Gear up for a fun-filled VBS with construction activities for kids! Start with the free printable construction VBS checklist to keep your planning on track, and then check out our construction themed game ideas and snacks. No matter what you choose, you’ll be well on your way to building the best VBS yet!
Coloring pages are a perfect VBS activity! These free printable coloring pages feature construction themed messages and images, so they tie in perfectly with your construction VBS. Set up a coloring table or craft station with plenty of crayons, markers and colored pencils, and be sure to keep plenty of coloring pages handy to use as a filler activity, too!
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Add an interactive element to your VBS snack station by making a build-your-own pudding dirt cups area. Beat 2 cups of cold milk and 1 (40z) package of instant chocolate pudding mix together until well blended and slightly thickened; let stand to thicken, about 5 minutes. Stir 1 (8oz) package of whipped topping and 1/2 of the crushed package of cookies into pudding. Spoon 1 tablespoon crushed cookies into each serving cup. Fill each cup 3/4-full with pudding mixture and top with remaining crushed cookies. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Line Small Square Storage Baskets with wax paper and then fill them with a variety of add-ins plus Mini Wooden Serving Scoops. Invite small groups of kids to come up and build their own dirt cup. This will be a big hit! Don’t forget to download your free printable food labels by clicking the button below!
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Kids will really get wrapped up with this VBS game idea! You’ll just need caution tape, a chair and a willing volunteer for each team. As children wrap their volunteer in tape, they learn to work together to stay safe from bad influences. It’s serious fun, so check out all the details!
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BY: Lindi Haws, Love the Day
These easy-to-make DIY personalized tool belts are so fun for little builders to wear at your construction VBS or take home as VBS mementos. Be sure to download the Free DIY Personalized Tool Belt Printable here!
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Help your VBS kiddos visualize how they can knock out and wreck sin! Use our Inflatable Wrecking Ball to knock down a stack of Cardboard Cinderblocks. This can be hands-on activity where kids can get involved or simply use it as a demonstration to reinforce your message of Jesus knocking out sin.
This VBS snack idea is especially fun after a game or to send home with kids at the end of the day since it includes sweets plus a fun little favor. Kids will dig it! Place a small handful of candies into a cello bag. Insert a plastic shovel into the bag and tie with a ribbon or close it with a bit of black washi tape to mimic electrical tape. Download your free printable food labels below.
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Building is a kid favorite, and this VBS game idea takes construction to a whole new level of fun and creativity! Using simple craft supplies (and even marshmallows!) kids build structures based on construction challenges given by their group leader. It’s a fun way to demonstrate building a solid foundation of faith.
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Keep your VBS planning on track with the help of this construction themed VBS checklist. With so many planning details to remember and information to keep track of, this free printable checklist is a must-have! Get your free printable construction VBS checklist here.
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It’s easy and nutritious – this easy VBS snack really measures up! Make plenty ahead of time so kids can grab and go. Use a permanent marker to loosely draw a ruler onto a wrapped cheese stick. Don’t forget to download your free printable food labels by clicking the button below.
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Make time during your VBS activities for kids to stop and fuel up! This healthy snack idea includes fruit slices arranged to look like traffic lights. Kids will gobble them up, before it’s time to go, go, go!
Ingredients:
Graham Crackers
Cream Cheese
Kiwi
Banana
Strawberry
Slice the fruit. Pipe three small dollops of cream cheese onto a graham cracker. Place the sliced fruit on top of the cream cheese dollop in the traditional red, yellow, green traffic light order. Don’t forget to download your free printable food labels by clicking the button below.
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If you're planning a construction themed VBS, you'll want to include some fun and easy DIY games and construction games for kids to enjoy. How about a fun game of Paint Bucket Bean Bag Toss, Orange Cone Ring Toss and Building Demolition? These three games are not only easy to create, but kids love ‘em!
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Ingredients:
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Cheerios Cereal (bolts)
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Fritos® Chips (wood shavings)
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Mini Pretzel Sticks (wood planks)
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M&M’s (traffic and construction lights)
Combine all the above ingredients and serve them in Construction Zone Paper Cups. Serve your Snack Mix in a lined Yellow Toy Dump Truck that is dropping off it’s haul in a lined DIY Unfinished Wood Box Frame.
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This construction VBS game helps children develop teamwork skills as they work together to move sand from one bucket to another. It’s a fun, fast-paced way to reinforce lessons on trust and faith – and it’s also a great way for kids to burn off some energy!
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