Bible Crafts and Activities for Kids

Jonah and the Whale Bible Lesson, Crafts and Activities for Kids

 

 

How to Make the Craft Fish Jonah and the Whale Picture:

1. Before class make a sample craft.

2. In class show your children how to make a fish out of craft sticks by making a "V" shape for the front of the fish and an "X" shape for the tail of the fish.

3. Have your children color the craft sticks and people-shaped wooden shapes and then glue them to a sheet of paper.

4. They can draw in an underwater scene and then write the Bible verse or other words on the paper to finish.

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2 oz. Bottle of Paint or Something Similar that is About 1 1/4" Wide

Masking Tape or Glue Gun

Googly Eyes

 

How to Make the Paper Bag Fish:

1. Stuff three to four plastic grocery bags into the bottom of the paper lunch bag. Gather up the bag just above the plastic bags. Pull up on the sides of the bag to make them straight.

2. Open the bag just enough to place the paint bottle into the center of the bag so that it is standing up. Gather up the bag again around the bottle and secure it with a Chenille stem.

3. Carefully bend down the top of the bag over the bottom of the bag bringing it down over the bottom of the bag as far as possible. Gather up the bag again around the bottom of the bag to form a point at the opposite side of the mouth and secure it with masking tape or a glue gun.

4. Remove the paint bottle.

5. Cut fins and tail fins from craft foam and glue them to the fish.

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6. Paint the fish with acrylic paint or other paint and let it dry.

7. When the paint is dry carefully remove the plastic bags from the fishes mouth.

8. To finish glue on googly eyes.

9. Color people-shaped wooden pieces to use as Jonah.

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If you can't find the man-shaped wooden pieces, you can tie a washer to the end and then draw a picture of Jonah, cut it out, and glue it to the washer.

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I just wanted to let you know how much of a blessing you are to me. I am the Nursery Coordinator at my church and I have children up to the age of five. These lessons have really made an impact on my kids. When they graduate up to the next level they leave with a good understanding of Gods' love for them. They come to understand even the little and simple things in life can glorify God. They enjoy the creativity of the different crafts and the stories that relate to the crafts. The crafts have the children talking about the lesson to their parents and of course the parents love the crafts. Thank you. Lorraine Armenta

 

 

 

 

What to do:

1. Before class tape two pieces of card stock together and draw a large whale shape covering the entire sheet. (See diagram to the left.) Also draw a picture of Jonah that will fit inside the shape of the whale and make copies or use clip art.

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2. In class have your children color the pictures of Jonah.

3. Tape the whale picture on a wall so that your children can reach it easily.

4. Blindfold the children and have them take turns trying to tape Jonah inside the whale. Once each child has taped up his or her Jonah, take off the blindfold and show that child where his or her Jonah picture ended up on the whale.

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Before class decorate a large coffee can. Wrap a wavy blue bulletin board border around the bottom of the can for the water. Glue a whale picture to to the top part of the can.

Before you start, give each child a piece of paper (old newspaper or scrap paper). Tell them to pretend that they are sailors on a boat and the waves are crashing up against it. They are afraid the boat is going to sink and start throwing things overboard to make the boat lighter. They ask Jonah to pray to his God to save them. Jonah tells them he is the reason for the storm and tells them to throw him overboard.

Tell the children to roll up their papers into balls and pretend they are Jonah and throw him overboard. They should aim for the decorated coffee can and try to get Jonah into the can.

(This activity and other ideas were sent in by Marisa Anthony). The children in my Toddler class (age 2-4) liked this - very easy to do.

 

 

Jonah and the Whale Sample Bible Lesson

 

 

Thank you so much for your wonderful ideas! I use this site every week for fresh perspectives in teaching my toddlers' Sunday school class. The crafts here are great, and the lessons help to put the Bible stories on a level that is simple for the smallest children to understand. Sarah Albert

I just wanted to tell you how much I LOVE your website. I have used it many times for craft ideas for my church's Thursday night Kids Club. In fact, tonight the kids will be doing Father's Day crafts, and I used two from your site: the peanut jar and the "Dad Rocks" paperweight. You have so many wonderful ideas on your site. You make my job a lot easier. Thanks for the great work, and have a blessed day. Donna