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1 Creation Story: God made the sun, moon and stars Pages: 9-13 We are walking the children through the creation story. We are now discussing the story of God making the light and darkness, day and night, the stars, moon and sun. This can be a great discussion point about prayer. They can remember to think about God at night and pray to God before bed. Thanking God for the stars in the sky and bright days to enjoy in the morning. The children can hand their mobiles near their beds and remember God s creation. 1. Pre cut out the 4 shapes for each child. It would be best to use a heavier paper like a poster grade. 2. Cut a paper plate in half. Each child will get a half of a plate. 3. Pre-print on the paper plate, God made the Sun, Moon and Stars. 4. Let the children decorate the plate, stars, moon and sun in any way they want. 5. Punch 4 holes on the bottom of the plate and one on the top. Punch holes on the shapes as well. The holes can be punched ahead of time. 6. Help the children tie the shapes onto the bottom of the plate. 1. Paper plate 2. Hole puncher 3. Yarn of any color 4. Shape templates 5. Crayons

2 (alternate craft idea) God Made the World 1. Give each child a paper plate. 2. Pre-draw a circle on the plate and write God Made the World around the circle. 3. Give the children blue and green bingo stampers to make land and water for the world. 4. Encourage sharing of the materials and discuss how they will make their worlds/earth look like. 1. Paper plates 2. Green and blue bingo stampers

3 Creation Story: God Creates the Animals Pages: 9-15 We are walking the children through the creation story. We are now discussing how God made all of the animals fish in the sea, birds in the sky, bugs on the earth and all of the animals on the land. The children can act like creators themselves by connecting the dots to create animals on their own. 1. Print out the connect the dot worksheet for each child. 2. Help the children connect the dots using crayon, markers or pencils. 3. Encourage the children to color in the animals that they created. 1. Template 2. Crayons 3. Markers 4. Pencils

4 Creation Story: God Creates Adam Pages: 9-19 We are walking the children through the creation story. We are now discussing how God made Adam. As the leader, you should try to focus this story on how God made people in his image. We do not all look alike, we are all different, but God is within our hearts and we are all linked by God s love. 1. Print out the outline template for each child. 2. Let the children decorate the outline to look like them. 3. They can use crayons, markers, paper or stickers to decorate the outlines. Help them be creative! 1. Template 2. Crayons 3. Markers 4. Paper 5. Glue 6. stickers

5 Creation Story: The Temptation of Adam and Eve Pages: We are walking the children through the creation story. We are now discussing the story of Adam and Eve and the temptation of the apple. You can open a discussion with the children about their own stories of being tempted. For example, have they ever been tempted to take another cookie when mom or dad said no? Explain to the children that they can pray to God to give them strength for all of their difficult decisions in life, big or small. 1. Make copies of the Tree template for each child. 2. Encourage the children to color in the tree stump. 3. Have the children take turns using green and red bingo stampers to make leaves and apples for the trees. 4. Can use stickers, or glue gems or red pompoms for the apples. 5. Use green pompoms for the snake. Help the children glue the green pompoms to make a snake figure. 1. Tree copies 2. Green and red bingo blotters 3. Green pompoms 4. Glue or glue dots 5. Brown crayons

6 The Story of Noah Pages: Read the story of Noah to the children. Ask them if they know what Noah built before reading the story. The children are going to build their own arks with this craft. Let them be creative! Included is a coloring page with traceable words and space for them to write their name. 1. Print out Noah s ark template or draw it onto a larger piece of paper. 2. Let the children build their own arks with different size wood craft sticks. Let them be creative. An example is given but they should use their own imaginations. 3. Give them liquid glue to glue the sticks down. 4. Provide them animals stickers of any kind or stamps to decorate the ark with animals. 5. Give them blue bingo stampers to make water for the boat. 1. Jumbo Craft Sticks 2. Regular-sized Craft Sticks 3. Mini Craft Sticks 4. Paper template 5. White Glue 6. Animals stickers 7. Foam Self-Adhesive Animal Shapes 8. Markers or crayons 9. Blue bingo stampers

