Cost to your church? The main cost is your time! Teachers manual is free, your church can sponsor a workshop, the cost for Dan Wheeler to come to your church is Free. You can even have your own web page on the Keyboards for Christ website free, you just simply supply the pictures on JEPG and the information you want and the page will be created for you. Clip art and letter heads, logos, and all the material you need to promote the program is also supplied at no charge.

Example: example.keyboardsforchrist.com/Newhopechurch.html

These girls are looking on at their creation, these steel pans were purchased at a local dollar store and the heads for the drums are just simple punching balloons, you can use any type of plastic containers, oat meal boxes make great drums, even plastic containers from Christmas time that you put cookies in. The balloon for the head is important because it stretches and is responsive when struck. You may want to use a dowel with a ball end for a stick type striker. When the children make the drums it is incorporated into the lesson program about beat, timing, Quarter, Half, Whole notes.

The cost to run the program has been designed at about $ 1.25 per child each week in your class. The materials for the " Hands On" making of the musical instruments can be purchased at local Dollar Stores, and some items are in your home that normally you would toss out.

Store pictures used with permission of the respective owners. Dollar Tree,Family Dollar, Dollar Gerneral are all registered Trademarks.

Paints cost from .77 to $1.00 You don't have to offer a wide selection just the basic Rainbow type colors. Washers can be purchased by the box at your local hardware store. Some local companies will even donate them to you, it doesn't hurt to ask, after all it is for the children of their community.

A hot glue gun or guns can be used. I recommend that they are low heat, and when they are used in the class that a parent must be present and help their own child with the activity you are using it with.

Simple things like twine, eye lets, and different size washers, wooden cloths hangers, paint, paper plates, markers, party horns, inexpensive hot glue guns (usually found at your local dollar store) pipe cleaners, water bottles, plastic coffee can lids, plastic hangers, plastic straws, small clay flower pots, small brass candle holders, plastic snow shovels. All the items for the Hands On time of making Biblical instruments can be found at your local dollar store.

Coming In 2005 Dan Wheeler will be conducting a workshop to train people to begin this program in your church. For more information contact Dan at shalomtoyou321@aol.com or keyboard4chrst@aol.com

Bamboo can be purchased at local dollar stores or Discount Stores. The Bamboo sticks are used for plants in the spring. The Snow shovels also can be purchased at your local dollar stores or discount stores. Paper plates are used through out the program to place scriptures on, and to use as a learning tool. Above you see a measure and pennies placed on the lines. The children keep the pennies and are taught about tithing as part of the lesson. The plates can be decorated with paint, and stickers.

The large keyboard can be purchased from Music Treasures.

Refreshments: The ladies of your church can make cool-aid and cookies and snacks for the refreshments following the class lesson.

Inexpensive keyboards can be purchased at Dollar General and other discount stores. These keyboards were $ 5.00 each. The children use them for the ear training part of the lessons. Sometimes people will donate them to your program or someone in your community or church may wish to purchase ones for you. You don't need expensive keyboards for this program. An old piano in your basement will work if that is all you have.

Bells made with clay flower pots. Cost is .35 each. Cloths hanger and string, paint.

Water bottles with black and white navy beans.

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