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Sometimes, planning a VBS can seem like a complicated maze. We don’t think it should be. Even though we offer several suggestions for planning your VBS in our VBS Kit, we like to get feedback from all of you out in the field. Our DREs, VBS Coordinators and Volunteers have fantastic ideas for implementing our Totally Catholic VBS Programs! We want to share their ideas with you to help with planning your own Growing with the Saints VBS. Share a great idea! Please send it to Susan Lawson: ideas@growingwiththesaints.com Join the Circle! We would love to hear from you! It's FREE, It's EASY, No SIGN-UP, just e-mail us.

Decorating Ideas:

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Saint Themed Areas
Divide areas, (Snack, Craft, Lesson, Activity, Music etc.) and decorate each one with a theme decorating scheme of each saint. The Craft area could be decorated like Christmas, or Wintertime for Saint Nicholas. The Storytelling and Lesson area could be decorated like Kateri's Indian Village with a faux campfire where the children could gather around to listen. The Snack area (since it is for nourishment) could be decorated like Martin's Clinic, an old-fashioned herbalist hut or something with dried fruits and herbs hanging everywhere. Or posters with different herbs and their uses. Or just decorate it with a nature theme. The Activity Area could have a Mexican decorating theme for Juan Diego, very bright, colorful and energetic. Decorate the Music area like Ireland for Brigid.

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Cultural Paper Dolls
Another idea would be to play up the cultural diversity of the program by making separate paper doll forms of all different colors and sizes, tape them together and string them everywhere. Hang them from the ceiling, stick them on the windows. Make some giant people shapes for the different areas and make them super colorful. My point is, they could really play up the theme of different cultures working together to do good things.

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Rainbow Stations
Decorate the different rooms in a single color of the rainbow. Tablecloths, balloons, ceiling drapes, swag banners, etc. Rooms can be referred to by their specific color. This idea was sent to us in the form of photographs from Dianne Brennan, St. Thomas More Church. All of the rooms were Beautiful!

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Blow Up Take Home Images
Have teens color the images on the daily take home pages, then have them enlarged as big as possible and decorate your rooms with them. We received this idea from Angie Harber, St. Vincent’s Catholic Church when she told us she had used all of our clip art and take home images for decorating.

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