Youth Group Christingle
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1 Youth Group Christingle Exploring Christingle through fun and interactive activities. This resource provides you with three activities to help you celebrate Christingle with your youth group and reach out to your wider community at Christmas time. The activities are flexible and can be easily adapted to suit your meeting time and age group. Arts, crafts, games and fundraising ideas will enable your group to join the celebration and help raise vital funds for The Children s Society. For more ideas of how to engage young people in Christingle, download The Children s Society s other resources including Games and Activities guide, Arts and Crafts guide and Discussion and Reflection resource. Christingle resources marked with * can be ordered free of charge from The Children s Society; visit or call Activity 1 - Exploring Christingle
2 This activity will bring to life the Christian message in a creative and interactive way, through the symbolism of Christingle. You will need: Oranges *Red tape *Wax candles Tin foil Cocktail sticks Dried fruits/soft sweets Knife/apple corer CD player *Festive music Matches/lighter Activity length: 1 hour (variable) Part 1 - The symbolism of Christingle Ask your group to form a large circle around the room. Turn off some of the lights if this is not a hazard, as this will immediately get attention and the Christingle will have more impact. Stand in the circle with a lit Christingle, which can be made in advance. Ask your group if any of them can tell you what they think it is. They may know they may not! Tell your group what each element of the Christingle symbolises: A lighted candle - symbolising Jesus, the Light of the World An orange - representing the world The red tape - indicating the blood/ love of Christ Four cocktail sticks bearing dried fruit or sweets - to signify the four seasons and the fruits of the earth. Alternatively, you can use the following interactive game, with the lights up, in order to engage your group. Christingle game For each element of the Christingle, give three suggestions for what it could represent. For example; the orange is it a spaceship, the world or the sun?
3 Designate three spaces at your venue for each of your three suggestions and ask your young people to move to the suggestion area they think is right. This physical movement will get them to think about each element and engage more with Christingle. Part 2 - Making your Christingle Next move on to the fun section creating the Christingles. This can be a fairly messy activity, so make sure surfaces/young people are well covered! Each young person will need their own orange, some *red tape, a *candle and a square of tin foil (best cut to size before the session), four cocktail sticks and access to a bowl of dried fruit/sweets. Talk your group through the process of making a Christingle. The stages can be found below. Ensure hands are washed before handling fruits/sweets and be careful when using sharp objects knife, cocktail sticks. Top Tip: Invite parents and guests to either part of or the whole session to make a full, festive celebration. The more the merrier! Hand out *collection envelopes or *collection candles to all those attending. Or why not take this activity outside of your meeting and hold a Christingle celebration in your local church or in the community? The young people can take the lead in each section and enjoy being part of a large celebration. Simple steps to making a Christingle: 1. Take your orange and fasten a piece of red tape around the middle 2. Make a small cross in the top or the orange using a knife or apple corer and lay a square of tin foil (7.5cm/3 square) over it 3. Place your wax candle on top of the foil and wedge it firmly into the orange
4 4. Load four cocktail sticks with the dried fruit/soft sweets, so the points are covered. 5. Insert the sticks into the orange above the red tape. Part 3 - Christingle celebration Stand back in a circle, with each young person holding their Christingle. If it is not dangerous to do so, it is best if lights can be dimmed. Explain that each young person will have their Christingle lit and how you are trusting them all with a lit candle, so they will need to be very careful. From the inside of the circle, move round and light each candle. Young people can help light the candle of the person next to them, thus passing on the light. If they do this, make sure the person with the lit Christingle keeps theirs upright. Be careful with lit candles. For information on glow candles, an alternative to wax candles, visit the What is Christingle? section of our website. Sing a song Singing a song whilst the Christingles are being lit is a great idea. As your group won t be able to hold song sheets, it is best to choose a song everybody knows or maybe project the words on a wall. Maybe your young people could learn the *Christingle song Hope of Heaven in advance. You could ask your group to choose the song they would like to sing. A selection of song suggestions can be found on the Hymns and Songs page of Pray together If appropriate, you may like to pray with your group for all the children in the UK that The Children s Society supports. Suggestions can be downloaded from the Worship resources page on the Christingle website. Also available on this page are some case studies focusing on some of the children The Children s Society has helped.
