This document provides 5 low-cost church stage design ideas for under $50 each. The designs include: stapling 500 small bowls to the wall in a pillar design for under $30; ordering 100 cardboard pizza circles and taping them to the wall for $25; screwing various lengths of PVC pipe to the wall in a sound wave pattern for $50; hanging metallic balloons in various colors using flat tacks to create a balloon wall for Easter for $20; and borrowing fencing and dog kennel cages from Lowe's to create a zombie-themed set and adding props from Amazon for free by being creative with materials.

1. 5 C H U R C H S TA G E D E S I G N S
F O R U N D E R $ 5 0

2. E V E R S C R O L L E D T H R O U G H I N S TA G R A M O R T W I T T E R
T O L O O K AT O T H E R C H U R C H E S S TA G E D E S I G N S ?
E V E R F E LT R E A L LY D E P R E S S E D A F T E R S E E I N G H O W
M U C H T H E Y W O U L D C O S T T O D O AT Y O U R C H U R C H ?
I T ’ S A L L G O O D . W E ’ V E A L L B E E N T H E R E !
N O N E E D T O W O R RY T H O U G H . Y O U C A N D O S O M E
A W E S O M E C H U R C H S E T D E S I G N S E V E N I F Y O U R
B U D G E T I S R E A L LY L O W.

3. T H I S O N E WA S R E A L LY S I M P L E .
W E W E N T T O S A M ’ S C L U B A N D
B O U G H T A PA C K O F 5 0 0 S M A L L
B O W L S . W E T H E N S TA P L E D T H E M
O N T O T H E B L A C K WA L L I N A
P I L L A R D E S I G N . T H E W H O L E
T H I N G C O S T L E S S T H A N $ 3 0 .
S T Y R O F O A M B O W L S .

4. P I Z Z A R O U N D S
W E O R D E R E D A PA C K O F 1 0 0 C A R D B O A R D P I Z Z A C I R C L E S F R O M
A M A Z O N F O R A B O U T $ 2 5 . W E T H E N T O O K 3 M D O U B L E - S I D E D
S T I C K Y TA P E A N D P L A C E D T H E M O N T H E WA L L . O N C E T H E L I G H T
H I T T H E W H I T E C A R D B O A R D I T WA S G A M E O N !

5. F O R A S E R I E S W E D I D C A L L E D
B R E A K T H R O U G H I WA N T E D T O C R E AT E
S O M E T H I N G T H AT L O O K E D L I K E A S O U N D
WAV E . I G R A B B E D A B U N C H O F 3 / 4 I N . X
1 0 F T. P V C P I P E F R O M H O M E D E P O T A N D
C U T T H E M I N T O VA R I O U S S I Z E S ( 3 - 6 F T )
T H E N I S C R E W E D T H E M D I R E C T LY O N T H E
WA L L I N T H E S O U N D WAV E PAT T E R N .
C O S T O N T H I S WA S R I G H T AT $ 5 0 .
P V C S O U N D WA V E

6. E A S T E R B A L L O O N S
T H I S D E S I G N I S R E A L LY O N LY G O O D F O R A Q U I C K O N E W E E K D E S I G N . W E U S E D T H I S A T O U R
E A S T E R S E R V I C E A N D I T E N D E D U P L O O K I N G R E A L LY C O O L . I B O U G H T 2 PA C K S O F M E TA L L I C
B A L L O O N S I N VA R I O U S C O L O R S F R O M A M A Z O N F O R A B O U T $ 2 0 . I T H E N T O O K F L A T TA C K S
A N D H U N G T H E M T O C R E A T E T H E E N T I R E B A L L O O N WA L L . B Y T H E T I M E O U R L A S T S E R V I C E
WA S O V E R T H E B A L L O O N S W E R E S TA R T I N G T O D E F L A T E S O B E R E A D Y F O R T H A T !

7. I A D D E D T H I S S E T T O T H E L I S T B E C A U S E
I T D I D C O S T U S L E S S T H A N $ 5 0 B U T I T
T O O K S O M E C R E AT I V I T Y. I K N E W I
WA N T E D T O U S E A F E N C E A N D B E A B L E
T O C A G E I N A C O U P L E O F T H E
M U S I C I A N S , B U T T H AT S T U F F WA S
E X P E N S I V E . W E A C T U A L LY C A L L E D O U R
L O C A L L O W E ’ S S T O R E A N D A S K E D I F W E
C O U L D “ B O R R O W ” T H E F E N C I N G A N D
D O G K E N N E L C A G E S . S U R P R I S I N G LY
T H E Y S A I D Y E S . W E U S E D T H E
E Q U I P M E N T F O R F R E E A N D R E T U R N E D
I T W H E N T H E S E R I E S WA S O V E R . W E
T H E N A S K E D F O R R A K E S , T R A S H
B A R R E L S , A N D S O M E O L D C L O T H S T O
C O M P L E T E T H E L O O K . W E A L S O
O R D E R E D S O M E “ Z O M B I E C R O S S I N G ”
P O L I C E TA P E A N D A D O N ’ T F E E D T H E
Z O M B I E P O S T E R F R O M A M A Z O N . D O N ’ T
B E A F R A I D T O G E T C R E AT I V E A N D A S K
F O R T H I N G S W H E N Y O U R E A L LY WA N T
T O C O M P L E T E T H E D E S I G N .
C H U R C H Z O M B I E S

8. F O R M O R E I D E A S A N D
I N S P I R AT I O N C H E C K O U T
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