Bible Crafts and Activities

Elijah

Crafts

1. Raven Puppet Craft - Make Raven Puppets from brown lunch bags. Directions and patterns for this craft are found on the Puppet Crafts Page.

Bible Lessons

1. Elijah and the Ravens Bible Lesson - In this lesson children learn how God took care of Elijah while he was hiding out from King Ahab. They learn that God will take care of all their needs. This lesson is presented with a bird puppet who brings out different objects relating to the lesson in his beak. The teacher interprets what the bird is trying to tell the class. Bible verse: “My God shall supply all your needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:19

A complete lesson is available to members only. Free Sample Lesson for Elijah and the Raven is now Available!

Crafts:

1. Giving Raven - This raven is made with paper plates and construction paper. The belly is a pocket in which things can be stored.

2. Elijahh Fed by a Raven Color sheet - Children color the picture and then glue food to the hand and the raven's beak.

3. Make a Sitting Raven holding a sign - This cute little bird can be made from fun foam or construction paper. A pattern and directions are available on The Resource Room.

 

Activities:

Bible Verse Review - In this activity the children pretend to be ravens and bring food to Elijah. Before class draw some pictures of food, color them, and cut them out, and write one word of the verse on each food. Hide the food pictures around the room. Pick a child to pretend to be a raven and fly around the room until he finds some food. When he finds something, he should bring it back to you. Take the food from the raven. Ask another child to come up and tape it to the wall. Then have another child pretend to be a raven and do the same thing. Pick another children to tape the food to the wall in the correct order of the verse. Keep going until all the food is found and the verse is complete.

You will find even more activities, songs and rhymes and a complete lesson to members.

2. Elijah and the Widow Bible Lesson - The widow makes Elijah bread. (1 Kings 17:7-16) In this lesson your children act out the story as it is being told. They then use the actions to review the story. A complete lesson is available to members only. Click on the link above.

Activities:

1. Kitchen experimentation: Set up different stations in which the children measure, weigh, smell, taste, and experiment. Before class decide which of the following activities you will use. Write up a worksheet using the following questions or your own. Older children can go from station to station and fill out their worksheets as they go. If you have younger children, just have helpers at different stations to ask the children the questions and help them measure and pour.

2. Make bread - Before class prepare some yeast bread and let it rise. (Or buy the pre-made bread dough and thaw it out before class.) Give each child a handful of bread. Let them shape their dough the way they would like. Let the dough rise for half an hour. Bake the bread dough during the lesson. If you don't have an oven in church, you can have the children help you make some bread from scratch. Show them how to knead the bread. Give them each a handful in a plastic bag and tell them they can take it home and bake it. Write the Bible verse on the outside of the bag and the directions on how to bake the bread.

3. Say a rhyme while kneading bread. Have the children line up in a row. As you say the rhyme have a child knead the bread. At the end of the rhyme, he should go to the end of the line and the next child starts to knead the bread at the beginning of the rhyme.

"The Widow Kneads some Bread"
by Carolyn Warvel

One, two, God loves you!
Three, four, do it some more.
Five, Six, knead and mix.
Seven, eight, God is great!
Nine, ten, say amen!
Do it again.

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4. Decorate a napkin to place in a bread basket.

What you will need: White paper towel or white material, bread baskets (you can find these at used stores for 25 to 50 cents apiece), markers, and pinking shears.

What to do: Have the children decorate their paper towels with markers and cut the edges with pinking shears. Tell them they can write the memory verse on the napkin and use other Christian symbols. Have them place their napkins in their baskets. Tell them they can place a piece of plastic wrap over the napkin and place bread in the basket. Instead of the paper towels you could use white material cut into squares and permanent markers so that the can be washed and used again.

5. Make a picture with different types of bread in a basket. Patterns available on The Resource Room. In class have the children color the pictures and cut out the different types of bread. Cut a slit in the top front of the basket. Have the children place the breads in the basket. They can put some of them in the slit so that it looks like the bread is in the basket. Glue the bread in place.

Make a Bible Cookbook with recipes to reinforce the lessons about Elijah. Each recipe relates to a part of the story of Elijah and has a scripture reference so that children and parents can look up the verses to review the story.

Recipes include:
1. King Ahab's Crown - (Sugar cookies cut into crown shapes. Ice and decorate them with candy confetti and small pieces of candy.) King Ahab was an evil king. He worshipped idols, 1 Kings 16:29-33
2. Runner's Snack - (Gorp) Elijah runs away and hides from King Ahab, 1 Kings 17:2-4
3. Ravens - made with chocolate wafers and candy corn beak,
5. Raven's Food - (Made from won ton wraps) The ravens fed Elijah at the Kerith Brook. 1 Kings 17:6
6. Dried Earth - (Cookies with crack on the top) It did not rain, the Kerith Brook dried up and the earth looked cracked and dry, 1 Kings 17:7
7. Widow's Bread - (Easy to make biscuits) The widow used the last of her flour and oil to make bread for Elijah, 1 Kings 17:8-16
8. Elijah's Altar - (Dough formed into rock shapes, with Chow Mein noodle wood and fire on top) Elijah built an altar with 12 stones, 1 Kings 18:31
9. Clouds - (Coconut Macaroon cookies) Elijah sent his servant to go look for signs of rain seven times. On the seventh time he came back and said he saw a cloud the size of a hand in the sky. 1 Kings 18:44
10. Rain Drops - (Cookies formed into rain drop shapes) After God sent fire to burn up the offering, wood, altar, and the ground around the altar, God sent rain.

