Crepe paper printing craft ideas. Crepe paper and water make for great craft. It's not exactly mess free but almost. You will have lots of soggy crepe paper at the end so you do need to have some newspaper and a tray to put your used crepe paper out of the way. Paper towels and… Continue reading Crepe paper printing craft
Category: All age craft
Valentine’s Day Bible verse craft
Valentine's Day Bible verse craft that is lovely to make and easy to prepare ahead. To make this you need a few bought items and some card. Psalm 136:26 reminds us that God's love never ends. everything you need to make Valentine's Day Bible verse craft Heart shape printed out onto card. Older children can… Continue reading Valentine’s Day Bible verse craft
Make a gingerbread house paper craft scene
Make a gingerbread house inspired scene with bits and pieces of paper and wrapping. Making a real gingerbread house is lovely but sometimes it's good to just have a rummage through odds and ends of paper and card and create something festive. I always keep wrapping paper scraps and christmas card pictures as they make… Continue reading Make a gingerbread house paper craft scene
Good Friday crafts to make
Good Friday crafts for children to make that use paper plates! One craft uses round paper plates (use cheap plates that can be folded easily) and the other crafts use black and green square plates. (These are available online - take a look here) Good Friday crafts - round paper plate The above craft was… Continue reading Good Friday crafts to make
Wax Resist Pictures
Wax resist pictures are fun and easy to create. All you need is some paper, wax crayons, watery paint and a paint brush. You can make patterns and pictures - it's very easy and relatively mess free. If you want to create a pattern then it's fun to start with taking a crayon for a… Continue reading Wax Resist Pictures
Easy to make finger paint
Easy to make finger paint that uses three ingredients (and one of them is water!) I spent quite a while searching on line for ready made finger paints but was put off by some of the reviews. I really don't want children breaking out in a rash because of allergies. The best thing about making… Continue reading Easy to make finger paint
Let’s make crowns to decorate!
These crowns are made from a dough that has three ingredients - and one of them is cold water! It's air drying so you need to make it a few days before you want to decorate the shapes. If you are celebrating The Coronation Twinkl has some great ideas and resources here with lots of… Continue reading Let’s make crowns to decorate!
Make a beautiful picture for Spring
Make a beautiful picture for spring using stickers and colours! There are loads of great stickers suitable for young children and if you don't feel like using glue they are a good alternative. It also saves you from having to find lots of pictures to cut out so a really useful time saver. When you… Continue reading Make a beautiful picture for Spring
Let’s make a clay boat!
Let's make a clay boat with air-hardening modelling clay. This craft is suitable for older children and gives them the opportunity to work with clay even if you have no access to a kiln. Air-hardening clay is easy to use and will dry out and keep it's shape. We used Das. It is great to… Continue reading Let’s make a clay boat!
Cup Cake Cases Flower Wreath
Some of the links in this post are affiliate links which means if you click on the link and purchase the item I will receive commission at no extra cost to you. A cup cake case flower wreath is a colourful craft to celebrate spring and summer. Paper cake cases are inexpensive and come in… Continue reading Cup Cake Cases Flower Wreath
Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden
Easter Garden Craft Easter Craft - a paper Easter Garden that is easy to make. Easter Gardens are lovely but if you don't have the time to make a garden with soil and real plants then this is a simple alternative. It is a great reminder of the Story of Easter. To make the Easter… Continue reading Easter Craft – a paper Easter Garden
Valentine Craft
Valentine craft to make! Valentine card A home made Valentine craft that is easy to make. The heart shapes become flower petals. You can buy heart shaped paper punchers/cutters which make the preparation of this craft quick and easy. You could buy heart shaped stickers to add to the choice of hearts too. All you… Continue reading Valentine Craft
Weaving Craft
Weaving craft is a great activity for an after school club for children aged 4-plus. It needs a bit of prep but is well worth the effort. We made these at our children's club and everyone joined in; there was lots of concentration! Try to have yarn of different colours so the children can make… Continue reading Weaving Craft
Elisha and the Widow’s Oil craft ideas
Elisha and the widow's oil is a story from 2 Kings 4:1-7 where we read about Elisha helping a widow who needed to pay her debts. He told her to borrow as many empty jars of oil as she could from neighbours and then go inside her home and close the door. What happened next… Continue reading Elisha and the Widow’s Oil craft ideas
‘Thank you God for yummy food’ craft
To Make You need A4 card with holes punched at the top (landscape) centre and thread added Stick on lots of pictures of fruit and vegetables (from gardening catalogues)Add the ribbon/banner. See download below. banner-thank-you-god-for-yummy-food-1Download Hang up in the kitchen! While you are making talk about the names of the fruit and vegetables, their colours… Continue reading ‘Thank you God for yummy food’ craft
Easter Story Paper Plate Craft