7 The Story of Moses - Baby in the reeds Page The children will be creating their own baby Moses in the reed basket. Talk to the children about how much they love their parents and how much their parents love them. Moses mother loved him so much that she placed him in the basket in river to save his life. See if the children can think of ways how they show love for their parents or how their parents show their love for them. 1. Print out the baby Moses template and cut out a baby for each child. 2. Let the children color the baby Moses. 3. Use bingo stampers to stamp grass and water on the paper plates like the Nile river. 4. Glue the coffee filter to the plate and then glue the baby into the coffee filter. 5. Glue the reeds to the plate. 1. Paper plates 2. Coffee Filters (will be the reed basket) 3. Baby image 4. Blue and Green Bingo stampers 5. Green or yellow paper cut out to be reeds 6. Glue sticks 7. Crayons

8 The Story of Moses - Plagues Page Read the story of the Plagues to the children. Explain to them as a back story that the Pharaoh would not let Moses people be free. God helped Moses bring on 10 plagues to convince the Pharaoh to free the people. Encourage the children to spin the wheel to talk about the plagues with their families. 1. Print out wheel templates for each child. 2. Precut another circle for each child using poster board like paper that is the same size as the wheel templates. 3. Let the children color both wheels. 4. Cut a triangle (pie slice) out of the Moses template so that one plague shows at one time. 5. Glue the 10 plagues onto the poster board circle. 6. Punch a hole in the center of the Moses template and the plague circle. 7. Use a brad to secure the two circles together. 8. Show the children how to spin the wheel to look at the different plagues. 1. Wheel templates 2. Metal brads 3. Glue sticks 4. Crayons 5. Precut circle on poster board like paper in the same size as the templates

9 The Story of Moses - Ten Commandments Pages: Explain to the children that Moses went to the top of the mountain because God called him. God gave Moses 10 important rules to follow. Remind the children that they can always look at the hands to try to remember 10 easy rules to follow like the Isrealites. 1. Print out mini commandments for each child and cut them out before class. 2. Stamp children's hands on paper with paint or stamp pad. 3. Have the children glue the commandments on top of each finger. 4. Let them color the commandments after they are glued. 1. Commandment templates for each child. 2. Glue sticks 3. White or light colored paper 4. Crayons 5. Large stamp pad or washable paint. 6. Paper towels

10 The Parable of the Lost Son Pages: After reading the story, try to discuss how the father forgave the lost son because he loved him. Explain to the children that their family s forgive them when they make mistakes because they love them too. The craft is focused on one of the jobs the lost son had when he lost all of his money. For an alternative activity, you could also throw small party with the kids. Let them use the play food to throw a pretend party just as the father did to welcome home his lost son. 1. Print Pig template for each child. 2. Let the children color the pigs. 3. Help the children glue popsicle sticks to make a fence around the pig. 4. Let the children use sponges and brown paint to make mud around the pig and fence. 1. Pig template 2. Crayons 3. Popsicle sticks 4. Elmer s glue 5. Brown paint 6. Small cut up sponges

11 The Parable of the Lost Sheep Pages: (2 options) 1. Print Sheep page for each child 2. Elmer's glue 3. Children will glue cotton balls onto the page to fill the sheep s wool. Option 2: Sheep Ornament (templates on other page) 1. Size and cut out sheep head and feet for templates 2. Cut sheep head and legs out of black paper or black foam 3. Precut foam or colored paper into a shape bigger than the sheep 4. Precut round circles to form the ornament base (should be bigger than the colored piece. 5. Print Jesus is my Shepard on the base. 6. Help children assemble the ornament using glue 7. Give them cotton balls for the sheep s wool. 8. Let them be creative with how they make their sheep. 9. Punch a whole in the top and use a pipe cleaner to make a handle.

