Crafts
Option 1: Sign Language “I Love You”
construction paper, pencils, scissors, colored pencils, glue sticks
Gather supplies. Make a sample craft.
Set supplies on tables. Demonstrate how to say “I love you” with your hand in sign language. Have children take a piece of construction paper and trace around one of their hands with their fingers spread out. Children should then cut out their traced hand and glue the middle and ring fingers down to say “I love you” in sign language. Have children write Luke 10:27 on the front of the handprint. Remind children that when we love God, we want to love others like Jesus did!
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Option 2: “Love One Another” Beaded Craft
cardstock, pipe cleaners, string, scissors, tape, pony beads
Gather supplies. Cut 6-inch pieces of string. On cardstock, print the words “Love One Another” (one per child). Make a sample craft.
Set copies and supplies on tables. Have children thread pony beads onto a pipe cleaner, leaving 1 inch unbeaded at each end. Then they can shape the pipe cleaner into a heart, twisting the unbeaded ends to secure. Have them cut out the words “Love One Another” and attach them to the back of the heart with tape. Last, they should tie a piece of string to the top for hanging.
Option 1: Heart Chain
construction paper, paper, scissors, glue sticks
Gather supplies. Cut 2-inch-wide strips of construction paper (eleven per child). Make copies of a paper that has five hearts, with each heart containing one word from the phrase “I Can Love My Neighbor” (one per child). Make a sample craft.
Set strips, heart papers, and remaining supplies on tables. Have children use the paper strips and glue to make a paper chain with eleven links. Have them cut out the hearts and glue them on every other link so the paper chain reads “I Can Love My Neighbor.” Remind children that when we show love and mercy to others, we are like Jesus.
Option 2: Love Dangler
cardstock, string, red paper, scissors, glue sticks, colored pencils, tape
Gather supplies. On cardstock, print simple pictures of a cross, a heart, and a hand. On red paper, print three small hearts that say “Love God,” “Love others,” and “Serve others.” Cut 15-inch pieces of string. Make a sample craft.
Set copies and supplies on tables. Instruct children to color and cut out the cross, heart, and hand. Children should then cut out the three hearts and glue the “Love God” heart to the cross, the “Love others” heart to the heart, and the “Serve others” heart to the hand. Have children line up the shapes facedown with space in between them, and then they can tape a piece of string to the backs of the shapes so they will hang vertically. Leave extra string at the top to form a loop for hanging. Remind children that when we love God, we will love and serve others.
