Miracles Sunday School Crafts and Activities

Sunday School Lessons, Crafts,
and Activity Ideas about the Miracles of Jesus

"Jesus Walks on the Water" and "Miraculous Catch of Fish" Envelope Boat Craft

Made from one invitation-sized envelope this little boat takes only minutes to cut and assemble. Children will love acting out Bible stories with the Bible Paper Dolls. (Available to members on The Resource Room) If you aren't a member you can use craft sticks or clothes pins to make the Bible characters

What you will need:

Invitation envelope (4 3/8" x 5 3/4") or a letter-sized envelope
Pipe cleaners or drinking straws
Scissors
Colored pencil or crayons
Clear tape

How to Make the Envelope Boat:

1. To make the boat print out the Envelope Cutting Diagram onto card stock or heavy paper and cut it out. (Printing Problems?)

2. Place the patterns on the envelope and trace them onto the envelope. Cut the sail and the boat from the envelope. (Invitation-sized envelopes work best because tehy allow for a larger sail, but the letter-sized envelopes will also work.)

3. Use a sharp object such as a letter opener to score the fold lines on both sides of the boat shape. If you don't have a sharp object, you can just trace the line using a pen and heavy hand. (This is an important step because it will make it easier to fold the envelope.

4. Fold up the bottom of the boat shape 1/2" where indicated on the pattern. Turn the envelope over and fold it up again on the same line. Do the same thing for the other fold lines, folding them up and back.

5. Have your children color the boat shape before assembling the boat. You may also want them to write the Bible verse or short saying on the sail.

6. To assemble the boat open the boat shape with your thumbs pulling out the sides so that two triangle shapes appear at the corners.	6. Press down on the tips of the envelope to form smaller triangles (pre-folded lines) at the corners.
7. Fold back the corners towards to bottom of the boat.	8. Tape the corners down to the bottom of the boat.

9. To finish tape the sail onto a pipe cleaner or straw and then tape it to the inside of the boat.

10. You can also have your children make a lake scene by cutting wave shapes from paper, make a net from vegatable bags, cut fish shapes from paper or use fish crackers.

10. Make Bible people out of craft sticks or clothes pins and place them in the boat. (A printable patterns for Jesus, Peter, the disciples, and the waves are available to members on The Resource Room.)

*Note - if you don't have envelopes there is a boat pattern available to members that you can just print out onto card stock and cut out.

This craft can also be used for the Fishers of Men lesson and Jesus Calms the Storm.

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Jesus Walks on Water Wave Streamers

Cut light blue, dark blue, and white crepe strips into three feet lengths. In class have the children gather about five strips together and staple them together at one end. Tape the strips to a jumbo-sized craft stick. Show the children how they can move their hands up and down and make the streamers look like waves. Use the streamers later during music time.

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Jesus Calms the Storm Wind and Wave Wind Sock Craft

Wind and Waves Windsock Craft This craft goes along with the lesson “Jesus Calmed the Storm” The windsock says, “Even the wind and the waves obey him.” Mark 4:41

What you will need: Card stock, markers or crayons, fish or butterfly stickers (optional), blue Rick rack, 7/8” blue and purple ribbon, glue, tape, and staples, laminator or clear contact paper (optional).

How to make a Bible Wind Sock Craft:

1. Before class print out the Pattern (Available to Resource Room Members only.) or have your children draw their own designs onto card stock. Cut off the excess paper leaving 1/2” on top and the bottom of the picture. Cut one end off at the line. Leave extra on one end to staple under.

2. Cut up pieces of ribbon and Rick rack into 12” lengths. In class have the children color the picture and add stickers and Rickrack. When they are done with their pictures give them ribbon and Rickrack across the length of the bottom. When they are done with that staple the sides together to make at tube. Staple yarn or ribbon at the top to hang the windsock.

