Gearing Up For Grandparent's Day - A Big Day in Sunday School Class
Celebrating Grandparent's Day is not only a fun holiday that children get to give cards and gifts to their grandparents. It is also a day of recognizing how extra grandparents are, and how long they have been nearby to contact history. Grandparents can tell so many stories of the "good ole days," and children can have a personal see of what life was admittedly like for folks growing up in the early to mid-1900s. Make this day extra nice in your Sunday school class with these holiday-oriented ideas.
Gearing Up For Grandparent's Day - A Big Day in Sunday School Class
Cards for Grandparents
Of course, giving gifts and cards to grandparents is fun on this extra day. As a class activity, why not bring in an assortment of scrapbooking materials and let children make handmade cards. You can encourage your students to bring in pictures from home to personalize the cards even more. Supply scissors, glue sticks, stickers, ribbons, and other materials to help the cards come to life. This is great for classes of any age or grade.
Make a house Tree
This performance is especially fun for older children who understand how a house is made. Print out a tree coloring page from any website. Make apples for the tree using green and red construction paper. Have children write the names of house members on the apples and glue them onto the tree in permissible order. Have the grandparents on each side of the house on the top, move down to mom and dad, and then to the kids. Let kids put their pets on the tree, too! Done right, this would make a marvelous gift to give to grandparents.
Bake a Treat
Consider baking a extra treat for kids to give to their grandparents, such as muffins, cookies, or some other home-baked item, just like "Grandma used to make." Store baked treats in ziplock bags with a extra note or poem stapled to the face of the bag. If you do not have passage to a big kitchen at your church, bake the treats ahead of time, and have children decorate the bags in class.
Class Grandparent Adoption
Take a field trip on this Sunday to a local nursing home that allows children to adopt a grandparent. You can adopt one lady or man to be your class grandparent. Some citizen in nursing homes rarely get visitors or gifts, and as a class you can be sure to fill a void in a person's life. What a great way to start such a project than on Grandparent's Day! But, do not forget this extra man throughout the year. Remember to visit them often (perhaps families of students taking turns each week), and send goodies for all extra occasions.
These ideas have probably sparked many other ideas for what you can teach in Sunday school this week. Great lessons for this week consist of Abraham in old age (Genesis 24-25) or a chapter in the book of Timothy. Encourage your students to spend time with their grandparents this day, and to take time to appreciate who they are and all the marvelous knowledge they hold. God bless each and every grandparent!
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