Children of almost any age can decorate these simple egg shapes. We used them at toddler group today, 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 Easter decorations – eggs and more eggs
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Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft
Easter is nearly here! In toddler group we have been learning about being 'Wonderfully made' and have already talkied about our mouths that shout, whisper and taste' and our ears that can 'hear shouts and whispers'. The Bible story that we are using to develop this is the Palm Sunday story that we read in… Continue reading Palm Sunday – Palm leaf craft
Jar of perfume craft – mary anoints Jesus
There are Bible stories that tell us what happened just prior to Jesus' death and ressurection. One of these stories tells us about mary annointing Jesus' feet with expensive perfume. As the children had been learning that we are 'Wonderfully Made' we started with the familiar - we thanked God for our noses and how they help… Continue reading Jar of perfume craft – mary anoints Jesus
Zacchaeus craft
A few weeks ago in toddler group we learnt about our feet. To build on that we have done a Bible story that includes feet - in Luke 19 we read that a man called Zacchaeus 'wanted to see who Jesus was, but being a short man he could not, because of the crowd. So he… Continue reading Zacchaeus craft
Wonderfully made!
We are all wonderfully made! David writes in Psalm 139, 'I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made'. There are lots of different crafts you can do that are all about people. Here's a couple of ideas.. Use people shapes! For this craft you need to make or buy people cut outs. (The… Continue reading Wonderfully made!
Tabitha -T-shirt craft
 Tabitha -T-shirt craft is a really lovely simple collage based craft. It is great to have a stash of fabric off cuts to use for craft - adding a different texture to paper and lots of colours. The story of Tabitha (Dorcas) is found in the Bible in Acts 9:36-43. She was a follower of… Continue reading Tabitha -T-shirt craft