Halloween Ideas - Cupcake Faith

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Halloween
Ideas -
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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