2020 At-Home Vacation Bible School

We did two at-home bible schools this summer. The one with our parish was called a "Vacation Bible Camp," and had the Mystery of the Mass as its theme. We enjoyed it a lot and learned a lot about the Eucharist and our church (it's always cool to see inside the sacristy!). For pictures, mostly we took photos of snack time. The snacks often included a crafting element. The first one we took pictures of was making a fruit-kabob. I am not sure what the connection was to the theme.

Ready to skewer

Adding items carefully

A happy success

A dangerous success

Even more dangerous (or maybe he's just conducting)

Another happy customer

The next day, we made french fries into people. I didn't know you could buy french fries that had happy faces and did not shop appropriately. We were creative and substituted cookies. My youngest used a marshmallow for the head and a Nutter Butter for the body. We broke a second Nutter Butter in four pieces to make arms and legs.

A fun creation

The kids made a mobile, the sort that hangs above an infant's crib. This one was (naturally) Jesus-themed. We decided to hang the mobiles from the ceiling fan to see what happened.



Another craft had my children cutting, coloring, and gluing together some Eucharistic pictures.

Working together

Eucharistic awesomeness!

Very artfully done

The other Vacation Bible School was hosted by a nearby parish and touted as a "Stay-cation Bible School." We picked up some supplies from the church and did another round of daily videos and activities at home.

This VBS had a train theme, so the food had a transportation theme.

Traffic light rice crispy treat

Railroad crossing sign

Making a railroad track

Making a train 

The games included one where the child had to reach down and move the cardboard they used as stepping stones. Crossing the room (getting to the cross) was fun enough to do several times.

Almost there

A tossing game didn't fit the theme so well but was a lot of fun.

Dad tossing

Son tossing

A happy competitor

The VBS had a lot more activities and videos, including music videos with choreography. I did the choreography too, so there's no pictures or videos of us.

Both VBSs were fun, though not as fun as being at the church with a bunch of other people. Hopefully next year?