12 Jesus Feeds 5,000 People Pages: Make in time for Thanksgiving 2. Use the placemats in the cabinet 3. Print poem on paper and cut out 4. Glue sticks 5. Let children glue poem onto the top of the placemat 6. Cut out cornucopia and other food photos either from template or magazines 7. Let children have fun decorating and gluing the items onto their placemats 8. They can color the food if cut out on white paper. The food can be precut onto colored construction paper too if children are not skilled at coloring. example

13 Advent Week 1: HOPE Advent means coming or arrival and begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas. It is a time when we remember Jesus birth. We will read a different part of Jesus birth story each week. We will begin with Why do we celebrate Christmas. The Christmas tree craft can be the children s version of an advent wreath. Discuss the meaning of the Advent wreath, Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. You can add ornaments to the tree each week. We will begin with Hope. Discuss how people were hoping for the coming of the Messiah. The trees can stay at school until the 4 th week. 1. Cut out a tree shape for each child. 2. Cut out the following shapes: Yellow star, brown square and 6 circles in different colors. 3. Write Jesus, Love, Hope, Joy, Faith and Peace on each circle. 4. Let the children decorate the tree. They can attach the star, stump and the Hope ornament. 1. Construction paper: Green, Yellow, Purple, Blue, Red, Pink, Orange, Brown 2. Glue Sticks 3. Glitter, stickers or anything to decorate the tree.

14 Advent Week 2: PEACE Pages: Read to the children about the Angel, Gabriel, and how he visited Mary and then Joseph. The angel brought Peace to Mary and Joseph because they were scared that they were going to have a baby who was God s son. The children can also glue the Peace ornament on their trees. 1. Cut a paper plate in half creating a pie shape. 2. Give the children liquid Elmer's glue to make designs on the plates. 3. Give the children a trash can, bowl or dish to help catch glitter. Help them shake glitter on the glue and watch their designs appear. 4. Then staple the one half of the plate behind the other half to make wings as shown in the example. 5. Give the children a circle to glue onto the angel to make a face. Let them use markers to decorate a face. 6. You can even use a pipe cleaner and staple to the back as a halo for the angel. 1. Paper plates (1 per child) 2. Glitter 3. Elmer s glue 4. Stapler 5. Circle for face 6. Markers 7. Pipe cleaners

15 Advent Week 3: JOY Pages: In week 3, we will read the story of how Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem. Jesus is the Joy of the World! The children can also glue the Jesus and Joy ornaments on their trees. Feel free to use the figurines and stable during the story telling time. The children can act out the story while you read to them. 1. Cut out the inner circle of a paper plate. 2. Precut a star out of yellow construction paper and baby Jesus for each child. 3. Let the children color the paper plates with brown crayons. 4. Give the children feathers and glue to make a bed for baby Jesus. 5. Help the children glue the feathers, baby Jesus and the yellow star onto the plate per the example. 1. Paper plates 2. Star template 3. Baby Jesus template 4. Feathers 5. Brown crayons 6. Elmer s Glue

16 Advent Week 3: Joy (alternate craft idea) Pages: Alternate Week 3 Advent craft. 1. Print out the templates. 2. Trace them onto black construction paper and cut them out. 3. Cut out a piece of contact paper and place the cutouts onto the contact paper. 4. Give the children little pieces of cut tissue paper in a variety of colors. 5. Help the children cover the inside of the manger with the tissue paper. 6. When they are finished, place another piece of contact paper over the first half and seal the picture. 7. Cut out the manger and punch a hole at the top. Use yarn as a hanger for the sun catcher. 1. Manger template 2. Holy Family template 3. Black construction paper 4. Small pieces of tissue paper 5. Contact paper

17 Advent Week 4: LOVE Pages: and Week 4 is the final week of Advent. We will light the candle of Love or place the Love ornament on the children s trees. We will be reading the story of the angels appearing to the shepherds in the fields and the visit from the Wise men. The star led them to Bethlehem. The children can also place their Faith ornament on their tree because they believe in Jesus. They can finally take their trees home. 1. Print out the star template. 2. Trace it onto black construction paper and cut it out. 3. Cut out a piece of contact paper and place the star cutout onto the contact paper. 4. Give the children little pieces of cut tissue paper in a variety of colors. 5. Help the children cover the inside of the star with the tissue paper. 6. When they are finished, place another piece of contact paper over the bottom half and seal the picture. 7. Cut out the star and punch a hole at the top. Use yarn as a hanger for the sun catcher. 1. Star Template 2. Black construction paper 3. Small pieces of tissue paper 4. Contact paper

