The Good Samaritan is one of the stories that Jesus told and is from Luke 10. It teaches one simple truth about how we treat other people. Here is a simple storytelling idea for young children.. Characters for telling the good Samaritan story The Good Samaritan Story Idea To tell the story I had several… Continue reading The Good Samaritan – Stories Jesus Told
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God Knows when I feel….excited!
God knows when I feel excited is all about Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem. Children are often excited so it's great to tell a story they will relate to. This story from Matthew 21 is about the excited crowd who welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem. Traditionally this event is called Palm Sunday. It begins the week of… Continue reading God Knows when I feel….excited!
God knows when I feel….scared
God knows when I feel scared. God really does know how we feel. This week's story is from Luke 8:22-25 when the disciples were scared. Even though Jesus was sleeping during the storm he is the Son of God, and he still knew how the disciples felt. God knows when I feel scared story idea… Continue reading God knows when I feel….scared
God knows when I feel….. busy!
God knows when I feel busy! This term we are telling Bible Stories that remind us that God knows how we feel. We start with Martha feeling busy. The story is from Luke 10: 38-42. Each week there will be a different emoji paper plate face that represents how the character in the story is… Continue reading God knows when I feel….. busy!
Valentine Craft
Valentine craft to make! Valentine card A home made Valentine craft that is easy to make. The heart shapes become flower petals. You can buy heart shaped paper punchers/cutters which make the preparation of this craft quick and easy. You could buy heart shaped stickers to add to the choice of hearts too. All you… Continue reading Valentine Craft
Paper Plate Fish Craft
Paper plate fish craft to make. There are so many Bible Stories with fish! You could use this craft for Creation, the Calling of the first disciples, the Great catch of fish, Jesus making breakfast. Paper plate fish craft - all you need Paper plate (inexpensive and not too sturdy) Cut out a triangle from… Continue reading Paper Plate Fish Craft
Noah and two of every animal – A Bible Number Story
Noah and two of every animal is our second bible number story. Last week we thought about the Number One and Jonah and the One Big Fish. This story is all about counting to two! The Bible Truth for toddlers is, 'Those who trust in God are rescued'. You can read the story from Genesis… Continue reading Noah and two of every animal – A Bible Number Story
Jonah and the One Great Big Fish – A Bible Number Story
Jonah and the One Great Big Fish - A Bible Number Story. We are thinking about counting in toddler group. So we have some Bible Stories with numbers. First up is Jonah. The Bible truth for toddlers in this story is 'God always knows where we are'. The story is from the book of Jonah.… Continue reading Jonah and the One Great Big Fish – A Bible Number Story
Elisha and the Widow’s Oil craft ideas
Elisha and the widow's oil is a story from 2 Kings 4:1-7 where we read about Elisha helping a widow who needed to pay her debts. He told her to borrow as many empty jars of oil as she could from neighbours and then go inside her home and close the door. What happened next… Continue reading Elisha and the Widow’s Oil craft ideas
How to make a shepherd
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… Continue reading How to make a shepherd
Angel tree topper instructions
Angel tree topper instructions that are easy to print. We made these angels last year in our toddler group. There are some instructions here on the blog in a previous post but this printable instruction leaflet is much easier to print and share. It can be handy to have some instructions for the adults to… Continue reading Angel tree topper instructions
Homes Jesus visited – The Crowded House (video)
Homes Jesus visited - the crowded house is a short video story for young children to enjoy. It is a retelling of a Bible story from Mark 2:1-22 Take a look at the other videos in the series by vising let their light shine's You Tube channel where you will find stories for young children… Continue reading Homes Jesus visited – The Crowded House (video)
We’ve arrived at Easter!
We've arrived at Easter! We have traveled along the road to Jerusalem to reach the first Easter. Each week we've met different people that Jesus met on his journey and now we are at the end of our journey. This weeks story is the Easter Story .. to tell it you need puppets or dolls… Continue reading We’ve arrived at Easter!
God made the stars spiral
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… Continue reading God made the stars spiral
Spring is coming!