You will find even more activities, songs and rhymes and a complete lesson on The Resource Room.

3. The Big Contest - (God sends Fire) - (Kings 18:21-39) In this lesson children learn that God gives us everything we need. Children learn how God took care of Elijah and that he takes care of them. They act out the story as the teacher reads the story.

Crafts and Activities:

1. Build altars - Make some stones by filling lunch bags or grocery bags with crunched up newspapers and taping or gluing them closed. In class have the children practice building altars. Explain what altars where used for.

2. Make flame banners - Cut off two to three feet lengths of crepe paper streamers. Use red, yellow, and orange. Staple them together at one end and cut the ends to a point at different lengths. Tape and staple the streamers to a craft stick. Have the children use the banners while singing a song.

3. Make an Elijah Picture Story Wheel - Children turn the wheel to reveal pictures from the story of Elijah.

You will find even more activities, songs and rhymes and a complete lesson on The Resource Room.

4.God Sends Rain Bible Lesson - (Elijah Prays for Rain on Mt. Carmel) 1 Kings 18:43-46 In this lesson children learn that God is the one and only God, he controls the rain and can do anything. Children participate in telling the story by repeating a rhyme in which the servant comes back to Elijah each time after looking for rain and tells him he sees nothing. There are many activities, games, crafts, and songs, and rhymes to go with this lesson. This lesson comes with a printable Bible verse and color sheet.

Decorate your room with clouds and balloon raindrops. Use the display for a Bible verse review game.

Crafts and Activities:

1. Make a cloud picture - Children can glue cotton balls on a picture with clouds and raindrops. Pattern available on The Resource Room

2. Make a play dough raindrop in a puddle.

3. Discover how many drops of water will fit on the top of a quarter while discussing and reviewing the lesson.

You will need a quarter and an eyedropper. (You may also want to have extra eyedroppers available for the children to experiment with later.) Before class practice dropping drops of water on a quarter. Discover how many drops a quarter will hold before it runs off. It is really interesting to watch as the water begins to bulge over the sides of the quarter. You will be amazed at how much water a quarter actually holds. I counted about 40 drops.

You can use this activity as a review game or just use it as an experiment.

Experiment - Ask the children how many drops of water they think will fit on the top of the quarter without running off. Drop a drop of water on the quarter using the eyedropper. Add a few more drops. Keep adding drops until the water runs off the quarter.

Review Game - Ask the children how many drops of water they think will fit on the top of the quarter without running off. Drop a drop of water on the quarter using the eyedropper. Add a few more drops. Divide the children into teams. Tell the children that you will add one drop of water for every correct answer they give. Take turns asking the teams questions about the lesson. Add a drop for every correct answer. The team whose turn it is when the water runs off wins.

4. Play Bible verse review games with balloon raindrops. Make some raindrops by filling some balloons with flour. Use heavy duty balloons, blow them up to stretch them out and then let the air out. Use a funnel to fill the balloons with flour. Place the balloon on the end of the funnel. I used the eraser end of a pencil to push the flour into the pencil. When the balloon is full pull it off the funnel and tie the balloon closed. (Warning: Keep an eye on the children as they play with these and make sure they don't puncture them with something sharp. Do not give them to young children who might put them into their mouths. They could puncture them with their teeth. They are very sturdy and will tolerate a lot of abuse. I would use these only in class and not give them to the children to take home. They would not make a safe toy for young children.) You will find games and Bible verse review activities on The Resource Romm using these cute raindrops.

5. Raindrop Roundup Review - Before class cut out a lot of raindrop shapes from blue paper. Write the Bible verse, one word per raindrop, on each raindrop shape. Make enough sets of raindrops so that you have one set for every child in your room. It is okay to have extra. In class write the Bible verse on the board and go over the verse several times. Have the children sit in a circle around the room. Ask the children if they have ever seen it rain inside. Throw all the raindrops up and let them fall to the floor. Tell the children on the word go, they should go and look for one raindrop with the word "He" written on it. Show them the word. Once every child has found a raindrop with the word "He" on it, tell them to find a raindrop with the word "gives" on it. Keep going until the children have found all the words to the Bible verse. Make a cloud shaped pocket (pattern available on The Resource Room) by gluing two cloud shapes together and writing the Bible verse on the outside. Have the children place their raindrops in the cloud pocket so they can take them home and study the Bible verse. (This activity can be done with nonreaders. They can just compare the words written on the board to the words written on the raindrops.).

6. Make rainsticks -- Enchanted Learning Web Site has instructions on how to make a fun and easy rainstick out of a paper towel tube and aluminum foil. Young children will love making this rainstick. Have your children use their rainsticks during music time. To make this rainstick, you crunch up a sheet of aluminum foil into a long thin shape and then bend it into a coil shape by winding it around a dowel. Stick the aluminum foil into the tube and tape one end closed. Place some rice, popcorn, or dried beans into the tube. Or use different things in different rainsticks and compare how they sound. Tape the other end closed. Cover the tube with construction paper and decorate the tubes with stickers, crayons, or markers. You could also write the Bible verse on stickers and have the children stick the stickers on the rainsticks.

You will also find songs and rhymes to go with this lesson.

You will find even more activities, songs and rhymes and a complete lesson on The Resource Room.