Materials
Faith & Play™ story materials are designed to be inviting to sight and touch, simple to make, safe for young children, and easy to use. Creating your own set of materials is a do-it-yourself project, using items available at most crafts stores or internet suppliers. It can also be an opportunity to invite the artistic gifts of other members of the community to support your children’s program.
The title page for each story in the Faith & Play publication shows a photo of completed materials for that story and a list of what is needed to make them.
We strive to make material-making accessible. These three documents, prepared by a Trainer and experienced storyteller, provide guidance and encourage creativity:
- Getting Started with Materials
Information for both Faith & Play and Godly Play materials
- Thoughts on Story Materials for Faith & Play and Godly Play
Ideas on how to be practical, creative and imaginative when making story materials. - Additional Materials to Complete Faith & Play story kits
Information to accompany kits purchased from QuakerBooks of FGC
In addition to the option of making your materials using items you purchase on your own, kits with the parts needed and directions are available from Faith & Play Stories, Inc., through QuakerBooks of Friends General Conference.
Click image to see available kits on QuakerBooks.org
A Friend in my Meeting, who devoted his retirement time to carpentry and boat building, first offered to make shelves for our growing collection of stories, using wood from the “leftovers” pile in his workshop. Then he built a desert box for us. A door for Mary Fisher’s prison. And so it went. These materials are not only beautiful, they are a constant reminder of the support from him and others in our community.