Free Sunday School Fall Crafts
When children are young, it is helpful to have a craft to go with each Sunday School lesson. The crafts reinforce the lesson, and give the children a visual aid to remind them what they learned in class. There are several Sunday School craft projects that can be completed during the fall months. Thankfulness, sowing seeds and harvesting foods are all excellent topics to start with.
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Sunflower of Thanks
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After reading the children Psalm 107:8, which urges the people to give thanks to the Lord, give each child a sheet of green construction paper, and a circle cut out of brown construction paper. Tell the children they will be making sunflowers of thanks. Allow the children some time to glue the circle in the center of green paper. Next, hand each child eight to ten ovals cut out of yellow construction paper. Instruct the children to write one thing they are thankful for on each sunflower petal. The petals can then be glued to go around the center of the sunflower.
Candy Corn Frame
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Read the children Psalms 119:103, which talks about God's word being sweeter than honey. Have the children write the verse out on a rectangle of yellow construction paper that measures 3 by 5 inches. Give each of the children a black construction paper rectangle that measures 5 by 7 inches, and have them glue the yellow rectangle in the middle. Next, hand out an orange card stock paper rectangle that measures 7 by 9 inches. Have the children glue the black rectangle in to the center of the orange rectangle. Decorate the framed verse by gluing real pieces of candy corn around the outer edge of the frame.
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Acorn Necklace
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Read the children Genesis 1:12, which states that God created seed-bearing trees, and saw that they were good. To prepare for the craft the night before, place one acorn for each student in a plastic bowl with a lid. Cover the acorns with water, and allow them to soak for 12 hours. Place a lid on the bowl and bring it to class the next morning. Hand each child an acorn, and a screw with an eye at one end. Instruct the children to turn the screw in to the middle bottom of the acorn. Give each child a piece of yellow, brown or orange yarn to thread through the eye of the screw. Use enough yarn so that the necklace can easily fit over the child's head. Tie the two ends together to form a knot and your necklace is finished.
Harvest Pumpkin
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Read the children Psalm 67:6, which talks about the land producing its harvest. Give each student a brown grocery bag and have them fill it half way with scrunched-up newspapers. Wrap a rubber band around the top of the bulge of newspaper to close the brown paper bag up. The bottom half is the pumpkin, and the top half is the stem. Paint the bottom half orange. When the orange paint dries, add a face with black paint. You can leave the stem alone since the grocery bag is already brown.
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