Crafts
Option 1: Coin Rubbing
paper, crayons, variety of coins
Gather supplies. Make copies of a temple gate similar to the Beautiful Gate where the beggar would have met Peter, with the words of Acts 3:6 printed above it (one per child). Make a sample craft.
Give each child a gate paper. Set remaining supplies on tables. Have children color the gate, place different coins under their paper, and rub a crayon over the paper until the coin shapes appear. Tell children that, like the beggar, our biggest need is not money but Jesus.
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Option 2: Puppet
cardstock, construction paper, scissors, crayons, glue sticks, craft sticks
Gather supplies. On cardstock, make copies of an outline of a man’s upper body and two feet (do not include legs). Cut 1" x 5" strips of construction paper (two per child). Make a sample craft.
Place copies, prepared strips, and remaining supplies on tables. Have children color and cut out the man’s upper body and feet. Have children accordion-fold two strips of construction paper. Instruct them to unfold the strips and to glue one end of each strip to the man’s upper body and the other end to a foot. They should glue just the man’s upper body to a craft stick so his legs move and bounce. Remind children that after Peter healed the beggar in Jesus’s name, he leaped and praised God.
Option 1: Puppet
cardstock, construction paper, scissors, crayons, glue sticks, craft sticks
Gather supplies. On cardstock, make copies of an outline of a man’s upper body, and two feet (do not include legs). Cut 1" x 5" strips of construction paper (two per child). Make a sample craft.
Place copies, prepared strips, and remaining supplies on tables. Have children color and cut out the man’s upper body and feet. Have children accordion-fold two strips of construction paper. Instruct them to unfold the strips and to glue one end of each strip to the man’s upper body and the other end to a foot. They should glue just the man’s upper body to a craft stick so his legs move and bounce. Remind children that after Peter healed the beggar in Jesus’s name, he leaped and praised God.
Option 2: Footprint Craft
construction paper, pencils, scissors, pipe cleaners, hole punches, markers, pony beads
Gather supplies. Make a sample craft.
Place supplies on tables. Have children trace around their shoe onto a piece of construction paper and then cut out their footprint. Instruct them to punch three holes in their footprint in a triangular shape (like a flip-flop). They can then insert and secure a pipe cleaner from the top hole to each of the other two holes, adding pony beads to the pipe cleaners to decorate. Have children write “I want to walk with Jesus everyday!” on the footprint. Remind children that walking with Jesus brings great joy.