Where I live there is already blossom on the trees! So next week at toddler group our craft will be on a spring theme. We are going to be making some spring blossom spirals. There is some prep for me to do beforehand but not too much. The paper plates will need to be cut… Continue reading Spring is coming!
Fish in the sea craft
There are several Bible Stories that you could use this craft for - creation, calling of the first disciples, the large catch of fish.. It is mini fish cut out of sugar paper, tissue paper water and sea weed, some cellophane, blue, green and yellow crayons and a piece of sugar paper.
Happy New Year!
After the Christmas break I like to get back into toddler group crafts in a fairly simple and straight forward way - so, we will be making calendars this week. It's a good way to use up bits and bobs of craft materials that are left over from last year and to make use of… Continue reading Happy New Year!
Shepherd craft
Luke tells us that shepherds were told that the Saviour had been born! 'For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord' Luke 2:11 So here are some shepherds to make ... using paper plates All you need to make these shepherds - paper plates,pipe… Continue reading Shepherd craft
Jesus stops the Storm
'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… Continue reading Jesus stops the Storm
Isaac is born fun and easy craft
Isaac is born craft for young children to enjoy making. The tent opens up to reveal Abraham and Sarah with baby Isaac! We've made an Abraham tent craft before - for the story of how Abraham left his home and went to the land that God promised to give him (Genesis 12). Click here to… Continue reading Isaac is born fun and easy craft
Noah in the Ark – a weather themed story
There is a page of mini arks all ready for downloading and printing here Basic Noah's Ark (x 8) We did this craft a couple of weeks ago when we were doing Bible Stories on the theme of weather. We used tissue paper, crepe paper, cellophane wrap, cotton wool and paper clouds.
Group craft to make!
Group craft to make! offers an alternative to having everyone make something to take home. Some things really lend themselves to a big group make. For example you can draw a large Goliath to decorate with collage material, make the Tower of Babel either build the tower with cardboard boxes or create a 2D version… Continue reading Group craft to make!
Baby Moses 3D craft
Baby Moses 3D craft for young children. This is a lovely Baby Moses craft that is easy to make and very effective. It uses easy to find materials that take just a little bit of time to prepare. All you need for this Baby Moses 3D craft - A4 card (cut the slits so that… Continue reading Baby Moses 3D craft
Lydia hears about Jesus
Lydia hears about Jesus when Paul and Silas visit the town of Philippi where she lived. The story of Lydia is from Acts 16:11-15. Here are Lydia (with her purple cloth) and Paul and Silas. Lydia hears about Jesus Bible Story Bible Truth for toddlers - Jesus is for everyone Say hello to Paul and… Continue reading Lydia hears about Jesus
God is good! He gives us the beautiful world.
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.… Continue reading God is good! He gives us the beautiful world.
Daniel in the Lion’s Den – animal stories
We are doing stories based on the theme 'Animals in the Bible' this half term at Thursday Toddler Group. We started with creation - lots of toy animals in the story bag that we named. The following week we did Daniel in the Lion's Den from Daniel 6. In the story basket there were Daniel,… Continue reading Daniel in the Lion’s Den – animal stories
Followers of Jesus – Tabitha
We started a new set of Bible stories at Toddler group today. Each week we are going to meet someone from the Bible who followed Jesus. Today we started with Tabitha (or Dorcas) from Acts 9. She came along in our story basket together with a few sewing related items. We begin by saying hello… Continue reading Followers of Jesus – Tabitha
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
Joseph – fancy coat and camels!
This past week our Bible Story was all about Joseph, his special coat and how his brothers sold him to people travelling on camels to Egypt. The camels were donated to the group about a year ago and normally live in our 'Vet' box. They come in very useful for several stories. Craft - Joseph… Continue reading Joseph – fancy coat and camels!
