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Marble Painting Complete

The children in our mixed-aged Bible class concluding Sunday created some awesome pictures using marbles and paints.  The lesson for the day was nearly when the Lord spoke to Moses from a Burning Bush-league

Nosotros talked about how God was concerned most the suffering of his people and was giving Moses the important job of rescuing them.  Later the lesson nosotros gathered our supplies and fabricated these lovely pictures.  Younger children needed more help and the older ones were able to do each step on their ain.  Of course, the best part was existence able to chat nearly the story every bit we worked on the arts and crafts!

Supplies

  • A baking pan or shallow box with sides (one for each child or take turns)
  • A large paper cutting to the size of the lesser of the pan or box
  • Crayons
  • Paints in burn down colours like reddish, yellowish, orange, brown and black (tempera or acrylic works well)
  • Marbles (heavy ones work better and we had three per child)
  • Tape
  • Damp paper towels or items of selection for clean-upwards

Method

  1. Children draw a free-style bush-league on the paper using the crayons.  This is the best time to write names or titles on the drawings, besides.
  2. Place the paper in the tray and secure the edges with a few pieces of tape.
  3. Sparingly dot the paper with various colours of pigment (thick globs don't piece of work).
  4. Identify the marbles on the surface of the newspaper and motion the trays around slowly in a rolling or gentle wave-similar motion.  Every bit the marbles roll effectually they will pick up pigment and distribute it over the paper.
  5. Remove the marbles and hang the pictures to dry.
Supplies

Supplies

Draw a bush

Describe a bush-league

Add dots of paint

Add together dots of paint

Place marbles on paper and move tray around to roll marbles in paint.

Place marbles on paper and move tray effectually to scroll marbles in paint.

Supplies

Supplies

Draw a bush

Draw a bush-league

Add dots of paint

Add dots of paint

Place marbles on paper and move tray around to roll marbles in paint.

Place marbles on newspaper and move tray effectually to roll marbles in pigment.

Other Stories for this Craft

Utilise this same method and different colours of paint to create effects.  Generally, the student will draw the primary picture and then employ the paints to create the effect.  Alternatively, you could provide a printed colour sail and so have the children create the pigment issue over information technology.

  • Fire using red, yellowish, orange and a bit of chocolate-brown, black and white.
    • The Lord Speaks from a Burning Bush-league
    • Nadab and Abihu
    • Elijah and the Contest at Mt. Carmel
    • Elijah and the Whirlwind
    • The Fiery Furnace
  • Storms, Water or Waves using bluish, greenish, white and a fiddling black as needed.
    • Crossing the Cherry-red Bounding main
    • Baptism of Jesus
    • Jesus Calms the Tempest
    • Jesus Walks on Water
    • Paul's Shipwreck
    • Twenty-four hours 2-God Created Heaven & Water
    • Noah Builds an Ark & Loads Animals
    • The Flood and God'due south Promise
  • Wind using white and a trivial black on gray paper.
    • Sermon at Pentecost  (Depict the people or steps of the colonnade and and so create the wind with paint)
  • Mood or Feeling using multi-colours on coloured or black newspaper.  This is more abstruse but can be very effective.
    • Creation Story
    • Transfiguration
  • Plants using green and a few dots for flowers.
    • Day 3-God created land and plants (Experiment with green and then colours)
    • Nascency of Moses (Draw the basket and then hide it with the green pigment)
  • Light using white or lite yellow on black paper.  Fill up the page with the colours of light.  Add some glow in the dark paint for fun.
    • Twenty-four hours ane-God Created Calorie-free
  • Burn and Brimstone using red, yellow, orange or but use yellow and white with a little red to highlight the brimstone.  Draw the metropolis first and then create fire and brimstone with paint.
    • Sodom and Gomorrah
  • Pilus using brown or blackness.  Depict Samson'southward face start and so create the hair with pigment.
    • Samson and Delilah

How to Use on Any Story

Create a frame around whatsoever verse or moving picture past taping a newspaper over the heart of the paper (where the words are written) and only leave a blank space around the edges of the paper exposed.  Once the painting is complete then remove the paper.

Marble Painting Pin

Healing Lame Man Craft (2)

The Healing of a Man Who Could Non Walk

What an amazing Bible story!  A disabled man well known for begging.   2 apostles who responded to the beggar past giving him much more that money.  A man who could now walk because of the healing power of Jesus Christ.

Children can actually chronicle to expressing excitement in the same style that this man did.  He praised God while walking and jumping in front of anybody.  Of course we had to practice this for a while in our class this past Dominicus.

We also used our anxiety to limited praise.  First, we wrote "Praise God" on the centre of a piece of paper.  Then nosotros used our toes to paint.

It was messy.  It was joyful. And information technology allowed the children to relate to the feelings the man had and to express praise with fifty-fifty the well-nigh humble of instruments…toes.

