Bible
Crafts and Activities for Kids
Jonah
and the Whale Crafts for Kids
Scripture
Reference: Jonah 1 - 4
Concepts - God knows where we are at all times. You can't
hide from God.
1. Play a bean bag toss game - Make bean bags that look like Jonah
and toss them into the mouth a whale. Use the pattern and directions
provided to make Jonah
bean bag dolls.
Make a whale out of a plastic milk jug. Let the children take turns throwing their
dolls into the whale. Or make a whale for each child and let
them try to catch the Jonah bean bag in the mouth of their whale.
"Hide
and Seek" Bible Lesson for older children - In this lesson children learn about Jonah and how he tried to hide
from God. They learn that they can't hide anything from God. When
they do something wrong, instead of trying to forget about it, or
hiding from it, God wants them to tell him about it, and to ask him
for forgiveness. This lesson is available on The
Resource Room a
subscription site.
Free Sample Lesson from The Resource Room
"Hide and Seek" Bible
Lesson for younger children - In this lesson younger children
think about all the different emotions Jonah went through throughout
the story. The teacher uses simple hand puppets with different emotions
to tell the story. This lesson is available as a free sample lesson. Just click the link above to view the free lesson.
Activities
for the lessons:
Play "Find Jonah" Card Game by turning over Jonah cards
and seeing if Jonah is hiding behind the card. If he isn't, they
act out part of the story defined on the card. Card pattern available
on The Resource Room.
Sing
a song and act it out - Younger children will enjoy singing
a song about Jonah while they act out the story. Prepare a large
appliance box to look like a whale. Have a child enter the box while
the other students sing the song. At the end of the song when it
says Jonah was spit out, the child in the box should come out of
the box pretending to be spit out. Keep singing the song until all
the children have had a chance to act it out. This song is available
on The Resource Room.
Crafts
Face
Puppets - Older children make face puppets on which different
emotions are depicted. They use the puppets during the lessons by
raising their puppet to indicate when they think Jonah may have
experienced the emotion their puppet depicts.
Emotions
Booklet
Younger children make a booklet with pictures of the different emotions
Jonah may have experienced. They practice making the same faces
during the lesson.
Envelope
Fish and Jonah Paper Doll - Small children will love playing
with they envelope fish puppet. The put their hand inside and make
his mouth open and close.
Color
Sheet - Jonah and the Whale Color Sheet and Bible verse
card.
Jonah
and the Whale with Jonah Paper doll- Children can use this
craft to tell the story of Jonah.
"What did the Big Fish Eat?" game - This big fish has
swallowed many things including Jonah. Your children answer questions
and then reach into the fishes mouth and pull out a piece of paper
with a picture of something the fish has swallowed. They will be amazed
and entertained by all the different things he has eaten. The child
who pulls out the picture of Jonah wins.
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