The Bible Sunday School Crafts

Books of the Bible, Bible Verse Memorization Crafts,
and Reading The Bible Crafts and Games for Sunday School

Folding Craft Sticks Books of the Bible Craft

The craft sticks are taped together so that when the craft sticks are pushed together from the top and bottom of the stack they fan fold up into a compact stack of sticks for storage. This craft is great to use as a memorization tool. Children can test themselves by unfolding one section at a time to reveal the next part of the verse. What you will need: Woodsies Mini Jumbo Craft Sticks -4.5" 50/Pkg - Use good quality craft sticks that lay flat. The 5/8" work perfect with the one-inch tape. *You can use the Woodsies Jumbo Craft Sticks with the 1.5 Inch - 3M Scotch Masking Tape for a bigger Canvas. 3M Scotch Masking Tape, 1-Inch - Other brands will work, but this tape works great! It is the exact color of the craft sticks. (Staple's Tape works better with the washable markers, but it is lighter than the stick and more transparent and doesn't cover the stick as well.) Permanent Markers, crayons, or colored pencils - (The washable markers don't work well because they smear.) How to Make the Folding Craft Stick Canvas: 1. Cut the one-inch masking into 4-inch pieces. 2. Place two sticks together, side by side, and tape them together covering both the sticks with the tape. 3. Turn the two sticks over so that they are diagonal to you. 4. Place another craft stick next to and below the two sticks that you taped together. Use another piece of tape to tape the bottom two sticks together. 5. Turn all three sticks over diagonally and place another stick at the bottom of the row and tape the last two sticks together. Keep going until you have a whole row of sticks. 6. You can also cover the first and last stick in the row by placing tape over the stick and then folding it back over the stick. It is easier to write on the tape than the craft stick. The ink soaks into the sticks and blurs.

The sticks can be reused by just pulling off the tape and placing new tape over the sticks.

Children can use permanent markers, pens, or colored pencils to write the Bible verse on the sticks and then decorate them. They can also draw a picture on the back of the sticks that represent the Bible verse or the Bible story. If a child messes up while working on his canvas, you can pull off the tape where he messed up and replace it with new tape. These folding craft stick canvases can also be used for other purposes. You can also be used to make greeting cards for Mother's Day, Father's Day or Birthdays. How to Print or Copy these Instructions. ©2012, Digital by Design, Inc. - See Copyright Information - Bloggers, if you use this craft idea or an adaptation, and link back to this page for the complete directions, let us know and we will put a link to your blog.

 

Play a Fall Leaf Game and Make a Bulletin Board Display

Print out the leaf shapes and write one book of the Bible on each leaf. (A Pattern for the Leaves are available on The Resource Room. ) (You can make this a craft activity by having the children cut out and color the leaves and then write the books of the Bible on them.) Make enough sets so that every two children have a set. In class tell the children that on the word "go" they are to find the books of the Bible in order and place them in a pile starting with Matthew. The first team to finish wins. You can let them look in their Bibles if they need help. When all the teams are finished have them staple the leaves in order from the top of the bulletin board to the bottom. Have the words "The Books of the Bible are Falling into Place" written at the top. You can easily change the theme of this game to go along with the season you are teaching it. For instance, if you start at Christmas time, you can attach pieces of paper with the books of the Bible written on them to pieces of candy.

 

Hangman Bible Book Review

(Older Children) Play like hangman but use only the books of the Bible.

 

Hide and Seek

(Younger Children) Before class hide the books of the Bible written on sheets of paper around the room. (Tape them under chairs and tables, hang them from the ceiling with thread, etc.) On the word go have the children look for the books. When they have all been found have the children work on putting them in order.

 

Stack the Books

For each of the Bible use a cereal box or skinnier box and write the name of a different book of the Bible on each box. Use bigger boxes for the bigger books of the Bible and smaller ones for the smaller books. As your children learn the books have them stack the boxes to see how high they can make the stack. You can divide the children into two teams and have a competition between the teams, even offer a prize to the winning team. If you don’t want to use boxes, you can just use old books you have around the house and put fake covers on them. You can play games with the boxes. You can mix them up and see how fast they can put them in order. You can also make up relay races to see which team can place their boxes in order first. When your children have learned all the books have them set the boxes up like dominoes and watch them fall.

 

Match Game

(Any age) Make two cards each for each book of the Bible you are studying. Turn the cards over and have the children take turns turning two cards over to see if they match. If they match, the child gets to keep the cards. If not, the child turns the cards back over and the next child takes a turn.

 

Memory Card Game

(Any age) You can also make up a memory game. Write some of the books of the Bible on cards, start with three or four books. Turn over the cards and have the children take turns turning them over. They must first look for the first book in your series. If you are using Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Num. and Deut, they must first find Genesis. If a child finds Genesis, he takes another turn and tries to find Exodus. If he finds Exodus, he can take another turn and try to find Leviticus. He keeps turning over cards until he gets one out of order. He must then turn all the cards back over. Don’t mix up the cards. The other children should be watching carefully so they can remember where the cards are. Keep playing until a child can turn over all the cards in order. For younger children, to make it a little easier, color code the cards, make each card a different color and make a sample of all the cards in order so your children know what they are looking for. You can read the cards for them as they turn them over. They will be learning the books when they hear you saying them over and over.

