Bible Crafts and Activities For Kids
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Washing Feet - Wise and Foolish Builder - Witnessing - Women at the Well - Don't Worry
Washing Feet
Jesus Washes the Disciples Feet
Scripture Reference: John 13:1-20
Make home-made soap using pure soap flakes (Lux pure soap flakes - detergent flakes won't work) as away to remind the children about the lesson. Make soap using 4 parts pure soap flakes to one part warm water. Just mix with hands and mould into bar of soap - leave on piece of foil to dry for approx. 48 hrs before use. You can add one drip of food coloring if want to color or a couple of drops of perfume. You can also mould it around a rope to make "soap on a rope".
Glue blue circle to the center of a sturdy paper plate. Glue on a two foot shapes, a small bar of soap on the blue circle, and pieces of terry cloth to represent a wash cloth. I wrote the Bible verse, " Serve only God" and "Jesus washed his disciples feet" around the edge of the paper plate. Sent in by Denise King
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The
Widow's Offering Sunday School Lesson Ideas
Scripture
Reference: Mark 12:41-44 or Luke 21:1-4
Concepts:
Crafts:
We used an empty plastic container like a small baby wipes container
or a plain butter dish and let the kids decorate with stickers. We
cut a slit in the top for a bank and put two pennies in each child's
bank. We asked that they save more money in their banks to give to
the church. A clear container would be good so the children can see
the money.
Thanks, mm, for your suggestions.
This Sunday we
will be doing the story of the widow's offering with our combined
preschool and kindergarten class. (About 14 children, ages 2-5). For
the Bible activity, we are planning to hide coins around our Sunday
school room (one of the teachers will take the children to another
area or to visit another class while we are doing this). The children
each have to find two coins (we are using nickels) and then go and
deposit them in our "change for others" box. They can then
go back and look for two more coins, or help another child to find
a coin. Our Sunday School is in the middle of collecting money for
a mission outreach so this will tie in quite nicely. Our teachers
are each bringing in coins for this activity, and ultimately for the
mission outreach. We are also purchasing chocolate coins and the children
will each be given two to take home at the end of the morning. Elizabeth
Bartlett
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Witnessing
Sunday School Lesson Ideas
Scripture Reference: Acts 17:1-34 and other journeys
Paul's
Missionary Journeys - This
is a great way to teach children about Paul's Missionary Journeys.
They will experience some of the same things that Paul and other missionaries
experienced. When they land on certain spaces like Bit by a
snake or Lose a turn, you can compare what happens to them while
playing the game to what Paul actually experienced.
Concepts: Paul traveled to many towns to tell people the Good
News. He faced many obstacles but God was with him wherever he went.
We can share God's message too. God's message is for all people
everywhere.
What
you will need: Large piece of foam core board or card board, markers,
paper, etc.
How to make:
1. To
see a simple Diagram of the game board click here. Draw four different cities in different
locations on the board. You may want to look at a map to be more
accurate with older children. I used: Berea, Athens and Thessalonica,
and Home. I didn't worry about accuracy. I was happy
if they just learned the names of the cities. Label each city
in bold letters. Draw a circle around all the cities except
home. Draw small circles on the lines of the large circle to make
spaces for the kids to land on. One space in each city should be
reserved for the temple. Draw a temple next to that space and connect
it to the space with a line.
2. Connect
the cities by drawing a line from each city circle to the middle
of the board. Draw the middle space big and write on the space Wait
for God to tell you which direction to go. Lose a Turn..
3. Between
the Home Space and the Middle Space (Wait for God) pick five different
spaces to write these words: Forgot your Bible, go back home, Lost
in the Desert, Lose a turn, Forgot to pray, Go back home,
Your camel died, Go back home, Bit by a snake and Lose a turn.
4. Draw
an x on about 4 or 5 spaces surrounding the city.
