Here are a few crafts that can be used when you are teaching preschoolers about the Bible. They are not difficult to make and require few materials.
Mini Garden: Use for Creation
Materials:
- 7 Paper cups, the same size
- Large polystyrene tray
- Masking tape
- Potting soil
- Pebbles
- Plant seeds (varying kinds)
Directions:
- Place the cups on the foam tray with one cup in the center and the other six cups around it.
- Tape the cups together with the masking tape along the rims.
- Place pebbles 1/8 of the way up on the bottom of each cup. This allows the soil to drain excess water.
- Fill the cups about 3/4 full of potting soil. Sprinkle a few seeds in each cup. Cover the seeds with a thin layer of potting soil.
- Sprinkle some water on top of the soil, only enough to make it damp.
- Place the tray in a sunny spot indoors. Water the plants every day until the seeds being to sprout.
God is Love Heart Garland
Materials:
- Red yarn
- Scissors
- Red and pink construction paper
- Tape
- Crayons
- Hole punch
Directions:
Preparation: Cut hearts from the red and pink construction paper ahead of class. Make the hearts two different sizes (the red ones bigger than the pinks or vice versa). Punch two holes in the top of each heart. You can either write a verse on each heart or use stickers.
- In class, cut a length of red yarn as long as you want the garland to be, and give each child a piece of yarn.
- Have the children string the hearts on to the yarn through the holes in the hearts. Have them place on one big one and then one small, so and so forth. Leave about 1 inch between each heart.
- You can have the children decorate their hearts.
Crowns: Use with story about King David or other kings
Materials:
- Template of crown (print on yellow card stock)
- Sticky foam (assorted colors)
- Stapler
Directions:
Preparation: Cut jewel shapes from various colors of sticky foam.
- Fit the crowns to child's head and staple together at the ends.
- Let children decorate their crowns with the jewels you have prepared.
Paper Dove
Materials:
- Paper plate
- Scissors
- Tape
- Two plastic spoons
- Rubber band
- Pebble
- Markers
Directions:
- Cut the plate in half, then cut one half into three equal wedges. Tape one wedge to the bottom of the intact half.
- Draw the bird's face on one spoon with the markers. Then sandwich the pebble between the two spoon bowls and bind them with the rubber band.
- Tape the spoons to the bottom of the paper plate half.
Colorful Kaleidoscope: Use for Rainbow
Materials:
- Small paper plate
- Scissors
- Glue
- Scraps of colored cellophane
- 1 Large paper cup
- Pen
Directions:
Preparation: Draw a circle in the center of the paper plate and cut out to make a circle in the middle of the plate. Punch a hole in the botton the paper cup.
- In class, let the children glue scraps of cellophane over the hole in the center of the paper plate. Let dry.
- Spread a layer of glue around the rim of the paper cup. Press the paper cup onto the center of paper plate (on top of the cellophane). Let the glue dry.
- Hold the paper cup up to your eye. Look through the hole as you turn the paper plate to see the colors.
Find more preschool Bible crafts at Preschool Sunday School Central.
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