http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/Decorating Ideas for Boomerang Express(c) 2009, LifeWay Christian Resources5I am using the volcano that we made for VBS last year. It was made using 12' tall foam board covered with brown craft paper and spray painted. I am cutting off the top and shaping it like the top of...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3610Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:25:47 GMTWe made are own signs by cutting diamond shapes out of cardboard. Pictures were reproduced and drawn on them. Then we hot glued them to dowel rods. We used 6-8 inch clay pots (which were painted black...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3600Thu, 18 Jun 2009 07:53:36 GMTWe used Duck tape brand duct tape for railroad tracks in black and gray. You may be able to find the color black in an "off" brand but we could only find it in a brand name. The gray stuff is easy t...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3596Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:35:53 GMTHere is how we made a train for our stage and train tracks for the church. We found a large round cardboard barrel sitting in my brother-in-law's workshop being used to hold scrap lumber. We took that...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3597Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:35:33 GMTI used this idea when we had the Arctic Edge idea and it worked great. I bought blue and clear cellophane in the rolls at Hobby Lobby and twisted it however I liked to emulate water. I also found th...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3506Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:17:37 GMTThis year the sanctuary will look like a train depot, we order the scenes from Lifeway and one of our members is going to mount them on a frame so they will stand on the stage. We are also making sui...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3496Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:17:19 GMTI would just like to say that I have quite a few decorations to loan out to anyone in my area who would like to use them for VBS. Lighthouse, 8X20 back drop of cabin & Ayers Rock & much more. You must...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3557Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:16:40 GMTI purchased several yards of $1.50 per yard very lightweight (almost sheer) fabric in a blue green color. I used the short strand of clear Christmas lights on white cord and arranged those on the floo...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3552Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:16:27 GMTMake the face of a traffic light, and paint it. You can mount it to a narrow board with 'feet' or to a tall but small cardboard roll. Then in large letters write "STOP in your tracks", YIELD to Jesus,...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3551Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:16:19 GMTOne of our leaders cut a cardboard box all the way around in about a 10" wide strip. She then cut one end into the shape of a snake face and the other end into a tail. She stood that up so that the fr...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3550Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:16:11 GMTOne of our leaders used black electrical tape on the tile floor to 'make' train tracks. It removes easily, and an electrical company gave her the tape for free to use for VBS!http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3549Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:16:04 GMTThe lighthouse I made of a refrigerator box, wall paper paste & newspaper and some drywall compound mixed with sand turned out well. I am not happy with the top but was in a hurry. I used blue celloph...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3547Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:15:55 GMTI used the 8' X 20' awning that was slightly torn in a storm from our travel trailer to paint the scene of a cabin, with Ayers Rock in the background. Email me if you would like photos. Our VBS is thi...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3546Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:15:35 GMTFor a "working" lighthouse, start with a wire tomato cage. Turn it upside down & cut off the end (the part that would go into the ground), leaving an inch or so sticking up. Cover with white butcher p...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3576Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:15:22 GMTHere is a picture of my lighthouse. Very few people use metal garbage cans anymore so I went to my adult S.S. classes and ask if anyone had metal garbage cans. Told them I needed 2 or 3 different size...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3539Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:15:03 GMTWe decorated last weekend for our VBS. One of our ladies came up with the neat idea to use black electrical tape to make railroad tracks. We got a pack of the footprints and started with a set of thos...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3521Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:14:33 GMTThis year I am running with the train theme and turning the sanctuary in to a train station. I plan on using park benches and fold up chairs up on the podium. I am also going to construct signs to re...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3509Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:10:39 GMTMy son's Geotrax train set will make a great addition to the decorations. I plan to add theme stickers and add Outback style to the train and buildings. I'm sure others will come up with lots more way...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3492Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:06:26 GMTWe're doing a safari/tour theme in our music room so the kids can see the different animals and terrain like it is in Australia. :)http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3563Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:06:04 GMTWe are going to use foam board to cut out a life size kangaroo. We will add faux fur or material and a pouch. The children will put their offering each night into the kangaroo pouch.http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3502Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:05:12 GMTWe are going to build the train as per the decorating book but was wondering if anyone has attempted it. Some of the directions are vague. Does anyone have more specific measurements? or suggestions o...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3556Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:04:55 GMTWe finally removed the last of our footprints from our March vbs. We used scrappers from Pampered Chef and cheap fabric softener to get them up. The scrappers worked great at getting the prints to p...