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Object
of the Game: The object of the game is for each missionary team
to visit all three cities, land on the temple space, and witness to
the people. In order to witness the missionary team must answer
a question correctly. If they don't answer a question correctly
they can keep circling the city until they land on the temple space
again or they get thrown out of the city by landing on a space marked
by an x. When a team lands on an x space they pick up a card and do
what the card says. The x cards have different situations on
them that Paul or another missionary experienced such as being thrown
out of a city or mobbed, although not all of the x cards are bad.
How
to play:
1. Divide
the children up into teams. Explain that Paul and the other missionaries
usually traveled with a companion.
2. The
children take turns throwing a die and following the directions written
on the space they land on, if there are any.
3. In
order to win the game a team must land on all three temples in the
three cities and witness to the people of that city. To witness
they must answer a witness card correctly. You can provide a list
of the three cities on an index card to each team. When a
team answers a question correctly, they can mark an x in front of
the city they witnessed in.
Witness
Cards and X Cards: Type out each question on a separate card.
When a child lands on a temple space, ask him one of the questions.
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and Experiences.
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Isaiah 52:7 Beautiful Feet Pompom Craft
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What you will need:
Two-inch Pom poms (Bright Plush Pom Poms from Hobby Lobby) or Make Your Own Pom Poms ,
Colorful Cardstock (Heavy Paper), Scissors, Eyes, Tacky glue
How to Make the Pom Pom Craft:
1. Draw feet and hands on a sheet of colorful card stock or use the printable pattern available to members.
2. Glue the feet and hands to a two-inch pom pom. We used the plush pom poms from Hobby Lobby because they look scruffy. You can also make your own pom poms using yarn and a pom pom maker or make your own pom pom maker.
3. To make the pom pom maker cut two three-inch circles out of poster board or other cardboard. Cut two inch circles out of the centers of these two circles to form a donut shape.
 4. Hold the two circles together and wrap yarn around the donut shape through the hole in the center starting at one point and filling in with yarn until the cardboard is covered. Keep wrapping the yarn until you come back to the same point you started. To make things go quicker, cut a long length of the yarn and roll it up into a small ball. Then start wrapping, pushing the ball through the hole instead of pulling the whole length of yard through the whole each time. Don't worry about end pieces that stick out, you can cut them off later. To keep the yarn in place when you start a new color just wrap the new piece around the end of the old piece. Don't tie knots. Instead of using really long pieces of yarn, you can also use this method with shorter pieces.
5. Keep wrapping the yarn until you ca't get any more yarn to fit through the hole.
6. To finish cut the yarn loops all the way around the edge of the circle using sharp scissors. When you have cut all the loops you will see the edge of the card board circles. Use another piece of yarn to tie the pompom. Separate the two circles just enough to get the piece of yarn in between the two circles. Place the yarn all the way around the inside of the circle and pull tight and tie a knot. Pull off the cardboard circles or cut them away. Trim any pieces of yarn that are sticking out too far. Trim the ball to be a little pointy at one end. This is the bees tail where his stinger is located.
7. To finish glue on eyes and a picture of the Bible.
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Isaiah 52:7 Mobile Craft for Kids
 A craft and a memorization tool all in one.
What
you will need: Paper (card stock),
computer printer, crayons or markers, scissors, and string.
How to make: Print out the patterns, Pattern
1 or (Pattern 1 in Spanish and Pattern
2.
(Printing Problems?)Cut them out, color, and tie them together to make a mobile. They
are in a specific order to go with Isaiah 52:7
Each
picture is related to a line in the memory verse:
1. Top Picture - How beautiful on the mountain . . .
2. Feet - are the feet of those who . . .
3. Bible - bring good news.
4. Dove - who proclaim peace.
5. Angle - who bring good tidings.
6. Cross - who proclaim salvation . . .
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The Wise and Foolish Builder
The
following lesson is available on The
Resource Room a
subscription site.
1. "What Should You Build Your Foundation On?" Worksheet
 Children color all the shapes that have an "o" on them to find out the answer to the question.
