If you’re planning a Studio themed VBS, you’re in for an amazing time! Using these easy décor tips and ideas, you can create a VBS experience that takes kids on a journey filled with fun, faith, and plenty of creative expression. From a check-in table and craft station to a group space and snack station, we’ve made it easy to create your own VBS masterpiece. Let’s get busy!
Background and Accessories
This background is as easy as it gets. To start, use a white wall or curtain and hang Black Plastic Tablecloths and black ribbon in measured intervals to resemble piano keys. We shined some colored lights onto the wall for extra pop.
This dress-up station is a blast! Add all sorts of costumes, hats, and accessories to a Treasure Chest, and even hang some up on a coat rack. Prop the station with this fun Studio VBS Backstage Dressing Room Stand-up. So fun!
Check-in Station
Welcome your little VBS stars backstage with this VIP Check-in Station Idea. Line a table with a red tablecloth and table skirt. Add two Movie Night Table Runners.
Fill Galvanized Tin Buckets with some Paintbrush and Guitar Pens.
Use Silver Metallic Sharpie® Markers to write on Black Top Hats to make signs that help kids find which registration line they should be in. As kids check in, you can give each one a goody bag, name tag and a black top hat.
Build a Red Curtain Archway and decorate it with a DIY ‘Backstage Access’ sign made with white foam core, Jumbo Bulletin Board Letters, and Carson Dellosa® Gold Glitter Bulletin Board Letters. Add in a few Studio VBS Signs for some extra pizzazz. Finish off the Check-in Station with Red Rope VIP Stanchions. It’s star treatment all the way!
Craft Station
Time to create an irresistible craft station! Frame out your craft station with a Masquerade Ball Arch filled with Pacon® Fadeless White Paper Roll painted with a fun rainbow.
Add a paint palette made from white foam core and red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple plates. To make an oversized paintbrush, stick a black broom inside a pool noodle and tape it together with Duct Tape.
Decorate the oversized work of art with Studio VBS Signs. Next, line a table with a white table skirt and two panels from the Studio VBS Backdrop banner.
Use colorful plastic bins and plain white canvases to add height to the table. Organize the crafts and supplies into Colorful Bright Buckets and Classroom Caddies. Tabletop Easels and 8x8 Canvases are the perfect invitation for the kids to get creative.
Fill Galvanized Buckets with Paint Strips, Elmers® Glue Sticks, Colorful Chubby Paintbrushes and Classroom Scissors so they’re easy for little hands to reach.
A Cool Craft Tray is the perfect way to let kids sort through and find their favorite Studio VBS Foam Shapes.
Finish off the Craft Station with plenty of Felt Berets and Studio VBS Easel Stand Ups. The result is a fun creative vibe all the way!
Snack Station
Let’s start with the background. First, make a salvaged wood pallet wall making sure to brace the back. Decorate the pallet wall with a balloon garland made with one of each: Pink, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple. Blow up the balloons in different sizes to add pops of interest. Hang the Sand Bucket assortment on the top of the pallet wall and then hang the matching balloon garland from it to resemble dripping paint.
Once the background is done, cover a table with Paint Splatter Plastic Tablecloth Roll. Use canvases to prop up DIY Paint Cans filled with Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue and Purple Sixlet® Chocolate Candies.
Make the candy easy to put into Paint Splatter Treat Bags with Mini Wooden Scoops in each paint can. Hold your plasticware and treat bags in a Colorful Classroom Caddy.
Little Artist Party Treat Stands with Cones make the perfect way to easily display and distribute popcorn or treat mix. With just a few simple tweaks, you can use another Little Artist Party Treat Stand to hold Little Artist Lollipops. Simply leave the precut holes of the foam core still inserted and use a small drill to create smaller holes to hold the lollipops.
Decorate the table with a Little Artist Centerpiece and then add in a few Little Artist Pallet Plates and Luncheon Napkins.
Display DIY Paintbrush Snacks on a long white platter. You can learn how to make the DIY Paintbrush Snacks here.
Group Station
This group station is the perfect place to gather around for music, stories, fun and fellowship. Use Little Artist Party Placemats to help kids find their spot around the circle.
A Personalized Directors Chair is the perfect place for your VBS leader to sit. Use the Studio VBS Beach Ball to play games and take turns answering questions around the circle. Add in Bright Colored Buckets filled with Neon Colored Maracas and Bright Glitter Recorders to make joining in the chorus fun!
Add in an ‘oversized paint can’ (fun colored trash can) with oversized pool noodle “paintbrushes.” You can also make oversized pool noodle “markers” by using white tape to mark off the white areas of the markers!
To help kids find their next station, add in a Studio VBS Directional Sign.
Want more Studio VBS Snack Ideas and Studio VBS Activity Ideas – including some free printables? Be sure to check out our articles, Studio VBS Activity Ideas here and our Studio VBS Snack Ideas here.
