Everyone likes to have a party! Preschoolers are no exception. You can make learning the Bible fun with some of the party themes outlined below. These are seasonal party ideas that are easy to plan and include devotions that will hopefully leave a lasting impression on the little lambs in your church.

Nature Walk Party – Fall
Purpose: Enjoy God’s creation.
Activity: Go on a nature walk and collect flowers, twigs, leaves, pebbles, etc.
Craft: Provide zip lock bags for each child. Punch a hole in each bag and tie them together to make a nature book for the class.
Snack: mix of nuts.
Devotion: Review Creation.

Noah’s Ark Festival – Autumn
Purpose: an alternative to a Halloween party.
Activity: Have each child bring their favorite stuffed animal. Have parents donate the cars they have at home for the party. Decorate the cars with crepe paper streamers. Make a parade with the stuffed animals.
Game: Put on a CD with animal sounds and let the children tell you what kind of animal it is.
Snack: Animal cookies and milk.
Devotion: Talk about building Noah’s ark and how Noah loved and obeyed God.

Christmas Party – Winter
Purpose: to learn the Christmas story.
Activity: Make clay cakes and decorate them with plastic candles to celebrate Jesus’ birthday.
Game: Hide the nativity figures around the room. Let the children find them and take them to the stable.
Snack: Decorated muffins and sing “Happy Birthday” to Jesus.
Devotion: Tell the children the Christmas story.

Valentine’s Party – Winter
Purpose: to show love to family and friends.
Teacher Prep: Make cookies ahead of time. Provide children with frosting, plastic knives, sprinkles, and zip-lock sandwich bags.
Activity: Bake and decorate cookies to give to other people.
Appetizers: Decorated cookies and milk.
Devotion: Discuss how Jesus fed 5,000 people because he loved them so much.

Kite Festival – Spring
Purpose: Have fun and enjoy the outdoors.
Activity: Flying kites. Have parents bring store bought or homemade kites to the big event.
Snack: rice cereal treats and fruit punch.
Devotion: Talk about how Jesus calmed a storm (wind).

Easter Festival – Spring
Purpose: Celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.
Crafts: making musical instruments. String pipe cleaner bells, put beans in paper towel tubes, and cover the ends, plus any other great ideas you have.
Activity: Play instruments and sing Christmas songs that praise Jesus.
Snack: Fruit and crackers with juice.
Devotion: Discuss the triumphal entry of Jesus.

Mother’s Day Party – Spring
Purpose: to show love to mothers.
Teacher Preparation: Provide cups, soil, and small flowering plants. Also provide stickers, small pictures of the children, popsicle sticks, and glue.
Activity: Let the children decorate their mugs with stickers and plant flowers in them. Glue a picture of each child onto a popsicle stick and push it into the dirt next to the plant.
Snack: Cupcakes decorated with bright colors and juice.
Devotion: Let the children tell you why they love their mothers.

Father’s Day Party – Summer
Purpose: to show love to parents.
Teacher Preparation: Cut out tie shapes with construction paper knots. Punch holes on each side of the knots and thread the string so the dads can wear their ties.
Activity: Let the children decorate the ties that they are going to give their parents with crayons and / or stickers.
Snack: Cookies and water.
Devotion: Talk about how much Joseph loved Jesus and cared for him as he grew older.

Ice Cream Party – Summer
Purpose: A time for parents, teachers and children to have fun.
Activity: Make ice cream.
Craft: Make ice cream cones by cutting circles from a variety of colored paper and long triangles from light brown paper for the cones. Let the children glue the ice cream circles to the top of the cones and decorate with glitter.
Snack: Ice cream, toppings, plastic bowls and spoons, paper towels.
Devotion: God gives us food, and boy, is it delicious!