God
Let Your Light Shine Sun Catcher
“14 You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. 16 In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.” Matthew 5:14-16
Instructions
- Print the template onto cardstock. (Template)
- Cut out the templates leaving a white border around the lamps.
- Glue the templates onto black construction paper. This will help strengthen the craft.
- Cut out the templates from the construction paper, making sure to cut out every area of white space.
- Stick one of the templates onto contact paper or a self laminating sheet.
- Fill in the empty space with colored tissue paper.
- Glue on the other template to the back.
- Finish the craft by adding another sheet of contact paper or another self laminating sheet.
Using double sided tape you can now tape the craft to your house, car or classroom window. Remind your kids that they need to let their light shine before everyone so that people can see their good deeds and give all the glory to God.
Samuels Birth
God hears His children’s prayers. All Hannah ever wanted was a baby and in this story we see God lovingly answer the prayer of one of His children.
Instructions
- Print the templates. (Template)
- Color and cut out all three pieces.
- Glue the pieces onto construction paper. Make sure to use the same color for all of the pieces.
- Cut the templates from the construction paper.
- Take the larger piece and fold on the solid line creating a crease.
- Finally glue the hands to the other side of the larger piece.
When the sides are closed Hannah’s hands will be together in prayer and when you open the hands she will be holding baby Samuel.
Elijah And The Prophets Of Baal
“36 At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that You, O Lord, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again.”38 Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The Lord, He is God; the Lord, He is God.” 1 Kings 18:36-39
This craft will help your kids remember that God is the one and only true living God.
Instructions
- Print the template onto cardstock. (Template)
- Color and cut out all of the pieces.
- Fold all of the pieces along the solid lines creating creases.
- Finally assemble the craft by gluing the pieces in place. (Add glue to the tabs of the border and lay the hexagon on top of the tabs. Then the alter and finally the Elijah figure).
Noahs Ark Doorknob Hanger
One of my favorite Bible stories to make crafts for is the story of Noah’s ark, There are dozens and dozens of ideas you can play off of. The rainbow, the ark, the dove, Noah himself.
Here’s a cute craft your kids will enjoy making. It will remind them of this biblical story every time they see it.
Instructions
- Print the template onto cardstock. You can use regular copy paper just be careful not to rip the craft. You can glue each piece onto construction paper for strength. (Template)
- Color and cut out all of the pieces.
- Add glue to the rectangle on the rainbow. Center the ark making sure the top of the rectangle aligns with the top of the ark.
- Glue on the wave, then the long strip.
- Finally glue on the animals.
You can adapt this craft any way you choose.
- Add glitter to the rainbow.
- Leave the wave off and color the long strip brown.
- You can use stickers or foam animals.
- Add on this cute Noah figure. (Template)
The Plague On The Firstborn
Today’s crafts are based on the tenth and last plague on Egypt, the plague on the firstborn.
“4 Moses said, “Thus says the Lord, ‘About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, 5 and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well. 6 Moreover, there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again.” Exodus 11:4-6
The Plague On The Firstborn Coffin And Sarcophagus
Instructions
- Print the template onto cardstock. (Template)
- Color in the templates.
- Cut out all three pieces.
- Fold both of the larger pieces on the dashed lines creating creases.
- Assemble both of the large pieces.
- Finally glue the piece with the face to the rectangular piece.
The Plague On The Firstborn Blood On Doorpost
Instructions
- Print the template. (Template)
- Color the template.
- Glue strips/ pieces of red tissue or construction papper to the image.
You can also use paint or glitter instead of tissue/ construction paper.
For a variation of this craft you can tape crumpled large sheets of red tissue or construction paper to an actual door post. This way when your kids see it it will remind them of the Bible story.
The Plague Of Lice, Gnats, Fleas
Todays crafts are based on the third plague on Egypt, the plague of lice, gnats, fleas.
The word used in Exodus to describe the third plague is כִּנִּים which can be translated as lice, gnats or fleas. So I decided not to pick one of these insects specifically and will leave it up to you to decide which one to use.
“They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats through all the land of Egypt.” Exodus 8:17
Balloon Lice, Gnat, Flea
Instructions
- Print the template onto cardstock. (Template)
- Color in the insect.
- Cut out the insect.
- Cut the solid line that is between the thorax and abdomen of the insect.
- Stick the lips/opening of a small water balloon through the cut you just made. It is better to pick a balloon color that matches the color of the insect. I only had green balloons that I could use for the example but having the colors match is best.
Your kids can now slightly blow up the balloons to help simulate the infestation and obviously the feeding these insects had over the Egyptians.
If you blow up the balloon most of the way, when you release the air the bugs will also scurry along the table.
