New Vacation Bible School Theme Decorations for Summer

New VBS Theme- Nazareth Village

VBS Decorations

Picking a theme for Vacation Bible School and choosing decorations are big, yet exciting tasks. Make sure the theme goes with the activities and crafts you have planned for your VBS. If your camp, choir, or church prefers to write the lessons and songs, Shindigz has mighty suggestions for VBS theme decorations.

Treasure Cove Theme Decorations

For a treasure vacation bible school theme, these nautical lantern centerpieces brighten your scene and bring new meaning to “this little light of mine; I’m gonna let it shine.” Adding parrot mylar balloons and palm tree mylar balloons set the island mood. Hang fishnet and decorate it with shells and a captain’s wheel. Take pictures in a redeemed, pirate ship. This 3′ h x 6′ w x 3′ d ship includes flags, a mast, an anchor, steering wheel, and water gossamer.

After a long day at sea pirates can get hungry. Feast on Goldfish crackers, submarine sandwiches, fruits on sword skewers, and ocean, Jelly Belly freezer pops.

Aaaaargh, place gold coins in your cardboard treasure chest, or to trade with the other pirates at VBS. A spyglass is a great favor for those seafaring pirates in search of land!

Design the looks of your own treasure chest craft kit or play the pirate treasure map game where the kids, wearing a pirate blindfold, try to find the treasure. Fill a treasure chest piñata with candy and trinkets for the children to enjoy!

Take the Plunge Theme Decorations

Host a luau revival and Take the Plunge! Decorate Vacation Bible School with palm trees, tropical lights, and other beach decorations to set your scene. Hang luau cutouts and hibiscus flowers on the wall for decoration. Place some tropical leis, shells, palm tree confetti, or tissue bubble fish on the tables to spice up the table décor. Our surf board standees will be a hit at your VBS. Island waterfall, tropical hibiscus, and aloha signs are also available for purchase.
Serve pineapple, grapes, dirt pudding, J-ello jigglers in the shape of sea creatures, blue punch, ocean jelly pops, or shark gummy candy at your VBS and the kids will love it. For an added touch serve the dirt pudding in a beach pail set and garnish it with gummy worms!

Our pool party sunglasses, straw beachcomber hats, and tropical leis also make for fun favors!

Kids love to make things. Try making our flip flop and sunglasses magnets, they’re easy to make and the kids will love it! You could also fill a sand box or plastic pool with sand and hide small trinkets or toys inside for the kids to dig up! Filling a palm tree piñata with candy and toys is another activity your kids are sure to enjoy.

Set Sail Vacation Bible School Theme

Use life preserver arches, mini sea creatures, beach room roll, and ship in a bottle standee to create the perfect scene. Cut some construction paper in the shape of life preservers or pelicans and write welcome messages on them for great wall décor. You could also spread sea shells on the table to create the perfect setting for a Set Sail Vacation Bible School theme.

Feed your hungry little sailors snacks fit for the open sea. They will love submarine sandwiches, gummy worms, gummy fish, Goldfish, ocean Jelly Belly freezer pops, or fruit served in watermelon boats. Shark gummy candy, sailor hats, and shell necklaces make fantastic gifts for your little sailors. Our beach pail and shovel also made great gifts for when they made it to shore!

Kids will love making magnets with our great flip flop and sunglasses craft kit. Fill a whale pinata with candy and trinket for your kids to enjoy. You could also try one of our photo stand ins for a game of bean bag toss. Simply get the bean bag through the face hole!

Safari Fun Vacation Bible School Theme

Use our jungle animal standees and Jungle Allure kit to create the perfect setting. Hanging animal print gossamer and setting up palm trees will make a great accent. Place potted palm tree centerpieces on the tables for an added touch. Hang a candy filled palm tree piñata from the ceiling for children to enjoy. Our safari snake pit entrance will add some excitement to your VBS. Snake standees, tree frog standee, and other safari animal cutouts are also available for purchase.

During break, serve lemon-lime punch, gummy worms, animal crackers, peanut butter, trail mix, chips, monster cookies, and jelly sandwiches.

Kids will love making monkey face crafts at Safari Fun VBS 2011. Once the glue is dry they can pretend they are in the jungle! You can also pass out jungle bounce balls. They will be a hit with your kids! Try one of our fun jungle standees. They are great for pictures and can double for use with a game of bean bag toss.

Check out these additional decorations and sensational, Vacation Bible School themes!