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2. Wise and Foolish Builder Demonstration
 Using the shiny
side of the poster board draw a picture of a house on a rock using permanent
ink markers. Draw the other house in the sand using
washable ink markers. When you come to the part of the story where it rains use a spray bottle of water and spray the poster board. The house
drawn with washable markers will wash away.
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3. Bible Verse Review Concentration Game
 Find ten medium size stones for
every four to five children in your class. On each rock write one
word of the memory verse. "The Lord is my rock . . . in him I will
trust."
The object of the game is to pick up all the rocks in the correct
order. Each child takes a turn picking up as many rocks as he can
and turning them over. If he picks up a rock out of order, he turns
all the rocks over and the next child takes a turn. The first
child to pick up all the rocks in order wins.
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4. Play "Pass the Rock" Game
 Have the children
sit in a circle around a table or on the floor. Give a small rock
to one of the students and pick one child to be the guesser. Tell your children to try and pass the rock around the circle without letting the guesser see it. The object of the game is to fool
the person guessing. The children can fake passing or pretend to
pass it in two different directions. After a short period
of time call "stop" and let the guesser try to guess whom he thinks
has the rock. You may want to give him more than one chance. If the guesser guesses correctly, he can pick out a piece of candy or he
can take another turn (depending on how you want to play). If he
doesn't guess, the next person in the circle takes a turn. Continue
like this until everyone has a turn.
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Sunday
School Lessons on Witnessing
on The Resource Room
The
following lessons are available on The
Resource Room a
subscription site.
The Great Commission
 In this lesson your children will
learn about The Great Commission -- Jesus, the greatest man
that ever lived, gave his disciples the most important assignment
they ever had. For a craft to reinforce this lesson children
make a travel cases in which they can put paper, pencils, a
small Bible, Christian tracks, etc. to help them witness to
others.
Writing
the Bible Sunday School Lesson Ideas
Crafts
and Activities:
1. Pretend to be Scribes - Scribes
used pens made by sharpening reeds with their knives. The made
ink by mixing soot with other substances to form a dried cake of ink.
When the scribe was ready to write, he would moisten his pen by dipping
it in water and then dipping it on the cake of ink to mix the ink
and then write. Your children can pretend to be scribes by using
sticks that have been sharpened at one end (Use sandpaper. Just rub
the end across the sand paper until it is sharp) and water colors.
Have them dip the stick in a glass of water and then in the water
color to make it moist. (It's basically painting with a stick).
Use a long piece of paper that they can write their memory verse on.
Talk about Bible scrolls and how they were made. When their
verse is dry, roll up the ends to make a scroll. You can tape craft
sticks or straws at the ends to make it easy to roll up. For more
information about how papyrus was made go to The Egyptian Bazaar web site.
 2. Practice Writing the Hebrew Alphabet - Since the old testament was written in Hebrew, you can have your
children practice writing the characters. Print out the pattern provided and make enough copies for each child. They can practice
writing the character using the method above or just using markers.
Remember, Hebrew is written from right to left so the first letter
Alef is on the first column on the right. For move information on
the Hebrew language go to the Judaism
101 site.
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The
Woman at the Well or Living Water Sunday School Lesson Ideas
Scripture
Reference: John 4:3-30, 39-41
Concepts: God loves you. God loves everyone.
 Activities
for The Woman at the Well:
Act
out the story: You will need a large box painted to
look like a well, large bowl of water, a ladle, a cup, and dress up
clothes. Have the children dress up in Costumes
as Mary. (Younger children will want to dress up like Mary because
she gets to play in the water.) Have a teacher dress up like
Jesus. To act out: Jesus comes up to the woman sitting at the
well and asks for a drink of water. The woman gives him a drink.
Jesus tells the woman that God loves her. Have each child take
a turn being Mary. If you teach older children go into more
detail about the living water.
