Messy Harvest 18th October 2025
On Saturday 18th October we held Messy Harvest at Church. There were about 20 children who attended (difficult to count them as they dart around!) with one or two of their grown ups, so the hall was really rather full. We had brilliant activities: A scarecrow trail, making pasta and leaf owls, potato printing, colouring a beautiful picture drawn by Heather, colouring sheets, decorating and filling autumn baskets, decorating biscuits and colouring wooden leaves with paint markers (the Dads really liked this – must remember to get wooden decorations for Messy Christmas!) All this time, Wendy kept us in refreshments and biscuits, which were very welcome.
We then went into church. Each child was given a bag and had to find several autumn things which were hidden around the church i.e., acorn, stick etc – children are so competitive, they put their hearts and soul into finding each item. A full bag brought to the front was rewarded in either a Milky Way or bag of Haribo sweets.
We then had a harvest story with the children coming up onto the stage and showing us how little seeds grow with pitter-patter rain and sunshine, into tall plants which the farmer can harvest. We sang harvest lyrics to the tune of The Wheels on the Bus.
After a prayer and blessing all the little ones went home. Us grown ups were quite exhausted! However a really good time was enjoyed. We have the same children come time and again and it is lovely to see them having such a good time.
Let’s do it all again for Messy Christmas with Christingle – Sunday 14th December at 3 – 4.30 pm – if you fancy coming along and helping out, even just handing out teas and coffees, that would be wonderful. Come and join in the fun!
Keg