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"Jesus Calms the Storm" Moving Picture of Jesus and His Disciples on the Boat

A craft is used as a visual to tell the story in the Sunday School lesson "Jesus Calms the Storm". It can also be used as a craft. Jesus is shown sleeping on the boat with calm, happy waves. When the storm comes up clouds are folded down and new, angry waves can be folded up to make a new stormy picture. A new standing Jesus picture is presented when Jesus wakes up. He tells the storm to stop and the waves and clouds are folded out of the way to reveal a calm sea.

The patterns for this craft are available on The Resource Room.

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Jesus Calms the Storm Activity

For the lesson, Jesus calms the storm, we took a piece of clay and rolled it into a ball and placed it in a bowl of water and talked about how without Christ in our lives we sink to the bottom. Then we pushed our thumbs in the middle and made a boat like shape and explained that with Christ in our lives we take shape and we float safely. It only takes about a marble sized piece of clay. Jennie

 

"Keep Your Eyes on Jesus" Wheel Craft

This craft will remind your children to keep their eyes on Jesus when they face difficult or scary situations. Turn the wheel and different thoughts appear in the window such as: It's too dark!, It might hurt!, etc. The eyes on the little boy also move with each situation. When the words "Keep your eyes on Jesus!" show through the window, the little boy is looking straight ahead.

This craft goes along with the Sunday School Lesson "Keep Your Eyes on Jesus" on The Resource Room. Patterns available to members only.)

 

 

Play "Keep Your Eyes on Jesus" Water Strider Game

Children spin the water strider wheel to see in which direction the water strider is looking. The child or teacher reads the thought and then the child gives an example of when someone might take their eyes off of Jesus when they are thinking that thought. For example, if the water strider is looking at "It might hurt." The child may say, "A person may say this when he is going to get a shot." The teacher can comment that if this person remembers that Jesus will be with them, they won't be so afraid.

If they "keep their eyes on Jesus", he will help them get through it. If the water strider is looking at the word "Jesus", you can give the child a treat or make up some other reward.

This craft goes along with the Sunday School Lesson "Keep Your Eyes on Jesus" on The Resource Room. Patterns available to members only.)

Shaving Cream Fun

Squirt shaving cream on a table and sprinkle blue glitter to resemble water. Before hand have your children decorate wooden craft spoons as Jesus and Peter. Let the children play in the shaving cream with the spoons acting out the story. Use play boats if desired. Shaving cream seems messy but it will dissolve and not stain clothes.

 

"Keep Your Eyes on the Verse" Bible Verse Review

Print out the Bible verse to make a large poster.

Pick about five students to stand in the back of the room against a wall. Stand at the front of the room with the poster in your hands. Point to one of the words on the poster and see if any of the children can read the word from the back of the room. (If one of the children can see the word, try using a smaller poster.) If no one can read the word, take a step forward. Ask your children again if anyone can read the word. Keep playing until a child can read the word you are pointing to. Have the children say the whole verse and then pick another group of children.

This activity goes along with the Sunday School Lesson "Keep Your Eyes on Jesus" on The Resource Room.Available to members only.)

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Jesus Calms the Storm Bible Lesson on The Resource Room - In this lesson children learn that you don't have to be afraid of anything because Jesus is in control of everything. A visual is used to tell the story. It can also be used as a craft. Jesus is shown sleeping on the boat with calm, happy waves. When the storm comes up clouds are folded down and new, angry waves can be folded up to make a new stormy picture. A new standing Jesus picture is presented when Jesus wakes up. He tells the storm to stop and the waves and clouds are folded out of the way to reveal a calm sea. A pattern for this craft is available to Resource Room members only.

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Crafts and Activities for Jesus Calms the Storm Bible Lesson:

 

Miraculous Catch of Fish Games and Activity Ideas

1. Make a Bible Scene Display

See "Jesus Walks on the Water" and "Miraculous Catch of Fish" Envelope Boat Craft above.

2. Pretend to be Fishermen

Make fishing poles and paper fish. Make a box boat, go to the Crafts From Trash page for directions.

2. Let’s go Fishing Game

You will need: construction paper or heavy paper, paper clips, magnets, string, stick or something you can use as a pole.

