Friends on the Roof!

Gather your supplies.  You will need a box, a “mat” (we used a lego piece but you could even make one with paper and popsicle sticks or whatever you have at your house), some people/friends, some string or yarn to lower the mat and scissors.

Cut a door on the side of the box 

and a hole in the top of the box; 

as shown.

Act out the story using the mat(s) and characters!

  Tell how Jesus healed the paralyzed man! 

"Picture" Yourself Blind!

 Gather your supplies.  

You will need a blindfold (we just used a piece of fabric),

 a piece of paper per child and some markers.

Blindfold each of your children.

Allow them to draw a picture, while blind folded, so they can see what it is like to be blind!

Talk about how the blind man needed Jesus so

he could see!

A Christmas Sheep

Gather your supplies. You will need something round (cardboard, a lid to something in your

pantry, etc...), cotton balls, scissors, glue, black construction paper, a white crayon (or googly eyes)

Cut center circle out of whatever you are using that is round!

Cut out sheep's head ears and feet out of black construction paper. Draw eyes on face.

Glue cotton balls all around circle.

Attach feet, face and ears to cotton balls!

Use your sheep to tell everyone about the 

message the angels shared with the shepherds

as they watched their sheep!

Star So Bright!

Gather your supplies. You will need scissors, to colors construction paper, markers and string.

Cut one star out of each color of construction paper. Make sure they are identical. 

We cut ours at the same time :)

Punch a hole in the top of one star. 

Cut a slit half way up the bottom of the start with the hole punch 

and half way down from the top of the other star (see photo)

Decorate star however you wish to decorate it!

Slide the two pieces together and hang with yarn or string!

Use your Shining Star to tell the story

of the Wise Men traveling to see

Jesus!

Baby Jesus Ornament

Gather your supplies. 

You will need a plate, a tan piece of paper, tape, scissors and a black 

marker and a pipe cleaner (not shown) 

Cut circle out of tan paper. 

 Tape circle to top of plate. 

Fold bottom plate up a third of the way (see photo) 

Fold sides towards center. Use tape to secure. 

Use the marker to put eyes on baby Jesus! 

Place pipe cleaner or yarn on top or tape to back. 

Hang baby Jesus on your tree and 

tell the story all over again!

Christmas Angel

 Gather your supplies. You will need a paper plate, glue, scissors, a white sheet of paper and a silver crayon/marker or glitter pen! 

Cut a "V" shape out of the paper plates, as shown. 

Cut a oval out of the white paper to use as the angels head!

 Color (or use whatever you are using that is silver) around the edge of both pieces of the plate! 

Glue small triangle plate and head on larger plate, as shown! 

Let your "angel" tell the story of 

bringing Mary exciting news!

Spoon People

Gather your supplies. You will need plastic spoons (however many you

want to make), sharpie, scissors, glue, scrap fabric, construction paper, foam pieces,

yarn, etc… Just use whatever you have around your house!

Draw faces on spoons.

Cut out clothes to be able to dress you spoons. Glue clothes onto spoons.

You can add hair or whatever else you would like!

Play with your Spoon People and talk about

how God made everyone! 

And He made us all special!

Heart Animals

 Gather your supplies. You will need scissors, glue, different colors of paper 

to cut into different size heart shapes! (we added googly eyes to ours, too, because 

we are making a fox!) Be creative and make as many different animals as you want! 

Cut several hearts in all different sizes to use to create your animals. 

Glue hearts together to form whatever animal you are working on. We 

chose to make a fox! Add googly eyes; if desired.

You made Heart Animals!!!

Do you know who made the real animals?

God did!

Create-A-Cloud

Gather your supplies. You will need a bar of ivory soap, a plate 

and a microwave (not pictured) 

Place soap on plate and place plate in microwave. Microwave 

for 45 seconds. 

Now you have clouds made from soap! (Caution: the plate may 

be warm so be careful allowing the kids to touch it before it cools!) 

Now you have "Cloud Clay"!  God made the sky! 

Planting Plants!

Gather your supplies. Fold a piece of construction paper or 

even use a cereal box. Use whatever seed (popcorn kernel, 

bean) have on hand. Add different textures and heights.

You will need a piece of brown 

construction paper, glue and beans, tissue paper, etc… 

(anything you have to create different textures) 

 Fold paper into an accordion.

Allow children to glue different textures into rows. Keep 

same items on each row.

Now you have three rows of plants! 

Who made the plants?

God made the plants!

Water Art

Gather your supplies. You will need a cookie sheet or some kind of plastic 

tray, a white sheet of paper and food coloring (markers may work if you do not have 

food coloring) 

 Place white paper on cookie sheet/tray. 

Set cookie sheet/tray and set in rain until paper is wet but not soaking wet.

(Take out 

in the rain or lay paper on newspaper and use a spray bottle.)

Allow children to place a few drops of food coloring on the paper and then 

watch it spread! You can tilt the tray to watch the colors mix!