Vacation Bible School Sets and Decorations

Vacation Bible School:  ah, the memories! Singing “Deep and Wide,” eating generic sandwich cookies, and of course enjoying the fun sets and decorations. If you’re planning a Vacation Bible School program for this summer, take advantage of Shindigz Party’s huge selection of products to create a memorable setting.

Noah’s Ark Standee

If you have a Noah’s Ark or Bible Heroes theme, a 4′ high by 5′ wide Noah’s Ark Standee is a natural decoration choice. Kids from toddlers up to tweens will enjoy this brightly colored, easy to set up decoration.

Vacation Bible School Banners

How about decorating your Vacation Bible School with colorful, personalized banners? Shindigz Party offers a wide variety of banners in sizes ranging from 18″ x 54″ to 72″ x 202″. You can choose from weather-resistant vinyl banners or Attach n’ Go adhesive banners.

Cross Balloons

Need a quick and inexpensive way to decorate? Try joyous cross mylar balloons. Measuring a large 28″, these would look wonderful lining a wall, hallway, or aisle.

Bible Standee

No matter what your theme, this 5′ Bible Standee will be just the right touch to welcome kids as they arrive for Bible School. The standee is easy to assemble and can be personalized with your church’s name and dates.

Vacation Bible School Themes

Many Vacation Bible Schools are based around themes. Shindigz Party is the place to go for planning events based on a wide variety of themes. Whether your Bible School has a rainbow theme, a western theme, an under-the-sea theme, or a circus theme, check out their wide selection of theme supplies for a Vacation Bible School Set your students will long remember.

Discover the Treasure of the Bible with a Treasure Cove VBS

Children can discover the treasures of the scriptures with a Treasure Cove themed Vacation Bible School. This theme has the fun and adventure of pirates without all the swashbuckling and mischief, so it’ll be a hit with kids and their parents. ShindigZ has tons of Treasure Cove themed VBS supplies, from banners and theme kits to tableware and favors. Check out our huge selection and our vacation Bible school tips for tons of ideas on how to create a fun and effective VBS.

Advertising for your vacation Bible school using our Multicolor VBS Personalized Banner. Add your custom wording, including the theme, date, time and registration deadline, and hang the banner around your church or on the side of the building. This vibrant banner is sure to get the attention of parents and kids. Welcome students to the Treasure Cove using a Personalized Ahoy Banner. The cool anchor and underwater design is a nice touch to the entrance of your event. Each of our banners is printed on heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl with metal grommets for hanging, so you can use the banner indoors or out. Plus, we print your custom wording on the banner for that perfect touch. Banners are available in a variety of sizes to fit your needs, starting at 18×54.

Create a backdrop for your event using our photo murals and some water patterned gossamer. We have stunning photo murals in Sea Life Photo Background and Deserted Island Photo Mural (9’x12’8”) that are simply stunning and set the tone for your entire event in a snap. Add some water patterned gossamer to the bottom of your mural for a seamless look that carries out the impression of a beach getaway.

If you want to make a huge impact with your Treasure Bay VBS decorations, try our Treasure Bay Theme Kit. The theme kit includes decorations such as a Treasure Bay Ship, Ship Masts, Columns, Lantern Pilings, Wire Palm Trees, Treasure Chests, and Nautical Lamps. The Kit is perfect for creating an adventurous focal point to your VBS that will make kids want to come back day after day.

Accent your Treasure Bay theme decorations with nautical items such as a Giant Anchor Decoration or a Captain’s Wheel. These items make great props for kids to take photos with and they really stand tall and stand out. Add some fishnet draped over them, as well as your tables, doors, and railings. Fishnet is simple to use, but really effective and affordable.

Also affordable are our Inflatable Palm Trees. Each tree stands 6 feet tall and makes a fun, vibrant accent to your other decorations. Kids will love them!

Add some décor to your walls by hanging our Pirate’s Map and Porthole Wall Graphics. They easily add a realistic effect to your classrooms.

If you’re feeding students meals or snacks, you’ll want to decorate your tables as well. Cover tables with blue plastic tablecovers and use coordinating blue plastic tableware and cutlery or one of our pirate themed tableware ensembles for a more festive look. Use our pirate’s map napkins as an extra special touch and scatter some seashells around each placesetting.

In the center of your tables, pool water patterned gossamer or fishnet and place a treasure chest decoration full of plastic gold coins or seashells. Set captain’s hats full of pretzels or peanuts along the length of the tables.

Stock up on favors and prizes for your VBS students. Hand out Gob and Captain’s Hats as door prizes. Students will love to add to their Treasure Cove look using shell necklaces or shark tooth necklaces. They can even make their own favors with our Lei Activity Bucket.

