Story Bag - The Lost Sheep

It's taken me awhile, but here are the details of the first story bag I have put together.

The contents of the 'Lost Sheep' story bag.

The contents are:

• A 'Lost Sheep' story book.
• A green bath mat (grass).
• Some little toy sheep.
• A bag of cotton balls (for all the other sheep).
• A toy shepherd.
• A toy fence.
• A couple of plastic trees.
• Happy and sad faces (to show how the shepherd feels at different stages in the story).
• Party blowers (to celebrate when the lost sheep is found).
• A large soft toy sheep (to hold, and later play a game with).
• Heart shaped stickers (to use at the end of the game).

I still need to add a couple of pebbles (because in our story book the shepherd climbs over rocks looking for the lost sheep) and a piece of blue fabric to make a little stream (that the shepherd takes the sheep to drink from). I'm also planning to make and laminate an activity card, and sew a drawstring bag to hold it all.

The game that we play with the soft toy sheep involves one person hiding the sheep somewhere in the house, then everyone else trying to find it. When the sheep is found, we all clap and cheer. After everyone has had a turn, we all receive a heart sticker to remind us that God loves us and is very happy when we come to Him.

We've done the story quite a few times now, and the children love it. Particularly Grace, who likes to act it all out in detail using the props. At the end, she loves to give out the stickers, declaring as she goes, "God loves Mummy", "God loves Charlotte" etc. I couldn't ask for more than that!