Crafts
Option 1: Wisdom Protection Umbrella
white basket coffee filters, markers, spray bottle with water, pipe cleaners
Gather supplies. Fill spray bottles with water. Make a sample craft.
Give each child a white basket coffee filter and pipe cleaner. Set markers and spray bottles on the tables. Have children color the coffee filters with markers. Have children lightly spray the filter with water so the colors bleed into each other. Help children insert a pipe cleaner through the center of the filter and bend the tip so it doesn’t fall out. Make a hook at the bottom so it resembles an umbrella. Remind children that God’s gift of wisdom is like an umbrella of protection for us.
Option 2: Thinking Cap Crown
paper, stapler, staples, glue sticks, tape, pipe cleaners (five per child)
Gather supplies. Cut construction paper lengthwise into 2-inch-wide strips and staple two strips together to make one long strip (one per child). Print paper with the Big Truth or Memory Verse so that it will fit on the 2-inch strip (cut them out, one per child). Make a sample craft.
Give each child the Big Truth strip, one long strip of construction paper, and five pipe cleaners. Place glue and tape on each table. Have the children glue the Big Truth to the middle of their strip. Have the children bend five pipe cleaners into different shapes and designs to represent thoughts/ideas. Then have them attach the pipe cleaners to the “crown” using tape. Help them staple the strip into a crown so that it fits their head. Explain that sometimes people say, “Put on your thinking cap.” Remind children to think wisely by fearing God.
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Option 1: Wisdom Cuff
empty toilet paper or paper towel rolls, scissors, markers, yarn, sequins, jewels, glue sticks
Gather supplies. Cut the paper towel or toilet paper roll 2 to 3 inches thick. Then make vertical cuts on the roll so it will fit a child’s wrist. Make a sample craft.
Give each child a paper cuff. Set decorating supplies and glue on the tables. Have them write “Fear God” on the cuffs, then decorate them with yarn, markers, sequins, and jewels. Remind children that Proverbs tells us the fear of God is the beginning of knowledge.
Option 2: Thinking Cap Crown
paper, stapler, staples, glue sticks, tape, pipe cleaners (five per child)
Gather supplies. Cut construction paper lengthwise into 2-inch-wide strips and staple two strips together to make one long strip (one per child). Print paper with the Big Truth or Memory Verse so that it will fit on the 2-inch strip (cut them out, one per child). Make a sample craft.
Give each child the Big Truth strip, one long strip of construction paper, and five pipe cleaners. Place glue and tape on each table. Have the children glue the Big Truth to the middle of their strip. Have the children bend five pipe cleaners into different shapes and designs to represent thoughts/ideas. Then have them attach the pipe cleaners to the “crown” using tape. Help them staple the strip into a crown so that it fits their head. Explain that sometimes people say, “Put on your thinking cap.” Remind children to think wisely by fearing God.
