The CHILLINATOR!

Life App: Patience Theme: Play it Cool - Trust It's Worth the Wait Date: May 2013 A WOW FACTOR! We loved the idea of  The Chillinator that 252 Basics suggested for Week 1 and planned to create one. As we talked about it, we realized this had the potential for creating a...

Poster Board

Poster board is readily available at craft stores, office supply stores, super stores and even supermarkets. It works well when you are creating something that does not need to be used long term and when you do not need the sturdiness of foam core, but...

Utility Knives

In addition to a hot knife, utility knives are very helpful when designing and creating sets. Here are a couple of our favorites: This one is best for cutting 1" insulation foam as we can extend the blade and cut straight through to score the foam, then make...

Card Stock

All of our take home pieces (God Time Cards & Parent Cue Cards) get printed on colored card stock each week. In addition, many of our small group resources (certain activity pages, etc) are printed on card stock. We also use cardstock to cut out...

Scrapbook Paper

Scrapbook paper comes in a wide range of colors and patterns. It's uses are endless. We use it for lettering, background matting of images and just about anything that needs color and/or a pattern. Our most recent use of scrapbook paper was when we created...

Adhesive Backed Paper

We do not use this type of paper often because it is more expensive and harder to find, however it is a great time-saver when you are in a pinch. Any lettering or design that you draw and/or cut out of this paper can be...

Ceiling Hooks

Because our space is multi-purpose, we need to remove our decor each week. We like to hang things from the ceiling and often have elements of our set that will need to hang from the ceiling or be secured by adding additional rope from the ceiling. Since we need...

Gaffer’s Tape

Gaffer's Tape is widely used in production environments. Most of the time it is used to secure cables and wires to the floor for safety. It also hides the cables from being seen by audiences. We like Gaffer's Tape for that reason, but also find...