Room Decoration Ideas:
My Church (Primary)

MAKE A CHURCH:  Use a cardboard box with flaps; any size box you like (big ones  like appliance boxes are lots of fun!).  To make the church:

1. Cut off all four flaps from the bottom, set the box down upright, and open all the upper flaps.

2. Tape the two longer flaps to the top flaps of the same size, overlapping them by three inches lengthwise, and thus extending the width of the upper flaps.

3. Bring together the edges of the extended flaps so that they meet to form the steep roof; tape them together with duct tape along the ridge.

4. Pull up the shorter flaps and likewise extend them by overlapping and taping the shorter cutoff flaps to them.

5. Hold one of the shorter flaps upright against the roof; draw along the edge of both pitches of the roof to make an inverted V-outline on the end flap.  Cut along the lines of the V.  Do the same on the other side.

6. Tape the edges of the roof to the V-shaped flaps.

7. Using a bread knife, completely cut out a doorway and windows as shown.  Make the cutout openings large to let in lots of light.

8. Spray-paint the outside of the church or cover it with stone-patterned contact paper.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT MY CHURCH:  Make a large drawing of a church on posterboard or butcher paper.  Here are some suggestions:

1. Photocopy a simple line drawing, such as the one below, onto a transparency.  

2. Using an overhead projector, project the image onto your posterboard or butcher paper--adjust the distance to get the size you want.  

3. Trace it with pencil or markers.

4. OPTIONAL:  Add details with crayons, markers, or chalk (if you use chalk, spray the finished product with hair spray or spray lacquer so that it won't rub off).

If you use a plain line drawing of a church, you can have the children in your class write things that they like about their church on sticky notes and fill up the outline--use red or gray ones for a "brick" effect.