Scooping Water Like Gideon!

Gather your supplies.  You will need several plastic containers of different sizes, measuring cups and scoops, a towel and your child/children. (you need water, too, but remember not to leave your little one unattended with water even though it is just a small amount)

Fill containers with a small amount of water.

Allow your child to scoop, play, etc… with the water and while the play talk to them about how God told Gideon and his army to go down to the river and do something silly but Gideon knew that God’s way is perfect so they listened and obeyed God.

Playing in the water.

A Whale of a Tissue Box!!

Gather your supplies.  You will need a Kleenex box, 

blue paper, tape, scissors and a black marker.

Cut and wrap Kleenex box in blue paper, 

leaving the top where you can pull the tissue through!

Cut a blue fin and tape to end of box.

 Draw eye and mouth and pull one piece of tissue 

out of the top to be like a spout of water! 

Read about Jonah and the big fish while you make this craft!

The Colors of the Rainbow

Gather your supplies.  

You will need a piece of paper, watercolors, 

a paintbrush and two cups (1 with water to rinse brush and 1 for tracing)

Allow your child to paint around the cups 

in all different colors making a rainbow 

of circles all over the paper. 

 Talk about the rainbow being God’s promise to us!

Animals for the Ark

Gather your supplies.  You will need popsicle sticks, a paper plate, markers, glue, scissors and any other decorative items you wish to use such as beads, feathers, etc…

Cut plate in half to make ark.

Decorate popsicle sticks to looks like the animals on the ark.  Have child color plate brown to look like ark!  Tape or glue animals in the ark!

Talk to your child about Noah and the ark while you are making the animals!

My Helping Hands

Gather your supplies.  You will need a piece of construction paper

 (any color), ruler, marker, your child/children’s hand(s).

Draw a line close to the top then make 4 boxes at the bottom as shown.  Write “Helping Hands” on the top of the paper!

Trace your childs hand in each square.  

You will need to have a separate sheet for each child so 

each child should have their hand traced 4 times!

Write something different in the palm of each hand your child can do to be a “Happy Helper”.  As they things this week/month, color in a finger for each time they complete what is written in the palm of the hand.  Have a reward for when they fill up all 20 fingers!

You can see the whole page with an example for one hand.  We left three blank so you could talk with your child and come up with things he/she can do to be a happy helper this week! 

 Talk to them about all they learned this month and how Jesus wants us to help everyone around us and tell everyone about Him!

Moses' Staff

Gather your supplies.  You will need an empty wrapping paper tube and markers (and any other decorations you would want to use).

Decorate your “staff” and retell the story using it!  

Your kids will have a lot of fun pretending to be Moses! 

A Room for Elisha

Gather your supplies.  You will need popsicle sticks, glue, 

a sheet of construction paper, a sheet of white paper, 

markers and scissors.

Glue popsicle sticks to paper in the shape of a house

Draw a bed, a table, a lamp and a chair on the piece of white paper 

with markers.  Cut them out.

Place the bed, table, lamp and chair in the house.  

You can glue them or use them to read the story to your child.  

We can all be happy helpers and allow God to use us to help others!