Don’t be a Big mouth! Lesson 1

Don’t be a Big mouth!

Lesson 1

Order

Praise Songs

Bible Story: Balaam and the Donkey

Have kids draw something from the story and discus with kids what they learned

Puppet Skit

Scripture Game: Get a poster board and draw a tree. Write the scripture on it, cut it up, and tape it around the room. Let the kids hunt for the scripture and then put it together.

Games: Play Telephone and Mrs. Mumble

Crafts: Have kids make a “nice words” card for someone. Make flowers out of popsicle sticks, buttons, glue, colored paper cupcake cups etc. Tape Scripture to the craft for kids to take home.

Ephesians 4:29

Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth.
Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Don’t be a Big mouth!

Lesson 1

Puppets: Wham-O, Kaboom Girl, Bam Man

Ephesians 4:29

Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth. Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Wham-O: Blah, blah, blabbedy, blabbedy, blah, blah, blah. Bark! Bark!

Kaboom girl: Wham-O, what are you doing?

Wham-O: Well, I was walking into the candy shop when this dog named Spike shoved me out of the way and ran and grabbed all the gummy worms. So, I called him a blah, blah, blah, blabbedy, blabbedy and stomped on his foot!

Bam Man: You called him a what?

Wham-O: A blah, blah, blah, because he was acting like one!

Kaboom girl: Wham-O, were you trying to call him names?

Wham-O: Yah! He totally deserved it, for acting like that! I mean, who steals all the gummy worms!

Bam Man: First off, Wham-O the words blah, blah, blah aren’t insults. If you want to really hurt him you gotta punch him in the face!

Kaboom girl: Bam Man! No! That isn’t the answer! I think we better learn our scripture quick today.

Wham-O: I still think he’s a blah, blah, blah, blabbedy!

Bam Man: Alright, what’s our scripture, Kaboom girl?

Kaboom girl: Ephesians 4:29

Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth. Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Wham-O: So I shouldn’t call that dog a blah, blah?

Bam Man: Wait, so I can’t call people fat head, pickle brains, or booger breath anymore? Man!

Kaboom girl: Those words can hurt people, Bam Man, so no, plus booger breath? Gross!

Wham-O: Well let’s see if I can lean that scripture, Kaboom girl.

Bam Man: Eph 4:29?

Kaboom girl: Yup! Eph 4:29 Watch your talk!

Wham-O: Eph 4:29 Pet your hawk!

Bam man: Hawks are so awesome! I one time had a hawk and took it to the park and it ate a frog. It was so amazing!

Kaboom girl: Focus boys! Not pet your hawk. I said WATCH YOUR TALK!

Wham-O: Oh, like put your eye on your mouth? Isn’t that impossible?

Kaboom girl: Kids, can anyone tell these boys what that means? To watch your talk?

Bam Man: Oh, I get it. So make sure what you say isn’t bad, right?

Kaboom girl: Exactly. Let’s try this again. Repeat this after me kids: Eph 4:29, Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth. Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Wham-O: I totally got it this time, Bark! Eph 4:29 Watch your talk! No sad swords should be coming from your mouth. Eat all your pudding. Your nerds should help others have a fro.

Bam Man: I want a fro, don’t you think a fro would match my eyes?

Kaboom girl: Kids we better repeat this again for them, cause they aren’t getting at all! Ephesians 4:29

Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth. Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Wham-O: Eph 4:29 Watch your talk! Snow rats should be coming from your mouth. Spray water on Sue. Your goobers should help others grow.

Bam Man: I got a spray bottle around here somewhere. Are any of these kid’s named Sue?

Wham-O: I don’t think so, but who cares. (Spray water on kids)

Kaboom girl: Hey guys! I don’t think this scripture says anything about spraying Sue. Kids, maybe you should repeat it again. Help these fellas out! Eph 4:29. Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth. Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Bam Man: Like a tree grows? So, if we say nice stuff, people will grow as tall as trees?

Wham-O: Then giants would rule the land! That’d be scary!!

Kaboom girl: Boys, boys, no, no. That’s the wrong kind of growing. It’s talking about growing in your heart.

Bam Man: A tree grows in your heart?!

Wham-O: We better tell everyone!! Trees are taking over the world!

Kaboom girl: Wow. Okay, listen. Can anyone tell them what this scripture means by growing?

Bam Man: Okay let’s try this again Wham-O. I might remember some of it. Eph 4:29 Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth. Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Kaboom girl: You got it! Okay, now, you Whamo. Kids, say this again with me, just in case he forgets. Eph 4:29 Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth. Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Wham-O: Okay, okay, I got it for sure this time, bark! Eph 4:29 Watch your talk! No bad words should be coming from your mouth. Say what is good. Your words should help others grow.

Kaboom girl: Wow, you got it, Whamo-O.

Bam Man: I’m impressed.

Wham-O: Hey, you guys want to buy me some gummy worms?

Kaboom girl: Gummy worms do sound really, really good.

Bam Man: So now that I can’t call people bad stuff what do I call them?

Kaboom girl: You say nice stuff to them instead.

Wham-O: Like chocolate cupcake, jelly bean, sprinkles, and stuff like that? Bark!

Bam Man: You’re making me hungry! Let’s go get some gummy worms guys.  

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