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* | Hi! I have started teaching recently at the Sunday school ages 9-13. At least once a month the children take a small gift, a flower, a hand made book mark / a pen holder(using discarded toilet roles covered and decorated with a Bible Verse pasted) and each child gives it to an older church member. When giving they each say "God loves you and so do we". One elderly lady
who had lost her husband recently was moved to tears and later told me how
much it meant to her. "God loves you and so do we" has become our motto and with each gift they say it to the recipient. I hope this can be picked up for it does provide a ray of sunshine of Gods love touching a lonely heart.
Special thanks to Sita Jayatilaka, Sri Lanka for this great idea
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Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you. Ephesians 4:32
Kids will be kids, so they don't always say positive things to one another. I tried this activity with my group in extended worship to help them practice using encouraging words.
Each child was given enough paper strips about 1-1/2" by 9" to equal the number of children in the class. Next we wrote each child's name on each one of our strips. I called out one name at a time and spelled it so everyone wrote each name at the same time. The main part of the activity was to think of a kind or positive thing to write about each child. I helped the younger ones spell, and the older ones to brainstorm kind words. When they were done they passed out the strips to the children whose names were on them. Then they helped each other paste them into chains using glue sticks. The children left with their chains and lots of smiles.
Special thanks to Sharon Lynn from N.C. for this great idea
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I have used a kind of homemade etch-a-sketch to demonstate the power God has to forgive us of sin and "wipe the slate clean" (erasinf our sins.) I put about three tablespoons of a colored gelatin in sandwich-sized zip-lock baggies and tape or staple them shut. (note: to make an even more colorful experience for the kids, try putting clear premade gelatin in and letting each child put 1-3 drops of the same or different colors of food coloring in their own bag. They can have fun mixing the colors themselves this way.) Give each child a posickle stick, or just let them use a finger to scribble words, pictures, and patterns on the surface of the bag, and then mash over the bag to watch the drawing dissappear.They enjoy scribbling, but they like erasing just as much.
Special thanks to Paul B Broerman for this great idea
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An amazing craft that has been used year after year in my past teaching Sunday school /Children's Church at Easter:
| 1. | Have a small paper plate(6") for each student. |
| 2. | I first had them smear the plate with a little chocolate frosting (soil) |
| 3. | Then sprinkled the "dirt" with green tinted coconut (grass) |
Give each student a "snowball" cupcake. (cupcakes upside down can work also)
They place it on the plate as the tomb.
| 4. | Take a spoon and make a hollow spot in the snowball (Like the empty tomb) |
| 5. | Place a small sign in the hole that states "He is not here! He is Risen" |
| 6. | Take a wafer cookie (nilla wafers work or 1/2 sandwich cookie) and set it over the hole to hide the sign and so that it can be "rolled away" |
| 7. | I let them finish decorating with tinted marshmallow, sprinkles, gum drops, whatever I had available to finish decorating around the tomb.(flowers) |
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the scene with a large gum drop or marshmallow rabbits punctured with
a toothpick bearing a small sign that announced: The Easter story. |
Once the creation was done, they were sent back to their parents/family/friends with the directions that they could eat their creation...but only after they had shared with at least three adults the story that they had learned that day. And that, of course was the lesson of Easter that was discussed before and during the craft. It is great to watch them excited about sharing the faith... and many were quick to do just that. To encourage them to take it home, I did have bags or food wrap to cover.
J.Matz Ashland Dickey Church of the Brethren, Ashland, Ohio
(Special Thanks to J.Matz, Ashland Dickey Church of the Brethren, Ashland, Ohio)
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I am doing crafts for the Wednesday nights Kids Club and I thought how cool it would be to do a craft recognizing the Trinity. So easy. Take 3 tongue depressor or popsicle sticks and have the kids decorate anyway they want. Then, either paint on or paste on the words 'Father', 'Son' and 'Holy Spirit' , one on each stick. Then glue the sticks together to form a triangle. You can tie a piece of yarn on the top to use as a hanger if you want or glue a magnet on the top of the triangle and it can be a refrigerator magnet.
(Special Thanks to Judy Valentine)
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| * | Roman or general purpose Helmit: Click Here for the pattern.
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| * | An Achan story cube for telling the story in Joshua 7: all Click Here for the pattern.
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| * | Cut-out and color bookmarks for James 1:5, "If anyone lack wisdom let him ask God." Click Here for the pattern.
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| * | A Faith Craft: Give each kid a small cup and some seeds, like corn. The verse is, faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God. The corn is the seeds of faith that are planted in your heart every time you hear the Word. So if the cup is the problem then every time you put the Word in yourself you come closer to having the faith needed for the problem. If you keep yourself full of the Word then anytime you have a problem you have enough faith to handle it.
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| * | Your class can make a coloring/activities pages book out of their weekly projects by putting a piece of construction paper on the
front and one on the back of the coloring/activities pages and staple or clip them together. Then print the
kid's names on the front (they really love that at this age, when they're
just starting to recognize their name in writing).
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| * | Race: During a home fellowship at our home I took the kids to the kitchen and had all the ingredients for chocolate chip cookies. I started by saying that the ingredients are all different colors (black, white, yellow , brown), separately they are not all that good, but when blended together they make a chocolate chip cookie (something very good, especially to kids). It is the same with people, Separately, one race (white, black, yellow brown) is not as good as if we were blended together. Then we all got to eat the cookies.