Abraham in his tent craft
This Abraham in his tent craft has a lift the flap element that hides Abraham! It's a lovely craft to make with lots of sticking and opportunities to add texture to the tent by using fabric and texture to the sky by using cotton wool for clouds. Abraham in his tent craft Everything you need… Continue reading Abraham in his tent craft
Noah’s ark
I really enjoyed putting this craft together and the children enjoyed making their own too - which is the main thing! There was a bit of prep - cutting an ark shape from a folded paper plate and tearing tissue paper into long strips. the ark 'floats' on the tissue paper water. The animal stickers… Continue reading Noah’s ark
God made the sun, moon and stars
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… Continue reading God made the sun, moon and stars
On the way to Easter with Peter – Jesus’ last meal
On the way to Easter with Peter - Jesus' last meal Bible story. Bible references - Â Mark 14 and Luke 22 (see also the accounts in Matthew and John). The following is a story idea for toddlers. Some of the details have been omitted as this age group would find all the details bewildering! As… Continue reading On the way to Easter with Peter – Jesus’ last meal
5 loaves and 2 fish craft
A 5 loaves and 2 fish craft to go with the Story of The Feeding of the 5,000 from John 15. There is an idea for telling the story here. To make this easy craft all you need is Construction paper or light card loaves and fish - printed on paper and cut out. I… Continue reading 5 loaves and 2 fish craft
Harvest celebration
It's harvest celebration time! At toddler group we often mark this event at story and craft time. The story is usually focused on saying 'thank you' for our food. I have a basket of various fruit and veg (all real) to show to the children and as I take the fruit and veg out of… Continue reading Harvest celebration
Having Breakfast with Jesus
Having Breakfast with Jesus is a Bible Story from John's Gospel. It took place after the resurrection of Jesus and before his ascension. Note - the Sea of Tiberias is another name for the Sea of Galilee. Having Breakfast with Jesus - Story Idea In the story bag I had Peter and some friends (there… Continue reading Having Breakfast with Jesus
It’s cold! Let’s make Bobble hat and mittens craft
A bobble hat and mittens craft to celebrate the cold, wintry weather. There are two free printables for you to use. I printed the outlines of the bobble hat and the mittens onto paper but you could use card if you like. If you are using Pritt Stick the paper will be fine but if… Continue reading It’s cold! Let’s make Bobble hat and mittens craft
In the beginning..God made people
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… Continue reading In the beginning..God made people
Make a Paper Plate Boat
Paper plates are great for crafts. They are cheap to buy and can be recycled when no longer needed. If you are telling a Bible Story with a boat in then this is an easy make to add to your Story Bag. All you need: Paper plate, tissue paper squares or pens/crayons, card or a… Continue reading Make a Paper Plate Boat
M is for Moses
M is for Moses is a story in our Bible Alphabet. The story of Moses being hidden in the basket is found in Exodus 2. It is a lovely story to tell to children as children take centre stage. I've included a craft idea too. Sometimes people point out that the Nile would have been… Continue reading M is for Moses
K is for King David
K is for King David is a story in our Bible Alphabet series. We focus on David being anointed King by Samuel. The story is found in 1 Samuel 16. I used a story bag that contained a crown and pictures of Samuel, Jesse, the seven brothers and David. The pictures were based on the… Continue reading K is for King David
Christmas stocking decorations
This is a very easy craft to prepare. Cut out a stocking shape using sugar/construction paper. Leave a space at the top for the child's name. Make a hole with a hole punch so the stocking can be hung up as a decoration. (This is optional) The children can decorate the stocking with crayons/felt tips/… Continue reading Christmas stocking decorations
a is for Adam
A is for Adam! This is the start of our Bible Alphabet. We'll have a Bible Story connected to each letter of the alphabet each story time for 26 weeks. There will be lots of variety as some letters will stand for people, others for places and some for jobs! This is a really fun… Continue reading a is for Adam
Bible Alphabet – B
Last week we started a new term at Toddler Group. For the Bible stories we will take a letter of the alphabet each week and tell a story based on something or someone whose name begins with that letter. A- Adam B- Bethlehem. For B the craft is a picture of Bethlehem. Parts of the… Continue reading Bible Alphabet – B