Bible stories, crafts and creative ideas for toddler groups, children's ministry and families
to add something to the telling of the Christmas story – add sheep and camels that stand up on pegs for legs.
Draw a simple camel or sheep (without legs!)Â on to card and cut out. Add the pegs.
You could also do this as a craft activity – just be careful with the pegs.
All we like sheep have gone astray memory verse idea. This idea uses sheep pictures – one picture for each word of the Bible verse from Isaiah 53:6
To Prepare …
Start with a simple sheep picture. Search online or draw your own. Print out enough for one word per sheep and the Bible reference. I used card so I could decorate each sheep with cotton wool. Write on the verse or print out the words and stick them on. You could attach velcro to the back to stick to a flannel board or magnets for a white board or blue tac.
To Learn the verse…
To introduce the verse to the children (ages 5-10ish) hide the sheep around the room (before the children arrive).
Explain that your sheep have wandered off – gone astray- and everyone needs to find them. As the sheep are found place on the board or wall in the correct order. Once they are all there say the verse together a few times.
Show the children where the verse is found in the Bible. To help the children learn the verse say a few more times removing a sheep each time.
Explain that we are like sheep – we want to go our own way rather than God’s way.
Craft idea – give each child a sheep and get them to write the verse in the centre (you could do this for younger ones or reluctant writers). Have glue and cotton wool and coloured pens/crayons to decorate the sheep.
