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Many of the crafts and activities are Bible-based and are great for use in Sunday school, preschool, home school, and on special occasions.
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Sunday School Crafts and ActivitiesLabor Day - Lazarus - Leprosy - Light - Lord's Prayer - Love - Manna -
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Lazarus Paper Doll - This paper doll can be used as a prop during your lesson or you can have your children make them for a craft to reinforce the lesson.
What you will need: Card stock (heavy paper), scissors, colored pencils, paper glue, and strips of white or off-white material.
What to do:
1. Print out the paper doll patterns and loosely cut them out. Patterns for this craft are available to members only on The Resource Room.
2. Glue the patterns together on the white sides so that when you turn the paper doll over you see a different view of Lazarus.
3. Tape strips of material around the paper doll as you explain that when people died in Bible-times they would cover the body with strips of material. Place the paper doll in a "tomb" (You can use a box or something similar.) and then tell them the rest of the story. When Jesus tells Lazarus to come out, bring out the paper doll, turn it over so the side with his eyes open is facing toward the class, and unwrap the cloth.
Activities
1. Lazarus Come Out Game- Bring in wooden clothespins and have your children wrap strips of material around the bottom of the clothespin and draw faces on the top part to make Lazarus. They can glue pieces of yarn on the head for hair. Give each child three styrofoam cups.Have them crinkle up old newspaper to make rocks to fit in the tops of the cups.
If you don't want to use clothespins and cups to make this game, you can use pictures of Lazarus and glue pictures of the tomb on envelopes. Before class print out patterns and have your children color them and cut them out. Glue the three tomb pictures on three different envelopes. Place the Lazarus paper doll in one of the tombs. (Patterns available on The Resource Room)
Show your children how to play a game with the clothespin dolls that they made at the beginning of class. Place a doll in one of the three coffee cups and place the paper "rock" on all the cups. (You can also add a cookie or some other treat.) Quickly mix up all the cups and then ask a child to point to the cup that they think "Lazarus" is in. He then should say, "Lazarus, come out!" Open up the lid to find out if he picked the right cup. If he didn't pick the correct cup, have him try again. Let all your children have a turn. Tell them to take their game home with them and tell their parents and friends about Lazarus, and play the game with their families. You can also play this game with the "Lazarus" paper dolls and envelopes.
2. Best Lazarus - Divide your children up into teams of twos. Give each team a roll of cheap toilet paper. On the word "go" see which team can make the best "Lazarus" in one minute by wrapping the toilet paper around one of their team members.
3. Bible Verse Review Game - Print the Bible verse on a piece of long material in big letters. Wrap up a child with the material starting with the end of the verse. Hold the material at the beginning of the verse. Have the child turn in circles as you pull gently and back up to reveal the verse. Have your children say the words to the verse as the words are revealed. If you have room on your floor, you can place the material on the floor with the verse showing. Have a children lay down at the end of the verse and hold onto the end of the material and then roll towards the other end of the fabric to wrap himself up. Have someone hold the end of the fabric as the child unrolls revealing the verse. Have your children say the words to the verse as the words are revealed.
4. Unwrap Lazarus Review Game - Divide your children up into two teams. Pick one child from each team to be Lazarus. Wrap up both children with TP. Take turns asking your children questions from the story and previous lessons. If a child answers correctly, they get to remove ten squares of TP from the "Lazarus" from their team. The team who unwraps their "Lazarus" first wins.
5. Lazarus Come Out, Lazarus Go In - Place a line of tape down the middle of your playing area. Designate one side "inside the tomb" and the other side "outside the tomb". Have the children stand anywhere they would like. Tell them that when you say, "Lazarus Come Out", they should all jump to the "outside of the tomb" side of the room. When you say, "Lazarus Go In", they should all jump to the "inside" side of the room. You will try to trick them to jump on the wrong side depending on what you say. If a child jumps to the wrong side, he is out. Keep playing until only one child is left. When you say "Lazarus go in or go out" always jump to the opposite side. The children may automatically follow you to that side even though you said something different.
Comment: Hi, Just to say we used the Lazarus story, crafts and games for our Sunday club last week ,which has children aged 3 - 10 years. We asked the children to make a cave from blankets and chairs and then played the "Lazarus come out, Lazarus go in game". All the children loved this game and we didn't have time to do any of the craft activities as they were having so much fun! We have recently joined your site and it is so refreshing to have some new ideas. Thank you very much!! Vanessa
A complete lesson about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead is available on The Resource Room. This lesson includes Bible verse cards, printable displays to go along with the lesson, and printable crafts.