Body Infestation
- Using a one hole punch, punch out many black or brown construction paper circles to represent the insects. You can also punch out red or pink circles to represent bug bites.
- Grab each individual circle and with a small dot of glue, glue them to your hands and arms.
Now your kids can pretend to be covered in these tiny insects.
The Ten Plagues Of Egypt
Moses goes before the Pharaoh multiple times demanding he let the Israelites go. He did this in the name of God, “Let My people go, so that they may serve Me.” Exodus 5:1; 7:16; 8:1, 20; 9:1, 13; 10:3
Pharaoh refuses to let the Israelites go. Moses warns Pharaoh that God will punish Egypt, but Pharaoh continued being stubborn.
As a result, God casts ten plagues upon the Egyptians. The ten plagues were a divine demonstration of God’s power and judgment designed to exalt God and force Pharaoh to “let my people go.”
This craft about the ten plagues of Egypt would be a great add-on to any Sunday School lesson. You can always use the craft to re-tell the Bible story after your kids are done making it.
This craft will require some prep work.
To make this craft easier to do you can use stickers for day 2-5 and 8. For day 9 you can use large googly eyes. And for the last day you can paint on a thin line of red paint across the number ten, then slightly tilt the number and allow the paint to slowly drip down the number.
Instructions
- Print the templates. (Template)
- Cut out each image and trace it onto the colored construction paper of your choice. You do not have to exactly copy the numbers in the picture.
- Cut them out and glue them onto the designated number.
- Cut off any overhang of construction paper from the numbers.
- Glue the numbers onto cardstock.
- Cut out the numbers. If you like you can leave a small white border around each number.
Golden Calf Idol
“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.” Exodus 20:2-5
The Israelites were given a clear and simple commandment, but when they were faced with fear and anxiety by the absence of Moses for forty days they rebelled against God. They asked Aaron to make them an image of their supposed god and worshiped it in the most depraved ways.
There is a lot for our kids to learn from this Bible story. God is the only true living God. To worship anyone or anything besides Him is a sin and an open attack against who He is. Our kids should learn that we shouldn’t worship any image, idol or rendering of God because those things are not God. There is no way we can ever fully represent the holiness and awesomeness and perfection of God through an image. We would fail before we even began.
“4 Their idols are silver and gold, made by human hands. 5 They have mouths but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see. 6 They have ears but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell. 7 They have hands but cannot feel, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot make a sound with their throats. 8 Those who make them are just like them, as are all who trust in them.” Psalm 115:4-8
Instructions
- Print the templates onto cardstock. (Template)
- Color in the templates.
- Cut out all of the pieces, including cutting on the dashed lines of each piece.
- Glue both neck pieces together to form a single piece. Do the same for the body and the legs.
- At this point if you choose you can glitter each individual piece. Allow the pieces to dry.
- Attach the pieces together to form the golden calf.
Davids Harp
David was a master musician, a poet, a writer of psalms, a worshiper and a man after God’s own heart. This cute craft will serve as a great reminder of the life of David. A lowly shepherd boy chosen by God to be the king of Israel.
Instructions
- Print the template onto cardstock. If you use regular paper glue the template onto a piece of construction paper for strength. (Template)
- Cut out the template from the cardstock or construction paper.
- Color in the template.
- Using masking tape, tape five or six pieces of thin yarn onto the template.
- Finally add glue and join both sides of the template together forming the harp.
Elijah Taken Up To Heaven
“As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven.” 2 Kings 2:11
I had a lot of fun coming up with this craft. It took quite a few tries to finally get the size of the chariot and flaming horse just right. I’m sure your kids will love making it. This craft is a great reminder of the story of Elijah being taken up to heaven in a flaming chariot.
Suggestions
Scripture mentions flaming horses, not just a horse, so if you like you can print an extra horse for every child.
You can also make the reins out of colored ribbon or yarn.
Instructions
- Print the templates. This craft needs to be printed on cardstock. You can print it on regular paper, but you will then have to glue it onto construction paper. (Template)
- Color in all of the images.
- Cut out all of the pieces, including the spaces between the spokes of the wheel.
- For the flaming horse, after it is cut out, bend the solid lines making creases.
- Finish the horse by coloring in the blank flame on the horses mane. If you will be making two horses repeat steps 3-5 for the second horse.
- For the chariot bend the tabs on the platform of the chariot.
- Glue the platform to the main piece of the chariot (the curved rectangular piece). Start with the large back tabs. Then the smaller ones in front.
- Glue the flames to each side of the chariot.
- Glue on the small rectangular piece towards the bottom front of the chariot. Folding on the solid line and adding glue to the part marked with an x.
- Finally glue on the wheels to each side of the chariot.
Crafting The Word Of God 
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