Ideas for Cubbies Theme Nights

Here are a few ideas for fun Cubbies theme nights! Make sure to adequately notify parents ahead of time if you need them to send an extra item with their child to Cubbies. Even if you have given plenty of notice, have extra items ready for the children who don’t show up with the needed item. 

Animal Theme Night

Plan an animal theme night. This could tie in with the AppleSeed unit on God’s creation. Cubbies bring their favorite stuffed animals or wear hats, shirts and shoes with animals on them. Hang pictures of animals around the room. Do an animal craft. For Play Time, put plastic zoo animals or small pictures of animals into an empty animal cracker box and let Cubbies take turns pulling out an animal and acting like the animal.  

Crazy Scarf Night

Celebrate colder weather by having everyone wear a fun scarf. The week before, send home a note with parents to have them bring a scarf for their Cubbie the following week. Show pictures of the different seasons (maybe explaining what they look like in your area) and how they each serve an important purpose in things like plants bring able to grow. Marvel together how wonderful God’s creation is by having seasons. 

Flying High

Talk about animals that fly – birds, frogs, squirrels, insects, etc. (and there’s even a fish that can fly short distances!). Talk about planes and hang gliders and parachutes and how God gave us the ability to think and create such amazing things. Make paper airplanes and fly them around the room during Game Time. 

I Love Spring Night

Talk about what happens in the spring. Flowers and trees bloom, the sun shines more, baby animals are born, the weather gets warmer, etc. Thank God for spring. Bring in flowers, fresh cut grass and a picture of the sun!  

Mail Night

Give each child in Cubbies an envelope including a hand-written card telling them how much you enjoy having them in club. Have Cubbies color a picture that can be mailed to someone who can’t get to church very often because of health reasons or who lives in a nursing home. You could also give each Cubbie some “mail” to deliver to Cubbie Bear. Designate a place that is Cubbie Bear’s favorite apple tree, where he lives. Have a make-shift mailbox (or a real one if you can get it) near the tree and as each Cubbie takes a turn putting the mail in Cubbie’s mailbox, he or she says “Special Delivery!” 

Summertime Bash

Celebrate summer, even if you are in the middle of winter! Hang streamers and balloons around the room, color pictures of things you see during the summer, play games with a beach ball, etc. Make a big calendar so clubbers can see how long it’ll be until you’re all together again for the fall. 

Harvest Fun

Decorate with corn stalks and dried ears of corn. Do a leaf-rubbing craft. Talk about the colors of the leaves and how wonderful it is that God made the earth the way He did – that we get to see such beautiful colors in the fall. Serve a fall snack, such as pumpkin pie or apple cider.

Snow

Hang paper snowflakes around the room. Have snow cones or snowflake shaped cookies as a treat. Show pictures of actual snowflakes – they’re all different. None of them are the same. Talk about how we are all different. God made each of us unique and special. If you live where there is snow, have the children share their experiences with snow. 

What are some of the theme nights you do with your Cubbies? Let us know in the comments!