18 Jesus is Lost in the Temple Pages: This story is a great story for children because it shows them Jesus was a child too. Jesus was God s son but he still needed to listen to his parents. Jesus also teaches us how important it is to go to church and pray to God. Jesus just wanted to preach about God his father to anyone that would listen. 1. Print out the temple template for each child. 2. Print out the people template for each child. 3. If the children are not skilled at cutting, precut the individual people out. Sometimes it is easier to let the children color the people and then cut them out. 4. Let the kids color the characters of Jesus, the priests, and Mary and Joseph. 5. Let the kids color the temple. 6. Have the children glue the characters to the temple as they remember it from the story. 1. Temple templates and people templates 2. Crayons 3. Glue sticks

19 John Baptizes Jesus Pages: When he was older, John began to preach to the people. He did not live in cities, but in the wilderness, eating locusts and honey, wearing animal skins, and teaching repentance. He taught people how to turn away from their sins and wash themselves clean through Baptism for the Messiah was coming. He was talking about his cousin, Jesus. The children will most likely remember the details of John eating bugs and honey in the wild. 1. Cut out a bee hive shape using yellow construction paper. 2. Pre write Follow and Love God onto Blue Construction paper 3. Help the children glue the bee hive onto the blue construction paper. 4. Let the children then glue the cereal onto the bee hive. They can glue as little or as much as they would like. 5. The children can then use bug stamps to make bees fly around the honey bee hive. 1. Blue Construction paper 2. Yellow construction paper 3. Bug stamps or stickers 4. Stamp pads 5. Honey Comb Cereal or Wegman s brand 6. Elmer s Glue

20 The Sick Servant Pages: Place a blanket on the ground. Have the children place a stuffed animal or doll in the middle of the blanket. Instruct the children to move around the blanket and pick up a side of the blanket. Tell the children that everyone is going to work together to pick up the sick stuffed animal/doll. Have the children place the sick servant in a different location and discuss how they will take care of them. Explain that Jesus healed the servant because the soldier believed in Jesus. The children can pray at night to Jesus if their family or friends are sick. They can ask Jesus to watch over them and pray to make them better. 1. Give the children play dough. Let them create ways to carry the sick servant. 2. When they are finished playing with the play dough, give them a coloring sheet to color and take home. 1. Play dough 2. Blanket 3. Stuffed animal or doll 4. Coloring page

21 One Touch Pages: The woman from the story truly believed in Jesus. She knew that just one touch of his cloak could heal her because of her faith in Jesus. The handprint craft will help the children remember that they can help other s too even with their little hands. This would be a great craft to do around Valentine s day. 1. Cut out hearts out of red cardstock. Must be bigger than the size of two child sized hands. 2. Cut out a small heart out of white paper (again large enough for handprints) 3. Hand write Jesus Hands Help Others on the top of the red heart. 4. Print So Can Mine on the white heart. 5. Help the children make hand prints on the white paper using paint or stamp pads. 6. Let the children pick their own colors. 1. Red Card stock 2. Pink or white construction paper 3. Blue and red paint 4. Paper plates for paint 5. Paint brush or foam brush 6. Black marker

22 The Widow s Offering Pages: Talk to the children about the importance of giving. Explain to them that they can give other things instead of money. They can give their time to help with chores around the house and they can give love to their family and friends. Ask the children if they can think of other ways to give besides money. 1. Print Pig template for each child. 2. Let the children color the pig any color of their choice. 3. Use coin stamps or stickers to put money in the piggy bank. 4. You can also teach the children how to do coin rubbings using unwrapped crayons and real coins. 1. Pig template 2. Crayons 3. Coin stamps or stickers 4. Coins for coin rubbings.

