Don’t forget to wear white!

1. candy, games, prizes, music and more! Night October 31st Black Light Party Don’tforget to wear white! 6:00- 7:30pm for kids ages 3- grade 5

2. Setting the Scene • Black light, Mini lights, Lava Lamps, Fiber optic Lamps, Neon Lights, Rope Lights, Netted Lights • Use every bit and strand of funky lights you can possibly find to decorate every corner of your church… • You can make giant lamps out of cardboard boxes, paint black, cut out shape, line with tissue paper and light from behind • Drape neon colored fabric in areas where the lights will be on to add lots of color….

3. Black Light Streamers Black Light Posters Black Light Tape check out blacklight.com

4. Glow in the Dark Items • Glow Paint • Glow Sticks • Glow Face Paint • Glow Necklaces, Bracelets • Do a google search on glow items and see what you can find, there’s some pretty neat stuff out there

6. Funky Worship Music • Doug Horley • Hillsong Kids • Club J • Pure NRG • Choose a couple of silly songs to get started, always good for a fun time • Probably do a Worship Set of about 4-5 songs max, and one prayer song to end

8. You Tube Clips • Tell the World- Hillsong • Never Give Up- Hillsong • God is Always With Us- Group Publishing • I Will not be Afraid- Group Publishing • This Little Light of Mine- Group Publishing • Light of the World- Hillsong

9. Suggested Schedule • 5:45- 6:00- Registration • 6:00- 7:00- Glow Stations open Face Painting, Games to win Glow in the Dark Sticks and Necklaces, other activities • 7:00- 7:05- Round Up, organizing everyone to the Rally • 7:05- 7:30- Glow in the Dark Praise Rally • 7:30- Dismissal and Pick up

10. Praise Rally Ideas • Play a couple of sillier fun worship songs, for example Doug Horley’s “Okey Dokey” just to break the ice and get started • A 10 minute long gospel presentation • Play a couple more worship songs, 2-3 • Choose one prayer song to close with and provide a creative altar call • Hang around a bit for those who have questions or want to be prayed with or for.

11. Black Light Party Glow Station Ideas 30 Great Ideas to Make Your Event Shine!

12. Face Painting Station • Kids come to this station to be face painted with glow in the dark face paint

13. Hair Salon • Kids love to get streaks of purple, green, etc. Just be careful on very blond or colored hair, it may not wash out very well! Alternately you can use glow in the dark hair gel.

14. Tattoo Parlor • Temporary tattoos are inexpensive and quick to apply. You can set this station up next to the face painting and hair salon to deck everyone out for the Glow Rally!

15. Art Pavilion • There are lots of different products out there… Crayola makes bunches…. Google glow in the dark markers and paint or take a trip to Michaels the craft store for inspiration….

16. Ring Toss Game • Kids can play ring toss to win glow in the dark bracelets at this station… Make your own ring toss game. Fill 2 liter plastic pop bottles with sand, seal with cap, Spray paint bottles black. You can use the Bracelets for the rings to toss!

17. Can Knock Down • Stack cans in a pyramid. Each player gets to throw one to three balls at the cans. You can use tennis balls, rubber baseballs, or other types of balls for this game. You can decide if they must knock down all or just a few cans to win a prize . Make your own covering cans with neon poster board “labels”!

18. Base Ball, Basket Ball,or Flukie Ball Toss Games • Make a target out of plywood, foamcore, or cardboard for baseballs. Paint the board with a fun sports design and cut out holes large enough for the baseballs to go through. Each player gets to throw three balls at the target.  • You can use either the standard size basketball goal or kid sized, but there’s always a long line up for a game like this! • Flukie Ball is a common game at carnival midways. Players try to bounce a ball off of a target on a easel-type stand and get the ball to land in a basket. You could use an art easel as the target and a  plastic laundry basket set at the easel's base as your basket. • You can paint the target with neon colored paints, or drape neon table cloth as a backdrop. Glow in the dark ping pong balls in different colors!

