The Time Machine Talk Show: Preschool Edition

The Time Machine Talk Show: Preschool Edition is a 30-minute interactive Christmas program that turns your children’s service into a fun “live show” that travels back to Bible times. Two upbeat hosts “pilot” a cardboard time machine and guide preschoolers through key moments of the Christmas story—visiting Nazareth, Bethlehem, the shepherds’ fields, and the wise men—while older kids act as narrators and helpers.

Designed especially for churches, VBS-style programs, and family services, this skit lets preschoolers move, act, and say simple, repeated lines while older children carry the main dialogue. Kids re-enact scenes around the manger, follow stars, respond to angel messages, and shout simple truths like “Jesus is born!” and “We love You, Jesus!”

Why Leaders Love It

• 30-minute script tailored for short attention spans

• Perfect mix of fun talk show and true nativity story

• Uses movement, call-and-response, and simple actions

• Lets older kids lead while younger kids shine on stage

• Easy to stage with simple props: cardboard time machine, manger, star, basic costumes

Best For

• Preschool & early elementary ministries

• Christmas family services

• Jesus-centered VBS or modern “family life” sets

• Any church wanting a fresh, kid-friendly way to tell the Christmas story

This skit doesn’t just retell the nativity—it helps children experience it, remember it, and understand one core truth: Jesus came to be with us.

The Time Machine Talk Show: Preschool Edition

A 30-Minute Interactive Christmas Skit for Little Ones

CAST

Older Kids / Teens

• HOST 1 (H1) – Energetic, playful, loves pressing buttons on the time machine.

• HOST 2 (H2) – Slightly more serious, explains what’s happening in simple terms.

• TIME MACHINE VOICE (TM) – Can be prerecorded or spoken offstage by an older child.

• OPTIONAL NARRATOR (NARR) – If you’d like, one of the hosts can also act as the narrator.

Preschoolers (10–15 kids)

• MARY – Holds baby doll Jesus later.

• JOSEPH – Stands beside Mary, helps with the journey.

• ANGELS (2–4) – Wear simple wings or tinsel halos.

• SHEPHERDS (3–5) – Wear scarves; some hold stuffed sheep.

• SHEEP (optional extra children) – Wear headbands with ears or hold sheep toys.

• WISE MEN (2–3) – Carry simple “gifts” boxes.

• EXTRA KIDS – Can be Bethlehem townspeople, more angels, or extra shepherds.

SETTING & PROPS

• A simple “Time Machine” made of cardboard boxes, Christmas lights, and big painted buttons.

• Two stools or chairs for the hosts.

• A manger with a baby doll.

• Basic costumes: robes, scarves, halos, crowns.

• Star on a stick (for Bethlehem / wise men scenes).

• Microphone prop for the “talk show” feel (doesn’t need to be real).

MUSIC SUGGESTIONS

• Optional upbeat instrumental music whenever the time machine runs.

• Optional simple carols between scenes: “Away in a Manger,” “Joy to the World,” “Go, Tell It on the Mountain,”or “We Three Kings.”