*** This is a repost of an earlier blog post***

As we move closer to VBS 2014, we are getting deeper and deeper into all things Workshop of Wonders.  This week we have been trying to come up with some larger decorating ideas that will enhance the scene for the children, but not take too much work for our volunteers – going up or coming down.  Our church is hosting a family reunion the day after VBS is over this year, so we have to get everything cleaned up and back in normal order following our annual cook out on Friday night.  This has caused the easy clean up aspect of all VBS decorations to take on an even more important role this year than usual.

One idea that we’ve come up with and seems to be working well for us are large gears cut out of poster boards with the Wonder Words of the day attached.  Theses were very easy to make and very inexpensive. 

We cut out 1/4 of a gear on a Cricut.  The 1/4 gear was about 11″ x 11″ at it’s largest.  We then cut 4″ off of one end of a poster board leaving us with a 22″ square poster board.  We marked the center of the poster board and then traced the gear 4 times rotating around the center point.  I did this for all five of the poster boards we were using.  I then cut out the Wonder Words for each day, again using the Cricut.  I took the posters with the traced gears and the cut out letters to our VBS craft meeting, and some of the ladies who wanted to help, but were not able to move around much were very happy to cut out the gears and glue on the letters.

I am so happy with how they turned out and the look great on the church walls.  It was also a great project for our older ladies who want to help, but have some physical limitations.  Do you have any other projects that you use in this way to make sure you include everyone who wants to help?