19. If you have the room and budget to rent something like this.... WOW!

20. Bouncy Castles…. • Bouncing structures, also called Moonwalks or Joy Jumps, are very popular with kids. Check your local Yellow Pages (usually listed under Party Rentals) for a rental company in your area. Be sure to ask how many children can go through in an hour. You don't want to have a long line and frustrated children (and parents!). As with any rental, ask for, and CHECK references. Make sure the company has a good record for showing up on time and maintaining the equipment well. 

21. Pick a Pop • You set up a board with holes, and fill all the holes in with suckers. The lollipops are marked on the stick end with a color that corresponds to a prize or number of tickets the player will win. The player chooses a lollipop and wins that prize, plus gets to keep the lollipop. 

22. Bowling • You can use real bowling pins, a kid's bowling set, or empty 2 liter pop bottles weighed with a little sand or water.

23. Frisbee Toss • Make a target out of plywood or foamcore (available at art supply stores) for Frisbees. Paint the board with a fun design and cut out holes large enough for the Frisbees to go through. Each player gets to throw three Frisbees at the target. It's helpful to have at least two sets of Frisbees on hand so one helper can chase Frisbees while the other helper works with the next person in line.  There are even glow in the dark frisbees out there! How cool is that!

24. Duck Pond • The player selects a duck from the wading pool "pond," the number on the bottom of the duck determines the prize. The player can just pick the duck up or you can use a net to scoop it up. 

25. Bucket Toss • Attach 3 to 6 small buckets to a board about 6" apart. The player tries to toss a ball into the buckets in order, from the closest to the farthest away. You can use neon glow in the dark plastic cups and ping pong balls for a cheap and quick set up!

26. Gone Fishing • This is a classic. Player extends a small fishing pole over (or through a hole in) a screen. The operator in back of the screen attaches a prize to the line. Fishing poles can easily be made from bamboo sticks or wooden dowels with a clothespin or paper clamp on the end of a string. Paint the screen with lively underwater designs for more fun. 

27. Funny Photo Booth • Paint foam core or plywood with funny bodies (circus performers, aliens, farmers, etc.) cut out holes for faces. Take Polaroid or digital pictures. • You could even use a black light poster and cut out or away anything you don’t like or want… such as the broken cross symbol shown here…

28. Hockey • Use a kids hockey set. Mark out numbers with tape (or use chalk outside) that correspond to prizes. The player hits the puck with the stick and gets a prize corresponding to the number the puck lands on. • A simpler version is to award a prize for each goal

29. Penny Toss • Player throws a penny at targets on a floor or table. You can award tickets or prizes for landing on a target or on a specific spot on a target. Neon plastic plates make great targets….  another great game for candy prizes!

30. Mini Golf • Whether it's a single hole or a 9-hole course, miniature golf is always fun. You can rent these from party supply stores or make your own simple putting green. The one shown here has a small incline. Very simple to make and could be made from scrap wood…

31. Soccer Kick • Make a target out of plywood for soccer balls (or use a portable goal). Paint the board with a fun sports design and cut out holes large enough for the soccer ball to go through. Each player gets to kick three balls at the target.

32. Plinko • The player lays each a chip flat against the top of the board and releases it. As the chip falls, it bounces throughout a matrix of pegs until it lands at the bottom of the board. The player wins the prize that corresponds with the slot in which the chip lands, or the number of pieces of candy in that slot…

33. Knock Down Game Target Knock Down • The basic idea is to have the player throw beanbags at targets that are hinged to fold down when they are hit. A little Velcro keeps the target from bouncing back up too quickly.  

34. Guess How Many • Fill a large clear jar with jelly beans, buttons, or other small colorful objects. Players write their guess as to how many objects are in the jar on a slip of paper. At the end of the event announce the winner and award a prize. The prize could be the jar of candy itself!

35. Spin a Prize • These can be made or rented, as they can be expensive… but VERY popular! • Kids LOVE this game… they win every time! • A great game for candy prizes!

