Crafts
Option 1: Megaphone Craft
paper, crayons, tape
Gather supplies. Make copies of a megaphone template with the Memory Verse written on it (one per child). Make a sample craft.
Give each child a template. Place remaining supplies on tables. Have children cut out and decorate their megaphones. Roll the template into a megaphone shape and secure with tape. Encourage children to go and tell others what Jesus has done for them.
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Option 2: Butterfly Stained Glass
white cardstock, string, hole punch, crayons, cotton balls, vegetable oil, bowls, plastic bags
Gather supplies. On white cardstock, print copies of a stained glass butterfly template with the Memory Verse written underneath it (one per child). Cut 1-foot lengths of string (one per child). Place vegetable oil in small bowls. Make a sample craft.
Give each child a template and string. Place remaining supplies on tables. Have children punch a hole at the top of the template and loop their string through for hanging. Have children color the different butterfly sections with crayons. Encourage them to press hard when coloring and to fill every space with color. Next, have children use cotton balls to rub vegetable oil over both sides of the entire butterfly. Send butterflies home in plastic bags and encourage children to hang them in a window. Tell children that just as butterflies change from caterpillars, so Jesus changes people into something beautiful.
Option 1: Sin Paper Chains
black construction paper, scissors, white crayons, tape
Gather supplies.
Place supplies on tables. Have each child cut a piece of black construction paper into six strips. Next, have the children use a white crayon to write a sin that they struggle with on each strip. If they need help, give examples such as lying, anger, hatred, worry, jealousy, unkind words, or cheating. Using tape, make a paper chain with the strips. Remind children that just as the demon-possessed man was controlled by sin, sin controls us too. Remind children that the only way to break the “chains” of sin is through Jesus.
Option 2: Butterfly Stained Glass
white cardstock, string, hole punch, crayons, cotton balls, vegetable oil, bowls, plastic bags
Gather supplies. On white cardstock, print copies of a stained glass butterfly template with the Memory Verse written underneath it (one per child). Cut 1-foot lengths of string (one per child). Place vegetable oil in small bowls. Make a sample craft.
Give each child a template and string. Place remaining supplies on tables. Have children punch a hole at the top of the template and loop their string through for hanging. Have children color the different butterfly sections with crayons. Encourage them to press hard when coloring and to fill every space with color. Next, have children use cotton balls to rub vegetable oil over both sides of the entire butterfly. Send butterflies home in plastic bags and encourage children to hang them in a window. Tell children that just as butterflies change from caterpillars, so Jesus changes people into something beautiful.
