Dale Hudson and his team took dilapidated rooms with light fixtures that literally dangled from the ceiling and transformed them into a world of wonder. Toon Town is fully animated. In the TV Shop where kids play non-violent video games before the service, satellites turn, wires and the entire building glow, and an animated man from upstairs comes out of a window and talks. The firehouse door raises and kids are baptized in the back of the fire truck. Sirens, horns, and lights work.
Pipes blow confetti over the kids, and a hammer dings the bell.
Steam comes out of the fire hydrant. We tried to create an area that would say to them, 'You are important and welcome here. Our children's worship met in a chapel that was also used for funerals. I told the pastor and finance committee that if you can comfortably use a room for funerals, it's probably not a good children's room. They approved a budget to redecorate.