Bible stories, crafts and creative ideas for toddler groups, children's ministry and families
Some festive baking! Yum! Christmas is a great time of year to make biscuits. There are loads of cookie cutter shapes to choose from, I chose Christmas trees. I used a favourite recipe that never fails. This is a very easy recipe called 1-2-3 biscuits from ‘Cakes and Cake Decorating’ by Rosemary Wadey. The recipe for some … Read More “Some festive baking! Yum!” »
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 … Read More “Star Christmas decoration to make – using lollipop sticks” »
How to make a shepherd printable instructions. You can make a shepherd to add to a Nativity display or use when telling the Christmas Story. Below is a photo of a nativity to give you an idea of how you can use paper plate Christmas characters to build a Christmas scene. In the picture we … Read More “How to make a shepherd” »
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!” »
All you need to make an advent calendar with Bible verses that help us to prepare for Christmas
The Angel visits Mary Bible story – from Luke 1:26-38. (Include actions in the story if you can – ask the children and adults to join in) ‘One day Mary was at home. It was just an ordinary day. Mary was cleaning the house (some actions here – maybe dusting or sweeping). But then something … Read More “The Angel visits Mary” »
We made these last year and in a couple of weeks time will make them again at our Holiday Bible Club Christmas Special. The paper plate is cut to form a simple manger shape and then the plate is decorated using coloured tissue paper, a star and some shredded tissue paper. Once this is all … Read More “Jesus is born – craft” »
I so wanted to make something like this last year but just ran out of time. So this year I was determined to make a craft focusing on Christingle. This is not necessarily instead of making the real thing. This craft could be done as an extra activity or used for very young children that … Read More “Paper Plate Christingle” »
I found this decoration idea on Pinterest. Take a look at the original by Happy Hooligans here. It is so simple and easy to make but also looks great. There is no need for glue or paint either! All you need are some glittery pipe cleaners, beads – I used circular and star shaped and … Read More “Super-easy icicle Christmas tree decoration” »