Ideas from Subscribers:
Leprosy Drama - In Bible class this week we did a short drama about Miriam and Aaron rebelling against Moses' leadership and God striking Miriam with leprosy. After God "talked" to Miriam and Aaron, I quickly sprinkled some baby powder on Miriam's face and arms, and, "poof!", she white with leprosy! The clean-up was a quick dust off. Sent in by Kelia Ballou from Houston, Texas
Lazarus Cookies - One of our other teachers taught the Lazarus Lesson last week to our 3 - 5 year olds and she had such an interesting craft/snack idea I wanted to share it. She made gingerbread men that the children pretended were Lazarus and then they wrapped them in strips of fruit roll up (fruit by the foot would also work well). The kids loved it so much they didn't want to eat their Lazarus' until they had brought them downstairs and showed them to their parents. This week when I asked them about last week's lesson they were able to retell it well. Thanks so much, we have really enjoyed your curriculum, Krista Sparrow
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Scripture reference: Matthew 5:13-161. Salt and light candles - This idea comes from ChristianCrafters.com This idea was sent in by Becky. She used baby food jars with napkin appliqués. The kids put salt on the jars where the lid screws on. She says that they did not dry at camp because of the humidity (no air conditioning) but they were fine once they got home.
2. Lighthouse Picture and Frame Craft - At the bottom the picture it says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." This craft goes with the lesson "I Am The Light of the World" on The Resource Room.
What you will need: Paper, color printer, card stock (Heavy paper), sea shells or starfish, and glue.
Small Colored Shells, 1-lb (bag of 4500)
What to do:
1. Print out a lighthouse picture from clip art and cut it out. The picture shown is available on The Resource Room for members only.
2. Glue the picture to a piece of cardstock that is about one inch bigger on each side.
3. Glue the picture to the cardstock. Glue sea shells or star fish to the frame to finish.
This lighthouse is made from poster board, paper and plastic cups, a paper plate, and a screw band from a Mason Jar (canning jar). It was painted with acrylic paint and small rocks were glued to the paper plate base.
What you will need: White poster board, 1 - 9 oz paper cup, 1- 5 oz. juice/dessert plastic cup (It should be much wider at the top than at the bottom, 1- 6 oz. juice/dessert plastic cup (It should be pretty straight.), a heavy duty paper plate, a regular size screw band from a Mason Jar (canning jar), acrylic paint, hot melt glue, and some rocks.
What to do:
1. Cut the poster board to form the base of the lighthouse. On a piece of white poster board draw a quadrangle. To make the quadrangle draw a rectangle that is 13" wide and 12" high. Measure 3" in from the top on each side of the rectangle (as shown in the illustration). Draw lines from the 3" marks down to the bottom corners as shown in the picture. The top of your quadrangle should be 7" wide and the bottom should be 13" wide. Cut the quadrangle out. Glue the sides together to make a cone shape. Cut the bottom so that it sets on the table flat. (If you are going to add stripes, you may want to paint them on before you glue the sides together.) Glue the bottom of the base to the middle of a heavy duty paper plate.
2. To make the railing, cut 1" off the top of the 9 oz. paper cup. Discard the rest. Place the screw band and inside the the paper cup top so that the rim of the screw band and the rim of the paper cup are both facing up. They should fit snugly together. Glue them together. Slide them down over the top of the lighthouse poster board base. Glue them in place.
3. To make the windows where the light comes through place the 6 oz. plastic cup upside down inside and on top of the screw band and lid and glue down.
4. To make the roof of the lighthouse, glue the 5 oz. plastic up upside down over the 6 oz. plastic cup.
5. To finish paint the lighthouse and base with acrylic paint. Glue on rocks to the base.
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Lord's Prayer Bible Lesson Craft and Activity Ideas - See PrayerLove Your Neighbor as Yourself or Love One Another Sunday School Lesson
Scripture reference: Romans 13:9 "Love your Neighbor as yourself." Galatians 5:14, John 13:34, I Corinthians 13:4
Concepts: Treat others like you would like to be treated. God loves everyone regardless of color, size, intelligence, social status, etc. (love is patient, kind, does not envy, does not boast).Crafts and Activities
1. Make a Noodle Man Puppet - This puppet stands over 3 feet tall and can be made for less than two dollars. You can use it to start conversations with children about loving one another. To start a conversation comment on how sad the Noodle Man looks today. (Bend the straw down on both sides to make a sad face) The children will probably ask why he is sad. Have the noodle man say he is sad because someone was making fun of him or that no one would play with him. Ask him what they said. He can say something like "Someone called me a Noodle Head." or "Nobody will play with me because I am orange." Talk to the noodle man and tell him, "Nobody likes to be called names." Then tell your students that God tells us in the Bible to "Love one another" and to "Love our neighbor as ourselves". Then explain what that means; or ask the children what it means. Tell the Noodle Man that you love him because God created him special and loves everyone. Change the Noodle's sad face into a smiling face. You can talk about what love means. Love is kind, patient, does not envy, etc. and discuss what each of these mean.