5 Activity 2 Shining the light This activity will get your group thinking about children in their community and develop their knowledge of The Children s Society s work with disadvantaged children in the UK. You will need: Magazines Sheets of paper (large) *Cut out candle outlines Coloured pencils/pens Scissors Glue Blue tack Activity length: 1 hour (variable) Part 1 - Making a Community Circle The young people can either work in pairs, in a small group or all together. Draw a circle on a large piece of paper, making sure there are a few inches of blank paper around the outside of the circle. Tell your group that the circle represents their community. Ask your group what the word community means to them. Maybe it is the road they live on, the town they live in or maybe they think England is their community? There is not a right or wrong answer. Next ask them to think about the other children in their community. Can they list where other children might be in their community? At school, in the park, at home, in hospitals, other groups or clubs for example. Create a list of all the places they suggest. Ask your young people to illustrate these children by drawing them in the middle of the circle or using cuttings from magazines.
6 If working with younger children, it may be safer to either have them drawing or tearing out pictures, rather than using scissors. Stick all the pictures in the middle of the circle next to the drawings and display the picture on the wall. Part 2 The Children s Society For this part of the activity, please be sensitive to any difficult situations within the group. Tell your group that The Children s Society works in their community and all over the country, helping children and teenagers with their problems and making sure that they are safe and happy. Children Children Children Children who who who who run away from unhappy homes have moved to England from another country. care for their parents, brothers or sisters. are being bullied at school. Ask your group if they know any children in these situations in their community that they could help or befriend? Top tip: Short case studies about our work, which are suitable to be read out to children, can be found on the Worship Resources page of the Christingle website. Explain to the group that The Children s Society is a charity. Ask if anyone knows what a charity is? Tell your group that lots of kind people choose to raise money for charities to help others. From putting on parties (See Activity 3) to being sponsored to jump out of planes! Can your group think of any good ways to raise money? Maybe they have done things for other charities or at school? Write down any good suggestions for later use. A wealth of information on The Children s Society is available to support this session: Downloadable fundraising guides
7 Information on the work of The Children s Society - to see the nearest project to your group meeting. Kids Zone Schools resources Part 3 Shining the light Hand out an outline of a candle to each child and ask them to colour it in bright colours. Whilst handing them out, tell the children that Christingle is a celebration that happens in every community in the country to raise money for The Children s Society. You could go through the symbolism of Christingle. Once the candles are all coloured in they can be stuck around the outside of the circle representing the community, with the children inside. Tell the children that the candles will now shine light on all the children in their community and help to make them happy just like Christingle. At this point, you could say a prayer with your group for disadvantaged children in their community. You may also like to sing a song. Visit the Hymns and Songs webpage for suggestions. Perhaps your group could learn and sing the special *Christingle song Hope of Heaven. Give each child a *Christingle collection candle to take home and ask them to fill it with pennies, if possible. They can also be given a *Christingle sticker to wear home for taking part in the activity. Items marked with * can be ordered free of charge from The Children s Society; visit or call Top tip The finished picture could be displayed on the wall at any Christingle celebration you may be involved with Activity 3, for example.
8 Activity 3 - Community Christingle party Aim: The aim of this activity is to join together with your wider community at Christmas time through Christingle and help raise money for The Children s Society s work with disadvantaged children. You will need: Pens/pencils Paper CD player *Christingle invitation Activity length: 1 hour (variable) Part 1 Planning your party A Christingle party offers a real opportunity to reach out to the wider community at Christmas time. It is best to involve your young people as much as possible in the planning and running of your event. Ask your group who they would like to invite and draw up a list. Maybe family, friends or other uniformed youth groups in the area? Christingle invitations can be downloaded from the Take Part page of the Christingle website. If photocopied in advance, the young people can fill in the invitations and help hand them out to those you agree to invite. Perhaps your young people could divide into groups, each taking a different area of the planning. What music would they like to play? What food and drink should be served? What role will each group take at the party? Can they talk to their guests about Christingle and The Children s Society? Part 2 Fundraising for children This is a great opportunity to fundraise for The Children s Society working with your group and the local community to raise money for disadvantaged children at Christmas time.
