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Sheriff Badges
These print 6 to a sheet and go
with Cowyboy themed VBS
programs.  

You can either do this as a "Badge
making Craft" where children color
then you laminate them with
contact paper.

Or you can print colored ones, write
children's names before hand,
laminate and pass out at the end of
the VBS session.  Like an award.  
Take Home List
This is a printable Take Home
list you can send out with your
students in the weeks before
your VBS.  You can print a
blank page and add your own
needs or use our premade list
need for your Cowboy VBS
session.  These would be
great to post around the church
as well for other to help too!
Summer is the perfect time to have some water
play fun, and with a Western VBS theme you can
easily incorporate fun Water games into your
activity time.  You can pick up squirt guns from
Oriental Trading Co. for about 50 cents a piece,
and even less with bulk orders.

Water Play:  Let each child have their very own
squirt gun to keep for the entire vbs week, and
allow them to take them home at the end of the
session.

Squirt Gun Painting: Take some butcher paper
andcompletely cover a wall, or if outside hang a
rope(clothesline) and drape a large sheet over
it.  Then fill up squirt guns with runny tempera
paint and let the “little cowboys” paint their own
murals.   If you match the paint with the color gun
it works best.
Potato Sack Races can easily be transformed into Horse Racing
fun for your Western VBS theme.  You can purchase a set of
Potato Sacs from Oriental Trading Company for about $6.00 or
get a set of Personalized ones the children can decorate
beforehand.  

Racing Games:  Depending on the age of your children, set up a
fun course for them to maneuver.  Younger children can use a
straight path, and older children can use a curved path, or even
one with obstacles (like jumping over or around small objects, or
having to hop around cacti or something.  You can paint orange
cones green to represent cacti)

Customizing Potato Sacs:You can let the children customize the
Burlap sacs by allowing them to sew their "logo" on the bag they'll
use.  Multiple children can reuse the bags, just alot them each
their own little square to sew.  Provide a plastic needle and some
yarn and show them how to make simple designs.  Older
children can draw their own logo before hand and follow the
guidelines.  By the end of the camp year the sacs will be very
colorful and you could use them as "Awards or Prizes" to give
away at the end of the session.  If you have the funding, you could
also allow children their own White potato sac which they could
customize with markers and take home individually as their craft.
Rope Tricks
Before your VBS starts ask around your church for
borrowed to use for your theme.  Often people have
garages and they'd be more then willing to donate
them to your summer camp.  If you can't find a good
Tug rope, you can purchase one from Oriental
Trading for around $20.

Tug o' War: Children love to play these games of
strength, especially when tugging against a Camp
Counselor.  If you want some extra fun, heavily soak
the ground in the middle with a hose before hand, so
that the children are sure to get nice and wet!

Three Legged Races: These types of games are fun
and are a great ice-breaker because it forces the
children to work together with a partner to complete
the task.  Have children pick partners and tie their
legs together.  Set up a course for them to run, and
provide a prize for the winners, and the best sports.  
You can also pick up a set of three legged race
bands from Oriental Trading co.  They are $1.00 a
piece, and sold in sets of 12.

Rope Size Sequencing: Provide a mixture of ropes
that are different sizes and different lengths.  Allow
children to put them in the correct order.

Knot Tying:  Have a demonstration for children to
learn how to tie certain knots.  You can learn how to
tie them from various videos online, or have a special
visitor come and teach them some fancy tricks for
tying, and what they might be useful for.  Let them
practice by tying eachother up.
Cattle Ring Toss
This is a fun game for children to play in groups or
when there is some free time.  Includes
possibilities for a craft time as well.  Instructions are
on page 1.  The Steer is diagonal so that it will fit
between the horns easily.
Wrangling Fun:
their own lasso and let them
practice roping various items
Show children how to make
around camp.  If you have a
fence nearby, let them
practice on the fence posts,
or hammer in some stakes
worth various points and set
up your own Wrangling
course.
I ride for Jesus Craft
This is a printable craft for cowboy theme VBS.  
Children color a cowboy boot, and a spur that
reads "I ride for Jesus"  Then children cut out
and glue the spur onto the boot.  These make
great decorations, so if you do them at the
begining of session, then it can help decorate
your classroom.
Wanted By God Fliers
will be!  Post these by Sunday School Areas where will
be!  Post these by Sunday School Areas where parents
pick up their children, and consider printing a black and
white version for the children to color and take home
with them to tell their parents.home with them to tell
their parents.
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