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‘Love came down at Christmas,Love all lovely, love divine;Love was born at Christmas,Star and angels gave the sign.’ Christina Rossetti
Year: 2019
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Links to ‘how to make’ the characters (specifically the angels but the same basic idea is used for Mary, Joseph and the shepherds too) and the manger The stable is a cardboard box covered in tissue paper. If you cover the inside of the box with yellow paint or tissue paper the characters will show … Read More “Paper Plate Nativity” »
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Luke tells us that shepherds were told that the Saviour had been born! ‘For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord’ Luke 2:11 So here are some shepherds to make … using paper plates
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All you need for this craft – paper party bags, shredded tissue paper, stars, baby picture, glue, crayons or material for the swaddling cloths. There is a lot of cutting out to do beforehand and not loads for children to do – they decorate the baby, add the tissue paper and the star – so … Read More “Jesus is born craft” »
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There are lots of Bible stories that include angels so this craft isn’t just for Christmas! But obviously we often make angel crafts at Christmas so here is a paper plate angel that stands up and could be used as a tree topper. All you need – paper plates (cheap and quite thin as you … Read More “Angel!” »
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‘Jesus stops the Storm’ was another of our weather themed stories at toddler group. It’s from Luke 8. It’s a great story to tell – lots of drama with the wind blowing and waves crashing, frightened disciples, dark skies and Jesus sleeping! Craft Idea This craft is in two parts; the lake made from a … Read More “Jesus stops the Storm” »
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Isaac is born craft for young children to enjoy making. The tent opens up to reveal Abraham and Sarah with baby Isaac! We’ve made an Abraham tent craft before – for the story of how Abraham left his home and went to the land that God promised to give him (Genesis 12). Click here to … Read More “Isaac is born fun and easy craft” »
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I first made a paper plate stained glass window back in 2015! You can take a look at the blog post and instructions here – click this link There is quite a bit of prep for this craft but it’s so worth the effort. It looks lovely! This year I thought I would add some … Read More “Christmas stained glass – paper plate!” »
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All you need to make an advent calendar with Bible verses that help us to prepare for Christmas
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There is a page of mini arks all ready for downloading and printing here Basic Noah’s Ark (x 8) We did this craft a couple of weeks ago when we were doing Bible Stories on the theme of weather. We used tissue paper, crepe paper, cellophane wrap, cotton wool and paper clouds.
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Making a Bible town scene is one of my favourite Holiday Bible Club crafts. It fits with so many Bible stories as it is just a scene of a town. It’s fun to make and 3D. All you need is To Assemble the children need to – We bought the background scene from creativeforkids.com (as of … Read More “Bible town scene to make” »
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Group craft to make! offers an alternative to having everyone make something to take home. Some things really lend themselves to a big group make. For example you can draw a large Goliath to decorate with collage material, make the Tower of Babel either build the tower with cardboard boxes or create a 2D version … Read More “Group craft to make!” »
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“Hello friends, hello friends. How are you, how are you? It’s time for a story, time for a story. Come and listen, come and listen.” We sing this song to the tune of ‘Frere Jacques’ every week at toddler group. We gather round the story chair in a semi – circle; some sit on the … Read More “Let’s Share Bible Stories with Toddlers” »
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Baby Moses 3D craft for young children. This is a lovely Baby Moses craft that is easy to make and very effective. It uses easy to find materials that take just a little bit of time to prepare. All you need for this Baby Moses 3D craft – Baby Moses Story (This story is based … Read More “Baby Moses 3D craft” »
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Most things on my blog are for toddlers but this is something for older children and adults! We’ve been having a go at this weaving at our after school Bible Club and at our church fete. Lots of concentration required at first. But once you get the hang of it it’s really relaxing. You need: … Read More “Lollipop stick weaving!” »
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Lydia hears about Jesus when Paul and Silas visit the town of Philippi where she lived. The story of Lydia is from Acts 16:11-15. Here are Lydia (with her purple cloth) and Paul and Silas. Lydia hears about Jesus Bible Story Bible Truth for toddlers – Jesus is for everyone Say hello to Paul and … Read More “Lydia hears about Jesus” »
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A few weeks ago the children’s talk in church was about prayer. The question was ‘What is prayer?’ The answer came from Psalm 62:8, ‘Pour out your heart to him’. This seemed to me to be such a simple and straightforward way to think about talking to God. We simply pour our heart out to … Read More “Praying for toddler groups” »
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To make – sugar paper, tissue paper, cut up petit four cases, heart shapes, wool, crayons, glue, people shapes (bought from Amazon – girl shapes and boy shapes) These can be cut into individual people. Let the children choose how many people to add to their family and friends picture.
