This activity will require chicken wire and various colored packages of tissue paper (with emphasis on green). First, form several wreaths (16″ diameter works best) out of the chicken wire, taping the cut ends with electrical tape or duct tape. Provide a chicken wire structure for each team of 3 to 4 teens. Invite the teens to use the tissue paper to create a wreath, by stuffing the tissue paper into the chicken wire structure. You also can take this activity up a notch by providing other amenities such as bows, berries and ribbons that the teens can use to decorate the wreaths. Once created, the wreaths can be taken to elderly church members or given as gifts at local food pantries or soup kitchens.

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Todd Outcalt is the lead pastor of Calvary United Methodist Church in Brownsburg, Indiana and is a thirty-year youth ministry veteran. He is the author of twenty-five books in six languages, including the youth ministry titles: $5 Youth Ministry (Group); Last-Minute Meetings (Abingdon); Ready to Go Youth Meetings (Abingdon); and The Youth Ministry Encyclopedia (Kindle).

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