Paper plates are just so great for craft ideas (and can be used as storytelling props too) This simple paper plate idea can be used as both. The craft is for a child and adult to make together while talking about the Easter Story. You need - paper plate, tissue paper or similar in green… Continue reading Easter Story Paper Plate Craft
Star Christmas decoration to make – using lollipop sticks
Star Christmas decoration to make to hang on the tree! Lots of sequins are needed for this simple star shaped decoration for the Christmas Tree. It's a fun craft to make and looks lovely as a special home made decoration. The printable banner, 'Joy to the World' is a reminder of the great news of… Continue reading Star Christmas decoration to make – using lollipop sticks
How to make an angel – craft video
This is my first attempt at a craft video (sorry for the pause in the middle - my phone did that all by itself!). Enjoy! https://videopress.com/v/4TTNALB3?preloadContent=metadata
Zacchaeus story, video, and craft
Zacchaeus story video and craft idea
When I am at home, God is there (colouring sheet)
A couple of colouring pages ... to colour or decorate with tissue paper, crepe paper etc. A few years ago I made a bus colouring page with the words, 'wherever I go God is there'. (You can find a story and bus colouring page here) But when we are at home and can't go to… Continue reading When I am at home, God is there (colouring sheet)
Spring song – to make and sing at home
Spring song to make and sing. This made up spring song is to a well known tune – always a safe combination. The tune is ‘the wheels on the bus’. At the bottom of the post there are pictures you can print out to colour and/or decorate. The song is about these guys. Spring song… Continue reading Spring song – to make and sing at home
Easter egg colouring printables
These A4 Easter Egg designs can be coloured or made into collages. Whatever you feel like doing! I've used wax crayons (you can blend the colours!), felt tips, tissue paper and some sugar paper circles. Cut out the egg shape after you've decorated it. If you want to paint then maybe print the shape onto… Continue reading Easter egg colouring printables
Salt dough egg decorations
Children of almost any age can decorate these simple egg shapes. We've used them at a toddler group, but they would be great for older children who would be able to do more intricate designs or pictures. To make them you need to start with a salt dough. This is very easy. You need 2… Continue reading Salt dough egg decorations
Palm Sunday Craft to make at home
This leaf craft for Palm Sunday is to make at home. All our groups are closed - so this is somthing to make that uses a cereal box, crayons, pens, green pictures cut from magazines (I used a gardening catalogue) and some glue. Hopefully these are things that we have at home. If you don't… Continue reading Palm Sunday Craft to make at home
Shepherd craft
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 All you need to make these shepherds - paper plates,pipe… Continue reading Shepherd craft
Bible town scene to make
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 Square paper plate (needs to be quite sturdy) Tissue paper/sugar paper Background scene printed onto… Continue reading Bible town scene to make
Lollipop stick weaving!
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:… Continue reading Lollipop stick weaving!
Easter and Spring craft ideas
Here are some Easter and Spring craft ideas that I've enjoyed making over the past few years.
Paper plate lion
I'm putting together some paper plate crafts for a Noah's Ark themed family event. I've made a lion before with wool for the mane but fancied a change so have used mini cup cake liners. As parents are there to make the crafts alongside their children there will be minimal prep - all you need… Continue reading Paper plate lion
Holiday Bible Club Crafts
We are getting ready for a HBC - these three crafts fit our sport theme. The paper bags, trophy and flag are all from 'the little crafty bugs company'. The template for the paper bag runner puppet (it cost $4 ) is from 'teachers pay teachers'. To decorate each craft we've got googly eyes, wool, crayons,… Continue reading Holiday Bible Club Crafts
‘Thank you God’ big book
This past week I needed a large -ish visual aid to use at Toddler Group that was a change from a story bag. So I made a big book. Well, it's nearer to an envelope really. Very simple to make. All you need is A3 cartridge paper (it does need to be strong paper) x2,… Continue reading ‘Thank you God’ big book
Bible time house to make
To make a small model of a bible time house all you need is an empty cardboard box, double-sided tape, paint, brown crayon, scissors, sugar paper. Start by taking the box apart to it's net - so you can turn it inside out - and then remake it using double-sided tape. ait it. Leave it… Continue reading Bible time house to make
funny face craft
This craft is suitable for all ages - all you need is collage materials, facial features cut from magazines or pictures from the internet, glue, face shapes and sugar paper. Older children can cut out the facial features they want to use. You can either go for proper likenesses or make some funny crazy faces.… Continue reading funny face craft
Autumn/fall craft ideas ..fun and colourful!
Autumn is here! Autumn is a very colourful time of year. These crafts celebrate the bright reds, oranges and yellows. If you have a toddler then give them a selection of colours but limit them to autumnal shades. You can teach the names of the colours as you make the different crafts. Idea One -… Continue reading Autumn/fall craft ideas ..fun and colourful!