Crafts
Option 1: Fingerprint “Bee-atitudes”
paper, yellow paint, paper plates, black markers, baby wipes
Gather supplies. Print the Beatitudes on paper (Matthew 5:3–12; one per child). Place yellow paint on paper plates. Make a sample craft.
Give each child a “Bee-atitudes” paper. Place black markers and paint plates on tables. Have children dip one finger in the yellow paint and make a fingerprint on the “Bee-atitudes” paper. Continue to make fingerprints in various places on the paper. Clean children’s fingers with wipes. Allow paint to dry a little, then use markers to add strips and antennae to each print to make them look like bees.
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Option 2: Tissue Paper Flower
cardstock, small squares of colored tissue paper, paper plates, liquid glue, pencils
Gather supplies. On cardstock, print Matthew 6:33 alongside a simple outline of a flower (one per child). Make a sample craft. Put glue on paper plates.
Give each child a pencil and flower paper. Place tissue paper and glue on tables. Have children wrap a single square of tissue paper around the end of a pencil, dip it in glue, and stick it on their flower, continuing until the flower is completely filled in. Remind children Jesus taught that just as God takes care of flowers and clothes them in splendor, God will take care of us too.
Option 1: “Blessed Are” Craft
colored paper, paper plates, scissors, string, tape, colored pencils
Gather supplies. Cut string into 8-inch pieces (ten per child). With space between, print on colored paper the different groups who are blessed (“the poor in spirit,” “those who mourn,” “the meek,” etc.). Make a sample craft.
Give each child a paper plate, scissors, printed colored paper, and string. Set colored pencils and tape on tables. Have the children write “Blessed are” in the center of their plate, then cut out the nine blessed groups in various shapes (stars, circles, etc.). Have them tape the shape to one end of the string, then tape the other end of the string to the plate (so the shape hangs down). Continue with other shapes. Decorate. Take final string, loop, and tape to the top of the plate for hanging.
Option 2: Tissue Paper Flower
cardstock, small squares of colored tissue paper, paper plates, liquid glue, pencils
Gather supplies. On cardstock, print Matthew 6:33 alongside a simple outline of a flower (one per child). Make a sample craft. Put glue on paper plates.
Give each child a pencil and flower paper. Place tissue paper and glue on tables. Have children wrap a single square of tissue paper around the end of a pencil, dip it in glue, and stick it on their flower, continuing until the flower is completely filled in. Remind children Jesus taught that just as God takes care of flowers and clothes them in splendor, God will take care of us too.