Oh, for this exuberance in accepting God's power in my life!

But Peter said, "I don't have any silver or gilded, only I practice accept something else I tin requite y'all: By the power of Jesus Christ from Nazareth—stand up up and walk!"

Then Peter took the human being'southward correct hand and lifted him up. Immediately the man's feet and ankles became potent. He jumped up, stood on his feet, and began to walk. He went into the Temple with them, walking and jumping, and praising God.

All the people recognized him. They knew he was the crippled man who ever saturday past the Beautiful Gate begging for money. At present they saw this same human walking and praising God. The people were amazed. They could not empathise how this could happen.

Acts 3:vi-ten, International Children's Bible

Healing Lame Man Craft (1)

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In two Wednesday evening bible classes I taught a group of children nearly the Burying and Resurrection of Jesus.

The decease, burying and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the well-nigh important story a child will always hear considering information technology is the cadre of the Gospel.  If it was not for the sacrificial death of Jesus and his resurrection from the dead none of united states could receive forgiveness of sins and a relationship with God.  (see I Corinthians 15:one-v)

To aid the children experience this story I chose a arts and crafts as an activeness.  If a instructor chooses an appropriate and meaningful craft then the fourth dimension spent making it can exist used the time to "conversation" or talk near what the bible says happened.

The children were given paper plates, paper and toilet tissue to make their own tomb, body and stone to re-enact the story.

The Tomb:

We cut a paper plate in one-half and cut out a "door" on one of the halves.  We painted one side of the plate black and the other grey to resemble the stone tomb.  And so we used staples to adhere the edges together (see photo above).
As nosotros made the tombs we talked near how Joseph of Arimathea arranged for the burial (John 19:38-42)

The Body:

Nosotros cutting a simple outline of a body from cardboard.  Then nosotros wrapped the torso with a couple of layers of toilet newspaper.  After this offset layer of toilet paper nosotros then sprayed it lightly with water to dampen it.  (I supplied a spray canteen filled with water to make this easy)  Then we added a second layer of toilet paper and sprayed it. To add a odor like the spices we dapped on a niggling perfume.  Nosotros repeated this with a few layers until the damp (merely not soggy) shape resembled a linen-wrapped body.  When this dried all of toilet paper remained stuck together.
Again, we continued the discussion (from the Scripture above) almost burial community and how they wrapped bodies in linen and placed spices in between the cloths.

The Stone:

This was uncomplicated to brand by crumpling upward paper into a brawl.
As we made the stones we talked about how this big rock was put in place and guards placed over it (run into Matthew 27:57-66)

At this bespeak each child placed their tomb on a table and put the body inside.  Each carefully rolled the stone in place.  Considering everything was even so a bit damp we decided to exit them in the classroom until the side by side calendar week.

The Resurrection!

Just before class the next week I went into the room and removed the "torso" from each tomb and put it away.  Then I waited.  But as I predicted, one past i the children arrived and went straight to the tomb they had created and moved the rock to look inside.  Each 1 plant the tomb empty.  One child said, "Oh, no!  Who took my Jesus?"

Of form I told returned the bodies I had hidden but their reaction to an empty tomb was the perfect style to begin the class and talk about the resurrection.  The children got to feel the same emotions as the soldiers, the women and the apostles every bit they each found the tomb empty.  Mary Magdelene used almost the aforementioned words (verse xiii) every bit the children when she said, "They have taken my Lord away…and I don't know where they take put him." (John 20:i-18).

This was a great grade!

Note: Yous could teach this story in 1 lesson but y'all volition demand to distract the children while a helper removes the bodies from the tombs.

Respect Sign

During a planning meeting for a vacation program I challenged the grouping to define the word "respect".  At first it seemed like it would exist a simple matter to do.  We seemed to accept no problem coming up with scenarios where respect was shown merely we found it difficult to actually put a pregnant into words.  Hither'due south what we came up with:

Respect is feeling that something or someone is valuable and worthy of accolade while at the same fourth dimension showing this feeling by actions.

Both feeling and acting are required for respect.  Actions without feeling are not respect.  The argument "I respect yous" is not respect when it is not lived out.

  • Respect God.  God is worthy of our words and deportment.
  • Respect others. God created other people so we respect God by respecting others.
  • Respect yourself every bit one who has been created and loved by God.

While studying the bible character, Daniel, nosotros explored the idea of respect.  In the story of the Writing on the Wall in Daniel affiliate v Male monarch Belshazzer hosted a drunken political party.  Instead of normal dishes he served food and vino in the special temple dishes used in worship to God.  His disrespect for God ended desperately for the male monarch.

During the party a mysterious hand appeared and wrote "Mene, Mene, Tekal, Parsin".  The king was afraid and eventually Daniel was called in to translate the words.  Daniel told Belshazzar that the king was big-headed and had insulted God. The words meant that Belshazzar'due south fourth dimension was finished.  He died that very night.

