point).

Now you can also add one more. Hold one of the “C’s” high in the air and then let it fall to the ground watching it all the way has it falls. Now look at the audience and say. “Well, there you go, the Dead “C”.”

You can lay aside the “C” in your hand and come back to it later in your lesson. Act as if you stumbled across the lone “C” and say, “OOPS, I can’t believe it, I almost didn’t see (C) this, but I can see (C) it now. See (C) what I mean. Lift up the “C” each time to illustrate what you are saying.

You place a rubberband on your hand and around your first and second fingers. You tell your friends that you can command this rubberband to jump from your first two fingers to your last two fingers. Have a friendly conversation with your fingers, and then tell the rubberband that you are going to count to 3, and then It should jump. Slowly count 1 - 2 - 3 - and miraculously the rubberband jumps. It will amaze and astound anyone!

Secret:

Using the rubberband above, open your left hand and place the rubberband around your first two fingers down to the bottom knuckle on your hand. Now set up the trick by telling everyone what you are going to do. “You will make this rubberband jump from the first two fingers to the last two fingers.

As you tell this fold your fingers down and place the rubberband over all four fingernails. You now have your fingers closed into a partial fist and the rubberband is completely around the first two fingers, and it goes over all four fingernails on your left hand. After talking to your friends, and then talking to your hand (this looks good, but is not necessary) simply open your hand. The “magic” illusion will happen on its own. The rubberband will jump from the first two fingers to the last to fingers.

You can also do the trick in reverse. Tell them this is an obedient rubberband, and it will even go back to where it belongs.

What you see: It appears that you can take a pen or pencil and push it through the middle of a handkerchief or any piece of material without making a hole in the material. Seems impossible to do, and yet you do it very easily.

What you see: You invite seven (7) children to the front and give six of them a card to hold against their chest until you tell them to turn it around. You now ask the seventh child to pick a number between one and six and then tell you the number. Once you know the number, you count off and have that child step aside. Now you look at all of the other cards one at a time. Although they are good pictures, none of them will get you to heaven. Finally have the last child whose number was picked step forward and show their card. It is a picture or Jesus, or the name, Jesus. After all this is the only way to get to heaven. Jesus. Thank the children, elaborate and give an invitation. Jesus will do the rest.

How does it work: Simple. Go to Microsoft Publisher, or anywhere that you can get five pictures. Money, Water, Church, 10 Commandments, Praying Hands, and then either the name Jesus or a picture of Jesus.

The order of cards is not important except for the “Jesus” card. Holding the cards face down, it must be the 3rd card. Hand out the cards from left to right. Regardless of what number is picked, you will always pick the third card. Number one, count O-N-E and have the third child step forward. Say, since this is the card you picked, we will have them step aside and we will look at the others first. Two works the same way, T-W-O and have the third person step forward. For three, 1-2-3. Four, just count 1-2-3-4 from the opposite end (right to left). For five, simply spell the number, F-I-V-E from the opposite end (right to left) and for six, spell S-I-X (left to right) You will always pick the third card. The rest is up to you. How much you talk about each card, or what verses you use can vary. The outcome will always be the same. Jesus is the only way to heaven.

What you see: A person is asked to choose a number between 1 and 10. They are then asked to add, subtract, add and subtract, and finally the host tells them the number they are thinking of, and he or she is right, for everyone in the audience. It’s amazing.

What you see: You bring a volunteer to stage and have then cut a coat hanger. Now blow up a balloon, tie the end, hand it to them and tell them to push the coat hanger through the balloon without popping it. Only once in 20 years has anyone been able to do this. So the outcome will probably be, POP! Now you take the coat hanger, and tell them that you are going to give it a try. Blow up another balloon, tie the end, and now you push the coat hanger through the balloon and it does not pop. Impossible? Not at all. Just really cool looking.

What you see: In front of the class are two glass containers. Both are half full of water. One has the word Lost written on it, and the other says saved. Into the one that says lost you begin to drop food coloring, green for envy and lust, yellow for jealousy, red for anger and hatred, blue for bad emotions. Now mix all of the colors together and the “lost” one will become black. You can do this a couple of times, and each time it just gets darker. Now start with the one that says saved. Each time you drop food coloring into it, it just disappears. No matter what you place in it, it vanishes. Proving that sin does not have to rule a saved person. Now, take the “saved” glass, and pour part of it into the “lost” glass and now it too becomes clear. Showing that the “Saved” can help the “Lost” if we will only share our life with them.

This hunt works basically the same as any except; the objects that are being searched for can be anything. The only stipulation is that the teams must find one object beginning with each letter of the alphabet (that would be 26).

Choose 8 children from the audience and divide them into groups of four.

Pick 4 volunteers. Divide them into two teams. Give one person from each team a wooden clothes pin. Give the other team-mates each a clean plastic bowl. Spread several pieces of individually wrapped candies on the floor.

Choose four children from the audience. Two boys and two girls. One of each of the pairs will be blind folded, and then given 60 seconds to see how many clothes pins he or she can place on the other child. Girls will go first, and then the boys. We are trying to see who can place the most clothes pins on their partner and earn points for their teams.

Pick 4 players and 2 helpers. Divide them into 2 teams. Each team is given 10 gummy worms. The players stand with their backs to each other.

