Bible stories, crafts and creative ideas for toddler groups, children's ministry and families
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” »
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” »
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” »
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” »
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” »