9 Ask your group if they can think of ways to raise money for The Children s Society at their Christingle party. You might get some great ideas! Here are a few to get your started: Selling items invited guests can either make a donation to The Children s Society on entry or pay for any food or drink at the party. You could involve your young people in deciding what to sell and how much you would charge for each item. See Part 3 below for food ideas. Collecting Your group could hand out The Children s Society s collection envelopes to all those attending the party and collect any filled envelopes at the end. If you have worked with your group on Activity 2 the young people could tell guests in their own words about the work of The Children s Society. Each member of your group could take a *collection candle home, with the task of filling it with coins. Passing the light if the young people s parents are at the party, they could promise to carry out some good deeds at home in exchange for their parents donating to The Children s Society. Tidy bedrooms, washing up etc! Top tip A Christingle party is a great finish to Activity 1 or 2 but could also be a standalone activity. If you choose to hold a party in isolation, it may be a good idea to take a few small sections from Activity 1 and 2 to give your group some background on Christingle and The Children s Society. Part 3 Food fun Making Christingle foods to either eat or sell is a great way to help your group get creative. The following suggestions are very quick and easy for the young people to make. If you choose not to make food at the party, you could ask your group to bring food items along that they prepared at home in advance. More Christingle inspired recipes can be found in the Arts and Craft guide downloadable from the Children and Youth Resources page.
10 Christingle biscuits You will need: Plain digestive biscuits Orange Icing Red laces (sweeties) Hundreds & thousands Each young person can design their own biscuit Christingle with the biscuit as the orange. If you talk through what each element symbolises with your group, they will in turn be able to explain this to your party guests. Christingle biscuits can either be sold to eat, given as a gift or taken home to remind people of Christingle. Loaded sticks representing God s Good Gifts You will need: Cocktail sticks Bowls of: o Cheese cubes o Pineapple chunks o Banana slices o Marshmallows Large potato (optional) Tin foil (optional) Give each young person a cocktail stick and access to each of the bowls. Ask them to decide if they would like to make a sweet or savoury loaded stick. Next they can start putting the food items onto their stick and perhaps display the sticks by inserting them into a potato wrapped in tin foil, ready to sell or eat. Part 4 Game playing These games are inspired by the symbolism of Christingle. If you would like to play other Christingle games with your group at the party download our Games and Activities resource from the Children and Youth Resources page at for more suggestions. Christingle Swap Game
11 Ask everyone to sit in a chair, arranged in a circle facing inwards. Select one person to be in the middle and remove his or her chair from the circle. Assign each child a symbol of the Christingle orange, fruit, candle, ribbon. One player is chosen to stand in the middle of the circle. This player calls out a part of the Christingle and everyone with that symbol has to move places. The player in the middle must try to get into someone s chair while the other players are moving. The player left without a place is on next and becomes the one to stand in the middle of the circle. Fruit Noughts and Crosses You will need: Pictures of (or real) oranges Pictures of (or real) apples Nine chairs arranged in three rows of three Divide the children into two teams and give one team the oranges and the other team the apples. Ask a quick quiz question to decide which team goes first. For example, what do the four loaded cocktail sticks on the Christingle stand for? The teams then play as normal noughts and crosses but with a child from each team taking it in turns to sit on the chairs with their fruit. The first team to get three of their fruits in a row wins. Top tip: Why not give out Christingle stickers as prizes for your games or to all young people attending your party. These can be ordered free of charge from The Children s Society.
12 FREE Christingle resources A range of free resources are available to support your Christingle celebrations. Visit or call to order. Christingle guide for a wealth of additional activities, suggestions and advice Christingle stickers to give to all children involved Red tape and wax candles to make your Christingles Collection candles making it fun for young people to collect for The Children s Society Collection envelopes to hand out to adults attending Christingle invitation poster to help advertise your event Christingle Song CD to play during your meeting A4 safety poster with advice on safe practise Giro to pay in any money raised (one will automatically be sent with any orders for materials) Thank you The support you give to The Children s Society through Christingle helps to provide over 1 million every year. This support is vital to the work we do and ensures that we can continue to help disadvantaged children who face violence, neglect and poverty in their daily lives. Please send the money you raise through your Christingle celebrations, together with any completed Gift Aid collection envelopes to: Christingle The Children s Society FREEPOST LON14784 LONDON WC1X 0JL Get in touch We love hearing from our supporters. Please call our Supporter Care team on or visit
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