Crafts for Bible Facts
Sunday School or Vacation Bible School teachers often use crafts for teaching children about stories, characters, imagery and symbols found in the Bible. Simple craft projects bring information found in the Bible to life for children and make it easier for them to remember Bible facts and lessons. Try creating a few of these crafts with children as you discuss passages from the Bible.
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Make a Book
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Lead the children in creating a joke or riddle book inspired by biblical facts. Let the children make up riddles or jokes about passages in the Bible, draw a picture with the joke or riddle on it and write the answer on the back of the paper. For example, "Who built the first ocean cruise ship?" Write out the answer: "Noah. Noah built the ark that took his family on a long cruise with his whole family and a bunch of animals." Make a picture for the front cover. Stack the riddle pages, and place the front cover on top. Staple the left side of the stack of paper or use a 3-ringed binder.
Finger Puppets
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Direct the children to make finger puppets. Give each child a tan colored glove, and let the children glue on wiggly eyes, yarn for hair and clothing from felt. Give them a list of different biblical characters. Moses, Abraham, Noah, Sarah and other major Old Testament figures work well for this project. After making the puppets, let the students act out stories about the biblical characters. Coordinate the stories with what you are teaching them in class that week.
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Pour and Paint Plaster Items
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Make poured plaster items, and let the students paint the items using acrylic or tempera paint. Use simple plastic molds for making the poured plaster items like praying hands, fruits, children praying or nativity items. Mix the plaster according to the manufacturer's instructions, and pour it in the mold. Tap the sides of the mold several times using a wooden or plastic spoon; it helps get bubbles out of the plaster. Pour the molds on a warm, dry day, so the plaster sets faster. Paint praying hands or praying children for Bible facts about prayer. Painted fruits represent being fruitful and multiplying from Genesis 1:28, and the nativity represents Jesus' birth from the New Testament.
Make a Rainbow
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Make a rainbow that hangs on the wall or from the ceiling. Cut pieces of plastic canvas into rainbow shapes for each child. Give each child a piece of rainbow shaped plastic canvas. Start at the bottom left side of the rainbow shape, and thread the first piece of 1/8-inch red ribbon through the first row of the plastic canvas. Go all the way around the top row of the rainbow with the red. Let 2 inches of ribbon hang down on each end of the rainbow. Repeat this process on the next row with the orange, and continue the pattern with the yellow, green, blue and purple. Add a bead matching the ribbon color on the bottom of each side of every color of ribbon. Tie any kind of knot, so the beads stay in place. Hang the ribbon rainbows using a piece of fishing wire. In Genesis 9:12, a rainbow was God's promise of never flooding the whole earth again. Two other places in the Bible with rainbows are Ezekiel 1:28 and Revelation 10:1.
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