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3543Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:03:27 GMTJust found gray tarps in the camping section at my local Walmart. In looking at them I discovered that they are reversible and the other side is brown, perfect for the rock!http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3529Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:02:57 GMTOur worship center plays double duty during VBS- we meet for opening and closing Worship Rallies as well as utilizing the space throughout the morning as our indoor recreation area by removing all the...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3569Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:02:44 GMTMy helper and I went to Ace Hardware and got a large cardboard box and spray painted it black. We stood it up with the open side down and cut a window out of the front and made a door flap out of the ...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3505Mon, 15 Jun 2009 08:01:56 GMTWe were trying to decide how to decorate our rooms since we were trying to be budget friendly and wanted an exciting room at the same time. I was watching some Boomerang Express video on You Tube...I...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3541Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:51:22 GMTEasy...to make a large sheep I took one of the wire reindeer (the kind that light up) that I use in my yard at Christmas. I used white batting to wrap/stuff him and then put black socks on his feet. ...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3507Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:50:47 GMTI love to build things so I built a locomotive out of some lumber and old swimming pool siding. I simply build a long box for bottom. Built a cab to sit on back of box, One large cylinder for the boil...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3583Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:50:36 GMTI'm hanging brown sheets(dyed brown)to look like wooden walls of my G'Day Cafe. The sheets have one big square hole in the middle for a window. I'm gluing in clear shower curtains to look like glass...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3518Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:49:47 GMTI googled images of aboriginal art and found that it involves geometrics and dots. I showed the pics to my girls(ages 12 and 7)and they created many pictures for my G'Day Cafe using black poster pape...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3517Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:49:39 GMTI'm hanging a lifesize stuffed crocodile on the wall of our G'Day Cafe. Cut the shape of a crocodile out of brown paper (cut 2) Tape them together around the sides and gently stuff with newspaper. S...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3515Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:49:29 GMTI found crates in the grocery store trash that they get their lettuce and other veggies in. I am hot gluing batting over the holes between the slates to look like a crate of wool. Only cost is batting...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3559Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:48:42 GMTEveryone's feeling a financial pinch right now, so here are a few ways we were frugal with the Lord's money for VBS. :0)Craft paper run longways across the back of the sanctuary in orange and yellow. ...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3544Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:46:00 GMTWe just wanted to share some of the ideas we use to decorate our church. We decorate every available wall space, Later on we will submit our sanctuary that will show the train station, tracks, and the...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3514Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:44:11 GMTWe took a wook skeleton and chicken wire and made Ayer's rock it's 8 foot long 4 foot tall but only 3 foot deep. It's made to be on the back of the stage so it doesn't have to have a backside. It's pa...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3491Fri, 15 May 2009 11:41:17 GMTFor this year's sign, I once again 'roped in' my husband, lol. He is loaning us 2 of his 4X4 posts, and I purchased a 10' roll of 3' wide chicken wire. I am painting (rolling, not spray) the chicken ...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3475Tue, 05 May 2009 12:39:17 GMTCut a 'captains' ships wheel from cardboard. You can paint it brown or however you want to. Using an empty carpet roll (I get them free from Lowe's for a multitude of things!) run a bolt through the '...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3473Tue, 05 May 2009 10:09:41 GMTI went into the dumpster (LOL) behind our local Badcocks furniture store and found lots of large Styrofoam packaging! This can be cut into shapes for rocks, and painted. I also make rocks by using th...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3472Tue, 05 May 2009 10:08:25 GMTBecause our walls are newly painted, I purchased the hooks that are 'removable' made by 3M company. They can be used over and over by replacing the pull tabs, and don't leave holes in your walls! They...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3471Tue, 05 May 2009 10:07:00 GMTI cut some large crosses (crucifix) of heavy cardboard and painted them white. Then, using old Missions Mosaic and Girls in Action Magazines I cut out pictures of missionary's and other people, as wel...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3470Tue, 05 May 2009 10:06:30 GMTAs an artist I have used a medium for years called gesso. It can be used for many things, however I use it to paint fabric to make it 'stiff' and give it a canvas type texture. Because actual life sav...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3469Tue, 05 May 2009 10:05:35 GMTI am using a brown tarp and painting the wood grain with black or dark brown paint. Painting on the door and windows. The tarp already has secure rings to hang the tarp with. I am going to use the a...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3464Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:18:30 GMTI'm making a light house out of 2 or 3 metal garbage cans. Using the different sizes stacked on each other,gluing them together with liquid nail. I'll paint them white before stacking,but don't have t...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3456Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:03:49 GMTFor those of you who are artistically inclined or can trace a large pattern, why not trace a blowup of a playtypus and put it up outside the door so the children can pass under it when they come into ...