How to make:

1. Draw some fish or use clip art onto heavy paper.
2. Put paper clips on the mouths of each fish or glue tiny magnets on to each fish.
3. Tie the string to the end of a stick to make a fishing pole. Tie a magnet to the end of the string or a paper clip depending on which you put on the fish.

To Play: Place the fish on the floor. Catch as many fish as you can until all the fish are gone. The person who catches the most fish wins.

3. Color the "Fish Talk" Color Sheet

Have children color the fish with crayons and then use watered down blue paint to paint over top of the fish and the rest of the picture.

The fish on the right is saying, "Would you like to go to church with me on Sunday? and the fish on the left answers, "Sure, that sounds like fun."

(This Printable Activity Sheet is available to members on The Resource Room.)

 

4. Make a Pail with Memory Verse Night Crawlers

First make pails using typing paper. If you have older children, you can have them make their own pails. If you have younger children, make them ahead of time and have them decorate them.

1. Fold a piece of paper 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" in half, corner to corner to make a triangle.

2. Place the folded piece of paper on a table so that the folded, long edge is at the bottom.

3. Fold over the right, bottom corner so that the point meets the left edge of the triangle.

 

4. Fold over the left, bottom corner so that the point meets the right edge of the triangle.

 

5. Fold down the top layer of the top corner along the top edges of the folded corners. Turn the bucket over and turn the top corner over the same way. Punch holes in the sides of the buckets; insert a pipe cleaner to make the handle. If you have older children, you can have them make their own pails. If you have younger children, make them ahead of time and have them decorate them with stickers or draw faces on them. Write the memory verse on the back of the bucket.

Write the memory verse on the pail. Glue in a pipe cleaner for a handle. Older children can cut out their own worms from pink construction paper. Cut them out yourself if you have younger children and let them make faces on the worms. Write one word of the memory verse on each worm. Children can use their pail of worms to review the Bible verse by putting the worms in order to spell out the verse. You can also use this craft to hold a snack of gummy worms. Children might enjoy making a pail of worms for their friends. They can include a Bible verse with the snack also or write something on the outside. Remind them that fishermen use worms as bait to catch a fish. We are using Gods' words as bait to catch people for Jesus.

(This activity idea comes from the lesson "Go Fish" on The Resource Room where you will find a complete lesson on this theme including, printable Bible verse cards, crafts, and review games.)

5. Make "Fisher of Men" Pictures

What you will need: Card stock, paper, crayons, sticks, yarn, tape, and small bobbers (optional)

What to do:

1. Before class draw pictures of children in a fish shape and cut them out and print out. Print the Bible verse on a sheet of paper. (Printable patterns are available to members on The Resource Room.)

2. In class have your children color the "fish kids", punch a hole at the top, tie a length of yarn to the hole and place a bobber onto the yarn. Give them a stick and help them tie the yarn to the string. Tape the fishing pole stick to the background paper with the Bible verse.

Caution: Do not use pointy sticks with young children. Make sure that they tape their fishing poles onto the paper. If you don't want to use sticks because you are afraid someone might get hurt, draw a fishing pole on the paper and then tape the string to the end of the fishing pole drawing. Make sure you let the children know that the bobbers are not toys. You could also draw a paper bobber instead of using a real one. They should not play with them. They are only for looking at and reminding them of the lesson. Also let their parents know. (I am doing the Fishers of Men lesson and I love the paper with the bobber! But I am not able to use the bobbers so I dipped small Styrofoam balls 1/2 way into red paint and then dipped some toothpicks or you can use skewers into white paint. I cut these so they could be placed in the top of my make believe bobber and then glued it onto your memory verse sheet with the boy or girl. I let the kids dip the bobbers into the paint but if you don't want to do that you can do this ahead of time. This was very inexpensive. Thanks, Nancy)

Other Crafts:

1. Fish Puppet - Make fish puppets from toilet paper rolls found on the the trash to treasure page.

2. Make Fish in Water Paper Plate from the Paper Plate Craft Page. (See picture above)

 

Miracles - Peter Finds a Coin in the Mouth of a Fish

1. Coin in Fish Activity Sheet

What you will need: Watercolor paint, white crayon, white printer paper, paint brushes and containers for water.