36. Horse Shoes • Player must make at least one "ringer" to get a prize. glow in the dark horse shoes.... tooo cool eh?

37. A couple of more ideas…. Shuffle Board Bulls Eye Target Mat Ski Ball

38. Black Light Party Visual Aids and Object Lessons for Rally Time

39. Light of the World

40. The Light • Materials: An overhead projector; a harmonica: a candy bar; a desk stapler; a box of staples; a real leaf; a construction paper leaf. To prepare the overhead projector you must have a small, three sided, partition placed around the glass surface so the children cannot see the objects placed on the glass. This can be made from a piece of cardboard. And obviously, the projection, itself, must be on a wall or screen in easy view of all the children. Keep the objects to be used out of sight in a box or bag. • To begin hold up one or two objects that are right there in the room and ask the boys and girls what they are. For a Bible you would reply. "Yes. this is a Bible." For chalk. "Yes, you can all see this is a piece of chalk." Talk to them generally about how their eyes tell them things about the world around them. Then ask if anyone can see into another person's heart. Obviously, they cannot. Read I Samuel 16:7b and say "God sees things that we do not and in ways that we cannot. This projector shows how WE see." On the glass, in the center, place a harmonica, a candy bar (one with roughly the same shape as the harmonica), a desk stapler (that should be placed in the direct center), and a box of staples or some other object that shape. Ask the children again what they see. They may try to guess what they are looking at. Again show how the Lord sees our hearts and know if we are useful like the stapler or able to make music like the harmonica. And that he knows this even before we do. • Lastly, place a real leaf that has been thoroughly flattened (a distinctive one like a maple is good) and a realistic construction paper cut out of a leaf on the glass. Immediately the children will say they know they are looking at leaves. Ask how they know they are leaves. Pick up the real leaf and say "Yes, our eyes tell us that these are leaves. BUT God sees better than our eyes." Pick up the paper leaf. "Some people are pretenders. They may pretend to be saved when they are not. Others may pretend to be holy and hide their sins. Only God and YOU know your heart! Are you saved? Do you have a hidden sin that needs to be confessed? You know. God knows." Give an invitation.

41. Do Not Fear!

42. Do Not Fear • What You will Need: 1/4 teaspoon salt, Pinch of pepper, Small cup saucer, Plastic spoon • What you will say: Today, I will show you how we can always trust in our Lord to protect us, even when circumstances seem hopeless. This saucer represents the world we live in. I am going to take some salt and put in in the world. This salt represents God's people. The world can be a scary place sometimes, full of danger and evil. Let me take some of this pepper, and put it on top of the salt. This pepper represents danger, and it is right on top of God's people. How can we remove this danger? (Allow for responses and explain how most suggestions would be hopeless or take forever.) It may seem impossible to us, but God can do miraculous things. Let me show you. This spoon represents our loving God. (Take the spoon and rub it to create static electricity, and then lift off the pepper.)You see, sometimes we are faced with danger and have no clue how to escape. God is always there for us. He can keep us safe no matter what.

43. True Colors

44. What You Will Need awrapped gift box containing a "whammy" gift (diaper, moldy bread, smashed overripe banana, etc.); ugly gift wrapped sloppily in newspaper containing a nice prize • Select a student who has been particularly attentive and participating in children's church. Commend the behavior and invite the child to select one of two wrapped gifts. Allow the child to unwrap the gift and show the contents to the rest of the class. • The student will likely select the beautifully wrapped gift but receive a very undesirable "prize." Discuss how that we often judge people from the outside, not having the ability to see inside their hearts, as God can. After the brief object lesson instruction, offer the child another prize ~ the unattractively wrapped gift containing a nice prize.

45. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzD6L8DmE-c Faith Vs. Fear

46. Faith Vs. Fear • What You Need:Using a Sharpie write the word F - E - A – R on your knuckles. Take two empty plastic water bottles, and tightly cap one of them. Do not cap the other bottle. • Talk :Here I have two plastic bottles. They look almost the same, but this one with a cap is actually full of faith. You can’t see it, but it’s there. The other bottle does not have faith—it is empty. (Make a fist showing your knuckles) What do you think will happen to this bottle without faith when fear comes along? (Allow for answers, and then smash the bottle with your fist.) See, fear was able to crush it. What about this bottle filled with faith? (Hit the capped bottle.) Look, fear couldn't crush it. . No damage at all… With faith, we don’t need to worry, or be afraid, or live in fear, our strength can come from God. Jesus once said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?" (Mark 4:40) Faith is invisible, but what faith produces we can see, strength, courage, peace of mind, and self-control. We do not need to worry or be afraid of anything when we have faith in Jesus.We do not need to live life like the Cowardly Lion from the Wizard of Oz. And we don’t need a Wizard, we have Jesus!

