Bible stories, crafts and creative ideas for toddler groups, children's ministry and families
In Deuteronomy 5 Moses refers to the mountain where he received the ten commandments as mount Horeb. (In Exodus it is called Mount Sinai – same place; different name) To tell the story I used a simple picture of a mountain drawn on to a large roll of paper (from Ikea). There was a ‘mini … Read More “H is for Horeb – Bible Alphabet” »
The Bible tells us that Goliath was over 9 feet tall. (Read the story in 1 Samuel 17). It isn’t always easy to imagine just how tall someone is so we made a life size Goliath. The basic technique for doing this can be used for many pictures and would be very good for making … Read More “Make a life-size Goliath” »
This is a very easy craft – the children draw around a tree template and cut out the shape. Then they decorate the tree with glittery shapes/paper and glitter glue and small pompoms (these are a little unwilling to stick but will if they are held down for a few seconds). Punch a hole in … Read More “Christmas tree” »
to add something to the telling of the Christmas story – add sheep and camels that stand up on pegs for legs. Draw a simple camel or sheep (without legs!) on to card and cut out. Add the pegs. You could also do this as a craft activity – just be careful with the pegs.
Start with a template. Draw around this onto two pieces of black A4 sugar paper (construction paper) I secured it with paper clips to make things easier . This design was tricky to cut out but older children could do it with some help and patience. If you have a small group I would … Read More “Stained Glass Nativity” »
Provide a template for the children to draw around on two A4 pieces of black sugar paper. (or construction paper). Cut out the Christmas tree shape. You can make this easy by folding the paper in half and making a cut to get started. Then flatten out the paper and carry on cutting out. Make … Read More “Stained glass Christmas tree” »
In the Bible Alphabet at Toddler group we are on to ‘f’. I decided to go with field – the story that Jesus told about the man who found treasure buried in a field, sold all he had, bought the field and then owned the treasure. You can find the story in Matthew 13:44. To … Read More “Bible Alphabet – f is for field where treasure was found.” »