We also have religious items such as “Smile, Jesus Loves You” bracelets, religious pencil assortments, religious stamps, cross keychains, Jesus Fish keytags, and religious slide puzzles.

Adventure into the Scriptures with a Safari VBS

Take children on a safari through the scripture with your safari themed Vacation Bible School. This VBS theme is a great way to make studying the Good Book a great adventure. ShindigZ has tons of Vacation Bible School supplies and decorations, perfect for creating a VBS that will be both fun and enriching.

Advertise details about your VBS using a personalized vinyl banner. We have a wide selection of custom vinyl banners that are perfect for adding your own wording to. Use a custom banner to let the community know when Vacation Bible School will be held, what the theme is, and when registration ends. Our Baby Zebra Personalized Banner is a great choice for your safari themed VBS. Each of our banners is printed on heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl and is available in several sizes with metal grommets to fit your event’s needs.

Create a backdrop for your safari VBS decorations using a Jungle Dreams Photo Mural. The stunning mural is printed on heavy mural paper and stands 8′ 3″ high x 13′ 8″ wide and sets the mood for your entire event. Accent the mural with dark green palm leaf patterned gossamer material by using it in a tent-like fashion to cover your ceilings. Our Gossamer TipZ have simple how-tos for doing this. Covering your ceiling with the palm leaf gossamer will create the illusion that your VBS is really in the heart of the Jungle.

Cover your floors with grass mats or tissue grass. We also have squiggle grass standees which add an awesome extra dimension to your floor coverings by creating the illusion of tall, lush savannah or jungle grass. Add some fake plants like silk ferns or plastic ivy vines too for a really full effect.

At the entrance of your event, set up our Safari Scene Standees for a fantastic piece that will make for awesome commemorative photos. The palm tree, giraffe, elephant, zebra, and safari jeep standees will get kids really excited.

Add some palm tree standees and wall graphics to your venue to add an authentic touch to your decorating. We also have an inflatable palm tree that’s great for kids’ events. Add an inflatable parrot to the palm tree for an extra special touch.

We have several safari or jungle theme kits for creating a huge impact. Use the Enchanted Amazon Kit to build a stunning waterfall decoration and ad some giant butterflies and a fun toucan to your safari scene.

We have a great assortment of animal standees that add another realist touch to your safari VBS. We have a lion standee, giraffe standee, baby alligator standee, gorilla standee, baby zebra standee, baby elephant standee, and a tiger standee.

Don’t forget balloons! Balloons are an essential decorating basic. Create balloon bunches from odd numbers of green latex balloons (we have several shades). Add an animal mylar balloon as an accent. For an alternative, make your balloon bunches out of animal print latex balloons. Secure the balloon bunches with coordinating curling ribbon to the backs of chairs or to balloon weights and station them around the room.
If you’re having snacks or a meal at your VBS, you’ll want table decorations too! Cover your tables with palm leaf patterned gossamer layered over dark green plastic tablecovers. Add palm tree centerpieces to the middle of your table or add some inflatable animals or bean bag animals for a cute accent. We have a palm tree inflatable cooler that makes a fun decoration too!

Coordinate your tableware to your table decorations. Use our heavy-duty plastic tableware in different shades of green and yellow. Create cutlery bundles by rolling the coordinating cutlery inside of custom imprinted napkins.

For activities at your safari VBS, try our Safari Mask Craft Kit or our Animal Bracelet Craft Kit. Kids will love making their own wearable favors and this is a great way to spend some time active, but still focused too.

Finally, stock up on favors for your VBS. Safari items like pith helmets, plastic canteens, and toy binoculars make great door prizes while religions items like cross necklaces or bookmarks, fish keytags, or religious stampers make great prizes for good answers or enthusiastic participation.

Check out all of our VBS Fun Supplies and tell us about your vacation Bible school!

Welcome Kids to an Outback Adventure for Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School is a summer tradition that is great for building community and giving kids a good start in their faith as well as for having fun! ShindigZ had tons of inspirational party supplies perfect for creating Vacation Bible School fun!

Every great VBS starts with an awesome VBS theme. Try an Outback Fun theme for a VBS that will be a hit. Invite kids to Hop into the pouch of His protection and learn about Jesus and the Bible.