47. A Little Glow Goes a Long Way!

48. What You Need: flashlight (preferably a larger one like a camping lantern), small items to place in battery compartment like a nail, key, nail clippers, old jewelry, etc. Before class remove the battery in your flashlight and replace it with junk. • While teaching on "letting your light shine," use the illustration of the flashlight. Act as if you are going to prove your point of a flashlight's ability to make light by turning off your classroom light and attempting to turn on the flashlight. When it malfunctions, turn the overhead light back on and attempt to find the problem. Pull all of the garbage out of the light and replace the battery. We can't shine very brightly for Jesus when we fill our hearts and minds with garbage instead of God's Word. • Even just a little bit of light shines pretty bright in the dark, and you don’t have to know everything about the Bible to share the love of Jesus either. A little bit of love goes a long way,

49. Glow where You Go!

50. Glow Where You Go • What You Need: A ball point pen with a clear barrel, from which the refill has ben removed, A cheap alarm clock from which the hands have been removed, A small bottle (or better still, a test tube) half-filled with water. A "Post-It Notes" pad • I've got some amazing inventions to show you. Look at this pen - can you see what's special about it? It never runs out, because it hasn't got any ink in it. Don't you think that's wonderful? Look at this next invention - a special clock. Can you see what's different about it? It never needs adjusting because it has no hands. Are you impressed?. Now how about this next one - a "wonder" glue. If you get it on your fingers it will just pull off because it doesn't stick to anything very well.- Don't you think that's an amazing sort of glue? Would you say these inventions are a success or a failure? A pen that doesn't write, a clock that doesn't tell the time, a glue that doesn't stick very well - they all seem like failures. They remind me of somebody in the bible. Somebody who was supposed to be a follower of Jesus but, when under pressure, denied even knowing Him. Who was that? (Peter). Yes, at that particular moment Peter seemed like a failure didn't he? Have you ever felt like that? But I didn't finish my story about the inventions. • There was once a research scientist called Dr. Spencer Silver. His job was to improve the adhesives used in the products sold by his company. One day he somehow managed to make a glue that didn't stick to anything very well - it was very easy easy to pull off, and he noticed that when peeled off it stayed quite sticky. To most people that might have seemed completely useless. However Dr. Silver felt sure that his unusual adhesive must have a use, but he couldn't think what. He spent next few years trying to get the other people in his company interested in his special adhesive, but nobody could think what it could be used for. One of those people was a man called Art Fry. He was intrigued by Dr. Silver's glue, but like everyone else couldn't think of a good use for it. Art Fry sang in the choir at his church, and used to put bits of paper in his hymn book so that he could find the right page for the next hymn quickly. But sometimes those bits of paper fell out (demonstrate), and he lost his place. He thought: "If only I had some bookmarks that stuck like magnets to the pages without damaging them". Suddenly he remembered Dr. Silver's adhesive, and at that moment one of the most successful office products of the last 50 years was born. Does anybody know what it was? The company was the 3M Company, and the product was "Post-It Notes" (show the pad). When 3M's made the first ones, people didn't seem too interested. But 3M's sent free samples everywhere, and once people had tried them, they wanted more of them and orders came flooding in. The product was first sold in 1980, and ten years later "Post-Its" were named one of the top consumer products of the decade. But it all started with something that seemed a complete failure, until one man with a hymn book saw that it could be used in a wonderful way. • Again that reminds me of Peter. What a failure! And yet God took Peter and turned him into a wonderful and courageous preacher. Sometimes people think "I'm no good - I'm just a failure - How could God possibly use me?" But God can take even a failure and change them, and use them to achieve something wonderful. So if ever you feel as if you're a failure, remember Peter, and remember the story of the "Post-It" Notes.