What you will need: Tube shaped swimming noodle, large wiggly eyes, tissue paper, bendable straws, low temp glue gun, straight pins What to do:
1. Cut off three, 1/2 inch circles at one end of the noodle. Two of the circles are the eyes.
2. Cut the other circle in four pieces like you are cutting a pie. One of the sections will be the nose.
3. Cut seven inches off the end of the noodle and then cut it in half lengthwise. These are the feet.
4. Cut twelve inches off the end of the noodle and then cut it in half lengthwise. These will be the arms.
5. The remaining part of the noodle is the man's body. Make a slit about 15 inches up the center of one end of the noodle to form the legs.
6. Glue on all the pieces using a low temp glue gun. Use straight pins to hold the pieces together while they dry.
7. To make a mouth that can be changed from happy to sad, cut a straw about 5 inches long with the bendable accordion folds in the middle. Glue some large wiggly eyes in the center of the eye circles.
Crinkle up some tissue paper and stuff it into the whole in the top of the head to make the hair.
Comments from readers:
My friend and I have taught 4 and 5 year olds in Sunday school for many years. One of your ideas that we have had great success with is the "Noodleman" made out of a swimming pool noodle. To help teach compassion, we used the puppet with the Good Samaritan story (and other Bible stories with this theme). We made our Noodleman handicapped. He wears a brace on his leg made from colorful Velcro straps. He also wears tiny eyeglasses. We purchased these at a craft store; they are the ones made for dolls. Noodleman always seems to have a Band-Aid on him and is dressed rather raggedly. The kids love to see which hat we put on him.
It is a special time when Noodleman visits! The kids love to help him if he falls and we made each child's picture with him. Besides appropriate Bible Stories, Noodleman is always invited to our birthday party for Jesus. He wears a party hat like the kids! This is a great way to bring up how God loves all people and how each one is precious in His sight. We've also used the puppet to talk about "making fun of others". We love our Noodleman! Carolyn Duggan
2. Make TP Roll Noodle Neighbor Puppets - Children will have fun creating these neighbors. You just hand out sheets of different noses, eyes, and mouths. (Printing Problems?) The children pick from the assortment to create their own characters. When they are finished they can use them as puppets by placing their three middle fingers inside the tube. Their thumb and pinky are the puppets hands. While the children are creating their puppets you can talk to them about how God created us all, that the Bible tells us to love our neighbor as ourselves. and we should treat others how we want to be treated. Talk about who our neighbors are and that we shouldn't judge people by how they look, etc.
3. Make Friendship Noodle Necklaces - Have the children make two of these necklaces -- one for themselves and one to give to a neighbor. As they are making their necklaces talk to them about what a neighbor is and what it means to love your neighbor as yourself.
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Make Nuudle pictures and sculptures - Use this craft to go along with some of the other crafts listed above. Here's a new craft material that young children will love to work with. Nuudles are similar to cornstarch packaging peanuts that dissolve in water, except these come in different colors. All you do is dip the Nuudle in a tiny bit of water or press them onto a wet sponge and stick them together. You can stick them to each other or stick them on to other objects to make designs or sculptures. See Veggie Tale Balloons below.
5. See also paper dolls under the "God gives us friends" ideas.
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"Once we were apart with sin in our hearts. Then God sent his son from above so we can be untied in Love." © Carolyn Warvel
What you will need: Paper, scissors, and paper clips.What to do:
1. Print out the poem and cut the paper in four equal strips.
2. As you say the first part of the poem bend the left 1/3 of the paper toward you and place a paper clip to hold the paper in place.
3. Bend the other end of the paper to the back and place a paper clip the end to the loop as shown in the picture.
4. As you say the second part of the poem pull the two ends away from each other. The two paper clips will pop off of the paper and will be joined together!
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Scripture reference: 1 Cor. 13:4-7
1. Send Valentine cards to your students before Valentines Day with the "Love Is . . ." verse printed on one side. On the other side write a note to the child telling him/her how wonderful he/she is and that you will be giving a prize to the student that learns the most of the verses printed on the back of the card. In Sunday school class read or tell a Bible story and then have your children identify any of the different ways to love from 1 Cor. 13:4-7 in the story you read.
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Love Is - Spinner Game Children take turns spinning the heart in the center of the game, determine which word the heart is pointing to, and then give an example of how we can show love in that particular way. For example, if the spinner lands on "Love is kind", he may say, "We can show kindness by giving to people in need."
The pattern for this game is available to members only on The Resource Room.
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Scratch Art Hearts
This craft comes from Oriental Trading Company. You receive black heart shapes and sticks. Your children will have fun scratching off the black film to reveal beautiful colorful designs. They cost $5.95 for 12 hearts, or about 50 cents each. To order this craft go toOriental Trading Company,web site. Type in 48/3537 in the search box on the left hand side of the page.