How to Make:

1. Before class print out fish pictures onto white printer paper. Place a small coin behind each picture, varying the location, and color on the fish picture, over the coin, with a white crayon. (A pattern for this craft is available to members.)

2. In class have your children find the "coin" by painting over the picture with water color paint. The water color paint will not stick to the white crayon and the coin will appear.

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Coin in Fish Activity Sheet

What you will need: Watercolor paint or crayons, printer paper, scissors, and glue or tape.

How to Make:

1. Before class print out fish pictures and pictures of coins. (A pattern for this craft is available to members.)

2. In class have your children color or paint the picture of the fish then cut along the top of the mouth and insert the coin and glue it in place.

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Fish Puppet With Coin in its Mouth

What you will need:

Two, 9-oz. paper cups per fish, scissors, brass brads, googly eyes, dot color coding labels (found at office supply store). You can also use the filler paper reinforcements, colored paper, low temperature glue gun and glue sticks, hole punch

How to Make the Paper Cup Fish Puppets:

1. Cut the white rim off of one of the cups. This one will be used for the tail fins. Then punch two holes using a sharp object as close to the bottom of the cup as possible on opposite sides.

2. Punch two holes in the other cup as close to the top as possible on opposite sides.

3. Insert the tail cup into the fish-body cup matching up the holes.

4. Insert a brass brad into one of the holes on the fish-body cup and through the hole in the matching tail cup. Put your hand inside the tail cup and flatten out the brad. Do the same thing on the other side of the fish. If you do not have brads you can just glue the tail to the inside of the body with a low temp. glue gun.

5. Press the tail cup flat at the edge and cut it in the shape of a fin. Glue it closed with a low temp. glue gun.

6. Cut the side fins from matching paper or card stock, fold down the end, and glue it to the fish.

7. Have your children decorate the fish with dot stickers, draw a mouth and glue a paper coin to the mouth. (Pattern available to members only.)

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You can also use this fish puppet to act out the story of Peter finding the coin in the fishes mouth. Use the coin pattern from the paper cup fish above. This pattern is found on the Jonah and the Whale Bible Crafts Page. Children can open and close the mouth of this fish and insert and remove the coin. The tail moves up and down to make the fish look like it is swiming. ©2012, Digital by Design - See Copyright Information

 

Fishing Game Bible Verse Review Game

Preparation - Before class print out the fish patterns onto card stock and cut them out. (Available to members)

Tape a paper coin on the back of one of the fish. Place a metal paper clips on the mouths of each fish and spread them out on the floor. Make a fishing pole by tying a magnet on the end of a string and attaching it to a short pole.

In class remind your children that Jesus paid the temple tax because he didn't want to offend anyone or make them think that he was doing something wrong.

Write the Bible verse on the board and explain it to your children. Remind them that Jesus told Peter to go down to the lake and put his fishing pole in the water. The first fish he caught would have a coin in its mouth. Tell your children that one of the fishes on the floor has a coin in its mouth and they are going to try and be the one who catches the fish with the coin.

Have your children take turns catching fish. When a child picks up a fish have him look on the back of the fish to see if he caught the fish with the coin. If he didn't, ask him if he knows what the word is on the fish. Have him find the same word on the board and tape his fish under the same word on the board. Keep playing until all the fish have been caught.

If you have older children, go over the verse several times without writing it on the board and see if they can put the fish in order to spell out the verse.

5. Bible Verse Relay - (Older Children) Make two set of fish cards and divide your children up into two teams. Place all the fish on the table upside down. On the word "go" see which team can turn over all the fish cards and place them in order first.

