Bible stories, crafts and creative ideas for toddler groups, children's ministry and families
Let’s say hello to Eve! is our first bible story in a new series all about women in the Bible . Eve was the first woman in the Bible so we are beginning with her. It’s a good place to start! In this story we focus on a few things The Bible Story is based … Read More “Let’s say hello to Eve! – women in the Bible 1” »
In the beginning God made – days 4-6 – craft ideas suitable for using at toddler groups and with young children in church or at home. Genesis 1 tells us how God made the world. Everything was made in a precise order and all of creation was good! These crafts are easy to make. You … Read More “In the beginning God made – days 4-6 – craft ideas” »
In the beginning God…crafts days 1-3 for toddler groups and young children to enjoy making. In Genesis 1 we learn all about days of creation. These crafts cover the first 3 Days of Creation from Genesis 1:1-13. All you need In the beginning God made light To make ‘In the beginning God made light’ use … Read More “In the beginning God made – days 1-3 – craft ideas” »
In the beginning God made light Bible Story and craft idea to use with young children. How everything began is recorded for us in Genesis 1. Telling the story of Creation to young children is a great opportunity to help children understand that they are special and important because God made them. In the beginning … Read More “In the beginning God made light!” »
God made everything story and craft for toddler group and preschoolers. This is the first page of our Big Book that we made here. The Story is based on Genesis 1 There are lots of different ways to tell the story of creation. You can use pictures, paper plates that represent the different days, objects … Read More “God made everything story and craft.” »
This is exactly the same basic idea as the blossom spiral that I posted about here https://lettheirlightshine.com/2020/02/20/spring-is-coming/ Instead of blossom I’ve used tissue paper for the sky – you could use anything blue including paint or crayon. But the lovely thing about tissue paper is that I’ve made the strips long so they hang down … Read More “God made the stars spiral” »
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.” »
It’s nearly summer! This term we are thinking about the things that our Good God has given to us. This idea is borrowed from a Toddler Group scheme from Christ Church Dunstable. Last week we thought about the world. We had a globe (that lit up!) and lots of pictures. All the pictures were freely … Read More “God gives us…” »
A couple of easy crafts – for the chicken fold a paper plate in half – some cutting out is required. Here’s a PDF to show you the pattern – Chicken+Plate For the paper plate raven – he could be a different bird if you use different colours – fold the plate in half and cut … Read More “God made birds – craft” »
I decided to focus on edible plants for this story time. In Genesis 1:11 it says ‘ And God said ‘Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed..’ I had a fennel plant to show to the children – they are very touchy feely plants! … Read More “God made plants – story and craft ideas” »
Paper plates, tissue paper, glue and a bit of preparation = animal crafts that look great and are fun to make. You can add googly eyes, wool, stickers for eyes, triangles for a nose… Here are a couple that I’ve made – There are loads of ideas on my paper plate pinterest board
Genesis 1: 25 ‘And God made the beasts of the earth…and everything that creeps on the ground…and God saw that it was good.’ There are so many crafts that you could make about the small animals that God made – spiders (!), paper plate ladybirds, butterflies to mane a few. i decided on a caterpillar … Read More “God made small animals – craft” »
We did a paper plate craft for this week. All you need is paper plates, tissue and crepe paper, green paper for seaweed and lots of fish in bright colours.
We’ve been gradually going through all the things that God made using SU’s Tiddlywinks ‘The Big Green Book’ as a starting point. We aren’t sticking to a 1-7 day order here. But if you would like to do that then have a look at the creation plates in this post. We’ve learnt about God making … Read More “God made the land” »
To tell the story (have the props in a story bag and take them out when you need them) ‘God made the sky. It was big and empty. So God put the sun in the sky for daytime. He put the moon in the sky for nighttime. What else can we see at night? God … Read More “God made the sky” »
This week at Toddler group we learnt that God made the sun, moon and stars. I put on my sunhat and sunglasses for the sun and we pretended to be asleep when we thought about the moon and stars. God made these things just by speaking and they were very good! (we all do thumbs … Read More “God made the sun, moon and stars” »
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As part of a series for older children – 4 years plus – we’re taking a look at the beginning of the Bible. Would you ‘Adam and Eve it?’ is rhyming slang for would you ‘believe it?’ The Bible, God’s Word to us is true. We want to encourage others to believe God’s words. Genesis … Read More “Genesis 3 – would you Adam and Eve it?” »
Genesis 1 tells us how it all began. It is a chronological telling of how the world began. Once there was just God and then he spoke the world into being. Our beginning matters because if God made us then this is his world and we are accountable to him. So do we Adam and … Read More “Genesis 1 – ‘Would you Adam and Eve it?’” »
This half term at toddler group we are going to take a Journey to Bethlehem. Each week the Bible story will be a simple retelling of a key event on that journey for the children. The plan is to put the stories in the context of The Big Story for the adults. So we start … Read More “Journey to Bethlehem – week 1 – God made everything good” »
A new song to a well known tune – always a safe combination. The tune is ‘the wheels on the bus’. The song is about these guys. As you can see, I’ve been watching Springwatch. The owl in the garden goes twit, twit, twoo, twit, twit, twoo, twit, twit, twoo The owl in the garden … Read More “Springwatch inspired song!” »
A couple of simple crafts to accompany teaching about creation – We made a collage of people surrounding a world map when we did the story of God making people from Genesis 1. The paper plate globe is a different version of the same idea – this time stickers are used to decorate the paper … Read More “In the beginning..God made people” »
Creation Mobile (1) – print as many as you like. Free to use. To make this mobile you need 1. One print out for each child – see the Pdf file with this post. It’s free for you to use. 2. Crayons, pencils, felt tips 3. Hole punch 4. Thread/wool 5. Darning needle To make Make … Read More “Creation mobile – free Pdf file” »
Make a ‘creation celebration’ placemat. You will need: A laminator and laminate pouches ( if you don’t have these you could use ‘tacky back’ or make a poster) A4 black paper – trim slightly to fit in the laminate Pictures of animals and the natural world- from clip art/ magazines Glue and scissors The words … Read More “Creation Craft Place Mat” »
