Elijah Bible Crafts
God Gives Us Teachers
The following crafts and activities go with the Bible Lesson - "God Gives Us Teachers" about Elijah and Elisha. The lesson and all the crafts and activities on this page are available to members on The Resource Room and as an instant digital download.
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Color a Picture of Elijah
Use water color paint to make a picture of Elijah with horses and chariots of fire.
Children color the picture with crayons.
Then they drop water color paint on their pictures and use a straw to blow the paint over their pictures to make it look like fire.
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Make Elijah and Elisha Puppets to Act Out the Story
What you will need:
Card Stock
Scissors
Crayons
Jumbo Craft Sticks
Paint Sticks
Low Temperature Glue Gun or Tape
What to do:
1. Print out the puppet patterns.
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2. In class have the children cut out the puppets on the thick lines and color the puppets.
3. Glue a jumbo craft stick to the back of one of the Elijah puppets and one of the Elisha puppets for a handle.
4. Glue the Elijah walking puppet to the back of the Elijah standing puppet. Do the same for the Elisha puppet.
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Make a Whirlwind
What you will need:
Recycled Plastic Bottles
Beads, Sequins and Glitter
Card Stock (Heavy Paper)
Ribbon
Scissor
Glue and Tape
Hole Punch
How to Make the Bottle Whirlwind Craft:
1. Before class fill plastic bottles, such as pop bottles, 3/4 of the way to the top with water.
2. Print out pictures of Elijah riding a chariot of fire. Punch holes at the top, left-hand side of the pictures.
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3. In class have your children add glitter, beads, and other small objects to the bottle. Glue the cap closed and tape it closed with strong tape.
4. Tie the Elijah picture to the top of the bottle with ribbon and then use the edge of a pair of scissors to make the ribbon curly.
Show your children how to move the bottle to make the water spin in a circle. Tell them that it is like a whirlwind except that a whirlwind is in the air, not in the water.
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Elijah Whirlwind Bible Verse Craft
What you will need:
Pool Noodles
Colored Paper and White Paper
Scissors
Craft Sticks or Other Sticks
Chenille Stems
Glue
How to Make the Whirlwind Craft:
1. Before class cut a pool noodle into four inch pieces and then cut them lengthwise. Cut a small slit a little smaller than the width of the stick in the top of the noodle.
2. Print out a picture of Elijah in a chariot of fire and the Bible verse pattern and cut them out.
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3. In class have your children wind a Chenille stem around a pencil, pull it off and then form it into a whirlwind shape and then stick the end into the pool noodle.
4. Have your children glue or tape the picture onto a craft stick and then stick it in the pool noodle.
5. Glue the paper with the words on the front of the pool noodle.
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Make "Great Teacher Awards"
God wants us to learn as much as we can from the teachers he gives us so that we will be pleasing to him. The Bible tells us to: "Get all the advice and instruction you can, and be wise the rest of your life." Proverbs 19:20. He also wants us to be thankful for the teachers he gives us. Today we are going to make something for our teachers to show them that we are glad God gave them to us.
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Show the children a sample of the Great Teacher Award Pattern. Help younger children write in the names of their teachers and parents. Have them color the award.
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Act Out a Rhyme
Make a whirlwind banner for each child by taping a few red crepe paper streamers on the end of a craft stick. Have your children use the banners as they say the following rhyme.
"Elijah Went to Heaven"
Elijah was on his way to see the Lord. (Move the stick
up and down and across your body to make a walking motion.)
Down came a chariot and he went aboard. (Move your hand
in a downward direction.)
Up came a whirlwind and took him away. (Move your hand
in a circular motion.)
And he went up to heaven to be with the Lord. (Move your hand
in a circular motion as your lift your arm.)
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Play a Board Game to Review the Story of Elijah
This is a fun game for children of all ages. It is also a great way to review the complete story of Elijah. You will need to make a game board for every five of six children in your class. In this game children pretend they are Elijah. The child who reaches the picture of Elijah going up to heaven in a whirlwind first wins.
What you will need:
Foam Core Board or Cardboard (These are boards that are thick like cardboard) at least 15" x 20"
Paper Glue (Rubber Cement)
A Die
Game Markers
Scissors
How to Make the Game Board:
1. Before class print out the four game board pages, cut the extra off the sides and glue the picture together. The pages will overlap.
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2. In class have each child pick a game piece and place it on "Start Here" space.
3. Children take turns rolling the die and moving ahead that many spaces. When they come to the Kerith Brook and the angel they most stop even if they rolled a number that would take them farther. Their next turn they try to roll a 1, 3, or 6. If they don't roll a 1, 3, or 6, they must wait another turn and try again. Only when they roll a 1, 3, or 6 can they move ahead on that turn.
4. The child who makes it to "heaven" first wins.
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Play a Review Game
Print out complete sets of the pictures from all the previous lessons and this one. Print out enough sets so that you have one set for every 4 or 5 children in your class. Divide the children into groups of 4 or 5. Give each group a set of pictures. On the word "go" see which team can place all the pictures in order first.
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Elijah Review Drawing Game or Charades Game
(Older Children) Before class print out the Game Cards onto card stock. Divide your children up into teams. Have one child from each team pick a card. Pick a team to go first. Each team has 30 seconds to have a child draw the picture or act out the the scene and his teammates guess what scene he is drawing. If the team guesses correctly, the team gets one point. Then the other team take a turn. Keep playing until all the children have had a chance to draw. The team with the most points win.
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