We had our last Super Sunny Day at church! I have to admit, I was kinda bummed! I loved all the fun decorations and the little excitement it brought! But there was still fun to be had at home!

The Bible story was Daniel and the Lions Den with the main focus on God being with us wherever we go. This is a good one for my Lydia who tends to treat meeting strangers with the same attitude as being thrown to the lions! So, we took our Chalk It Up Card and followed the directions—make a lion pawprint path down the driveway!

I drew one really great lion print. But after that one I realized it would take me about 45 minutes to draw a path down the driveway. So, I simplified it a bit and the kids joined in with their own version of lion paws.

While we walked down the path…

and ran up the path…

we talked about what it must have been like for Daniel when he was going to the lion’s den. Was he scared? Was he trusting God? Was God with him? Then we talked about the scary things we’ve had to do. How did we react? Was God with us?

It was a quick activity and the kids loved it. And I love how it’s a GIANT reminder of our story and of God’s care for us! All these Super Sunny Day activities from church have been crazy simple. But it’s got me in a good habit of making an activity to meetup with each Sunday’s lesson. I want to partner with my church and this is a simple way to do it!

What did your kids learn at church this week? How can you make an activity from it?

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Our Super Sunny Day continues with more sidewalk chalk adventures! This week’s lesson at church was Paul and Silas. Know the story? Paul and Silas were put in prison for preaching about Jesus. While in jail they began to praise God and sing songs of worship. And that’s when God sent an earthquake to knock down the jail! Paul and Silas stayed inside the prison while the guard is about to kill himself because he thinks he’s lost all his prisoners! Paul and Silas call out to the guard who is shocked they haven’t escaped! Their actions lead the guard to become a follower of Jesus!

There is so much good teaching from this story (standing up for what you believe, worshiping during hard times, etc.). But the point they communicated was that God loved the jailer just as much as he did Paul and Silas. God loves regardless of position, family or even actions!

So, the instructions from our Chalk It Up card was to make a Chalk Family Portrait! We traced our bodies on the sidewalk and decorated them. Then talked about the differences and similarities between us. And of course, how God loves us no matter what we look like or do!

The kids loved this. Here’s Lydia’s self-portrait. She colored her outfit exactly the same as she had on that day. And her hair is just adorable!

I think Asa’s little guy turned out cute, too. I even tried to make a Braves shirt for him. Guess I should stick to blogging instead of clothes design.

Of course, the kids traced me. And I don’t think they did a very good job. I mean, I know I’ve birthed two children, but do my hips really look like that?!

But do you like my shirt? It’s for Impress Your Kids! Wanna buy one?

The activity itself isn’t very creative. It’s the conversation around the activity that is important. And that’s what Impress Your Kids is all about–inspiring and reminding you to impress your kids with God’s Word in every activity and every conversation. So, use sidewalk chalk or talk during dishwashing. But whatever you do, point your kids to God, His love and His Word!

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This week the Super Sunny Day Bible story at church was about baby Moses. This is one of my favorite stories because of the characters—I love imagining what it must have been like for a little baby inside a tar-covered basket. I love thinking about the big sister, Miriam obeying her mom and following baby Moses into the water. And of course, I can identify with Moses’ mother and the sacrifice she made for her son.

The instructions from our “Chalk It Up” card were to draw a river with blue chalk down our driveway. Then talk about the story of baby Moses. The kids really got into the river. It went ALL the way down our driveway. And we added fish.

After our river was ready, we got a basket, a baby and a blanket and acted out the whole thing! Here’s Lydia and Asa being Miriam and hiding in the bushes looking at baby Moses in the Nile River.

Of course, Lydia loved being the Princess.

Asa just liked moving baby Moses around the river. He was very protective of the little guy. They played it so seriously and (Lydia especially) made sure all the parts were played correctly!

I don’t know why we don’t act out Bible stories more. The kids love to play and act. Remember our Joseph role-playing at Christmas? Even now whenever you even get a towel near them, they throw it on their heads and pretend to be Joseph. I need to make more of an effort to facilitate acting out of Bible stories. It helps cement the story in their minds.

Our Nile River is still on the driveway so every time we pull in the kids say we’re swimming in the river! It’s been a really fun activity! Grab some chalk, act out a story and have a super sunny day!

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