We
crafted a small well from Styrofoam blocks, spray painted it gray,
and placed a bucket of water inside with a ladle. As we told the story
about Jesus and the woman at the well, we let the kids eat pretzels
but did not offer a drink. At the end of the story we asked them if
they were getting thirsty. Just like in the story, when Jesus
helped the woman, we all brought our cups to the "well"
and filled them with water. The kids thought it was fun too! Lisa
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Woman
at the Well Crafts and Lesson on The
Resource Room
The
following lessons are available on The
Resource Room a
subscription site.
Woman at the Well Pencil Holder
 This pencil holder has the
verse, He who believes in Me shall never thirst. Around to rim.
This craft goes with the lesson, The Woman at the Well which
also comes with games and activities. The directions and pattern
for this craft can be found on The
Resource Room.
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Make a Paper Cup
 Water
Drop Bible verse cards and a paper
cup (that really works!) to hold the water drops.
Children
can take the drops home to practice their memory verse or use
them to play a game in class.
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Don't
Worry - God Takes Care of Us Sunday School Lesson Ideas
Scripture
Reference: Matthew 6:25-34
Concepts: Don't worry about the food you will eat or
drink, or clothes you wear. Consider the birds and the flowers. God
takes care of them and will take care of you.
Make a Flower Collage
  Before class cut out flowers
from flower patterned material. Cut out green stems and leaf shapes.
Have the children glue the material onto a piece of construction paper.
Instruct the children to make pictures out of fabric scraps of flowers
or birds to remind them how much God cares for us. Make a card for
each picture that has a memory verse on it or a thought like God Takes
Care of Us. Have the children glue the verse cards onto their pictures
when they are finished. Use glue sticks to glue on the fabric.
White glue tends to soak through the material and makes a mess.
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Make a Flower Puppet
 Cut
out flower shapes from construction paper. Glue on a circle
in the center.
Write
around the circle God cares for Us and on the bottom of the circle,
Matthew 6:25-34. Glue leaves on to each end of a green pipe
cleaner. Use two leaves at both ends to cover the pipe cleaner.
Have the children draw a face on the flower and color the paint
stir stick. You can probably get
the paint sticks free anywhere they sale paint. Wal-mart gave
me 30 of them for free. Have the children draw a face on their flower.
Wrap the pipe cleaner around the paint stick to form hands. You can
use your puppet to talk to the children about how much God loves us.
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Make a Bird Puppet
 What
you will need: Paint stir sticks (You can usually get these free
from paint stores) or large craft sticks, construction paper, low
temp glue or paper glue, crayons or markers.
How to make:
1. Before
class copy the Bird
Pattern.
(Printing Problems?) Cut out the bird and use it as a pattern to trace onto different
colors of construction paper. Cut two birds per child.
If you are using paint sticks enlarge the patterns to double their
size. If you are using the large craft sticks, use the patterns
as they are.
2. Glue
the birds back to back onto the craft sticks or paint stir sticks
with hot melt glue or rubber cement. Do not glue the wings together.
Fold the wings down to the side of the bird so that it looks like
it is flying.
3. Write
on the craft stick or paint stir stick: God cares for Us, Matthew
6:25-34.
4. In
class have the children draw a face on and color the bird.
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Jesus
Anointed with Perfume at Bethany Sunday School Lesson Ideas
Scripture
Reference: Mark 14:1-9
Smelling Center
Make
a smelling center using old film canisters. Fill canisters with
spices, cut up fruits or vegetables, or anything that has a strong
smell. Put perfume in one. Have the children take turns guessing
what each canister smells like.
Perfume Bottle
 Draw
a perfume bottle (or use Pattern)
on heavy paper or poster board and cut it out. Have the children
paint it with water colors. Or have them glue on different color
tissue paper torn into pieces. Thanks, Gloria, for your ideas.
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Zacchaeus in a Sycamore Tree Sunday School Lesson Idea
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