I have now added a poem version of this Christmas Story and also an audio version of the story as well. Here's the link -
https://www.eliab.com/christmaspooh-corner.html

Here's the link to the original Christmas story called "Dan's Christmas Surprise." 
 See the video below that I created based  on the story.

🐰🐺🐒 Rabbit, Fox, Monkey — The Animal Game
( If you've ever played Paper, Scissors, Rock - You'll love this adaption!)
How to play:

• Rabbit beats Monkey
• Monkey beats Fox
• Fox beats Rabbit

What to do:
1.    Players count to three and show one of the three animals using hand gestures:
   Animal
How to Show It with Your Hand
Rabbit
Make two fingers up like rabbit ears 🐇
Fox
Make a hand shape like a fox’s snout 🦊 (thumb and index finger forming a muzzle shape)
Monkey
Make a fist and wiggle your thumb like a monkey’s tail 🐒
2.    Compare the two animals shown.
3.    The winner is decided by the rules:

• Rabbit beats Monkey (Rabbit hops away from Monkey)
• Monkey beats Fox (Monkey climbs over Fox)
• Fox beats Rabbit (Fox chases Rabbit)

4.    If both players show the same animal, it’s a draw — play again!
 

Digger Digs Deep (for Kindness!) This puppet script has the theme of kindness and was used in a Family Worship Service where the Bible Reading was
2 Samuel chapter 9   David&Mephibosheth
Don & Dog Puppet (Digger)
[Don enters with Digger the puppet. Children are seated in front.]
 
Don: Good morning, friends! I’ve got someone here who’s been very busy lately...
Digger: (pops up, tail wagging): Busy? Busy?! Don, I’ve been digging like a dog on double snacks!
Don: Uh-oh... more tunnels in the backyard?
Digger: Don, I’ve expanded my secret tunnel empire! One goes under the veggie patch, one loops past Bentley’s kennel, and one...
Don: ...goes all the way under the neighbour’s garden?
Digger (guilty): I may have... accidentally popped up in Fifi’s flower bed. She was not impressed. She said I ruined her roses.
Don: Oh, Digger...
Digger: I tried to say sorry, but I don’t think a bouquet of half-chewed sticks counted.
Don: Well, what do you think might help fix it?
Digger (thinks):Hmm... Maybe... real flowers? A heartfelt howl? Or... maybe I need to do something really kind.
Don: That’s a great idea, Digger. Today’s big people story is all about kindness, even when people expect the opposite. It’s the story of a king named David...
Digger: Wait—is he the one with the slingshot? I love a good underdog story!
Don: That’s the one. But later, David becomes king, and instead of being mean to someone from his enemy’s family, he does something amazing.
Digger (gasps): He buries a bone in his garden for them?
Don (laughs):Even better. He invites Mephibosheth—a man who couldn’t walk and was probably scared of the king—to live in the palace and eat at his table every day. David showed kindness and reconciliation.
Digger (softly): Wow… like... welcoming someone home instead of shutting the doggy door on them.
Don: Exactly. David gave him a place of honor, not because he had to—but because *grace* says, “You’re worth it.”
Digger: Like how Bentley chewed my tennis ball, but I still let him play fetch with me later?
Don: That’s kindness.
Digger (nodding): Or when I dig up Fifi’s petunias… again... but this time, I plant tulip bulbs after!
Don: That’s reconciliation, Digger. Making things right and choosing kindness, even after things go wrong.
Digger: Don... I think I’m gonna dig a kindness tunnel today. Straight from my kennel to Bentley’s bowl... with a note that says, “You’re pawsome!”
Don (laughs): That’s the spirit. What about you guys—can anyone think of a way to be kind this week?
[Pause for one or two responses from children.]
Digger: Kindness makes the world a better place. Or at least a better backyard.
Don: Let’s pray that we can be like King David—and like Digger—bringing kindness where it's needed most.
Digger: And maybe fewer holes. Except the kindness kind. Amen!
 
© Don Stott Eliab.com , June 2025

The following poem/song/chant followed a children's talk in a church service. The congregation joined the refrain in bold. It was accompanied by actions for WALK, PRAY, and LISTEN.
The Bible readings for the Service were :2 Timothy 1:1-6, Matthew 9:35-37
A Heart for the Lost
(Verse 1)
Jesus saw people, lost, lonely and weak,
He didn’t just talk, He went out to seek.
He showed them love, no matter the cost,
So He walked and prayed and listened,
Walked and prayed and listened.
(Verse 2)
Timothy learned from his mum and his grandma too,
Both strong in the faith, passed it on and it grew.
They cared and shared and soon it spread
So he walked and prayed and listened,
Timothy walked and prayed and listened.
(Verse 3)
Paul told Timothy, “Don’t be afraid,
We’ve Good News to share. It must be relayed.
They worked to impart, their purpose was clear,
So they walked and prayed and listened,
They walked and prayed and listened.
(Verse 4)
Jesus said, 'The harvest is ripe, but the workers are few',
We’re all called to serve and share what is true.
Outreach for the lost, that’s the heart of our Mission
  Now walk and pray and listen.
Come, walk, pray and listen.

© Don Stott , Eliab.com

Hot Cross Buns
Hold up a hot cross bun and ask the group if they like to eat these buns at Easter. Say that many people all around the world like to eat these buns at Easter time and those that are Christians are reminded of Jesus death on a cross by the cross we find on the top of the bun.
“Let’s think about the ingredients needed to make these buns. What are some of the things you think might be used? Flour? Water? Fruit? One thing that’s very important in making hot cross buns is yeast. What do we use yeast for? It helps the bun to rise otherwise they might be called “flat cross buns”. The yeast also might remind us that Jesus rose from the grave. He didn’t stay dead after he was crucified and put in to the tomb – he rose again. Dried fruits are also added to the mixture in making hot cross buns. These might remind us of the good things that come from Jesus’ death. Without his death on the cross we wouldn’t be able to enjoy new life.
As you pass around some buttered hot cross buns for the children to eat. Invite everyone just to pause for a few moments and silently thank Jesus for being willing to die a slow and painful death so that we might have eternal life with him.
Just in case you wondered about the history of the hot cross bun : We get the word “bun” from the Teutonic equivalent, “boun”, which was an archaic description of a sacrificial ox. The practice of offering animal sacrifices at the vernal equinox became frowned upon. Instead, the goddess in question was honoured with a cake, a sacred ox bun. Imprinted on the cake were the crossed horns of a ox. Christians reinterpreted this as the cross of Christ.
Puppet script from Eliab.com “Hot Cross Buns“