Wow....it has been far too long since I've posted anything. So waaaayyyyy back at the end of June and beginning of July, I was a tad bit.....busy with getting ready for VBS. Don't tell anyone, but it's a TON of work to transform our church for this program!!
Remember how your Mom used to say "many hands make light work"? Yeah, it's TOTALLY true. This banner turned out AMAZING!! (By the way, it's 6 FEET tall!!)
This project earned me more than a few confused looks. Once we got the hang of it though, it looked great!! Any guesses what that is? Wait for it.....porte cullis sections! Just scroll on through the pictures and you'll see them!
I also purchased several rolls of builders' paper. Then the ladies were kind enough to paint stones on them....these went EVERYWHERE.
And once again, many hands....well, at least made it go faster....
And never forget those with the talent of a seamstress!!! These ladies made sooooo many flags to be hung throughout the building. They were GREATl!!!
All this prep work made THE decoration day absolutely amazing. LOTS of people stayed after church on Sunday and helped us get it all set up.
ENTRY FOYER!!!! Just kinda screams "YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FUN!!!" doesn't it? And how cool is that drawbridge?!?!?
On into the main Foyer....still feeling the FUN!!
The preschooler's classroom was a stable-themed space. (Yes, we painted the builder's paper to look like rough planks...) Check out the saddle that we were able to borrow!
Our Welcome! scroll....and Bob photo-bombing again....
I loved this horse! (His name is Duke.) We paired him up with a wagon that a gentleman from church made for a VBS about.....um....well, a LONG time ago (according to his wife!).
And the sanctuary. Looks different with no chairs, right? And check out the castle wall up there at the front. Those are PIZZA BOXES!!!
Heading into fellowship hall....ANOTHER drawbridge!
And on into the classroom wing...
Ok, disclaimer to be fair here. THIS particular rock wall was the (very expensive) wall covering that we borrowed from a neighboring church.....but it looked REALLY cool!
Our sciency-adventure room!
And the Bible Adventure room....behind that backdrop was a separate space that was decorated differently each day to help communicate part of the adventure. One day is was a throne room, one day it was a dark, scary valley....you get the idea!
So that pretty much consumed ALL my time for several weeks. These pictures don't do it justice. Just close your eyes and imagine 80 kids and 50 volunteers running around and you might start to see why I get so excited about it each year.....
(By the way, I'm starting to put together next year's team -- interested?)
