Growing in God's Love Bible Crafts and Activities
Bible Crafts and Activities Relating to Growing in Faith, Planting, Gardening, Seeds and Flowers
Growing in God's Lesson - Five Bible Lessons Using a Flower Theme
This series of lessons uses different types of garden flowers to help explain biblical concepts. Children make garden-related crafts and play outside games to reinforce the lessons. The complete lessons with crafts, activities and songs are available on The Resource Room.
Growing in God's Garden Five Flower Posters and Coloring Sheets
Flower Posters with Bible verses for Five Different Bible Lessons with a Flower Theme in both KJV and NIV, and Color and Black & White for Coloring
Forget-me-not Flower
Growing in Faith Bible Lesson
Bible Reference: "I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old." Psalm 77:11, KJV
Teaching Concept: Children learn how to deal with their problems through the writings of Psalm 77. They learn that when they have problems they should think about everything God has done, meditate on his goodness, talk about it with others, and praise God for whom he is and what he has done.
See the Growing in Faith Forget-me-not Bible Lesson Page.
Morning Glory Flower
Growing in Joy Bible Lesson
Bible Reference: "It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praised unto thy name, O most high: To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night," Psalm 77:11, KJV
Teaching Concept: All of creation glorifies God, and we should glorify him too. The beautiful morning glory flower has a perfect name because it glorifies God in the morning. When seeing the morning glory glorify God we can be reminded to glorify God in the morning. It is good to praise the Lord.
A Complete Bible Lesson with crafts, activities, and songs are available on The Resource Room.
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Everlasting Flowers
God's Love is Everlasing
Growing in God's Love - Bible Lesson
Bible Reference: "O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. Psalm 136: 1-2
Teaching Concept: God's love is everlasting. He never changes, and we can always count on him. He is ready to forgive us when we call on him.
See the Growing in God's Love - Everlasing Flower Bible Lesson Page.
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Sunflower
Producing Fruit Bible Lesson
A Complete Bible Lesson with crafts, activities, and songs are available on The Resource Room.
Scripture References: John 15:8, Galatians 5:22-23a, and Luke 8:5-8,11-15, The Parable of the Sower
Teaching Concepts: Sunflowers are beautiful flowers that stand out because of their size and bright colors. Jesus can be compared to a sunflower. He lived a life that stood out among all others. He showed us how to live by the fruits of the Spirit and planted the seeds of those fruits in our hearts. When the fruit of the Spirit grows in us we become more like Jesus and glorify God.
Take a Closer Look at Sunflowers
Have you ever looked at a sunflower? A sunflower looks like a very large flower, but if you look very closely you will see that the head actually contains hundreds of tiny disk flowers or florets that are all crowded to together in the center of the head. The big yellow petals surrounding the head are called ray florets. The florets in the middle of the sunflower head are the ones that produce the seeds. But what you think of as the seed is really the fruit of the sunflower called an achene "akene". Each fruit contains one seed.
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Read The Sunflower Parable: Special 10th Anniversary Edition by Liz Curtis Higgs
Logan wants to grow sunflowers that reach all the way to heaven by the end of the summer. With the help of his wise father, Logan learns how important it is to not only plant seeds in the ground, but to plant them in the hearts of his friends and neighbors.
Play a "Build a Flower" Game
Before class prepare the parts for two flowers. Cut out petals, leaves, stems, etc. (You can use the same flowers you used for the bulletin board.) Divide the children up into teams. Take turns asking the teams questions from this lesson and previous lessons. If a team gets a question right, let a team member add a part to their flower. The team that builds a complete flower first wins.
Play a Hangman-type Game
Have your children think of words that relate to the lesson such as flower, Jesus, fruit, etc. Play like Hangman except instead of drawing a hang man, draw a flower with a head, five petals, a steam, and two leaves.'
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Cosmos
Growing in Peace Bible Lesson
A Complete Bible Lesson with crafts, activities, and songs are available on The Resource Room.
Scripture References: John 14: 1- Romans 8:31-39 and Philippians 4:4-9
Teaching Concept: We can be at peace in a chaotic world. We don't have to be worried or afraid. In this lessons children learn how they can have the peace that passes all understanding.
Make Paper Cosmos Flowers
What you will need:
Pretty Colors of Printer Paper, Origami Paper, Wrapping Paper etc. Cut Into Squares of Different Sizes (from 8 1/2" to 2" squares), Buttons, Pompoms, Sequins, Stickers, Beads, and Other Decorative Items
How to make:
1. Before class print out the patterns on how to make flowers with eight petals like the cosmos flowers and flowers with six petals.
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2. In class let your children pick out different colors of paper and then demonstrate how to make the flowers.
3. Make a bulletin board display with all the flowers or have your children write the verse on the back of the flowers.
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Play a "Build a Flower" Game
Before class prepare the parts for two flowers. Cut out petals, leaves, stems, etc. (You can use the same flowers you used for the bulletin board.) Divide the children up into teams. Take turns asking the teams questions. If a team gets a question right, let a team member add a part to their flower. The team that builds a complete flower first wins.
Read "Whose Garden Is It?" by Mary Ann Hoberman
Mrs. McGee, walking by a beautiful garden, can't help but wonder whose garden it is. A gardener appears and states that he is the owner of the garden because he plants it and grows it. But Mrs. McGee soon hears from a rabbit coming from the garden who says he disagrees, and claims that the garden belongs to him because he lived there his whole life.
A the end of the book the author asks, "Other animals claim to be the owners each giving a good reason why they think the garden belongs to them; even the flowers, a tree, the rain, and the sun think the garden belongs to them. Mrs. McGee heard from everyone and everything in the garden, but she still wondered who the garden belonged to. re you still wondering whose garden it is?" Of course, if children have been learning from the "Growing in God's Garden" lessons, they will know who the garden belongs to.
Flower Spinner Game
Before class print out the Flower Spinner Game Board and glue it to a piece of cardboard or foam core board. Place a large paper clip in the center of the flower secured by a thumbtack. Don't press the thumbtack down to tight or the paper clip will not spin.
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Have your children take turns spinning the paper clip. The children should read the word or words on which the paper clip stops and give an example of the particular thing they can think on. For example, if the paper clip stops over the lovely word, the child may say, "I can think about lovely flowers." Or if the paper clip stops over the "worthy of praise" words, he may stay, "I can think about Jesus dying for our sins."
Plant Cosmos Seeds
Have your children paint a flowerpot and then plant Cosmos seeds. They are one of the easiest plants to grow from seed.
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I love your website! It has really helped me with a lot of my units that I teach in my Christian school classroom. Gayla
Your website is amazing and we used a lot of your craft activities at the church Sunday school which I led in Victoria. Kids loved every one of them. Helen
