Church Crafts and Activities

Church Activity Sheet

What you will need: Printer paper, crayons, markers, or colored pencils, clear contact paper, and different colors of tissue paper.

What to do:

1. Before class print out the church pattern and make copies (Available to members only). Cut up tissue paper into tiny pieces, less than one inch. Cut contact paper into pieces that are just a little bigger than the windows of the church.

2. In class have your children color the church picture and then cut out the windows.

3. Give each child three pieces of contact paper. Peel the back off of one of the pieces and show your children how to stick the tissue paper to the sticky side of the contact paper. Tell them to try not to stick the tissue to the side of the paper so that they can stick the contact paper with the tissue on the back of their pictures to cover the windows.

Build a Church Stickers from Oriental Trading Company - (12 sheets for $2.95) Type in 36/451 or "church stickers" in the search box on the left to find them.

 
Stained Glass Window Church Craft - Even very young children will  enjoy  this project. Two and three year old children will enjoy making  the stained glass window paper and coloring the church. You can  complete the rest of the project for them.

What you will need: Paper, paint,  glue, crayons, etc.

What to do:

1. To make the church print out the church pattern and steeple pattern on heavy paper.

2. Cut on the dark lines only.

3. If you want to make the stained glass windows cut out the windows.

4. Make the stained glass paper (directions follow) or color  the windows.

5. Paint or color the church and steeple if desired.

6. Fold on the lighter lines to form a church and steeple. Glue  together.

7. To make the Stained Glass put blobs of different colors of paint on a sheet of paper.

8. Fold the paper in half and rub. Open and let dry.

9. After paper is dry cut paper to fit into window.

10. Glue stained glass to inside of the church so that the painted  side can be seen through the windows. (top)

Church Action Rhyme - This is a very old poem, but you never forget it.

Here is the church ( Children intertwine their finger so that the fingers are inside their hands.)

Here is the steeple ( Children put their two pinkie finger up to form the steeple.)

Open the doors and see all the people (Children turn their hands inside out.)

Here is a new version I wrote - "Here is the church, here is the steeple, but it wouldn't be a church without all the people."

Church Stained Glass Window - Sent in by Juanita Bacon

What you will need: Card stock or construction paper, spray adhesive and rubber cement glue, several colors of the tissue paper cut into about 1 inch size pieces, (all kinds of shapes), a sheet of transparent plastic (This can be any transparency. The ones for overhead projectors work well.), yarn or ribbon for hanging, and a printed verse to go on bottom of the window shape. (Optional)

Note: If you have small children, do all the cutting and just let them the glue oo the tissue paper.

What to do:

1. Fold a piece of construction paper or card stock in half (hamburger fold). Cut a shape out of the center with an Exacto knife. You can use any shape.
2. Cut out a lot of the small pieces of multicolored tissue paper, store in Ziplock bags. You will need about 50 pieces for each project.
3. Cut a cross (All you need for a cross is a long and short strip.) or any other shape that will fit in the center of the cut out window. I used construction paper. Metallic paper would also look great.
4. Cut two pieces of the transparency so it will cover the center hole but not be larger than the construction paper half.
5. Spray one side of each piece of transparency with the spray glue.
   
6. Let the children place the color tissue paper all over the transparency so they are overlapping (Put tissue on one piece of transparency only, the other piece is to sandwich the tissue in between).
   
7. Glue the cut out cross or other shape you have in the center of the transparency.
   
8. Place the other piece of transparency over the tissue paper and cross,
   
9. Place both of these in between the large cut out shape so the cross shows in the center of the cut out center and glue the two folded halves of the construction paper together
   
10. Punch a hole in top center and put in the yarn to hang.
    
11. Glue memory verse on if you want.

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