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All you need for these crafts …. Sugar paper, glue, pictures cut from catalogues and magazines, felt, feathers, satin type fabric, wool, ribbon, stars, pictures of birds singing, pictures of musical instruments and paper plates. For ‘Things I like to smell’ spray the pictures with perfume beforehand. (If you can have some real items for … Read More “Our five senses craft” »
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There’s been a lot in the news about how our planet is in danger. We are losing biodiversity at a faster rate than ever before. We need to be grateful for the beautiful creation that God has given to us. Even young children can be encouraged to value the natural world and care for it. … Read More “God is good! He gives us the beautiful world.” »
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The content narrates the ascension of Jesus after Easter, emphasizing that He lives forever and will return. It explains Jesus’ instructions for His followers to spread the Good News and includes details about visual aids used in storytelling. The narrative concludes with a promise of His eventual return as King.
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Here are some Easter and Spring craft ideas that I’ve enjoyed making over the past few years.
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The Last Supper. As part of the bigger Easter Story we’ve told the story of Jesus’ last meal with his disciples from Luke 22:7-20. The props are very simple -see the pictures below. The craft is straight forward too and there is a free printable. The Last Supper story idea The big city of Jerusalem … Read More “The Last Supper – Luke 22” »
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Mary and Martha are two grown up sisters that we meet in Luke 10:38-42 . They live in Bethany. They are mentioned three times in the Life of Jesus. You can also read about them in John 11 – when their brother Lazarus is bought back to life – and in John 12 – when … Read More “Mary and Martha” »
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I thought I’d put all the animal bible stories and crafts that we’ve done at toddler group in one place! These are all suitable for under fives. We have ravens, bees, big fish, lions, fox and sheep. Of course you could add Creation and Noah to the list for even more animals! Animal Bible Stories … Read More “Animal Bible Stories and crafts” »
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The mustard tree grew so large that the birds could nest in its branches. This craft idea is to represent our toddler group children and their families and carers being made welcome to come and ‘nest’ in the tree of God’s Kingdom. (Matthew 13:31-32) To Make the birds you will need Bird shapes printed out … Read More “The Parable of the Mustard – craft” »
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The story is from Luke 5:17-26. In the story bag we had a man and his mat. Then four friends. And the crowds of people in the house. During the story we did actions – climbing the steps, digging through the roof. At the end of the story the man rolls up his mat and … Read More “The man with four friends” »
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Nehemiah was given the job of rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem. His enemies made fun of him, ‘if a fox climbs on your wall it will fall down!’ (Nehemiah 4:3) they said. But Nehemiah kept building and with God’s help the wall was finished! In the story bag – wooden bricks for the wall (not … Read More “Nehemiah and the fox! – animal stories” »
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Week three of Bible animal stories was Jonah. Craft Idea – Can you spot Jonah? He is hidden away inside the big fish! Here is a PDF of the fish whale (1) Jonah was made from cutting up concertina people bought from Amazon. The sea is crepe paper strips and cellophane strips. You have to … Read More “Jonah and the Whale (big fish) – animal stories” »
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We are doing stories based on the theme ‘Animals in the Bible’ this half term at Thursday Toddler Group. We started with creation – lots of toy animals in the story bag that we named. The following week we did Daniel in the Lion’s Den from Daniel 6. In the story basket there were Daniel, … Read More “Daniel in the Lion’s Den – animal stories” »
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This year we will actually have our Thursday toddler group on February 14th. Valentines Day is often in half term but not this year! So a special ‘keepsake craft’ is in order. Something special for parents and toddlers to make together, write the date on the back and keep. Baker Ross sell card hearts that … Read More “hearts for valentines day” »
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We’re doing stories from the life of peter at Tuesday toddler group. last week it was the calling of the first disciples (Mark 1:16-18. Peter is still called Simon at this point. We have used the name peter to save confusion). The craft was paper plate fish. This week it was the healing of Peter’s … Read More “Healing of Peter’s mum-in-law” »