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We learned about how God provided food for Moses and the Israelites. We then asked if they said table prayers. Some children did and they shared their prayers with the class. We talked about the importance of saying prayers for the food that God has provided for us. We then made place mats not only to remind us to pray, but to learn a new table prayer. I cut out poster board for each child ahead of time. They then glued on a table prayer that I had printed up earlier. The one we used was (but you can use anyone you like):
"Thank you God for the food we eat,
Thank you God for the world so sweet.
Thank you God for the birds that sing,
Thank you God for everything!"
The children then cut out food from magazine pages and glued them around their prayer. Then once they were finished we cut out clear contact shelf paper to place on top to protect them. Sent in by Sheila Rodriquez
Mary and Martha Sunday School Lesson - Do the Right Thing at the Right Time - You can find a complete lesson with crafts and activities on The Resource Room.
Bible Reference: Luke 10:38-42 and Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Teaching Concept: Sometimes doing the right thing is not always the right thing to do if you do it at the wrong time.
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1. Clock Picture with Moving Hands - Children glue pictures that relate to each season in the appropriate place on the picture. (Patterns and Pictures for this craft are available on The Resource Room.)
Activities:
1. The Right Time Activity - Have your children hold hands in the middle of the room and form a circle. Two adults hold hands to form a tunnel. The children walk around in a circle passing through the tunnel as they sing the song below. When the last word of the song is sung, the tunnel comes down and captures a child. The child then must answer a question (below) to be freed. Keep playing until all the children have had a chance to answer a question.
Do You Do the Right Thing?
Written by Carolyn
(Sing to the tune of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?)Do you do the-right thing?
At the time you're supposed to do it?
Do you listen to your mom?
Do you listen to your dad?
Do you do it at the right time or do you wait to long to do it?
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Questions:
- When is it the right time to brush your teeth - in the morning or before you eat?
- When is it the right time to comb your hair - before you go to church, or when you're sitting at the dinner table?
- When is the right time to clean your room - when your mother tells you to, or when you feel like it?
- When is the right time to do your homework - when you get home from school, or on the bus on the way to school?
- When is the right time to interrupt - when you mother is on the phone and you want to ask her a question, or when there is an emergency?
- When is the right time to talk - when your teacher is talking, or at recess?
- When is the right time to have dessert - before dinner, or after dinner?
- When is it the right time to yell - when you are in the car, or when you are outside playing?
- When is it the right time to stay home from school - when you don't feel like going, or when you are sick?
- When is the right time to be quiet - during the church service when the minister is talking, or when you are asked a question?
Older Children
1. Act Out the Story - Act out the story from the Bible or have your children place it in modern times and then act it out.
2. Play Charades using Eccl. - write the verse on pieces of paper. Have your children take turns picking a piece of paper and acting out what is written. The person who guesses correctly gets to take his turn next. Let each child guess only one time.
3. Bible Verse Review Game - - Read Eccl. 3:1-8, and then hold up the pictures that your children have drawn one at a time. See if the children can identify which pictures go with which part of the verse. Place all the pictures in order and see if the children can say the complete verse by looking at the pictures.
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Miracles - Jesus Calms the Storm
Mark 4:35-41 or Matthew 8:23-34
Make a 3-D picture. Mark off 3" from the bottom of a sheet of blue construction paper. Fold it up. Cut a wave pattern on the top of the 3" fold. Cut a sheet of black construction paper in half and cut a wave pattern on one side. Glue the black waves to the blue sheet at the fold. Cut a boat shape from brown construction paper, a Jesus silhouette from white construction paper, and a disciple silhouette from black construction paper. Have the children glue Jesus and the disciples inside the boat. Using a brad, attach the boat to the background and then fold the 3" waves in the front and glued it only on the sides. Now, the children can retell the story using a boat that rocks during the storm. Sent in by Theresa Bostick
Jesus Calms the Storm Bible Lesson on The Resource Room - In this lesson children learn that you don't have to be afraid of anything because Jesus is in control of everything. A visual is used to tell the story. It can also be used as a craft. Jesus is shown sleeping on the boat with calm, happy waves. When the storm comes up clouds are folded down and new, angry waves can be folded up to make a new stormy picture. A new standing Jesus picture is presented when Jesus wakes up. He tells the storm to stop and the waves and clouds are folded out of the way to reveal a calm sea. A pattern for this craft is available to Resource Room members only.
Crafts and activities for Jesus Calms the Storm Bible Lesson:
1. Make wave streamers - Cut light blue, dark blue, and white crepe strips into three feet lengths. In class have the children gather about five strips together and staple them together at one end. Tape the strips to a jumbo-sized craft stick. Show the children how they can move their hands up and down and make the streamers look like waves. Use the streamers later during music time.
