Christian Crafts for the Story of Lazarus
Creating crafts based on Biblical stories is an interactive and fun way to tell the stories and to explain their meanings. The story of Lazarus contains themes of trust, belief and hope. With simple craft supplies and a little imagination, you can teach these themes, as well as the historical and geographical contexts of the time.
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The Story
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Mary and Martha sent Jesus a message that their brother was sick. After two days, Jesus decided to visit Lazarus in Judea. The disciples reminded him that the authorities tried to kill him last time he was there. Yes," said Jesus, "but Lazarus is sleeping and I need to go wake him." Confirming that he meant that Lazarus was dead, Jesus and his disciples traveled to Judea.
When Martha met Jesus, she cried that Lazarus would not have died if Jesus had arrived earlier. She and the other mourners took Jesus to the tomb where they had placed Lazarus' body. Once there, he directed them to remove the stone across the entrance. He asked them to believe in him as the resurrection. Jesus called for Lazarus to come out, and out stepped a man dressed in grave clothes. The crowd and the disciples were amazed at Jesus' ability to raise Lazarus from the dead.
The Tomb
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Paint a large paper plate and a smaller paper plate with brown and gray paint or markers to look like rock. Glue the large plate onto a sheet of construction paper. Cut a tomb opening shape out of black construction paper and glue it onto the plate. Write "He is Risen" on the tomb opening with a white marker or white paint. Place the smaller plate over the tomb opening, and attach it with a paper fastener through all layers of the papers. Paint flowers, trees and people around the tomb to tell the story.
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Grave Clothing
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Cut white fabric into thin strips and pull the threads so that the edges fray. Wrap a doll or stuffed animal in the strips, starting with the torso and wrapping the arms, legs and head separately. Tuck the beginning of each strip into the wrap formed by the previous strips. Finish by tucking the end of the last strip into the previous line of clothing strips.
Diorama
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Place a shoe box so that the opening is facing you and the long side is on a flat surface. Paint scenery on the inside of the box, with grass on the floor, sky on the top and the upper half of the back, and trees on the walls. Create a hollow sphere from paper mache for the tomb and glue to the floor of the diorama. Place farm animals and pets in the scene. Put a doll dressed in grave clothing in the tomb and place a rock in front of the tomb opening. Dress other dolls in biblical clothes and place them in the scene. Write "John 11:1 - 11:46" on a piece of paper with markers and glue it to the shoebox.
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