Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Breakfast with Jesus




Gather your supplies.  
You will need bread, plate, plastic knife and food that can be an eye! 

(You could definitely make pancakes for this if you wanted to instead of the bread)



Use kid friendly knife to cut a circle 
then cut a triangle out of the circle!  
Add the eye! 



Talk to your child about breakfast with Jesus as you make this together!

The Lost Coin





 Gather your supplies.  
You will need some coins and foil.



Place coins under foil and rub with fingers to make a coin rubbing. 


Talk to your preschooler about the story of the lost coin!!

Making Dough for Making Fun




Gather your supplies.  
You will need shaving cream, cornstarch, 
liquid watercolors or food coloring, a spoon and bowls. 
(we are making one color for a sample but you can make several to play with)



Add shaving cream to bowl.


Add a little cornstarch and stir.  There are no real measurements.  You will use a little less cornstarch than shaving cream.  Stir until you have a consistency like dough!


Add food coloring and stir!  Make as many colors as you want to!


Have fun making your own creations
 while talking with your child about how God made him!


Tuesday, June 16, 2015

A Drink From a Rock (or a Lemon)






Gather your supplies.  
You will need a juicer, lemons, sugar, water, a pitcher, 
cutting board, measuring cups and spoon (not pictured)



Cut your lemons in half and juice them on the juicer to get ¾ cup lemon juice!


Measure 4 cups water into pitcher.


Pour lemon juice and ¾ cup sugar into water.


Stir until sugar has dissolved.


Enjoy a nice glass of lemonade with your child and 
talk about Moses getting water from a rock, 
like you got lemon juice from the lemons!

Monday, June 15, 2015

Naaman in the Jordan River






Gather your supplies.  You will need a sponge, scissors, 
washable red paint, a tub of dirty water (The Jordan River), a paint brush and something to squirt paint in.



Cut a sponge to look like Namaan.


Dot Namaan (your sponge) with red paint to show he has leprosy.


Dip Namaan in the water


Squeeze him out seven times to show his spots going away!


Squeeze him out one last time to show that he is healed!!!


Talk about how Naaman was healed, just by obeying
and dipping into the Jordan River.


Parting the Red (Pepper) Sea



Gather your supplies.  You will need a plate or 
bowl, water, dish soap and black pepper.


Pour a little water onto the plate.


Sprinkle pepper into the water.


Stick finger into the water and see that nothing happens.


Put some dish soap on your finger and place in the water
 and watch the pepper move to the sides of the plate.  


Talk to your preschooler about Moses parting the Red Sea!

A Basket for Baby Moses!






Gather your supplies.  
You will need a cup (that you can cut), scissors and colorful yarn or string.


Cut slits in cup from top until about ¾ of the way down, all the way around the cup.


 Begin weaving yarn or string in and out of each cut piece around the cup.


Completed Moses Basket!  



Talk to your child about the story of baby Moses as you are making the basket!!