Sunday, January 31, 2016

Resurrection Rolls




 What will you need: large marshmallows, 
crescent rolls, ¼ cup cinnamon sugar, and ¼ cup of butter.


Melt the butter and preheat the oven to 375 degrees.


Roll the butter into the butter, 
and then into the cinnamon sugar. 
Place it on the crescent roll ant pull up and connect the edges.


This is what it should look like.


Put the rolls into the oven for 9 to 10 minutes.


When you take them out they should be empty, just like Jesus’ tomb!


Thursday, January 28, 2016

Fishers of Men (and Goldfish)




What you will need: goldfish, long pretzel sticks, and peanut butter.


Put a small amount of peanut butter on the end of the pretzel.


Use the peanut butter to pick up the gold fish and become fishermen!


A Chain of Hearts








What you will need:

 Cardstock and a stapler.



 Cut your cardstock into 1 inch strips.


Fold the cardstock in half.


Bend the top two sides and staple them together.


You can also staple the hearts on the inside of eachother to make a chain!


Monday, January 25, 2016

Water To Wine





What you need: 1 piece of construction paper, 
red tissue paper, tape, and blue tissue paper.



Roll the construction paper into a tube and tape it together.


Stick the blue tissue paper in the top and the red in the bottom. 


This represents Jesus’ amazing act of turning water into wine.


Friday, January 15, 2016

Rock of Love







What you will need: 
two colors of paint, heart stickers, paint brush, and a rock.


Paint the rock one color.


Place the heart sticker in the middle of the rock.


Paint the other color on top.


Peel off the heart sticker to create your own rock of love. 


Let your child keep his rock to remind him that 
Jesus loves him because 
Jesus loves everyone!

A Tree for Zacchaeus





What you need: 
A paper bag, red and orange tissue paper, scissors, and glue.


Cut the top of the bag into a fringe.


Twist the strands into branches and a trunk.


Glue red and orange tissue paper to be leaves on your finished tree.


Talk about how Zacchaeus climbed a tree to see Jesus.  Which
branch to you think he would sit on? Use your fingers or small toy figures 
to be Zacchaeus!

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

A Letter of Love





What you will need- Scissors and paper.



Cut the piece of paper into a heart.


Fold in the two rounded pieces of the heart.


Flip the heart and fold it up.


Fold down the top and you have your envelope!


Draw a picture inside then give this envelope 
to someone and remind them that Jesus loves everyone!