23 Peter Walked on Water Page Tell the children to shake or move the bottle around to the see the water and oil flow like waves. Remind the children that the bottle symbolizes the turbulent water that Peter walked on to Jesus. Lava Lamps 1. Bring in recycled and empty water bottles (with caps) 2. Fill bottles with about a 1/3 of vegetable oil. 3. Fill the bottles with water until filled. 4. Help the children drop blue food coloring into the bottles. 5. Help them fill the bottles with other decorations such as glitter or beads. 6. Use rubber cement to put a seat around the bottle top and then seal it with the lid. 7. Use black electrical tape or duck tape to seal and cover the lid so the children can not open the bottle. Supply List: 1. Empty water bottles with lids 2. Water 3. Vegetable oil 4. Blue food coloring 5. Glitter 6. Beads 7. Rubber cement 8. Electrical tape or masking tape

24 Zacchaeus and the Tree Pages: Jesus forgave Zacchaeus and that changed him. Help the children find Zacchaeus in the tree just as Jesus found him in the bible story. 1. Print out the colored sheet in color for each child. 2. Print out the second sheet with the boxes. 3. Let the kids color the sheet. 4. Help the children cut out the boxes on the solid lines. 5. Glue the coloring sheet onto the pre-colored sheet. 6. Help the children open and fold back the doors to find Zacchaeus. 7. Encourage the kids to play the game at home with their families. 8. A second coloring sheet is included if the children would like to color it Zacchaeus pictures 2. Scissors 3. Crayons 4. Glue sticks

25 Jesus and the Children Pages: Jesus loves all children! The children creating their own unique children with their own unique finger prints! Explain that no one shares their finger prints and they are made unique by God but loved by God too! Jesus loves us all!! 1. Print out the paper with Jesus Loves All the Little Children on it. 2. Have the kids use their thumbs or finger tips to make people figures. 3. Use either paint or washable stamp pads. 4. They can use markers to draw faces on each figure. Encourage the children to make as many different children as they want on the paper. 1. Paper template 2. A variety of paint 3. Markers and crayons 4. Paper towels

26 Jesus Loves All The Little Children!

27 Washing of the Feet Pages: Jesus washed the feet of his friends. It stunned his friends because they did not think they were worthy of this act. Let the children be stunned as they wash the paper with blue finger paint and discover the hidden feet in the picture. 1. Draw a pair of feet on each piece of finger paint paper with white crayon. Make sure to draw with a heavy hand so that the crayon will repel the paint. Color in the feet with the white crayon. 2. Put a dollop of blue finger paint on each kid s paper. You can also use water colors and paint brushes. 3. Encourage them to really push the paint around and reveal the white feet. The more they spread the paint, the more it will wipe off of the crayon and the feet will appear. 1. Finger Paint paper 2. Blue finger paint or 3. Water color pallets, water, cups, paint brushes 4. White crayon

28 Last Supper Pages: The children will love actually preparing a real meal instead of just pretending. Make sure you read the story first and talk about the significance of the meal. Re-tell the story again while you snack with the children. 1. Make a meal with the kids. (check with parents regarding allergies). 2. Have the kids help set the table for the meal. 3. Use paper plates, napkins, little paper cups (bathroom cups), oyster crackers (or any cracker of choice) and grape juice. 4. Assign each child a task for the meal. (example, pass out the plates or napkins). 5. Pass the crackers around the table in a basket and let the children fill their plate. 6. Pour them juice. 7. Pray as a group before the meal. 8. While they eat, retell the story of the Last Supper in your own words. 9. Remind the children that they should pray with their families before each meal. They are thanking God for the food on their plate and remember Jesus meal with his friends. 10. Encourage the children to help clean up too. 11. Print out the coloring page for the children to color after the meal. 1. Paper plates 2. Napkins 3. Plastic cups or small bathroom cups 4. Oyster crackers, goldfish, etc. 5. Grape juice 6. Coloring page

29 Jesus Prays in the Garden Pages: 482 Jesus prayed to God in the garden before he was arrested. Jesus knew he could confide in God through prayer to talk about his fears or needs. Ask the children about things they could pray to God about. Give them some examples if they can t think of any. They can use the prayer chains to keep in their rooms to help them pray to God before Bed or before a meal. 1. Make a copy of the engine train for each child. Cut out in advance if they struggle with scissors. 2. Make several copies of the train cars for each child. Cut out in advance if they struggle with scissors. 3. Let the kids color the train cars. 4. Discuss things they can pray to God about. (example: families, food, sick people, nature) 5. Cut out pictures from magazines about things the children can pray for. (do this before the class time) 6. You can also write down words on the train cars that the children want to include for their prayers. 7. Let the kids glue a picture on each train car. Let them use as many train cars as they would like. 8. Punch a hole on each side and attach the trains with yarn. They should fold up when it is complete. 1. construction paper cut into cross outlines 2. Small pieces of colored tissue paper cut up 3. Contact paper 4. Yarn

