I wonder what you like best about making the materials for a Faith & Play story? I wonder what has been challenging?
In the recorded conversation below, Sallie Welte (Goshen Meeting, PhYM), trustee and “kit maker” for Faith & Play Stories, shares more about kit creation, practical ideas for materials making, and encouragement to “make it your own.”
Last fall, one of the surveys shared with the Faith & Play community of practice was focused on materials. We appreciated and learned from all the feedback we heard in survey responses! Friends shared about both the materials they have made from kits and made themselves, story materials that have been challenging, and where they have made adaptations for aesthetic, context, or theological reasons. Responses acknowledged that creating materials can also be an opportunity to invite the artistic/crafting/building gifts of other members of the community to support your children’s program.
“Making my own materials helped me to learn the story at a deeper level. I knew the look and the feel of each piece, and its place in the story.” – Faith & Play Storyteller
In addition to the option of making your materials using items you procure on your own, kits with the parts needed and directions are available from Faith & Play Stories through QuakerBooks of Friends General Conference. Further guidance on making story materials is offered in the appendix of Faith & Play™: Quaker Stories for Friends Trained in the Godly Play® Method — and in resources linked below the video. Have a specific question or need help finding a material for story making? Please be in touch!
We’re working on adding videos of materials making (hats and bonnets!) to the Faith & Play YouTube channel, and looking forward to the opportunity to make a story at Journeying in the Light in August.