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
Category: Family craft idea
Use what you have Christmas Collage
Use what you have to make a Christmas collage. There is so much for us to spend money on at Christmas that it's a nice change to use what we already have have to make crafts. I always keep Christmas cards as they have great pictures. And those bits of wrapping paper that aren't quite… Continue reading Use what you have Christmas Collage
A Great Light Party Lantern to make
Here's a Light Party Lantern that is easy to make and inexpensive too! It's a lantern that will twinkle in the dark and remind children that Jesus is the light of the World. If you are planning to celebrate a light party as an alternative to Halloween or you are looking for something to make… Continue reading A Great Light Party Lantern to make
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
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
Ascension Day Craft (5-11 year olds)
All you need - A3 paper x2Cloud shape cut from A4 cardGreen and blue paper to make sky and hillGlueCotton wool to add to cloud Verse from Acts 1:11 (see download below) Cut into a size to fit into the cloud men-of-galilee-acts-1v11Download To make the eleven disciples make a paper chain of eleven men. To… Continue reading Ascension Day Craft (5-11 year olds)
‘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
Beautiful flowers and Jesus’ promise (Sermon on the Mount)
This is a craft and something to read and think about from the Bible. It's an idea to help families to look at the Bible together. Enjoy! You need a Bible, glue, paper/card, flower photos from catalogues/magazines, scissors (adult supervision required) and some time to do this together! If you want you can seperate this… Continue reading Beautiful flowers and Jesus’ promise (Sermon on the Mount)
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
Make a Paper Plate Christingle for 7-11 year olds
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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 Garden to make at home
Easter garden to make at home is a great way to celebrate Easter. The garden is a reminder of the Easter story and is also fun to make. Traditionally an Easter Garden would be made using soil, moss, flowers etc but this version is made entirely from paper and card - if you haven't got… Continue reading Easter Garden to make 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
Paper Plate Nativity
Angels, Mary, Joseph, shepherds and the manger with the baby. Great for a nativity decoration and for telling the Christmas story. Links to 'how to make' the characters (specifically the angels but the same basic idea is used for Mary, Joseph and the shepherds too) and the manger The stable is a cardboard box covered… Continue reading Paper Plate Nativity
Thank you God for family and friends
To make - sugar paper, tissue paper, cut up petit four cases, heart shapes, wool, crayons, glue, people shapes (bought from Amazon - girl shapes and boy shapes) These can be cut into individual people. Let the children choose how many people to add to their family and friends picture.
Easter Wreath Decoration
Sometimes I have cut out wreath shapes from paper plates but when you need to make 50 that can take a while! So when I found that Baker Ross were selling cardboard wreath shapes I was really keen to try them out. As you can see they are dark brown, obviously made of card and… Continue reading Easter Wreath Decoration
Easter egg – messy craft!
This is a craft where you get in a bit of a sticky mess - but it's fun! The egg shape is polystyrene. (I bought them from Amazon) I covered it in PVA glue and added tissue paper layers. If you finish off with a layer of glue it'll look shiny. Experiment with the decoration.… Continue reading Easter egg – messy craft!
Easter decorations!
This craft is suitable for all ages - you may have to vary how you decorate the shapes. I used air drying modelling clay to make flowers and eggs. These were cut using cookie cutters. The shapes need time to dry out - a couple of days. We'll be decorating flower shapes at Toddler Group.… Continue reading Easter decorations!
Jesus is born – craft
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… Continue reading Jesus is born – craft
Teach us to pray activity
Teach us to pray activity to go with the Bible story from Acts 12:1-19 - Peter in prison. The church met to pray for Peter and their prayers were answered. This take home craft is a reminder to pray. It would be great to use as a family too. Each person could pick a card… Continue reading Teach us to pray activity
Christmas Paper Plate Ideas
These paper plates were made as an aid to telling the Christmas story but they could easily be adapted to be crafts. I had a lot of fun making them 🙂 They would make a lovely family craft activity to make during advent and then display at Christmas. And if you want a family craft at… Continue reading Christmas Paper Plate Ideas
Paper Plate Christingle
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… Continue reading Paper Plate Christingle
Super-easy icicle Christmas tree decoration
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… Continue reading Super-easy icicle Christmas tree decoration