30 Palm Sunday Option 1 Pages: Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter when Jesus came to the city of Jerusalem and many, many people were happy to see him. They had heard and seen him help so many people who were sick, and hungry, blind, and poor. They were so happy that Jesus was teaching them about God s love, and that God had sent him to be their Messiah (Savior, King). On Palm Sunday, the people greeted Jesus like a king. Jesus rode into the city on a donkey and the people put down cloaks and palms to give him a grand entrance. They shouted Hosanna as he rode through the streets. Kids will make praise palms to help them remember the details of what happened when Jesus entered Jerusalem on a donkey and the people praised him as God. Have a parade and sing and shout Hosanna! 1. A small dowel rod to symbolize the palm branch stem. 2. Raffia to symbolize the donkey hair. 3. Streamers to symbolize the garments in the road. 4. A ribbon with bells on each end to symbolize the happy voices of the people praising Jesus. 5. Tie the raffia, then the streamers, then the bell ribbon around on end of the dowel rod.

31 1. Paper plate 2. Crayons 3. Palm Sunday template 4. Glue sticks 5. scissors Palm Sunday Option 2 Pages: Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter. Jesus entered Jerusalem right before Maundy Thursday when he would be arrested. The Jewish people were waiting for a Savior to come and lead them. Some people believed Jesus was the Messiah (Savior, King) and others did not believe he was the Messiah. People had heard of the many miracles Jesus performed and they greeted him like a king when he entered Jerusalem. Jesus rode into the city on a donkey and the people put down cloaks and palms to give him a grand entrance. They shouted Hosanna (savior, king) as he rode through the streets. They would be the same people who would call for his crucifixion days later. Use this craft to help the children understand the many weeks of Lent and put the events in order. 1. Print a copy of events for each child. Let them color them in and help them cut them out. 2. Teachers will need to help them order them and match the pictures with the words. 3. Cut out the inner circle of a paper plate. 4. Encourage the children to color the plate green with crayons. 5. Help the children glue the words and matching pictures in order on the plate like a wreath.

32 Jesus Dies on the Cross Pages: Explain again why Jesus died on the cross for us. This craft can be hung on a window at home. The children can watch the sun shine through the cross. Jesus shines through all of us because he died on the cross to save us. 1. Cut cross outlines out of construction paper about the size of a normal piece of paper. 2. Place the cross on a piece of contact paper. 3. Let the children use the tissue paper to fill the cross. 4. When the children are finished, place another piece of contact paper over the cross to seal it. 5. Cut the cross out and punch a hole in the top. Use a piece of yarn to make hanger for the cross. 1. construction paper cut into cross outlines 2. Small pieces of colored tissue paper cut up 3. Contact paper 4. Yarn

33 Jesus is Alive Pages: Jesus has risen from the dead and we should rejoice! The children will create sunset like art with coffee filters. They can always remember that the sun rises every morning just as Jesus died and rose for the dead to save all of us. 1. Use a very small amount of water to wet the water colors. 2. Use the paint to color the coffee filters like a sun set. 3. Glue the coffee filters to the blue construction paper. 4. Write on the top of the papers, He is Risen, He is Risen Indeed! 1. Blue Construction paper 2. Water colors 3. Paint brushes 4. Cups of water 5. Coffee filters 6. Glue

34 The Good Samaritan Pages: The Good Samaritan helped the man in need. We can help others too even with little acts of kindness. We can all be Super Heroes! Ask the children what they can do to help their families. Ask them what super power they would love to have to help others. 1. Print out the masks for each child. Option two, print out thick cardstock and skip the foam. 2. Cut the masks out in advance. 3. Precut mask outlines on sticky foam or a thicker card stock. 4. Instruct the kids to color the masks. Encourage them to be creative and color the masks to show their super helping powers. 5. Help the children attach the colored masks to the sticky pre cut foam. Punch holes on each side and tie yard or elastic sting to fit their masks to their faces. 1. Mask templates 2. Cardstock 3. Adhesive backed craft foam 4. Crayons 5. Hole puncher 6. Yard or elastic string