2. Make a Wind and Wave Wind Sock Craft - Wind and Waves Windsock Craft - This craft goes along with the lesson “Jesus Calmed the Storm” The windsock says, “Even the wind and the waves obey him.” Mark 4:41
What you will need: Card stock, markers or crayons, fish or butterfly stickers (optional), blue Rick rack, 7/8” blue and purple ribbon, glue, tape, and staples, laminator or clear contact paper (optional).
What to do:
1. Before class print out the pattern (available to Resource Room Members only) or have your children draw their own designs onto card stock. Cut off the excess paper leaving 1/2” on top and the bottom of the picture. Cut one end off at the line. Leave extra on one end to staple under.
2. Cut up pieces of ribbon and Rick rack into 12” lengths. In class have the children color the picture and add stickers and Rickrack. When they are done with their pictures give them ribbon and Rickrack across the length of the bottom. When they are done with that staple the sides together to make at tube. Staple yarn or ribbon at the top to hang the windsock.
What you
will need: Card stock, craft sticks, block of Styrofoam, markers,
and straws.
What to do:
1. Before class print out the boat pattern (available to members only), cut it out and use it as a template to cut out boats from card stock.
2. To make the boat, fold on the dotted lines. At each end of the boat bring the pointed ends together and glue or tape them together.
3. Cut pieces of Styrofoam to fit inside the boat and glue them to the bottom of the boats.
4. Cut the craft sticks in half or close to half. Make the sticks different lengths, some shorter and taller than the others.
5. In class have the children count out 12 sticks plus one for Jesus. Have them draw faces on the sticks and color the bottom of the sticks for the clothes.
6. Cut out triangle shapes for the boats sail. Tape the sail to a straw.
Show the children how to press all the craft sticks and the straw into the Styrofoam.
**You can also use this craft for a lesson on “Jesus walked on the Water” (not on this site yet). Glue the boat onto a piece of blue card stock and use a small piece of blue play dough or salt dough to stand Jesus up in the water.**You could also use this craft for the lesson “Follow Me” about becoming fishers of men. Have the children draw pictures of fish on a piece of blue construction paper or card stock or glue gold fish crackers to the paper. Use netting from vegetable bags to make a net.
Comments:
For the lesson, Jesus calms the storm, we took a piece of clay and rolled it into a ball and placed it in a bowl of water and talked about how without Christ in our lives we sink to the bottom. Then we pushed our thumbs in the middle and made a boat like shape and explained that with Christ in our lives we take shape and we float safely. It only takes about a marble sized piece of clay. Jennie
We acted out this story using our “box boat”. For the sound effects we used cookie sheets for the thunder, flashlights for lightening, spray bottles for rain, and had the children blow and make wind noises for the wind. We had three or four children doing each effect. We repeated the story about three times so they could take turns with the effects. We made the windsocks and had a “wind sock parade” around the room, as the weather did not permit us to go outside. Elaine
4. Make Origami boats - See these sites for folding instructions of two different boats: http://www.geocities.com/Rachel_Katz/stories/pilgrims.htm http://www.nagpurcity.net/netzine/980815a1.html Sent in by Anita Reeves
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Draw a picture of a simple face - two eyes, a nose and a mouth. In class let the kids color them and then glue wiggle eyes on. I also had a sticker of Jesus walking on the water that I let them put on their paper as well. Sent in by Rebecca (You can add "Keep your eyes on Jesus" to the bottom of the page.)
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Games and Activities:
1. Have children pretend they are fishermen in a fishing boat. Make fishing poles and paper fish. box boat,
2. Let’s go Fishing Game
You will need: construction paper or heavy paper, paper clips, magnets, string, stick or something you can use as a pole.
Directions:
- Draw some fish or use clip art onto heavy paper.
- Put paper clips on the mouths of each fish or glue tiny magnets on to each fish.
- Tie the string to the end of a stick to make a fishing pole. Tie a magnet to the end of the string or a paper clip depending on which you put on the fish.
To Play: Place the fish on the floor. Catch as many fish as you can until all the fish are gone. The person who catches the most fish wins.
3. Dress up with bible costumes - Use the props above, but instead of fishing poles use a net.
4. Paint fish with water colors - Before class pour plaster of Paris into fish molds. Add a half opened paper clip to the wet plaster of Paris to make a hook for hanging the fish. You can find molds in the cake decorating section, or use the molds used for playing in the sand. You can make these for less than 30 cents each if they are small. In class have the children paint them with water color paints.
