"Dress It and Keep It" Sunday School Lesson for Children

 

Genesis Bible Lesson for Earth Day

 

The following crafts and activities come from the Bible lesson, "Dress It and Keep It" on The Resource Room.

In this lesson children will learn that God created the world for their enjoyment, and it is their responsibility to take care of it. They learn many ways in which they can help take care of God's wonderful creation.

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What you will need:

White Card Stock or Matte Sticker Paper

Safety Pins

Tape

Colored Pencils or Markers

Scissors

 

What to do:

Print the images on sticker paper to make stickers or use card stock and tape a safety pin on the back to make badges. Patterns are available to members on The Resource Room.

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You can have your children color the images with colored pencils, pens, or markers or use the colored images.

 

 

 

Children make posters to remind them that God created the earth and we should "Dress it and Keep it".

 

 

Children use crayons or makers to color the picture by numbers. The Bible verse is at the bottom of the picture. Printable patterns are available to members on The Resource Room.

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Children review the Bible verse by searching for the words in the garden picture. Available in both KJV and NIV.

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What you will need:

Clean, recycled materials such as paper, cans, bottles, boxes, etc.

Paint sticks with tape at the ends, grabber toys, short lengths of rope, rulers, craft sticks, kitchen tongs, or anything that might help a student pick up an object without touching it with his fingers. Do not worry about having enough paint sticks or grabber toys for every team member. Just have enough objects for your team members.

Two large baskets to place the recycled items in.

Object of the Game:

To be the team to collect the most recycled objects by working together to place the recycled objects in a basket without using their fingers. Children may only use the object provided.

What to do:

1. Before class, place pieces of tape on the paint sticks or craft sticks so that the sticky side is on the outside.

2. In class, break your students up into two teams. Give each team the same amount of objects that will help them pick up the recycled objects. Tell them that they should pick as many recycled objects as they can and place them in the basket for their team. They may not use their fingers. They can use the objects provided and also work together to pick up an object. For example, two team members may use the back of their hands by bringing them together on the object to pick up the object and place it in the basket.

 

What you will need:

Clean Recycled Materials such as Paper, Cans, Bottles, etc.

Permanent Markers

 

What to do:

1. Before class, collect recycled material. You will need one recycled object per word of the Bible verse. You can make two sets or just reuse the same set for different teams.

2. Find the words from the Bible verse on your recycled material and underline or cycle the words. Use one recycled object for each word. If you can’t find a word, write it somewhere on one of the objects. You can put it in an easy-to-find place using a bright marker for younger children, or make it more obscure for older children.

 

To Play:

1. Place all the objects that contain all the words from the verse on a table. If you are using more than one set, separate the objects on different ends of the table.

2. Break your children up into teams of three of four students.

3. On the word “go” teams should try to place the objects in order of the words in the verse. The team that places all the objects in order first wins.

4. Talk about recycling. Ask your children if they recycle and what they recycle.

 

1. Break your children up into four groups. Assign each group a different subject - Reuse, Recycle, Reduce, and Replace.

2. Have each group come up with ideas on how they can help the environment by reusing, recycling, reducing or replacing.

3. Have each group share with the class what they came up with. They may also want to make posters that show what they have discussed.