Miracles - Jesus Turns Water into Wine

Water to Wine

First we provided large gifts for the kids to open just like at a wedding. Inside they found rolls of toilet paper which they used to dress up like brides! We served wedding cake for our snack. Then we "magically" turned water into wine by having cups with pre-measured grape Kool-Aid powder in them (make sure to use pre sweetened). We took a large clear pitcher of water and when we poured it into the cups it changed to wine! We explained to the children that Jesus really did perform this miracle and we were only pretending, etc. It was a big hit! Lisa

 

Make "Water to Wine Pots"

For this craft, you need six toilet paper rolls per child (You can just roll up some construction paper into tube if you don't have TP rolls.). Wrap the rolls with different colored construction paper. Staple them together in two rows of three. Then staple the two rows together. Give children six pieces of blue tissue paper each (water) and have them stuff one piece into each tube. Give them each a sign that says "water" and help them to glue it to the side of the pots. Turn the pots up side down. Give each child six pieces of purple tissue paper (wine) and have them stuff one piece into each tube. Give each child a sign that says "wine" and help them to glue it to the other side of the pots. Now, the children have something to take home that will remind them of Jesus' First Miracle: Water to Wine. (This craft idea was sent in by Theresa Bostick.)

 

Veils

Make veils for the girls to wear on their heads using white 1/4" elastic and white netting and bow-ties for the boys to wear around their necks using black 1/4" elastic, Velcro and black felt. She also took a group-wedding picture. Thanks, Theresa for all the great ideas.

4. Water Water Wine Game - This is a game that I remember playing when I was in children's church over 20 years ago. Instead of saying duck, duck, goose, have the children say water, water, wine. This is an easy way to reinforce Jesus' first miracle of him turning the water into wine. I use it with my 1 and 2 year olds now and they love it.

5. Have your children glue wedding confetti to a picture of a bride. Sent in by Jeannette

 

Lessons about Jesus turning Water into Wine on The Resource Room

Jesus Cares About You (Jesus Turns Water into Wine) - Sunday school lesson - (This lesson is available to members only.) In this lesson children learn about how Jesus fixed a problem at a wedding by performing a miracle. They learn that Jesus cares about our problems and wants to help us deal with them.

1. Send out invitations before class inviting the children to a wedding feast (Pattern available on The Resource Room)

2. Decorate your room with wedding shower decorations or have the children who arrive early help.

3. Decorate wedding cakes.

4. Make wedding bells for decorations. (Pattern available on The Resource Room)

5. Play a Bible verse memory game.

Play a Bible Verse Memory Game Go over the Bible verse several times so that the children can say it without help. Have the children all stand in a large circle. Give a child a beanbag or other object. Play like hot potato. When you start the music the children start passing the beanbag, but they must first say the verse before they pass it. For young children use just the last part of the verse ("He cares about what happens to you."). When the music stops the child who is holding the bean bag must sit down. You can also have more than one bean bag going around the circle at the same time.

You can also play by having the children pass the beanbag until the music stops. The child who is holding the beanbag must say the Bible verse.

Have a Wedding Dress Contest - Break the children up into teams of 3 or 4. Give each team a roll of TP and have them dress up one of their team members as a bride. Have the children vote on which bride looks the best.

You will find more ideas for this lesson on The Resource Room.

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Miracles - Jesus Heals a Paralytic

Scripture reference: Luke 5:17-26
Concepts: Jesus heals.

See Bible Themes - Bear One Another's Burdens

Jesus Heals the Lame Man Craft Stick Bible Craft for Sunday School

This craft can be used for the Sunday School lesson "Jesus Heals the Lame Man" from John 5:1-15 or Jesus Heals the Paralytic from Mark 2:1-12. A craft stick is inserted into the paper pattern. Children draw a sad face on one side of a craft stick and a happy face on the other. They can use the craft stick puppets to act out the story. When Jesus tells the lame man to pick up his mat and walk the children can take the craft stick out and turn it around so that the smiling face side shows. They can also fold up the mat and place it in the puppet's hand as pictured.

The pattern for this craft is available to members only.