 

Dice Game

Print out the Books of the Bible cards - (A Pattern for the Cards available on The Resource Room) and write each book of the Bible you are studying on the colored blocks in order. Print out the large die pattern and write a book of the Bible on each side of the die matching the colors on the card.(A Die Pattern is available on The Resource Room) Give each child a card with the books of the Bible written on it. Have your children take turns throwing the die. If the die shows the first book of the Bible, they can mark that book off on their card. If not, they must try again next turn. The children can only mark off the books in order. (If you have younger children, you can have them mark off the books in any order.) The child who marks off all their books first wins. If the die lands so it shows a book that is not the next in order, (or has already been marked off) the child loses his turn and must try again next time.

 

Toss Game

Before class write the books of the Bible you are studying on a large poster board. Color code the books. Make up cards that match the poster. For example, if Genesis is on a red square, make a red card with Genesis written on it. Make a set of cards for each team. Have the teams take turns throwing a beanbag onto the poster board that is placed on the ground. If the beanbag lands on a square with a book of the Bible that that team doesn’t already have the child who tossed the beanbag gets to pick up the matching card for their team and place the card in order. The team that gets all the cards in order first wins.

 

Game

A friend of mine has taken old CD's and made a label for each with a N.T. book. She made a post, kind of like horse shoes. The kids stack the books on the post in order, learning five at a time. She made a game out of this by dividing the class into two teams. The team that has their post filled first wins. The only way to fill the post is for Everyone on that team to say the books that are on the post. It's working, so far so good! Sent in by Connie

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Leafing Through The Bible

 

The tree on the left has leaves with the books of the Old Testament written on them and the tree on the right has the books of the New Testament. One book of the Bible is written on each leaf. We made a paper butterfly attached to a clothespin for each student. Their butterfly was attached to the leaf they could get to when reciting the books of the Bible. Sent in by Debbie Cleveland

 

Bible Verse Review and Memorization Ideas

Folding Craft Sticks Bible Verse Memory Game

Bible Verse File Card Holder

What you will need: Macaroni and cheese box, glue, paint, and decorative trims (optional)

What to do:

1. Carefully open up the ends of your box. Leave the side glued together. Flatten out the box so that the front of the box is lying in front of you as shown in the first diagram. One of the side panels of the box should be on the top. The top and bottom flaps should be lying flat also as shown in the picture.

2. Cut the top fold as shown with the top red line in the first diagram. Cut 1" down on the front of the box as shown in the first diagram by the second red line.

3. The box should still be lying flat. Remove the part you cut away. Your box should look like the second diagram.

4. Measure 1" down from each side of the box (the top and bottom tabs) and then draw a line up to the top where the bottom or top tabs meet the back panel as shown in the picture. Cut away the triangle shape.

5. Turn the box inside out and glue it back together.

6. Have the children paint the box and glue on decorative trims.

7. You may also want to glue magnets to the back of the box so that the boxes can be stored on the refrigerator.

If you don't have a Macaroni & Cheese Box, a Pattern is available to members only. Print out onto card stock. Cut out the pattern on the solid lines and fold on the dotted lines. Glue the side flaps closed.

 

Bible Verse Frisbee

What you will need:

Cool-Whip or other dairy whipped topping container lids, Pre-printed or pre-made easy-to-learn Bible verses or pictures about the focus Bible story for the lesson (Pictures from magazines, old Christmas cards, Valentines or greeting cards could also be used- depending on the theme), Stickers, Craft glue, Paint markers (washable or permanent - depending on the age).

What to do:

1. Before class print out the Bible verse your children will be learning on sticker paper or card stock. Cut them to fit the lid size and stick or glue them to the lid.

2. In class have your children decorate the lids with stickers or markers.
Older children can draw a picture relating to the lesson on one side of the "Frisbee".

3. Have the children toss their Frisbees at a target, play catch, or just throw and run after them, repeating the Bible verse each time they throw them. Children can take their Frisbees home and share the verse or story and play with the Frisbee with the family.

Sent in by Yvonne Bledsoe

 

Bible Verse Memorization Using the Memory Cross

Here is a great way for your students to memorize Bible verses. This origami cross can be folded over and over changing shapes and showing a different part of the Bible verse each time. Your children will find that it is hard to stop using them once they start. Memory Cross offers Bible verses that go along with many of the most popular Vacation Bible School programs. They also have one for the plan of salvation, which would be a great witnessing tool. They also have many other Bible verse packages you can pick from. If they don't have what you want, you can custom order them. Or you can order blank ones and have your children make their own. (See the pictures below.) Go to Memory Cross to order yours today!

 

Make You Own Memory Crosses

 

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You will find many Bible Verse Memory Games on the Bible Verse Review Games page.

 

Bible Reading

 

Get Your Paws On a Good Book

I used a daily Bible reading theme by using a dog (similar to the one on your "Beware of the Dogs" lesson.) holding a Bible. I called it "Get Your Paws on the Good Book." Each child got a weekly "doggie bag"(a brown paper bag) with 7 dog bones (copied onto tan construction paper) with a daily Bible verse and a question about the reading. Each child brought his/her bag back each week with their signature and parent's initial that each passage was read and the question answered. I asked the parents to participate to encourage family devotions. Carol Weddle