Singing Balls

I loved this idea when I saw it on my favorite primary website and knew I had to try it! They were very easy. The hardest part was cutting the "mouth". Who knew tennis balls were actually made of VERY thick rubber? I sure didn't.


The hair is yarn and the very voluptuous lips are nail polish. A marker would probably have been easier. Plus the one child who was at primary when I did this activity LOVED it!! It was so funny because he is a very shy, reserved little boy who rarely ever talked. As soon as he saw them his whole face lit up and he was all giggles for the full 20 minutes!

What I did was write the songs on paper, cut the strips out and folded them and placed them all in one ball. Then I thought of different ways to sing the song. Sitting down, standing up, girls only, etc. and cut out those strips and placed them in the other ball. Then when the child comes up I open the "mouth" and they dig in and find a slip. I really believe this was the best participation I received from this little boy in the whole year he's been in our primary!!

This is the singing time activity that I did for singing time in church last week. I was pretty proud of it and it took me so long to complete it that I figured I would share it with you all out in blog land! Not that I think it's anything wonderful, but it was fun. They are flowers (hopefully that's obvious) and I taped them onto straws that were adjustable (in order to arrange them somewhat nicely) and taped songs onto the backs of them. I didn't have any vases that were short enough for the short straws, so I just got out one of our "fancy" glasses and used that. It was the perfect size! The kids were a bit bummed that they couldn't keep them, but they really liked the activity...that doesn't mean they actually sang for me, but they liked it. Hopefully this will help someone who has this utterly difficult calling and give them some kinds of inspiration!

Primary Help Please!!!!!

Well, I am the music leader for our primary and I always struggle with fun and interesting activities to do with the children. I am always looking for new fun ideas, so if you have anything that you do in your primary or that you remember from growing up, please let me know!!!! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!