Friday, March 13, 2015

Bible Story: David, the Shepherd

On the story of David, the Shepherd...  Well...  there are quite a bit of crafts on lambs :)  A lot of them!!!!  So, I have quite an array of options on this subject...  These can also be used if you are doing the story of the Good Shepherd.

The Lambsongs website has all the Bible stories in coloring books and activities. You can also print them in color or black/white...   I have found soooooooo many Bible stories there!!!  I think they have just about ALL of them :)  Here are some of the activities on David, the Shepherd (because they have more on his life as king, Goliath, etc)


So, here are a couple other activities for this coming month...

 

This one is just a little box.  You can cut it right out and fold and glue...  Super easy.  It does have little ears to cut out separately and glue on the sides.  Its super cute and they kids can color it if they want to.  Do print them in heavy paper.

Grace Link

Handmade Cuddles








This lamb was in the lesson activities for this story...  I used white foamies and covered it in a fluffy fabric (there's a ton to choose from)...  cut out strips and stapled two ends together to make a cylinder shape (the stapled section goes towards the bottom part of the sheep).  You can also use a paper towel roll and cover it with cotton balls.  Although, I would cover the paper towel roll with white paper, so you cant see the brown color showing through :)






This one I made into a puppet instead of a stuffed animal like it shows in the blog...  I had to make it work as a craft for kids to work on during Sabbath School.  So, I made the "body" in white felt and sewed around it leaving enough space on the sides to glue the arms...  and an opening on the bottom.  During class, they can just glue the pieces to the white felt :)








This cutie pie was made with wood clothespins (you can buy a pack of 36 at the Dollar Tree).  We made two pieces of the boy part (one for the front and one for the back).  All the kids had to do in class was glue all the pieces together.  It can even work as a picture holder (since the pins were placed upward).







Me aburre la religion

This one is super easy...  Check out the website :) they have a ton of other activities also.  The kids can choose to color it too... So its quite fun!!!






Lambsongs




These are the absolute cutest!!  All you have to do is cut them out (and there's 4 different ones), punch holes and pull two pieces of yarn (one for hands and one for the feet)...  and voila!  Just make some knots at the ends so the yarn wont come off.  Do use some heavy yarn and you can have pink and blue for the kiddos (the girls will appreciate the pink- LOL!)







Lambsongs

This one is also from Lambsongs... Print them in cardstock paper.  I enlarged it to fit in an 11"x17" cardstock (so it would be a decent size).  Basically, they can color it and fold in half, glue and thread yarn...  Its super easy and fun!!!







So, here it is for now...  there's a bunch more that I have on this subject...  But this could get you started...  Please email me if you have any questions :)  I would be glad to help out.

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Bible Story: The Great Parade

So, the Bible stories that we use for our Sabbath School are found on GraceLink (it has the Teachers Guide, Activities, etc)...  It is posted by the General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists and it changes every three months.  I am basically doing the curriculum for BEGINNERS (since that's where my son is)...

The story for the month of March is Jesus' triumphal entry to Jerusalem...  And based on this I have found the following activities for our kids to work on (well, for this age...  its mostly for the parents to work on - LOL!)
I found this pattern on this website...  I did print it on heavy paper (cardstock).  Its the cutest and it does stand on its own :)

Another craft was making a palm leaf...  Well, there's a ton of ideas on this out there...  Several palm leaf patterns are available...
This is the one I made...
Pattern from Gods Shining Stars
You can have the kids glue it to a stick (I used the large ones) and write "HOSANA" on the leaf...

If you have foamy letters, they can use these too...  or stickers...  the possibilities are endless...





One thing that the kids do like to do is coloring...  So, at times I will find a page for them to color...  If you were to do a search on this topic, there's a ton of coloring pages to choose from...  For example, check this Google search...   There's tons of them...
Printable Colouring Pages has a ton of options
In addition...  we did purchase some crafts from Oriental Trading...  They do have a lot of options when it comes to crafts...

This is all for now...  Good night everyone!!

Children's Ministry...

For the past year, I have been "researching" quite a bit of online material on Bible Stories and crafts..  Here's a list of some of the blogs/sites that I have used for ideas/patterns/etc...  I must say, some of them have been in different languages, but their material is excellent!!!  Check them out!

I do have a Disclaimer... I am not affiliated to any other person or organization from these sites and the material on these sites do not reflect my personal beliefs.  And please, be aware of copyrights...  Some of the materials are intended for personal use only...  Thanks!

Growing Kids Ministry

Blessings for Bible School Teachers

Meaningful Mama

Me Aburre la Religion

Los Ninos y la Biblia

Bible Fun for Kids

Minha Heranca

Jesus Without Language

Bible Class Creations

Camino de Betania

Escuela de Manualidades Bezaleel

This page has sooooooooooooo much material...  you can spend a day searching for stuff...  They have coloring books, activities, and so much more!!!  A ton of free printable material!!  Enjoy!!

Lamb Songs

This is it for now...  Will continue to share ;)