Halloween Party Activity - Cupcake Faith

Halloween Party
Activity -
Cupcake Faith
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Description
Use this creative object lesson as a
surprising illustration to kids that
God looks at our heart, not our
appearances. It can be used on any
occasion or as a children’s sermon,
but with a reference to tombs, and
masks it also serves as a fun lesson
for an alternative to Halloween.
Materials
Cupcake mix, cotton balls, cupcake
cups, Cupcake Tin

Preparation
1. Using a cake mix or any
cupcake mix, prepare the
batter according to
instructions.
2. Place the paper cupcake liners
in the cupcake tin.
3. For about 50% of the
cupcakes, place several cotton
balls in the middle of the cup
to partially fill them.
4. Pour the batter into the cups.
For those with cotton balls, be
sure it seeps into the sides of
the cup and covers the cotton
balls.

5. Bake the cupcakes as per
directions.
6. Make enough untainted
cupcakes for your entire
group.
7. Decorate the cupcakes
containing cotton balls with
icing and candy sprinkles
etc so they look very
enticing. Do not decorate
the normal cupcakes in any
way i.e. leave them plain.

WARNING: One person who tried this
had the batter soak into the cotton
balls so that the kids didn’t notice and
swallowed one. While they are
harmless and will simply pass through
the digestive system, to prevent this
make sure you fill the bottom of the
paper liner full of cotton balls so that
you don’t have this problem. An
alternative to cotton balls is to slice
off the top with a bread knife and
then hollow out the center of the
cupcake. Put the top back on and
frost it for a hollow cupcake? Are
some of our pursuits in life a little
hollow when we finally get hold of
them?

Demonstration
1. Pass the cupcakes to the
youth or children as a group.
They must not eat them until
everyone has one. Only allow
one cupcake per person.
2. Some will choose the fancy
ones while others may choose
the plain ones.

3. When the youth or children
begin to eat the cupcakes,
some of them are in for a
surprise. Beneath the shallow
top layer of cupcake there is
cotton!
4. Wait for their responses.
5. After the lesson have some
cupcakes available for
everyone who got the tainted
ones with the cotton balls
inside

Discussion
You can’t always tell how good
something is by looking at the
outside. Sometimes what seems
attractive on the outside hides
something far less attractive inside.
While people typically look at the
outward appearance, God looks
inside – at the heart. It’s difficult to
tell what a person is really like simply
from their appearance. Some people
may be beautiful on the outside, but
inside they hide a very mean, selfish,
and hateful heart. Some people may
seem a little plain or less attractive in
appearance, but inside they are
loving, gentle, and kind.

Most of us spend lots of time and
attention on making ourselves look
good. We pay careful attention to
the clothes we wear (designer
jeans etc), the shoes we wear, our
complexion, our hairstyle, etc. Yet,
how much time do we spend
making sure our heart is right?
When our heart is right with God,
when our attitudes are Christlike,
when we have a loving spirit, then
when others get a taste of God in
us, they will find Christianity
attractive. Christ’s greatest
criticism of the pharisees was that
they focused on their appearance
yet left ugliness in their hearts:

“Woe to you, teachers of the law
and Pharisees, you hypocrites!
You are like whitewashed tombs,
which look beautiful on the
outside but on the inside are full
of dead men’s bones and
everything unclean. In the same
way, on the outside you appear
to people as righteous but on the
inside you are full of hypocrisy
and wickedness.” (Matthew
23:27-28)

Christ called the Pharisees hypocrites.
The Greek word for hypocrite actually
refers to someone who is wearing a
mask, who is an actor. Halloween isn’t
the only time of the year when
people dress up and wear masks.
Throughout the year we often show a
different personality on the outside
than the person we are in reality.
Jesus also called the pharisees
“whitewashed tombstones.” “Rotting
graves with whitewashed
tombstones” vividly paints for us a
picture of hypocrisy. Cemeteries are
actually quite tranquil and beautiful
on the surface. There are flowers,
statues, and beautiful memorials to
those that have died. But beneath the
surface there are rotting bodies.

Does your icing match your cupcake?
1. How much time do you spend
getting ready to leave the house
in the morning?
2. Do you take time to shower, comb
your hair, and spend a little time
in front of the mirror to make sure
you are presentable to the world?
3. Do you spend as much time daily
nurturing your inner spirit
through Bible Study and prayer as
you do on your external
appearances?
4. Do you sometimes find yourself
putting on a facade, a mask,
pretending to be more “spiritual”
so people will be impressed with
you?

It’s not that we should not care about
our external appearances. In fact we
should be concerned about both our
internal and external life that we
present to the world. Our lives need to
reflect the goodness of God both
inwardly and outwardly, in our heart
attitudes, and in our actions that
everyone sees.
Closing Application
Take a little more time preparing your
heart each day to get right with God
and reflect his heart. Make sure you
spend some time with God so that you
reflect the goodness of God inside and
out before you ice it for all the world to
see?

Scripture References
• Matthew 23:27-28
• Your beauty should not come
from outward adornment, such
as braided hair and the wearing
of gold jewelry and fine clothes.
Instead, it should be that of
your inner self, the unfading
beauty of a gentle and quiet
spirit, which is of great worth in
God’s sight. (1 Peter 3: 3-4)
• Man looks at the outward
appearance, but the LORD looks
at the heart. (1 Samuel 16: 7)

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