 

Talk About First Aid Supplies

Bring in a variety of supplies from a typical first aid box, Band-Aids, gauze, aspirin, etc. Let the children discuss them; what they are used for, etc. Then talk about how Jesus can help you feel better when you are sick or hurt. Discuss how Jesus wants us to be well, not sick, just like our parents. Use this to start discussing the healing miracles Jesus did.

 

Blind Man

Blindfold them and lead around the room. Have them try to touch their toes, scratch their nose, tie their shoes, etc. with the blindfold on. Then take them off and do same activities.

 

Jesus Healing the Sick

Have the children lay down like they are sick in bed. One teacher comes in, kneels beside each child and recites the words Jesus healed Jairus' daughter. They can do this for each other, and help each other up off the floor.

 

Bandage Relay

For primary ages, do a "bandage relay". Two teams, have them try to wrap or unwrap each other from gauze wrap, ace bandages, etc. Or give them each a stack of Band-Aids and have them unwrap and stick them on each other in a certain amount of time.

 

Play a Memory Game

For primary ages, take a tray of first aid supplies and let them look at it for one minute. Remove several objects and have them try to tell what is missing.

 

Paper Maché Casts

Primary children can make a paper mache "casts" of their arm. Write with a permanent marker on it "Jesus Heals The Sick".

Thank you, Bethany, for all the great ideas.

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Miracles - Jesus Feeds the 5,000

Basket of Fish

Cut a paper lunch sack into a shorter height (about 5 inches tall), cut construction paper handle, tape or staple handle to the bag after the kids decorate them with crayons, stickers, etc. Have several fish bread loaf shape cutouts for them to color and then place in the basket. Make the cutouts large enough to stick up past the top of the basket. You could also use a strawberry basket with pipe cleaner for a handle.

Use Ellison die cuts to cut fish shapes out of construction paper (Or you can just draw them.) Write, "Jesus will provide" on one and on another of a different color write, "John 6:1-14. Glue them together and leave an opening. Stuff the fish with batting (cotton balls would work) and then let them dry. During Bible class have your children glue eyes to each side of the fish and decorate the fish. Sent in by Rebecca

The Big Picnic Sunday School Lesson on The Resource Room

"The Big Picnic Bible" Lesson - The crafts and activities from this lesson are available on The Resource Room

In this lesson the teacher takes her students on a picnic.

When they arrive they find that Arnie Ant has eaten their lunch. This reminds the teacher of the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000.

After the story the teacher discovers that the food wasn't eaten after all. It was just hidden under a cloth in the basket so the children enjoy a picnic with Arnie Ant

 

Crafts

1. Make an Ant that holds the Bible Verse Card

Children can make "Arnie Ant" holding a sign that says, "Jesus uses little things to do big things."

The paper ant is made from black poster board and black Chenille stems.

 

2. Make a Boy Holding Fish Paper Doll

A pattern for this craft is available to members.

1. In class have your children color the paper doll and glue material on for his head covering.

2. When they are finished coloring show them how to place the paper doll on the stand so it can stand on its own.

 

3. Make a Basket to Hold Fish and Loafs

Children make their own baskest of fish and loaves to go along with the Sunday school lesson.

Children color the baskets and then glue them together.

Have them place napkins in their baskets and then give them giant gold fish crackers and five soda crackers to represent the fish and loaves.

You can also have your children place their Bible verse cards in their baskets.

This craft is available to members only on The Resource Room.

Miracles - Jesus Heals the Ten Lepers

"Don't Forget to Say Thank You" - This Lesson Comes From the Resource Room. A Free Sample Lesson is Also Available

In this lesson Children learn that it is important to tell Jesus how thankful they are. He likes be thanked just like we do when we do.

Younger children make leper paper dolls to act out the story as a poem is being read.

Older children make paper doll puppets to use in a show about the lesson.

All ages will enjoy playing a "Musical Chairs" game in which they have to say something they are thankful for when they sit on a certain chair. Click on the link to get your free sample lesson.

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