God's Handicraft - You and Me!

"Hi, I'm little A and I'm a tree - Ting!"
"Hi, I'm little D and I'm a rooster - Ta-da!"
"Hi I'm little S and I'm an ape - Ooh ooh!"

And so sixteen little girls went round introducing themselves at Little A's seventh birthday event last Saturday. The theme of the party was being fearfully and wonderfully made by God (Psa 139:14), and of course, the games and activities were along the line of God's creation and eventually crafting something of their own.

They had an amazing memory, remembering each other's animal double and call-sign. As a result, they had a fun time calling one another and took a long time to decide which team won. Next, they had to match some of God's amazing animals to their special properties, like the "CAMEL" should be matched to "It has long eyelashes" and the "GIRAFFE" should be matched to "It has a 45-50 cm tongue". Each team won one round, so to break the tie, the score difference was taken into account and the birthday girl's team was edged out. Nevertheless, all teams win a token prize and were more than excited to begin the last activity --- Scrapbooking!

Each girl then sat down to do up a nice acrapbook page to include their picture with the birthday girl taken earlier. After almost an hour of hard work, each girl went home happily with their beautifully decorated page and hopefully, it introduced them to this new artwork well and got them started on a new hobby.

For first-timers, these girls were really quite good, here are some of their pretty hard work:

We are all God's handicraft. Just like the verse in Psalms 139 verse 14 says, "we are fearfully and wonderfully made by God". Knowing this, would we accept whatever "flaws" we have, and find out the purpose of it, or complain that God did not do a good job? Do you think He will/can do a bad job?

And from a 7-year old guest at the party:
"But not everyone believes in God right. Then how would they ever find out who made them?"

Whether you are a Christian or not, how would you answer her?

Boat, Brains, Balls and More!

Little S and L had a poolside party to celebrate their birthday together. Although grey clouds loomed in a distance, God was indeed faithful once again and held up the grey clouds. Everyone got to enjoy the afternoon of events under the cool, cloudy shade.

For the record, this was by far the largest guest list with the widest age range for an outdoor activity party - 32 children from 7 - 14 years old! It was challenging for MFB to come up with suitable games that "must have water guns (according to the host)" and along the theme of the Battle of Jericho scenario, plus having to take into account the varying age and abilities of the

numerous guests.

MFB racked their brains and finally decided to bring the children through three battles:

Round 1 - to SPY on the land of Jericho (Jos 2)

Round 2 - to cross the river Jordan (Jos 3)

Round 3 - to find the gold, silver, bronze and iron treasures (Jos 6:19)

It was a "boys versus girls" afternoon of games. Round 1 tested the memory and speed of both teams, as the children had to memorise the theme verse Joshua 1:8-9 and the position of the wordings on the ground. Both teams were evenly matched in terms of speed and accuracy.

Round 2 proved to be a man's game. Although the girls put up a tough fight, blasting their opponents and soaking their banner with water pumps, the boys did an excellent job in surviving the never-ending water projectiles and emerged champion river-crossers. They collected 35 out of the 50 balls (points) en route to the finishing line, compared to the girls, who were a tad too focused on sailing the boat across and ended up collecting only 5.

In the final round, where the children were tasked to search for the treasures and transport them to the finishing line, the ladies were so organised and efficient it seemed almost impossible not to defeat the playful boys.

Based on battles, the ladies had won 2 to 1, but based on the points-scoring system, the gentlemen beat the ladies and were crowned the winners that day. Nevertheless, well done everyone! Give yourself a pat for surviving the 3 poolside battles!

We hope all of you had lots of fun, as much as we had planning and running the activities for you! "For the glory of God!"

P.s.: For those just reading, we're sure you can't imagine the fun we had - contact us to plan an event for you and have a feel of it yourself :)

Water War

The looming grey clouds set the stage for a wet and wild war-zone. It did not help that the occassional passing cloud brought some shower, which added to the muddiness and mess of a battlefield.

The pre-party water-gun target practice session left many (toy) soldiers buried upside down in the ground and some dismembered limbs on the garden bench. Instead of re-setting the scene, the boys turned to one another and continued the massacre among themselves. It was hard to tell if the drizzle was causing them to be soaked, or the water from the guns. Nevertheless, the boys had great fun, unknowing the real battle had not yet begun.

Yet another little E turned ten last Saturday. (MFB learnt he had 4 other classmates with the same name as him.) As little E was into war games and army drills, MFB decided to bring him and his band of brothers right into the war zone, planning games that put to test their scouting and listening skills, including orders that challenged them to maintain self-discipline as a platoon, and not forgetting to mention the highlight of re-enacting the famous historical battle at Jericho! Of course, due to safety considerations, weapons used were the usual party props, brains and water-guns. No bloodshed, no gore – rated G for viewers – safe for parents or even for the passers-by.