Here are some of the ideas we used for education this lesson:

Attributes of God Boxes:

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  1. Talk virtually some of the attributes of God with the children.  Each child should choose ii-four attributes they feel are important to them and write (or draw) them on small white cards.  (Below is a list of attributes I constitute at http://world wide web.josh.org/video-2/attributes-of-god/)
    1. Considering God is a personal Spirit…I will seek intimate fellowship with Him.
    2. Because God is all-powerful…He can assist me with anything.
    3. Because God is always-nowadays…He is e'er with me.
    4. Because God knows everything…I will go to Him with all my questions and concerns.
    5. Because God is sovereign…I will joyfully submit to His will.
    6. Because God is holy…I will devote myself to Him in purity, worship, and service.
    7. Because God is absolute truth…I will believe what He says and alive accordingly.
    8. Because God is righteous…I volition live by His standards.
    9. Because God is just…He will always treat me fairly.
    10. Because God is love…He is unconditionally committed to my well-being.
    11. Because God is merciful…He forgives me of my sins when I sincerely confess them.
    12. Because God is faithful…I will trust Him to e'er keep His promises.
    13. Considering God never changes…My future is secure and eternal.
  2. Decorate small boxes and place the cards inside.  We used Chinese Have-out boxes but you could use any kind of box or bag.
  3. Guided Conversation: As the children are decorating the boxes the teacher can go along conversation about the various attributes of God and how these attributes atomic number 82 to our respect for  him.

Group Wall:

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We assigned different letters to children and had them put them together to grade the words "MENE MENE TEKEL PARSIN".  No one knew beforehand what the letters were going to spell and so the children had to put them together like a puzzle.

Application and Prayer Time:

  • Continue the earlier discussion and talk nearly how we should try to reflect the attributes of God in our personal lives.  Guide children in writing their name down the left side of the paper.  Beside each alphabetic character they should write something about God that starts with that alphabetic character (case below).
  • Grand- Merciful
    A- Artistic in His cute cosmos
    R- Righteous
    Y- Yep is yes and No is No (true)
    Encourage the children to circumvolve one attribute that they would like to be better at.  Teacher should pray for the children one by one for the item circled.

Group Memory Verse:

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The children will learn this poesy together through repetition.  The challenge is to say the verse again and once again even though an increasing number of words are covered up.

"Show proper respect to everyone.  Love the customs of believers.  Take respect for God.  Honor the king."   1 Peter two:17   New International Reader'due south Version (NIRV)

  • Print the poetry on a paper before form.
  • Provide the children with scraps of paper and glue.
  • Place the printed poetry on the table pinnacle and guide children in reading the verse together with you.
  • Kid glues one of the pocket-size bits of paper over a word and and then everyone says poesy once again.
  • The paper then passes to the next person so they comprehend some other give-and-take.  Everyone recites the poetry once again.
  • 1 at a fourth dimension cover give-and-take(s) and repeat until all words are covered and verse is memorised.

More resources for this story tin be found at Writing on the Wall.

Prayer Chain Activity

I just finished participating in a 3 day holiday program where we had iii dissimilar lessons from the book of Daniel.

In the beginning day we studied Daniel chapter i and talked about how Daniel and his friends were taken into captivity by the Babylonians.

So we covered the story of Daniel and the King'due south Food and talked nigh how Daniel and his friends respected God and respected themselves enough to eat the healthy food God immune instead of what the Babylonian King offered from his table.

Here are some of the activities we did…

Prayer Chains:

During the prayer time nosotros talked well-nigh how God was with Daniel and his friends fifty-fifty when they were chained and forced to get out their homes and families.  God heard Daniel's prayers and he hears us when we pray.  Nosotros wrote prayer requests on slips of paper and put them together into bondage.  Then we took turns choosing links of the chain and praying the requests.  In the stop everyone joined their bondage together to brand one very long chain.

Prayer Chains

Healthy Food Place-mats:

Daniel and his friends refused to swallow the nutrient that Rex Nebuchadnezzar offered because it was food that God did not permit his people to eat.  Instead they chose the healthy food that was canonical by God.  We pre-cut place-mats from burlap (hessian) fabric and so provided fabric mucilage and fabric pictures of healthy nutrient then the children could decorate the place-mats.

Healthy Food Place-mats

Taste-Testing Food:

The children loved this 1!  We placed small amounts of food in cups and and so blind-folded one child at a time so they could taste the food and guess what information technology was.  Each child tasted one food item  The other children got to spotter the facial expressions of the i testing the food.

Our aim was a variety of tastes including sour, sweet, bitter and salty.  And then nosotros chose lemon juice, chocolate sauce, vinegar, ketchup, soy sauce, honey and fish sauce.

taste testing cups