Keeping Kids Focused on Jesus (with help from some duct tape)

Kids love stuff.  Particularly stuff that can go with them wherever they go.   These things are incredibly important to them.  Special.  Loved. 

Kid's stuff + teaching in Kidz Ministry can get a little hairy. 

Last year while teaching Second Graders, they were bringing in a multitude of "special stuff "every week and it was getting harder and harder to teach.   I decided that the stuff had to go! 

I love duct tape. (I may or may not have a duct tape collection...haha) I grabbed a roll of one of my favorites and an empty honey bun box......

And taped up the box, so it looked fun,
then had the kiddos empty their pockets as they came into the room.




  It wasn't that they were necessarily being bad with this stuff...but it was keeping their's and other's attention on stuff.  And, taking attention away from why we were there...Jesus.

I read this great blog post over on the Christian and Missionary Alliance kids website!!  I couldn't say it better than this.  Check out Abby Burg's thoughts on keeping kids focused in the classroom, and how "Chuck" saved the day.  >>>

 http://cmalliancekids.com/meet-chuck-saving-kidmin-one-less-distraction-at-a-time/

Try it out!  Grab some fabulous duct tape and collect some stuff.  

Keeping our kids focused on Jesus...that's the key!