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 … Continue reading Make a life-size Goliath
Category: Bible Alphabet
Bible Alphabet – f is for field where treasure was found.
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 … Continue reading Bible Alphabet – f is for field where treasure was found.
a is for Adam
A is for Adam! This is the start of our Bible Alphabet. We'll have a Bible Story connected to each letter of the alphabet each story time for 26 weeks. There will be lots of variety as some letters will stand for people, others for places and some for jobs! This is a really fun … Continue reading a is for Adam
Bible alphabet – E is for Eve
E is for Eve. Although the bible doesn't say that Eve ate an apple we used an apple to tell the story from Genesis 3 as it's a familiar fruit for the children. It worked well having two real apples to choose from held by a person pretending to be a tree. Then an adult playing … Continue reading Bible alphabet – E is for Eve
Lion craft – Daniel
This lion craft is great when telling the story of Daniel praying to God and being thrown into the lion's den. We've been going through a Bible alphabet and have used Daniel for the letter d. You could also tell this story to teach children about prayer as Daniel prayed each day and didn't stop. … Continue reading Lion craft – Daniel
Bible alphabet – C is for carpenter
Following on from where Jesus was born - Bethlehem - who took care of him? Mary and Joseph. In this story we concentrated on Joseph and the job he did. With young children I sometimes like to have some objects in a bag - it keeps them interested and watching what is going on and … Continue reading Bible alphabet – C is for carpenter