Wearables-Ideas for outfitting leaders

[agentinnc]

OT has a black or neon plastic gangster hats that would be great spy leader hats, 7.95 per dozen. OT also has hair attachments & wigs in neon colors to add to the disguise. The plastic spike braclets would be cool also.

[winnipeg]

I was out doing some garage sale hunting last weekend and found a black rain coat - really glossy with the high collar and everything.
I would put the theme out to your teachers and let them start working on their own costumes.

Tammie

[drecruces]

Hi,
besides tshirts, what else are you using for the kids to wear? Last year for SonTreasure island, the kids wore different color bandanas to separate them by groups. I like the idea of the black gangster hats for the leaders. I'm not to crazy about wearing coats as it will be blazing hot in August!
Lillian

[maanki]

I don't have a budget for what the helpers will wear, so the youth helpers will wear their youth camp shirts (camp always comes 2 weeks before vbs and the shirts are solid colors) OR maybe fatigue shirts/jeans.(AND/or,a special badge,..ANYTHING to look like they are a rank(s) above the kids.) My main leaders may get a black hat with a Sonforce decal or pin on it,or military bars of some sort on the hat...and a badge.
I would like to have a "spy" guy (trench coat,etc) doing cameo appearances throughout vbs week...like an ongoing story.He will become a Sonforce Agent on the last day.(off goes the coat to reveal a Sonforce T-shirt!)
I'm wanting my helpers to look more like special training agents (kindof military-ish). Wristbands for the kids (in their group's color)...like you get for concerts.Each day they will get a Sonforce prize to emphasize moving up in rank. I may change my mind,but this is todays idea !!:D

[Lnelson92]

I'm telling my helpers to "think black". I have them wearing black pants, t-shirts, and a black baseball hat. I found an inexpensive black flight suit that I'll wear with a black t-shirt underneath.

I found some black sunglassess (aviator style) at the 99 cent store.

[maanki]

I really like the all black idea..I can see that ! Hmmm..I just may change my mind about ours and do black !!! I'm thinking..........:) Glad we start early so we can change our minds often !

Thankyou Lnelson92 :) And may your day be blessed ! EVERYONE..have a blessed day!

[TrinityJen]

Last year we made our own t-shirt iron-ons (half sheet). We gave out the kids version to kids pre-registered by a certain date. We made different volunteers iron-on too! Last year it had flying parrots all over and said “Trinity VBS volunteers have flown the coup!”

I was thinking about doing something similar this year. Black iron paper in more expensive, but would be cool. I also like the black shirt on the back of the craft book w/ boot prints. And there is The T-shirt Guy, if the volunteers are willing to pay for a shirt ($7-8). http://www.vbs.innovativeb2b.com/ For Kingdom of the Son we had we made a stencil then used the spay t-shirt paint. They would be good again this year.

[cheriec]

I think we are going to go with black t'shirts and then have the SonForce clipart added to the shirt like a screen. I bought approns on ebay for the kitchen helpers I ordered black and received brown (my fault, I did not read the decriptions:)

[KarenF]

We will be outfitting all of our teen helpers with "gadgets"-discarded cell phones, remotes made to look like Sonforce gadgets, etc.

How about checking out Goodwill or Salvation Army stores for hats, etc.?