5. Hang a toy net on the wall (you can buy these at toy stores) and have the children throw fish into the net.
Crafts:
1. Fish puppets - Make fish puppets from toilet paper rolls found on the the trash to treasure page.
2. Make a fish and water picture using sponge rollers and sponge shapes found on paper crafts 2 page.
3. Make Fish in Water Paper Plate from the Paper Plate Craft Page. (See picture above)
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1. First we provided large gifts for the kids to open just like at a wedding. Inside they found rolls of toilet paper which they used to dress up like brides! We served wedding cake for our snack. Then we "magically" turned water into wine by having cups with pre-measured grape Kool-Aid powder in them (make sure to use pre sweetened). We took a large clear pitcher of water and when we poured it into the cups it changed to wine! We explained to the children that Jesus really did perform this miracle and we were only pretending, etc. It was a big hit! Lisa
2. Make "Water to Wine Pots" - For this craft, you need six toilet paper rolls per child (You can just roll up some construction paper into tube if you don't have TP rolls.). Wrap the rolls with different colored construction paper. Staple them together in two rows of three. Then staple the two rows together. Give children six pieces of blue tissue paper each (water) and have them stuff one piece into each tube. Give them each a sign that says "water" and help them to glue it to the side of the pots. Turn the pots up side down. Give each child six pieces of purple tissue paper (wine) and have them stuff one piece into each tube. Give each child a sign that says "wine" and help them to glue it to the other side of the pots. Now, the children have something to take home that will remind them of Jesus' First Miracle: Water to Wine. (This craft idea was sent in by Theresa Bostick.)
3. Make veils for the girls to wear on their heads using white 1/4" elastic and white netting and bow-ties for the boys to wear around their necks using black 1/4" elastic, Velcro and black felt. She also took a group-wedding picture. Thanks, Theresa for all the great ideas.
4. This is a game that I remember playing when I was in children's church over 20 years ago. Instead of saying duck, duck, goose, have the children say water, water, wine. This is an easy way to reinforce Jesus' first miracle of him turning the water into wine. I use it with my 1 and 2 year olds now and they love it.
5. Have your children glue wedding confetti to a picture of a bride. Sent in by Jeannette
Lessons about Jesus turning Water into Wine on The Resource Room
Jesus Cares About You (Jesus Turns Water into Wine) - Sunday school lesson - (This lesson is available to members only.) In this lesson children learn about how Jesus fixed a problem at a wedding by performing a miracle. They learn that Jesus cares about our problems and wants to help us deal with them.
Crafts and Activities
1. Send out invitations before class inviting the children to a wedding feast (Pattern available on The Resource Room)
2. Decorate your room with wedding shower decorations or have the children who arrive early help.
3. Decorate wedding cakes.
4. Make wedding bells for decorations. (Pattern available on The Resource Room)
5. Play a Bible verse memory game.
Play a Bible verse memory game - Go over the Bible verse several times so that the children can say it without help. Have the children all stand in a large circle. Give a child a beanbag or other object. Play like hot potato. When you start the music the children start passing the beanbag, but they must first say the verse before they pass it. For young children use just the last part of the verse ("He cares about what happens to you."). When the music stops the child who is holding the bean bag must sit down. You can also have more than one bean bag going around the circle at the same time.
You can also play by having the children pass the beanbag until the music stops. The child who is holding the beanbag must say the Bible verse.
3. Have a wedding dress contest - Break the children up into teams of 3 or 4. Give each team a roll of TP and have them dress up one of their team members as a bride. Have the children vote on which bride looks the best.
You will find more ideas for this lesson on The Resource Room.
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Scripture reference: Luke 5: 17-26
Concepts: Jesus heals.1. Build a Bible house to act out the Bible story - This idea comes from Susan Vaughn. Construct a Bible-times house with two different sizes of large boxes. You can find them at appliance stores. Use duct tape to attach them to make a two-room home. Cut an opening between the boxes for an inside door and a window. Attach flowers and vines made from construction paper of different colors to the outside. Cover the roof with palm leaves cut from paper bags. The roof is removable. This house can be used for other lessons as well such as lessons on how to be friends.
2. Make a sod house - I divided the children into groups of four and gave each group a copy paper box with a lid. The children painted the boxes with tan tempera paint and then sprinkled the wet paint with sand to give the house a sandstone appearance. The next Sunday we created construction paper windows, doors, and a staircase and glued them to the box. After the children left, my faithful helper and I wired the upturned lid to the bottom of the box. When the children returned on the third week, they filled the lid with potting soil and sowed grass seed. By the next Sunday, seeds had sprouted and the little houses truly appeared to have a sod roof. *Note-Make sure that the grass is watered a time or two during the week. Connie Melloway
3. Lesson about Jesus healing the Paralytic on The Resource Room
Bear One Another's Burdens Sunday School Lesson - (This lesson is available to members only.) In this lesson children learn about how four friends bring their sick friend to Jesus. They learn that when they put their faith in Jesus and bring people to him Jesus will do amazing things. This lesson belongs to a series of lessons in which each lesson relates to a different letter of the alphabet. It is not only good for Sunday school, but also preschools, and home school children.