Special Thanks to Amy Rowlands from Seymour CT for this great idea
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| * | One craft that I used when I first started teaching is using canned food jars
to make crayon holders. Save your cans when you make dinner, then wash them out and take off the paper labels. Precut paper strips that fit around the cans. If you have a younger class you can glue the labels on before the class. After
your lesson have the children write the memory verse on the can. Then let them decorate the cans with glitter paper shapes or anything that you prefer.
to use. If you have a small class then you can fill each holder with one crayon of each color so that each child has their own colors, if you have a larger class then put one color in each jar. (ex. REDS IN ONE JAR BLUES IN ANOTHER
ETC.) When you take out the cans to color you can remind the children of their memory verse.
(Special thanks to the person that sent us this great idea)
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| * | For some time now I have been building a little learning toy for my nieces and nephews. After seeing a few of your products, I was thinking that you might want to build a few too. Here's how. First get a hold of eight cups that fit into each other. The multicolored toddler cups will do. Then go to 2 Peter 1:5 and label each cup with each thing Paul adds. Start with faith as the biggest cup and label each successive cup all the way to charity. There should be 8 cups and the smallest cup should be labeled charity. Next, go to 1 Corinthians 13:4 and get the 16 things that make charity. Label Popsicle sticks with each one thing and place them in the charity cup on top. A little flower glued to the top of each Popsicle stick makes for a nice
flower arrangement. They look nice and show a simple way to go from faith to charity. Hey! maybe even back again. I make them according to a rainbow color arrangement. You might want to do it too! Enjoy them, I look at them often myself and I'm sure it teaches me.
Special thanks to Harry Teasley for sharing this great craft.
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| * | God created the Heavens: I have a fifteen month old baby boy and
lots of baby food jars. Let children paint the lids, and fill the jars
with water, glitter, and moon and star confetti. Explain how God created
the Heavens.
Special Thanks to Tiffany Jonas from Ohio for this great craft.
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| * | Jesus Fan: Using construction paper of two different colors,
weave a 5 by 7 rectangle. It will look like a checker board. Use a stencil
or just write Jesus Loves Me on the rectangle. Take a tongue depressor
or craft stick that size, slip it through the middle of the rectangle.
You now have a fan for those hot days. We found it best to use scotch tape
on the first weave and at the end scotch tape the perimeter.
We had first-third graders
do this with people at a convalescent home. They all enjoyed it and they
were reminded Jesus Loves them.
(Also, you can use a verse like 23rd
Psalm to talk about the cool quiet victory that comes with knowing Jesus)
Special thanks to Elizabeth Anderson
for this great craft
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| * | Put Jesus in your Heart; Have each kid draw a
red heart on one side, and write "Jesus" on the other side of a 3" square
of paper. Staple the end of a straw down the center of the piece
of paper so that the straw makes a stick (handle) with the paper at the
top of the straw. Place the handle end of the straw between the palms of
your hands, and move your hands back and forth making the straw and paper
spin one way and then the other. As you watch the paper, notice that the
word "Jesus" seems to be in the heart. Ask the kids how to put Jesus in
their hearts. Teach Salvation from Romans 10:10-17.
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| * | The Fishers of Men, Fishing Games
How to Play: Each kid takes a turn fishing for fish. Each fish (laying
on the floor) has the name of a sin on the bottom side so that the fishers
can not see any of the sins. This is because, as a fisher of men (and ladies)
we find that, most people hide their sins, but God knows everything. After
the fish is caught it is washed clean in the water (a pan of water). And
this is like the people that have heard and received the Word. They are
washed clean by the Word, and the shed blood of Jesus Christ.
Useful Versus: John 3:16, Heb. 10: 16-26, 1 Cor. 6: 6-11, Eph. 5:26,
Titus 3: 1-8,
Romans 10: 8 -11
Set-Up: Using old plastic milk jugs, cut
out fish (side view) that are about 4-6" long. They need to be long enough
to write the various sins on. There are some special problems to think
about when making this activity. Since the fish are cut outs they will
be tall and very thin. When you lay the fish down, one side of the fish
will become the top (visible) side and the other side will become the bottom
(hidden) side.
Most inks do not stick to plastic very
well. Those are the inks that you use for writing a sin on the bottom (hidden)
side of each fish. So in order to color the fish you need to find a marker
or paint that is especially made to mark on plastic. Only color the fish
on the top (visible) side. You may run into a problem if you color the
bottom and then write a sin in another color over the base color. Especially,
if you then try to wash the sin off of the fish.
After each fish is colored and a wash-off-able sin is written on
the bottom side of each fish, put a standard metal (not plastic) paper
clip on its mouth. When you are done, only the sin should wash off.
The fishing pole is made with a stick or
dowel. Cut a piece of string to a length appropriate for the size kids in
the class. Tie a string to one end of the stick, and tie a magnet to the
other end of the string. To get a free magnet, go to your local electric
motor repair shop. They always have an old junk motor they can take a magnet
out of. Test your activity to insure that you have a big enough magnet.
Special thanks to Ann Givens, and Lois Peterman from Delaware
for sharing this activity.
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| * | God wants to have an active part in your life;
The Gospel Tree: There are several versions of this game. Start by drawing
a large tree with no leaves on a large piece of paper.
1. The Vine and Branches: Have each of the kids draw
a leaf,
cut it out, and write
their name on a leaf
(You may have to do the
writing for very young kids.) and
pin their leaf on one
of the bare branches. Then teach
St. John 15: all, the
vine and the branches, and show how
God wants to be an active
part of their lives. We
get everything that we
are from God. God wants to be active
in our lives. He wants
to help you in many ways. He gives
us salvation, love, health,
wisdom, protection, and many
other things.
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