Memory Verse

Split the members into teams. Give each team a copy of the verse and a packet of pavement chalks. Take them to the car-park and give each team a sharply defined area and a time limit. Challenge each team to come up with the best decorated memory verse and design. You could make a ‘big event’ of this. Get an impartial judge and award prizes. Take photos of the end results and display. Either wash off chalk afterwards, or let the next rain do it for you.

Write out your verse in large letters on an A4 sheet (you will need one per team). Keep a few key words out so it looks like this…

 

John 3 v 16. For ___________  so loved the  ___________________ that He gave His only

 

____________ so that whoever  ________________________ in Him should not die but

 

 

have eternal _____________.              world                     life          Son         believes         God

 

Make sure there is plenty of room in the gaps as they then have to RIP PAPER into the shapes of the letters of each missing word.  It is a good team game where all can be involved. Each person can be responsible for ripping out a word or several letters each. You may like to have the missing words written at the bottom of the page. If they don’t know the verse, you may have to go through it with them to see what they think fits each space. Then compete for the fastest team to place the ‘ripped paper words’ in the correct spaces.

Play this as a team game. Write each word of the verse on a ping pong ball and place the balls in a container. Also add some balls with nothing written on them – one blank ball for each space between words. Divide into teams. One team at a time plays the game. The team assembles in the designated area, while the others stand by watching. The game begins when the leader throws all balls into the air so they spill all over the area. The challenge is for the team to collect all the balls, and then assemble them in the correct order with the blank balls separating the words. Each team is timed. The fastest team wins a prize or points.

One fine day – collect lengths of thin twigs.
One wet day – (using secatuers) clip twigs into short pieces. You will need a lot!

Have your Rally sit in teams, leaving plenty of space between them. Give them a copy of the Memory Verse. Then give them a large handful of twigs. They lay out the twigs to form the letters and words in the verse (in correct order).
You could give points for the first team to complete the verse correctly. Say the verse through together a few times
Collect twigs and save for another time. (This keeps the floor clean and tidy too!)

Playdough
If you have Juniors – write the verse in large letters on a card or paper. If you have seniors they don’t need the words written to guide them! Just give them the card/paper.
Divide into teams. Give each team a different colour playdough & card with verse on. They form the letters with playdough and place over the letters on the card. Seniors – write the verse using playdough. Give points to the first team correctly completing the verse. Say it through together.

 

* CRAFTS                                                                 

Aprons
Materials:
Calico
Needles, thread, scissors
Pins
Fine ribbon/braid
Instructions:

1. Cut out aprons to a suitable shape & size. (for junior girls - approx 56cm wide & 45cm deep)
2. Cut a length of calico 8-9cm wide & 152cm long for the band.
3. Leaders – hem the edges. Attach band to apron – fold under edges of band, then fold in half, pin together, attach to apron and then sew in place.
4. Cut lengths of ribbon or braid and pin onto the apron in desired patterns. Looks best if they are long enough to fold under the edge.
5. Sew ribbons, using needle & thread, and a running stitch.

Instant Insanity (This is an ‘old’ hobby idea resurrected as it is so good)
Materials:
Wood dice-shaped 2cm x 2cm( 4 each person)                  
Sandpaper                                                                  
Varnish                                                                            
Pencil                                                                     
Pokerwork machine
Option: paint & vivid marker instead of poker-working it.

Instructions:

1. Sand wood pieces.
2. Using pencil, mark shapes onto wood dice. Leader must check these are correct or the puzzle won’t work! Lay dice out in a line. On each dice mark a colour or symbol. Mark the rest according to the pattern above. You can use any shapes or just paint them different colours– just keep them in correct sequence. (You can check this out by Googling ‘instant insanity’!)
3. Pokerwork over the shapes.
4. Varnish & leave to dry.

To play: Each of the 4 shapes or colours must appear on each side of the cubes you can see.

Making a Compass
Materials: 
Sewing needle, 1 inch long.                                                           
Small bar magnet (refrigerator magnets may work)
A small piece of cork.
A small glass or cup of water to float the cork and needle.
Instructions:                                                                                                                             1. Your compass will work better if you first run a magnet over the needle a few times, always in the same direction. This action ‘magnetizes’ it to some extent.                                                             2. Cut off a small circle from 1 end of the cork, and drive the needle through it, from one end of the circle to the other, instead of through the exact middle.                                                                 3. Float the cork & needle in your cup of water so the floating needle lies roughly parallel to the surface of the water.                                                                                                                 4. Place your compass on a still surface & watch what happens. The needle should point towards the nearest magnetic pole. (North or South as the case may be) If you want to experiment further, try placing a magnet near your compass and watch what happens.

Notes:The earth produces a magnetic field. This field, although weak, is sufficient to align iron and other paramagnetic compounds such as your needle within it. By floating the needle on the cork, you let it rotate freely so it can orient itself within the earth's magnetic field, to point toward the north or south poles of the planet.