Curriculum Clean Out: Tower of Babel Box GIVEAWAY!!! {Closed}

So this isnt *exactly* a clean out. However, I thought that you might enjoy a little giveaway.

Many of you have seen the Godly Play boxes I have been making for my kiddos lately. And, I thought I would pass on the fun.




This giveaway is for 1 handmade Tower of Babel Godly Play story box set. It will closely resemble the set that I have been using for my children, but of course hand made means it will be unique.



You can read my original post about the Tower of Babel box and see more pictures here.

Want to win??

Leave a comment below and be sure to include a current email address. I would love to have you follow my blog, but that is not required.

You get a second entry if you are also giving something away in the Curriculum Clean-OUT!

Giveaway will end at midnight May 1st, 2011 and the winner will be announced May 2nd. US mailing addresses only.

Check out the Curriculum Clean-OUT at Homeschool Creations for more awesome giveaways!!

God Bless and Good luck!

Isaac and Rebekah Story Box {Godly Play}

I've been working hard on another Bible Story box for our shelves. They are inspired by the Montessori Sunday School program, Godly Play. This box is based on Genesis 24.



When Abraham's son, Isaac had grown up, it was time for him to get married. Abraham wanted Isaac to marry someone from his homeland, but he did not want Isaac to leave the place where they were living. So, Abraham decided to send his servant to find a wife for Isaac and bring her back to him.



The servant was happy to help his master, but he was not sure how he would know which girl was the right one. He took 10 camels and lots of gifts for the new bride and began his long journey. As he walked, he prayed that God would help him to know how to find the right wife for Isaac.



When the servant reached Abraham's homeland, he saw a well. Then he had a plan! He prayed that the girl who was to be Isaac's wife would come to the well. He would ask her for a drink. If she gave him a drink-AND offered to give water to the camels without him asking-then he would know she was the one.



A girl did come up to the well!



So he went and asked her for a drink.



She happily got him a drink and offered to give water to his camels, too!




Just like he had prayed!! God had answered his prayers!



The servant went to her and gave her beautiful jewelry. He asked her who her father was, and could he and his camels stay the night at her house?



She took the servant back to her home, where he met her brother, Laban. When they learned that Abraham had sent him and the Lord had shown him that Rebekah was the special woman that God had chosen for Issac's wife, they were so happy.





They left the camels and gifts with Laban and headed for Isaac's home.



When she saw Isaac in the distance, she was so excited. Rebekah wanted to be a special surprise for her husband, so she put on a veil.



Isaac and Rebekah got married right away.



And Isaac loved Rebekah very much-muuuah!





The Cast from left:
Abraham (who once had long flowing hair...Mini Cooper played with him and decided right away that he looked better with an Albert Einstien hair-do), The servant, Isaac, Rebekah and Laban. I tried using paint this time instead of marker (except Laban) and wasnt too pleased with my results. Next time I will try paint pens.



The Animals-2 Little People camels who willingly pretended to be a herd of 10 camels. I will be on the lookout for more.



The props-Wishing well, bucket, coffee cup, and jar are all from Hobby Lobby's dollhouse miniatures. Watering trough is a baby food jar lid with blue felt.



The costumes-pipe cleaners became necklaces (in lieu of the nose ring and bracelets), and I used a pipe cleaner threaded from tulle still left over from my own wedding for Rebekah's veil.



Previous Bible Story Boxes:

Adam and Eve
Tower of Babel

Tower of Babel Story Telling Box {Godly Play}

Last fall I brought you our Adam and Eve story telling box, and I finally have another to show you. I made my boxes after hearing about the program 'Godly Play.' It is a Montessori Sunday School program that I wish we had at any church around here, but we dont. So, I figured I'd do my own take on the program.

The boxes are in our school room and the kids can take them off the shelf during free time and tell the Bible stories-and they do!

This box is to tell an account of the Tower of Babel...



I keep our materials in little sterilite boxes I found for 1.25 at Walmart.




In the years after Noah and the flood, everyone lived near each other and spoke the same language.



They built their own buildings.



But they weren't very tall.




Then one man said to another, "If we all cooperate and put our blocks together we could build a HUGE tower. It would be so tall!"

