Snack Crown

Gather a piece of pineapple, small grapes, Trix or some other small, round cereal, a knife, and a plate.

To cut out your crown, you can start by cutting the bottom and the sides of your pineapple. (Please do not let your child do the cutting. Just let them describe their vision to you to prevent any accidents!)

Next, you can cut little triangles in the top of the pineapple to be the tips of the crown. Be as creative as you want with this!

Now you can add some jewels! I started by cutting small pieces of grapes and adding them to the bottom of our crown.

 I then topped off our crown by adding Trix cereal jewels to the top. I think the added color is so fun!

Now you can enjoy your snack! Talk about how David wore a crown once he was anointed King. David was a great leader! We can be great leaders too.

Five Stones

Gather a brown piece of construction paper, gray fabric or gray construction paper, a marker, scissors, and glue.

 Cut the brown construction paper into the shape of a bag.

Next, write “David and Goliath” at the top of your bag.

Cut the gray fabric or paper into small stone shapes and glue them onto your bag. You need 5 stones total. Count aloud with your child as you add the stones.

David used 5 stones to beat Goliath. Only 5 stones! David was very brave. Talk to your child about how they can be very brave too.

Cup Phone

Gather two cups, a piece of string or yarn (mine is about 2-feet long), and scissors. 

Using the scissors, poke a hole in the bottom of each cup.

Thread one end of the string through one of the cup holes and then tie to secure.

Repeat with the other end of the string and the second cup and then… ta-da! Your phone is ready! If you’re talking, you should have your end of the cup phone to your mouth. If you’re listening, the cup phone should be against your ear. 

ake turns talking and listening to one another. You can even talk quietly, then loudly. When your child is listening, talk to them about how they are listening just like the people were listening to Jesus teach at the Temple!

Lion Face

 Gather scissors, glue, a black marker, two black pieces of construction paper, and one piece of orange and yellow construction paper.

Cut a large heart out of the orange construction paper, a medium-sized heart out of the yellow construction paper, and a small heart out of one of the pieces of black construction paper.

Cut small slits along the bottom and sides of the orange heart to represent the lion’s mane.

Turn the yellow heart upside down and cut small slits only on the bottom to represent the lion’s whiskers.

Lay the other piece of black construction paper down and glue the orange heart in the middle of the page.

Glue the yellow heart inside the orange heart, upside down.

Glue the small black heart in the yellow heart to represent the lion’s nose.

 Draw eyes on the lion’s face.

The king had Daniel thrown into the lion’s den, but he wasn’t scared. Daniel trusted in God and knew that He would protect him – and He did!

Walk the Line

Gather some floor tape.

Make a square or circle on the floor using the tape.

Have your child walk on the taped lines, stop after going around once, and then make a trumpet sound. To make it even more fun, have them shout, “For the Lord and for Gideon!” after they make the trumpet sound. (You can also have them walk fast, or slow, or even hop on the line!)

God taught Gideon the way to go and he defeated the army! God will teach you the way to go too!

Water Play

Gather a towel, an empty bowl, a bowl with some water in it, a sponge, a turkey baster, an empty water bottle, a funnel, and a water pitcher filled with some water. Go on and place the bowls on the towel for easy cleaning!

Pick up the sponge and place it in the bowl of water.

Now squeeze the sponge into the empty bowl until all of the water is out. You can repeat this until all of the water is transferred to the other bowl.

Next get the turkey baster and put some water in it, then release it into the empty bowl. Repeat this as long as you’d like!

Place the funnel in the empty water bottle.

Pick up the pitcher and slowly pour the water into the funnel, until the water is gone or your bottle is filled.

 God gave water to Hagar and her son when they needed it. Talk about how God gives us what we need too!

Fiery Furnace Plate

Gather a paper plate, red, orange, and yellow tissue paper, scissors, glue, and either people/gingerbread cut-outs or a marker.

Tear the tissue paper into squares.

Glue the tissue paper squares onto the plate.

Glue 3 people cut-outs OR draw 3 people onto the “fiery furnace” plate.

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were put in the fiery furnace, but they were not afraid, because they knew that God was with them! Talk with your child about times that God is with you too.