In this video, two toy models – a “carplane” and an “airmobile” - regret to discover that they were assembled without the instructions! They compare their plight with people who live without following the instructions in God’s Word.
Featured Verse: Jeremiah 29:11
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #2: “How to Use My Bible”
This video teaches on the meaning of repentance and how the Bible contains warnings to keep us safe. A snowman learns (the hard way) to stay within the boundaries established for him.
Featured Verse: Psalm 32:8
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #2: “How to Use My Bible”
In this fun Object Talk, a conversation between a sandwich and a glass illustrates how the Bible is like a sandwich, until the preacher returns that is!
Featured Verse: Matthew 4:4
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #2: “How to Use My Bible”
This video features a conversation between a growing fork who challenges his friend the baby bottle, who has remained back in a younger children’s class, to consider stepping up to some meatier spiritual food.
Featured Verse: Hebrews 5:14
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #2: “How to Use My Bible”
This is my son’s favorite Object Talk! All I have to do is quote the first line of this Object Talk at the dinner table, and soon we are quoting the next several minutes of it! Ketchup and mustard bottles will never be the same in our home!
Featured Verse: Romans 12:11
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #1: “How to Worship God”
I wish I had titled this “The Lock and the Rock,” but sometimes you think of a better title later. In this Object Talk, you have a serious padlock who is quite serious about locking things up learning that sometimes security isn’t the most important thing when he meets a valuable ring that is about to be given away because of love!
Featured Verse: Proverbs 11:24
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #1: “How to Worship God”
This is one of my little boy’s favorite Object Talks that he has on his iPod. I hear him quoting it in the other room, even though I know at age three he doesn’t get half the jokes! But he does understand prayer, and often reminds us at meals or bedtime to pray! Have you connected with God today?
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #1: “How to Worship God”
A conversation between a young 10x magnifying glass and an older 200x microscope illustrates what it means to “Magnify the Lord” in daily life. Use this short teaching video to show the kids or to train a leader to do the talk “live.”
Featured Verse: Psalm 69:30
Source Curriculum:DiscipleTown Unit #1: “How to Worship God”
It was time for a new generation of ToyBox Tales. The first three seasons were done live in Kids Church in front of a live audience and were a lot of fun, so when I started to write the DiscipleTown Kids Church Curriculum, I wanted to include a video to show kids. However, making ToyBox Tales without a live audience just wasn’t the same. The “magic” of the ad lib in front of a live audience isn’t there when you make a video in a studio. So what did I do? I went to Walmart!
Yup! I went to the store and walked around late one night looking for a new idea. We had tried a fancy new idea with green screen that was pretty cool (maybe we’ll even post that someday), but there was no way we could produce four of those a month! My cart was overflowing with all kinds of ideas that could result in possible videos. But I needed something that I could produce quickly, still played off my wacky sense of humor, and still felt like a ToyBox Tale… even if these were scripted to ensure proper timing and professionalism that matched the excellence that DiscipleLand was bringing to the project.
I finally asked myself, “What do I want to do?” I answered, “I want to do object lessons.” Then I asked myself, “What are you good at, I mean, what can you do without even thinking about it?” I laughed while answering, “Pick up objects and start making them talk!” And then it HIT ME…
OBJECT TALKS!
Instead of telling stories with action figures, I would tell stories with objects. In contrast to just holding an object and talking about it, I would have the objects do the talking! Forget all the props… I just bought some wiggly eyes that I could put on any object. Add in a T-shirt that matched the trademark DiscipleLand color to allow me to blend into the background, and wa-la, Object Talks were born!
The contest was tested with a sample video posted on YouTube, which allowed for some helpful feedback from family and friends. It was then perfected and reshot for curriculum usage, which is what you can view above. Enjoy!
For those who have been bugging me to “make more ToyBox Tales” I am excited to let you know about something NEW that is coming to ToyBoxTales.com – it is called OBJECT TALKS and the very first sample is below and there are many more to come! In fact, ObjectTalks.com will forward to this site as children everywhere will be watching these new videos in church as part of a BRAND NEW children’s church curriculum coming out THIS FALL!
WANT THE SCOOP? Here is the TOP SECRET ANNOUNCEMENT about the new curriculum:
AND BELOW is the very first SNEAK PEEK pre-release video from this new curriculum. As the YouTube description says, “The next generation of talking toys that teach biblical truths from that crazy creator of ToyBoxTales.com, Karl Bastian, is here!” In this first episode, a conversation between a young 10x magnifying glass and his 200x grandfather illustration from Psalm 69:30 what it means to Magnify the Lord. Each lesson in DiscipleTown will include a downloadable Object Talk video to show as part of the lesson.
Every episode will include talking objects, feature scripture and teach a biblical truth. The Object Talks videos will be FREE FOR KIDS to few online here at ToyBoxTales.com (or ObjectTalks.com) but will be available as a high resolution downloadable video as part of the DiscipleTown curriculum.
More details will be available soon on DiscipleTown. STAY TUNED!
There are over 100 videos on this site, all free for viewing online. Visit Buy Downloads for info on purchasing download of Products for DVDs and other resources.
Check out the FAN MADE FILMS! Have you made your own ToyBoxTale? Let Karl know! Send a YouTube link, or ask for instructions on how to send large files and we will host the film for you.
Reverse Order?
Please note that category, season, and series lists are displayed in reverse order, as is the natural of blogs - to display posts newest to oldest. However, in the Digital ToyBox they are all listed in order of creation for downloading. (requires purchase)
Below you can browse by topic, characters used, or series. All the ToyBox Tales are FREE to watch online. Access to the Digital ToyBox provides video downloads you can save to your computer or project at church!
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