35 The Disciples have breakfast with Jesus Page The Disciples had a difficult time catching any fish until Jesus told them where to cast their nets. Help the children create colorful fish to remind them of how happy the disciples were when they realized it was Jesus on the beach helping them. 1. Print out a fish template for each child. 2. You could cut the fish out and have the children glue them onto blue construction paper as another step. (If the children are skilled at cutting, let them cut the fish out by themselves) 3. Let the children color parts of the fish as they please. 4. Offer the children small pieces of colored tissue paper to glue on the scales of the fish. You could even use pieces of foil to make the fish have shiny scales. Supply List: 1. Fish template 2. Scissors 3. Glue sticks 4. Blue Construction paper 5. Pre cut small pieces of colored tissue paper and/or foil 6. crayons

36 Psalm 100 His Steadfast Love Endures Forever Ask the children if they can remember any of the stories discussed earlier in the year. Ask about their favorite stories. If not mentioned, ask if they remember about Jesus story of the shepherd and sheep. Ask if they remember the creation stories or any of the stories about giving thanks to God such as when Jesus feed the people with the loaves and fishes. Tell them that Psalm 100 is a summary and reminder of so many things they learned in the bible. Teach them to say, Make a joyful noise to the Lord. 1. Print out the Psalm and picture of Jesus. 2. Let the children color them. 3. Cut the picture and Psalm out to fit on the circle part of a paper plate. 4. Staple the paper plates together to form a tambourine. Leave an opening at the top to fill them with pebbles. Let the kids fill them. Then finish stapling them shut. 5. Help the children decorate with either stickers or ribbons. 6. Show the kids how to shake them to make noise and rejoice in God s Love. 1. Paper plates 2. Psalm and Jesus templates 3. Stapler and lots of staples 4. Beads, seeds, little pebbles, etc. 5. Crayons 6. Stickers

37 Psalm 100: His Steadfast Love Endures Forever Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing! Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks to him; bless his name! For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his faithfulness to all generations.

38 Pentecost Pages: Remind the children that the Holy Spirit filled the disciples on Pentecost. It gave them courage to go out and speak of Jesus and his teachings. As they fill the flame with color, they too are filled with the Holy Spirit and can talk about their favorite bible story! 1. Print out the flame worksheet for each child. You can always print the template onto colored paper. 2. Tissue paper torn into small pieces (red, yellow and orange) and crumbled. 3. Let the kids glue the tissue paper onto the paper to fill in the paper. 4. Tip: You or the children can put down the glue first. Use the eraser tip of a pencil to push the tissue paper into the glue. Have the kids wrap the tissue around the pencil so that it sticks up from the paper. 1. Flame template 2. Red, yellow and orange tissue paper 3. Glue sticks 4. Pencils

39 John 15:9-14 Love one another as I have loved you Ask the children if they can remember any stories in the bible about Love. There are many examples of Jesus love for others. Jesus was always healing people and loving those who no one else liked (ex. Zacchaeus in the tree). After this discussion, read the children John 15:9-14. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full. This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. If this falls near or on Mother s day, explain that Jesus love is never ending. We can follow Jesus commandment by loving one another as Jesus/God has loved us. Ask the children how they can show their love for their moms, grandmother s or other family members. 1. Print out the flower pot and flower templates. 2. Trace and cut the templates onto colored construction paper. 3. Print on the brim of the pot, I love my mom (or other relevant family member) because.. 4. Write down the children s answers on the pot. Write their name and date on the bottom. 5. Use green paint or a green stamp to put one hand print on the paper. 6. Have the children glue the flower pot at the bottom. 7. Help the children glue the flowers to the tips of their hand print on the paper. 1. Flower pot template 2. Flower template 3. Colored construction paper 4. Paint 5. Paper towels