They thought this sounded good, so they began to build. The taller they built the tower, the more powerful they felt. In fact, they started to realize that if they kept building, their tower would go all the way to the sky!!



And if they got all the way to the sky, they would reach God! And if they were as high as God, they wouldnt need him anymore, because they would be like God!



God did not like this one bit! He sent a great earthquake to knock down the tower and divide the earth. The men soon realized they couldnt understand each other! They were speaking different languages!!



Because they couldnt understand each other, the men decided to move away. And though we dont know exactly were each man went, we know that today people live on 6 different continents.



Some people live in North America (like us!).



Some in South America.



Some in Africa.



In Asia,



in Europe,


and in Oceania.

God made lots of wonderful places for us to live here on Earth, but He wants us to be like Him by following Him-not by following other men.



If we follow men, all that we do will end up in a pile of rubble-just like the Tower of Babel.


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Other story telling box ideas:

Adam and Eve

Enjoy & God Bless!!

Adam and Eve Story Telling Box

I am so excited to share our story box with you! A little background before I start. Thanks to What DID We do all Day, I learned of a great Montessori Sunday School Program called Godly Play. Well, we dont have a program around here, and I cant afford to buy their materials, but I loved the idea of making little boxes containing the things needed for children to recreate Bible stories. I also saw a few great story box ideas on Early Learning at Home and I was hooked. So, first up was our Adam and Eve box.

I presented this story in two different sessions, first Adam names the animals and Eve is created, and then second the story of the fall. But here is the entire story.



I keep the set in a little Sterilite box, 1.25 from Walmart.



In the beginning, God created the earth, including special place for man to live. {Green felt square 25 cents Hobby Lobby.}



The special place was called the Garden of Eden. It was Paradise! Beautiful flowers {foam stickers, Dollar Tree} and fruit bearing trees {Walmart, I'd like to replace them but that's what I had! The fruit was made by cutting apart a floral berry stick from Hobby Lobby}.



God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden to live. {Hobby Lobby wooden people,colored with markers}



God brought all the animals to Adam. Adam gave them each a name! He named them horse, duck, sheep, pig, & cow, to name a few. {I cut these from a book that the kids had torn apart}



As he named the animals, Adam found that each animal had a mate. But there wasnt a mate for Adam! Adam was lonely and sad.



God said it is not good for man to be alone. So, he put Adam to sleep and took out his rib. The kids loved putting Adam to sleep!



And from Adam's rib God created a woman. Her name was Eve. {Please excuse that she is slightly smudged, Mini Cooper tried to eat her}

This is where I ended the first lesson. We repeat the first lesson when I tell the second lesson.

Adam and Eve lived together in the Garden of Eden. They talked with God and had a good life! The fruit trees grew fruit for them to pick and eat. They could eat the fruit from ANY tree except one. The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. It was in the middle of the garden and God told them not to eat from it or they would DIE!



One day a serpent came to Eve. He told her that God was lying, and that she would not die if she ate the fruit. Eve looked at the fruit and thought it looked very good, so she decided to eat it! Adam ate it too!! {Snake is from a Toob of reptiles-sorry, our snake never has legs}



All of a sudden, Adam and Eve realized they didnt have any clothes on!! So, they quickly made clothes out of leaves that they could find. {or in our case a couple of leaf buttons tied on with pipe cleaners}



Backside view of their fashions.



Now, Adam and Eve did not immediately die, so you may think that the serpent was right and God was wrong, but He was not. Adam and Eve would have lived forever if they hadnt eaten the forbidden fruit. But since they ate the fruit, God made them leave the Garden of Eden. Out in the world they would have to work for the food, and eventually die.

The serpent was punished, too. God took away his legs and made him slink along the ground-making him easier to get stepped on!



God put a gate around the Garden of Eden and placed an angel in front. Mustang has informed me that he is missing his fire sword-she is right!



An overhead view.




And a few up close views of our angel. He is also from Hobby Lobby and his halo is a pipe cleaner.

So that's the box! I had SO MUCH FUN Putting this together. I know my kids really enjoy it, too. They help me tell the story an I thing the props really help it sink in. I hope you love it, too!


This post is linked up at 1+1+1=1 Raising Rocks Stars. Checkout her site for great ideas for teaching the Bible to your children. God Bless!