God Loves Me!

 I know that God loves me because... God made me.... fill in your name God loves 

me... fill in a "because" Jesus wants to be my friend forever. You could fold a piece of paper in half and draw 

a half a heart and let the kid cut out....OR Draw on a mirror the child uses daily a great big heart with lipstick 

or tape hearts all around a mirror and write these things. 

 Gather your supplies. You will need a piece of construction paper, scissors and a pen. (you can 

use stickers, paint, etc.. to decorate the heart as you want to) 

 Fold piece of paper in half and trace half heart on it. 

 Cut where you have drawn half heart to create a full heart. 

Open heart and write the following: I know that God loves me because... (leave space to write 

answer) God Made... (fill in your child's name) 

Zacchaeus and the Tree

Zacchaeus. 

Use a paper towel tube, string, a toy figure or clothespin decorated like a 

man. The tree top could be felt or paper. Tie a large knot instead of using the bead. 

Gather your supplies. You will need a paper towel tube, a piece of string or yarn, a male toy 

figure, green tissue paper, tape and scissors. 

Cut a slit on each side of the paper towel tube at the top. 

 Run string through top of paper towel tube. 

Tie one end of the string around "Zacchaeus" and tie a knot in the other end so it will not pull 

through the slit in the paper towel tube. 

 Tape green tissue paper in the top of the paper towel tube for the top of the tree. 

 Finished product! You can talk about Zacchaeus or sing the song and have him climb up the tree 

so he could get a closer look at Jesus! 

The Lost Sheep

A 'lost' sheep hiding in the bottle of rice. 

You could use a sheep sticker or a cotton 

ball. You could use any filler that you have on hand, it doesn't have to be rice. 

Gather supplies. You will need a clear plastic bottle or container of some kind with a lid, rice 

(or any other filler you have) and a sheep sticker, cotton ball or penny to be the lost sheep. 

Fill container with rice. 

Hide “sheep” in the rice.

Following Directions Grid Game

Following Directions Grid Game

 You can adapt to the ability of the 

child. 

Gather Supplies. You will need yarn or ribbon, tape and scissors. 

Create a grid, whatever size fits your room, on the floor by taping the ribbon to 

the floor. You will need to leave enough space for the kids to be able to stand in the 

squares. 

 Complete grid ready to play