Gather two white paper plates, blue tissue paper, scissors,
tape, glue, any color marker, and a Little People toy figure.
Cut a triangle out of one of the white paper plates. (Cut out about ¼ of the plate.)
Tape the triangular piece to the back of the other paper plate. The triangular piece will represent the tail.
Cut, or tear, tissue paper squares and glue them onto the fish’s body and tail.
Give the fish an eye and a mouth by drawing it on with the marker.
Place the Little Person toy figure on the plate in the fish’s belly. This will be Jonah. Talk about how the fish swallowed Jonah.
Now take “Jonah” out of the fish’s belly and talk about how the fish spit him out.
You can continue to put Jonah in and out of the fish’s belly while talking about how the fish spit him out. Jonah did not trust God at first and got swallowed by a big fish. Jonah prayed while inside the fish and then the fish spit him out. Then, Jonah did what God told him to do.