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3451Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:45:15 GMTI found eggshell colored laundry bags with a drawstring at the Dollar Tree. I filled them with plastic bags (you know all those Wal-Mart sacks you have piling up). Then I added a little quilt battin...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3448Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:31:03 GMTNeed a 3ft x 5ft flag. Go to ebay!!!! I got mine for one cent but the shipping was 6.95 but worth it. Very nice.http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3442Wed, 01 Apr 2009 12:25:52 GMTWe recently had our vbs (spring break week) and discovered a problem with the footprints that are sold for decoration. When we went to remove them from our tile floor, they did not remove as easily a...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3433Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:33:00 GMTI am going to make sacks using old feed bags from a local cattle farmer. He was glad to let me have them they are a bit long so I can cut them in half and make 2 bags out of one. Just use hot glue to ...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3424Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:38:53 GMTLast year I took carpet rolls and cenented them into the industrial food cans from resturants to make palm trees. This year I am reusing the posts in the can, painting them gold or silver metallic, an...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3425Wed, 11 Mar 2009 10:37:34 GMTUse tan/white pillow cases, fill with shredded paper, use rope to tie the top together, print in large letters 'WOOL' and display in your Bible Study Sheep Ranch Room. Also, cover a box about the shap...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3422Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:24:42 GMTA cheap way to make water is to take a plastic drop cloth, like you would use for painting, and spray paint it with blue paint. As you go back and forth with the spray paint it will make part of it da...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3421Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:49:42 GMTIf you want to make a realistic looking river or waterfall, the best thing that I've found to use is blue Saran Wrap. Granted, you have to use quite a bit, but it looks SO good and the color is wonder...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3417Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:02:06 GMTI had the idea to turn our sanctuary into the Boomerang Express Train Station. I think we will take the brown masking tape and make train tracks down the center aisle of the sanctuary. Next, we will t...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3397Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:13:38 GMTAfter attending the VBS preview in Nashville, TN, we gave a mini preview of this years vbs @ our church. I used the ideas from Nashville when making the boomerang! It was soooo easy; I purchased foam...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3398Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:01:12 GMTI plan on making musical instruments for the stage area by using material tubes about 2 inches in diameter from any material store. Painting them and then painting indian designs on them, animals, li...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3400Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:37:25 GMTWe kept a few huts we constructed last year from 2 X 4's and cardboard that we turned into bamboo huts. This year, we plan to transform them into ticket booths from the train station in our foyer and ...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3390Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:27:41 GMTIf you need a watery looking background for your Great Barrier Reef buy or borrow blue tarps and you can hang them from their grommets with grid clips if you have a drop ceiling with ceiling tiles. I...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3375Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:41:04 GMTDo you know somebody with a Barbie Jeep that doesn't work anymore? I know several! Turn them into Outback jeeps by painting them brown and rustic looking. You can add more touches by adding tap lights...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3367Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:18:31 GMTI am planning to get some wooden palates from the factory where my husband works. They get them in with their parts, but they just usually burn them. I plan to use them for the floor/porch of the ca...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3372Mon, 02 Feb 2009 10:15:34 GMTMy daughter (a former zookeeper) suggested making an echidna, an Aussie mammal that lays eggs. You could use a large stryrofoam egg or use paper mache to make the body. Add toothpicks around the bod...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3364Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:00:10 GMTI wanted my Bible Study Outback to include Suitcases. I have three decorative boxes that I use for storage. All I need to do is cover them with either cloth or colored paper, add handles that I can ho...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3359Tue, 20 Jan 2009 14:40:17 GMTI was brain storming with a friend yesterday. We collect an offering every year to give for a special gift to one of our missionaries. We display the rising donation with dollar amounts like $50, $1...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3357Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:50:05 GMTAfter enlarging the Lifeway Boomerang pattern to fit three on a piece of poster board, the pattern was traced on brown, orange, and red poster boards. After cutting them out, the ends of each were de...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3352Wed, 14 Jan 2009 08:44:30 GMTTo help draw more attention to our VBS....I always trace and cut from 1/4 plywood items that reflect our theme for the year....we have a grassy area in front of our Life Center where the kidaroos will...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3346Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:24:27 GMTWe are planning on turning our sanctuary into the Great Barrier Reef. We;ve purchased blue christmas lights, blue saran wrap and navy blue bed sheets. We plan to make portholes throughout the sanctu...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3347Mon, 29 Dec 2008 11:24:00 GMTI am planning on making our sanctuary look as if you are in the miiddle of the Australian countryside. I am going to contruct a large red rock as my focal point and decorate in front of it with a "wa...http://vbs.lifeway.com/vbs2009/yourVBS/share_ideas_readmore.aspx?cat_id=82&idea_id=3339Tue, 11 Nov 2008 07:48:38 GMT