Crafts
Option 1: Cross Bookmark
cardstock, watercolor paints, paintbrushes, hole punchers, scissors, ribbon, small cup
Gather supplies. Cut 6-inch pieces of ribbon (one per child). Print a cross with the words “Jesus is God’s Greatest Promise” on cardstock. Put water in cups. Make a sample craft.
Give each child a cross, a ribbon, and a paintbrush. Set paints, hole punchers, scissors, and water on each table. Have them cut out the cross with scissors and use a hole punch to put a hole at the top of the cross. Paint the cross with watercolor paints. String a ribbon through the hole and tie in a knot.
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Option 2: Tissue Paper Sun Catchers
wax paper, white glue, water, bowls, paintbrushes, tissue paper, scissors, paper plates
Gather supplies. Cut wax paper into the shape of a cross (about 10 inches tall by 6 inches wide, one per child). Dilute two parts white glue with one part water, and divide into bowls (one per table). Make a sample craft.
Give each child a piece of cross-shaped wax paper and a paintbrush. Set bowls of the diluted paste and an assortment of small colored pieces of tissue paper on each table. Have children paint a thin layer of paste to cover the cross and lay tissue paper on top, overlapping pieces slightly, until the entire cross is covered. Paint another layer of paste on top of the tissue pieces. Set on paper plates to dry. Encourage children to tape the crosses to their windows at home.
Option 1: Trust God Decorated Art
paper, rulers, pencils, markers, glitter, glue sticks
Gather supplies. Print “Trust God” in large bubble letters in the center of a piece of paper. Make a sample craft.
Give each child a “Trust God” paper, a ruler, and a pencil. Have them use the edge of a ruler to draw straight lines with a pencil so there are six to eight sections going around the words (not through them). Children should color each of the sections a different color with markers. Fill in the bubble letters with the glue stick, sprinkle glitter on the glue, and shake paper gently until glitter completely covers the glue.
Option 2: Tissue Paper Sun Catchers
wax paper, white glue, water, bowls, paintbrushes, tissue paper, scissors, paper plates
Gather supplies. Cut wax paper into the shape of a cross (about 10 inches tall by 6 inches wide, one per child). Dilute two parts white glue with one part water, and divide into bowls (one per table). Make a sample craft.
Give each child a piece of cross-shaped wax paper and a paintbrush. Set bowls of the diluted paste and an assortment of small colored pieces of tissue paper on each table. Have children paint a thin layer of paste to cover the cross and lay tissue paper on top, overlapping pieces slightly, until the entire cross is covered. Paint another layer of paste on top of the tissue pieces. Set on paper plates to dry. Encourage children to tape the crosses to their windows at home.
