Give each child a coffee filter, muffin liner, and craft stick. Set markers, glue, and pom-poms on tables. Have children color their coffee filters with markers. Teachers then lightly spray the outside edges of the filter to blend colors. Have children glue muffin liners to the center of their filters, then glue pom-poms to the middle of the muffin liners. Have children color the craft stick green and glue to the flower as a stem.

Provide children with crayons and the circle divided into four sections. Have them draw something that illustrates each of the four sections, then help them fasten the circle with a section cut out of it on top with a brass fastener.

Have children choose six to eight pieces of tissue paper and lay them on top of one another. Place remaining supplies on tables. Have children accordion-fold their stacked tissue paper into 1- to 2-inch folds. Help them tie the string tightly around the middle to secure the folds. Have children use scissors to shape both ends of the tissue paper (curved, fringe, etc.). Have children fan out both sides of the tissue paper and gently pull up each layer toward the string, one layer at a time. Have children create stems and leaves with pipe cleaners and attach by twisting them around the flower. Remind children that being hearers and doers of God’s word helps us grow strong and beautiful in him.

Set glue and colored pencils on tables. Give each child a blank paper and four large seeds. Have children fold the paper in half twice so it has four sections. Have them label the sections Path, Rocky Ground, Thorns, and Good Soil. Have them glue one seed in each section, then draw pictures to illustrate each section’s label. Have children glue the Mark 4:14–20 paper to the back of the drawings, facing outwards.