Bible stories, crafts and creative ideas for toddler groups, children's ministry and families
In Mark 1:16-20 we read about Jesus calling his first disciples. Jesus calls his first disciples – Bible Story Idea To tell the Story you will need the different characters, a boat, a net and a fish in the Story Bag. Take them out as you need them. One day Jesus was walking along near … Read More “Jesus calls the First Disciples” »
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 … Read More “Let’s make a clay boat!” »
Lost Sheep Bible Stories with two craft ideas for different age groups.
All you need – A3 paper x2 Cloud shape cut from A4 card Green and blue paper to make sky and hill Glue Cotton wool to add to cloud Verse from Acts 1:11 (see download below) Cut into a size to fit into the cloud To make the eleven disciples make a paper chain of … Read More “Ascension Day Craft (5-11 year olds)” »
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 … Read More “Easter Garden to make at home” »
All you need for this craft – paper party bags, shredded tissue paper, stars, baby picture, glue, crayons or material for the swaddling cloths. There is a lot of cutting out to do beforehand and not loads for children to do – they decorate the baby, add the tissue paper and the star – so … Read More “Jesus is born craft” »
‘Jesus stops the Storm’ was another of our weather themed stories at toddler group. It’s from Luke 8. It’s a great story to tell – lots of drama with the wind blowing and waves crashing, frightened disciples, dark skies and Jesus sleeping! Craft Idea This craft is in two parts; the lake made from a … Read More “Jesus stops the Storm” »
I first made a paper plate stained glass window back in 2015! You can take a look at the blog post and instructions here – click this link There is quite a bit of prep for this craft but it’s so worth the effort. It looks lovely! This year I thought I would add some … Read More “Christmas stained glass – paper plate!” »
We’re doing stories from the life of peter at Tuesday toddler group. last week it was the calling of the first disciples (Mark 1:16-18. Peter is still called Simon at this point. We have used the name peter to save confusion). The craft was paper plate fish. This week it was the healing of Peter’s … Read More “Healing of Peter’s mum-in-law” »
This is so easy and uses up Christmas cards! The star shape is from Baker Ross. I kept my Christmas cards from last year but wasn’t quite sure what to do with them until I was planning for Christmas and a friend told me about star shaped wreaths! For toddlers I’m cutting out nativity themed … Read More “Christmas Star to make” »
These paper plates can be used to tell the Christmas story and/or as craft ideas. They need some prep so I’m posting them now! The Angel Gabriel visits Mary – Luke 1:26-38 Jesus is born – Luke 2:1-7 The shepherds are told about the birth of the Saviour – Luke 2:8-21 You can tell … Read More “Christmas story paper plates” »
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 … Read More “Teach us to pray activity” »