Name That Fast Food! Bring a volunteer on stage & see if they are hungry. Unveil a plate of fast food (bought on your way to church) that you have taken out of the wrappers. Build up the idea that the volunteer will not be able to guess where the food came from. Right before you let them eat it, bring out the blender, and toss the food into it & VROOOOOOM...instant Fast Food Shake! Now see if the volunteer will still want to Name That Fast Food? Would you like ketchup with your fries? Naturally, you will want to have a prize to give to the volunteer. If you want to be a little deceptive, then set out a cup from a different fast food place. Have fun!

Submitted by David Skaggs Oak Hill Baptist Church

We make 6 to 8 bible categories. They can be anything. A few I have use are: Bible Bad Guys Bible Good Guys Women of the Bible the Apostles Our Savior Books of the Bible

This idea came from my teacher when I was little. I am sharing it with you.

Get 10 volunteers from the audience and bring them to the front. Five have red balloons tied around their ankles, and five have blue balloons tied to their ankles.

1. Phone conversations last thirty seconds
2. Old friends don't care if you have lost or gained weight

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

Melt butter, stir in brown sugar, syrup and salt. Bring to a boil stirring constantly. Remove and stir in vanilla and add soda very slowly. This mixture becomes foamy

The senseless slaughter at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, not to mention California, Kentucky, Florida, Arkansas, Pennsylvania or Georgia, has sparked considerable debate in our society.

You will need a bottle of squirt hand sanitizer.

• The church water fountain would dispense Kool Aid.
• Hymns would have motions.

Dear Mom,

Our scoutmaster told us all to write to our parents in case you saw the flood on TV and worried. We are OK. Only 1 of our tents and 2 sleeping bags got washed away. Luckily, none of us got drowned because we were all up on the mountain looking for Chad when it happened.

You will need to divide your children into teams. Boys against the girls is fun.

It's based upon typical graduation requirements at the University of Harvard. Answer the following 13 questions, then click to the next page to check your answers. DON'T CHEAT!!! Try to finish within 5 minutes. When you are done, count the number. Correct and see how you compare to others.

Plan your lessons to teach per month. (It will help you and your workers to know where you are going. Have a vision.)

We have heard it and heard it and heard it. But it is tried and true. Kids love to get mail. Make it a "habit" to send your class mail every week.

Below are some pictures and plans to help you in your wish to build a wind machine.

There once was a woman who woke up one morning,
looked in the mirror,
and noticed she had only three hairs on her head.

(Please Circle The Answer That Best Fits Your Beliefs)

1. Does the Bible say, "God helps those who help themselves?
   

This is a great way for your children and your workers to expose your ministry to the rest of your congregation.

Introduction - Tonight I have brought a friend with me. I think most if not all of you will know him. He is a traveler, speaker, physician, leader, preacher, and an encourager.

Begin by explaining to children the importance of praise and worship.

I am a minister. My mission field is the largest on earth. I minister to children.

One time our church celebrated a month long Missions Emphasis. We wrapped up the month with Children’s Weekend.

...take 3 or 4 balloons & insert prizes (dollar bill, food coupon, etc) inside them, then blow them up.

We had the Bible study at one of our leader’s houses. We had pizza, pop, made bookmarks, and last but no where near least had our devotion.

This idea came from God and worked well for me in class this Christmas season. It is simple but effective.

One night our 2nd grade class decided to have Bear Night in Awana. For the night they dressed as bears, brought stuffed teddy bears, and in general, had a wonderful evening just being cute little bears.

The following is a list of useful facts regarding abortion and abortifacients. All abortion numbers are derived from pro-abortion sources courtesy of The Alan Guttmacher Institute and Planned Parenthood's Family Planning Perspectives.

1. Wake Up!!
   Decide to have a good day.
   "Today is the day the Lord hath made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." Psalms 118:24

I wanted our children to have a "hands-on" tool to help them learn the books of the Bible. I designed a bookshelf that is shaped like an open Bible for displaying the "books".

When Steve came through our church, he mentioned that it takes about $10,000 to win an adult to Christ with Church costs, media, expenses, etc.  He mentioned it only takes about $50 to win a child.

Girl Talk is a mini-conference targeted at fourth and fifth grade girls. It started as a four-hour afternoon activity full of music, games, food, girl stuff (craft, beauty-tips, table decorating, etc…) and most importantly Bible lessons.

This is an excellent year long activity! Choose a group within your church that you feel needs some extra love and encouragement.

If you need to check your children on occasion for head lice, here is a simple, quick and effective solution.

God gave this idea to me recently as I was planning a sleepover for our 2nd graders. There has always been a problem with the little ones keeping up with their belongings at a sleepover.

This activity is designed to teach your class the importance of reaching others for Jesus and is great for a Sunday after church activity.

This idea requires very little time. And actually that is the appeal for me. Let me explain.

1. Quote Genesis 1:1According to Genesis 1:2 The earth was without and ?

1. Is it OK to lie, if you know you will tell the truth later?

Analyze the ministry you are about to begin.

• Where and to whom will we minister?
• What age group will we minister to?
• How large are the groups we will minister to?
• What are the needs of our audience?
• What age group will we use to minister?
• What are their needs?
• How many will we need on our team?

Apply your Analysis.

• Outline the specific need of your audience
• Outline the specific need of your team.

Focus on your Outline.

• How do we meet learner needs?
• What are our goals/objectives?

Plan Your Program.

• How do we program/teach to meet learner needs?
• What will we do for a program?

Budget.

• What will this cost?
• Is the cost worth the outcome?

Who Will Be on Our Team?

• How will we recruit them?
• Who will be in charge?

Where Will We Get Our Puppets and Products?

• Will we buy them?
• Will we make them?
• Will we record our own tapes?
• Will we make our own productions?

Practice.