Use custom vinyl banners and personalized yard signs to advertise for your VBS and welcome the students to the events. Banners a great for encouraging registration, announcing deadlines, marking entrances, and setting a theme. Each of our vinyl banners is printed on heavy-duty, weather-resistant vinyl and is available with or without metal grommets for hanging. We’ll print your custom wording on the banner for a perfect finish. For your Outback Fun Vacation Bible School, try our Outback Vertical Personalized Banner, which features your wording on the print with an Australian road sign and sunset background. The Baby Kangaroo Personalized Banner is another great choice!

Another great way to advertise or decorate is a Personalized Bible Standee. You can add your own customized wording to the base of this Bible standee. It makes a great piece for announcing the dates and times for your VBS as well as for decorating the entrance to your event. The affordable standee stands 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide.

Next, decorate your venue to look like the Outback! ShindigZ has a fun selection of desert and animal themed decorations perfect for transforming your venue into an adventure down under. Start creating the illusion with a Desert Evening Mural. The mural is made of paper and stands 11 feet by 5 feet. It creates a fantastic backdrop for the whole scene.

Further the look by covering the floors with sand colored gossamer or decorating flat paper.

Set up straw bales for children to sit on during story time, discussions, or sermons. The straw bales will be more fun than chairs and they’re perfect for the theme. Each of our straw bales is approximately 29 inches wide by 12 inches high and 19 inches deep.

Everyone loves Australian accents! Check out all of our Outback Fun Decorations for tons of ways to add to your theme.

Use an Outback Welcome Sign to mark the entrance of your event. The welcome sign is perfect for setting the mood right from the entrance of your party. The sign is 8 inches tall and 22 inches wide, plus it’s printed on both sides of the paper so it can be suspended from the ceiling if needed.

Add our Australian Street Sign Cutout to bring the Outback atmosphere to your event. The Australian Street Sign Cutout is packaged in a set of four assorted signs and printed with a different design on each side. Each cutout measures 4 inches tall and 24 inches wide. Hang them around your venue for a fun, simple accent.

Our Baby Kangaroo Standee and Baby Alligator Standee are awesome decorations that kids will love taking pictures with. Our Kangaroo and Koala Peel N’Place Decorations are perfect for adding a wild accent to your walls!

Don’t forget balloons! Balloons are a decorating classic that kids love! Create balloon bundles of vibrantly colored balloons (orange, blue, green) in odd numbers and secure them with coordinating curling ribbon to the backs of chairs or to balloon weights. For an alternative, scatter balloons around the room, filled with cool air, or suspend them from the ceiling with a variety of lengths of curling ribbon for a really neat effect.

If you’re having snacks or a meal at your Vacation Bible School, you’ll need table decorations too! Cover your tables with gingham checked tablecovers edged with raffia tableskirting and use bandannas as napkins or placemats. They’re good for keeping kids clean and as favors! Set the table with coordinating plastic tableware and cutlery. For a centerpiece use a pith helmet filled with peanuts or another dry, healthy snack.

Having favors or prizes on hand for giving out to reward good answers, special effort, or great participation is a nice way to make children feel special or loved, or to encourage participation. We have some great VBS favors including religious notebooks, wooden Jesus fish necklaces, cross keychains, Jesus religious bracelets, and religious stamps. These are fun, simple items that kids will love!

Check out all of our Vacation Bible School Fun supplies and tell us about how you created a fantastic Vacation Bible School!

Timeline for Hosting a Fantastic Vacation Bible School

In order to have everything ready on time for your Vacation Bible School you need to get a jump start on your planning.

2 – 3 Months Before
• Set a budget
• Get an idea of how many children will attend (base it off your past events)
• Pick out your theme, begin purchasing decorations, and favors
• Begin to think about how many teachers and helpers you will need and start recruiting
• Get some craft ideas together

1 Month Before
• Make sure you have all of your help lined up
• Begin holding meeting with your helpers to make sure everyone is on the same page
• Make and send out invitations and flyers to the neighborhood children
• Begin thinking about snack foods to go with your theme and line people up to help out with it

2 – 3 Weeks Before
• Decide what games you want to play and make sure you have everything you need for them
• Make as much food as you can ahead of time and freeze it
• Pick out some songs to sing and have someone lined up to play the piano for you
• If you had to order any decorations, favors, or information packets for teachers, make sure everything is in order and will be delivered on time

1 Week Before
• Begin to set up decorations
• Make sure you have everything for your crafts and activities
• Check to make sure all of your favors have arrived
• Go over everything with your teachers and helpers
• Make sure your snack makers know what the are making and when you need to have it

1 Day Before
• Take care of any last minute business
• Get a good nights rest