Crafts
1. Make a 3D Bible scene with house and people to go with the story. Patterns and directions available to Resource Room subscribers only.
2. Make a house - Bring in boxes, paper, scissors, glue, etc. and pictures of houses in Bible times. Have the children make replicas of the house. Tell them they can use the boxes to make the house or just draw pictures of them. Children can use their house to act out the story.
3. Home school and Preschool children can work on the Letter B Worksheet (available to members only) in print or cursive or write the whole verse or write a story about how Big Bear bears the burden of Little Bear.
4. Color "Bear Burdens" Color Sheet (available to members only) - ask the children as they color why they think the little bear might be crying and what Big Bear might be doing to help little bear.
5. Older children can write a story about how Big Bear helped bear Little Bear's burdens on a special writing sheet available to members only.
Activities
Learn what burdens are. - Place a wet paper towel or facial tissue so that two ends are secured between heavy objects. (Experiment before class to see how well your set up will work.) Ask the children to think of things that might be a burden to someone. When a child thinks of something, let him come up and place a quarter or some other object in the center of the wet paper towel. (Write down the suggestions as they are mentioned.) Let each child come up and place a quarter on the wet paper towel as he comes up with a burden. Keep going until the paper towel breaks or everyone has a turn. If the paper towel breaks during the activity tell the children that some burdens are so hard to bear that they can break a person. That is why it is important for us to bear each other's burdens. Start again with a new paper towel.
When every child has had a turn, go back and ask them how they can help bear the burden that they had mentioned earlier. Let them take a quarter off the paper towel after they give their ideas.
You can find even more ideas for this lesson on The Resource Room.
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The ideas for this section come from Bethany Davis.
Activities
1. Talk about first aid supplies - Bring in a variety of supplies from a typical first aid box, Band-Aids, gauze, aspirin, etc. Let the children discuss them; what they are used for, etc. Then talk about how Jesus can help you feel better when you are sick or hurt. Discuss how Jesus wants us to be well, not sick, just like our parents. Use this to start discussing the healing miracles Jesus did.
2. Blind man - Blindfold them and lead around the room. Have them try to touch their toes, scratch their nose, tie their shoes, etc. with the blindfold on. Then take them off and do same activities.
3. Jesus healing the sick - Have the children lay down like they are sick in bed. One teacher comes in, kneels beside each child and recites the words Jesus healed Jairus' daughter. They can do this for each other, and help each other up off the floor.
4. Play "Pin the Band-Aid on the Little Girl/Bboy" for younger children.
5. Bandage Relay - For primary ages, do a "bandage relay". Two teams, have them try to wrap or unwrap each other from gauze wrap, ace bandages, etc. Or give them each a stack of Band-Aids and have them unwrap and stick them on each other in a certain amount of time.
6. Play a memory game - For primary ages, take a tray of first aid supplies and let them look at it for one minute. Remove several objects and have them try to tell what is missing.
Crafts
1. Paper maché casts - Primary children can make a paper mache "casts" of their arm. Write with a permanent marker on it "Jesus Heals The Sick".
2. Color pictures - Preschoolers can color in a large picture of a little girl or boy and then stick Band-Aids, glue gauze pads and cutouts of casts, crutches, etc on the drawing.
Thank you, Bethany, for all the great ideas.
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1. Basket of Fish - cut a paper lunch sack into a shorter height (about 5 inches tall), cut construction paper handle, tape or staple handle to the bag after the kids decorate them with crayons, stickers, etc. Have several fish bread loaf shape cutouts for them to color and then place in the basket. Make the cutouts large enough to stick up past the top of the basket. You could also use a strawberry basket with pipe cleaner for a handle.
2. Use Ellison die cuts to cut fish shapes out of construction paper (Or you can just draw them.) Write, "Jesus will provide" on one and on another of a different color write, "John 6:1-14. Glue them together and leave an opening. Stuff the fish with batting (cotton balls would work) and then let them dry. During Bible class have your children glue eyes to each side of the fish and decorate the fish. Sent in by Rebecca
The Big Picnic - This lesson is available on The Resource Room a subscription site. In this lesson children go on a picnic. When they get there they find that Arnie Ant has eaten their lunch. This reminds the teacher of the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000. After the story the teacher discovers that the food wasn't eaten after all. It was just hidden under a cloth in the basket so the children enjoy a picnic with Arnie Ant
Crafts
1. Children can make "Arnie Ant" holding a sign that says, "Jesus uses little things to do big things."
2. Children can color a picnic basket and add bread and fish and a few ants, of course.
You will find more ideas, a color sheet, and the complete lesson on The Resource Room.