Based on this party's theme verse Joshua 1:9 , the two platoon of boys had three battles to overcome and see which side emerged victorious - the Israelite Platoon or the Jericho Platoon. Of course, we all knew the historical victor was the Israelites with God on their side.

Platoon Jericho before War!

Israel all ready to go to War!

Despite that fact, Platoon Jericho was a great sport who put up a great fight which resulted in both teams having lots of good, wet fun. Of course, the birthday boy and his Israelite platoon emerged champions, winning 2 out of 3 battles, including stealing wristbands under the eyes of blindfolded watchful guards, preparing the march around Jericho obeying God’s instructions, and decoding the invisible message.

The party came to a close with both platoons watching the video of the battle of Jericho and reminded of the moral of the story that we will be victorious when we read and mediatate on God's Word daily.

So remember this, boys, "Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go."

Meanwhile, we appreciate if you could leave us some feedback here... Thanks for having us Little E and Mommie E. See you around soon!

Amazing Race (Season E)

It was a warm afternoon of Little E's tenth birthday.

But the young man, despite his sore throat, braved the weather and together with his friends, fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith - 2 Tim 4:7.

He and his 21 guests, in three groups, pitted their voices in Round One to navigate their team mates to collect pegs to gain access to items required later in the race, like hints and calculators. Red team emerged champs.

Next, they combed the turf through the lanes in Giant and the tank signages at the Unique Seafood Market, hunting for items and answers before racing to the pit-stop. For Round Two, Yellow Team and Red Team were on par, leaving the Green Team showing envious shades of green on their faces. Nevetheless, they pressed on and never gave up. Excited parents even followed the teams around to show their support and see their children in action.
All teams eventually met at the final pit stop where they were given their last task - to recall the theme verse and scan through sheets of seemingly blank papers to obtain the verse and be crowned for having run the race well.

It was a close fight and although Yellow Team emerged overall first, no one was eliminated in this leg of the race. Well done, everyone! You made it safely to the pit stop!

Seeing the sweaty yet satisfied smiles on their children's faces, some parents wondered if they would ever be invited to another MFB event as guests rather than merely their child's chauffeur chaperone... Why not? We do team and family bonding activities also, so feel free to drop us an enquiry - click here!

That said, thanks for having us at your party, Little E. We certainly enjoyed racing around with you and we pray that your throat recovers soon! Thanks also for giving the staff at MFB a good workout and making us stay in good shape. =) Looking forward to seeing you again!

Over and out! For more pics, click here.

Year-end Review

The MFB management took little retreat to reflect and think about other relevant ideas to expand the business, thanks to the many feedback and suggestions of our customers. For example, MFB could supply snacks for events, sell books for the young of today, and even run workshops that teach important lifeskills to really help the children have fun and yet at the same time take home one or more valuable lessons.

Unfortunately, we have yet to launch any ideas yet due to time constraint. Do keep your ideas and feedback coming in though, and let us know how better we can meet you needs and not just entertain your little guests, but impart important lessons through play in our programs.

If it's not about moulding our next generation in the (up)right way, don't involve us. :)

Are you smarter than a first grader?

Did you know...

• No piece of paper can be folded into half more then seven times.
• A snail breathes through its foot.
• Mosquitoes have 47 teeth
• Elephants only sleep two hours a day.
• Strawberries are the only fruits whose seeds grow on the outside.
• You blink over 10,000,000 times a year
• A duck’s quack doesn’t echo
• An ant can lift 50 times its own weight.
• Kangaroos can’t walk backwards
• Cows do not have upper front teeth

These are just about a bit of what the children learnt from attending Little R’s seventh last Sunday afternoon. Isn’t the Creator of our earth amazing?

Within the limited party time of 90 minutes, the children (and even adults around) had fun running around and discovering more about the amazing creation of God. From food to animals and the human body, we saw how detailed our Creator has carefully constructed every big and little thing around us. As we breathe, you and I are living examples of the intricate handicraft of God!

How can coincidence and explosions be the explanation for the things around us that work?

Click here for more pics from the party!

おいしい (Oishii) Goodie Bags

Our "Fight The Good Fight" party has not only opened our minds to the life of the apostle Paul, it has also whet our appetite for Japanese snacks.

In our quest to make the goodie bag for the party unique, we discovered the Oishii (delicious) world of Japanese tidbits. This discovery has led us to offer goodie bags for all future parties. Simply select the items that you want and we'll pack them in either clear plastic or brown bag.