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Miracles - Jesus
Heals the Ten Lepers"Don't Forget to Say Thank You" - This lesson comes from the Resource Room. A Free Sample lesson is also available - In this lesson Children learn that it is important to tell Jesus how thankful they are. He likes be thanked just like we do when we do something special for someone. Younger children make leper paper dolls to act out the story as a poem is being read. Older children make paper doll puppets to make a puppet show about the lesson. All ages will enjoy playing a "Musical Chairs" game in which they have to say something they are thankful for when they sit on a certain chair. Click on the link to get your free sample lesson.
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Crafts:
1. See the Mother's Day Page for craft ideas.
1. Play "Simon Says" but use "Mother Says" instead. Our 3 year olds loved this game and they all wanted to take a turn being the mother.
2. Practice being a good mother - Bring in baby dolls, clothes, towels, wash cloths, soap, diapers, etc. Show the children how to take care of a baby.
I'm Going to Help My Mom (maybe)
(Sung to: The Eensy Weensy Spider)D A7 D
I'm going to help my Mom 'cause today is Mother's Day.
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I'll help to cook and clean and I won't go out and play!
D A7 D
But, look the sun is shining and my friends are calling me,
D A7 D
Are you okay without me Mom? ~ it's an EMERGENCY!
© Mary Flynn
M-O-M-M-Y
(Sung to: B-I-N-G-O)D G D
There is someone that I love best!
A7 D
And Mommy is her name - o.
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MOMMY
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MOMMY
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MOMMY
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And Mommy is her name - o .
© Mary FlynnIf you like this song, consider purchasing "Praise 4 God ~ Just 4 Kids©"a collection of more than 75 simple songs and poems of praise.
"How to Say I Love You" - In this lesson children learn what it means to love someone and how to express their love to their mothers. Many objects are used such as candy, a clock, a compass, a measuring tape and others, to represent different ways our mothers show us love. These objects are also used in a memory game to review the lesson and to study the Bible verses that go to this lesson from 1 Cor. 13.
Play a Family Feud type game - Before class write at the top of the board "What Your Mother Does to Show You She Loves You". Under the title write the numbers one through five.
Tell your children as they walk in that you are going to have a contest. Give them each a piece of paper and tell them to write down the numbers one through five on their papers. Tell them that you have a list of the five most mentioned things that mothers do to show us that they love us. You want everyone to write down what they think are the top five things that they think the people surveyed have picked. The student that gets the most right will get a prize.
What your mother does to show you she loves you:
1. She tells me she loves me.
2. She hugs and kisses me.
3. She teaches me.
4. Spend times with me.
5. She takes care of me.The complete lesson with crafts and activities is available on The Resource Room.
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Twenty-six Bible Lessons for home school, each based on a different animal
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Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday School Lesson
Watchdogs
Sunday School Lesson
The Big Mistake
The Story of the Prodigal Son
Scaredy Cat
Daniel in the Lion's Den
Printable Postcards for
Sunday School
Christian
Wallpaper
for your Computer Desktop
Twenty-six Bible Lessons for home school, each based on a different animal
Free Sample Lessons
from
The Resource Room
Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday School Lesson
Watchdogs
Sunday School Lesson
The Big Mistake
The Story of the Prodigal Son
Scaredy Cat
Daniel in the Lion's Den
Printable Postcards for
Sunday School
Christian
Wallpaper
for your Computer Desktop
Twenty-six Bible Lessons for home school, each based on a different animal
Free Sample Lessons
from
The Resource Room
Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday School Lesson
Watchdogs
Sunday School Lesson
The Big Mistake
The Story of the Prodigal Son
Scaredy Cat
Daniel in the Lion's Den
Printable Postcards for
Sunday School
Christian
Wallpaper
for your Computer Desktop
Twenty-six Bible Lessons for home school, each based on a different animal
Free Sample Lessons
from
The Resource Room
Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday School Lesson
Watchdogs
Sunday School Lesson
The Big Mistake
The Story of the Prodigal Son
Scaredy Cat
Daniel in the Lion's Den
Printable Postcards for
Sunday School
Christian
Wallpaper
for your Computer Desktop
Twenty-six Bible Lessons for home school, each based on a different animal
Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday School Lesson
Watchdogs
Sunday School Lesson
The Big Mistake
The Story of the Prodigal Son
Scaredy Cat
Daniel in the Lion's Den
Printable Postcards for
Sunday School
Christian
Wallpaper
for your Computer Desktop
Twenty-six Bible Lessons for home school, each based on a different animal
Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday School Lesson
Twenty-six Bible Lessons for home school, each based on a different animal
Free Sample Lessons
from
The Resource Room
Fruit of the Spirit
Sunday School Lesson
Watchdogs
Sunday School Lesson
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