Tuesday, October 20, 2015

"I'm Not Afraid" Pumpkin


"I'm Not Afraid" Pumpkin

I was thinking that with Halloween coming, I needed to do a lesson having to do with scary things.

So, I thought we would make Halloween pumpkins that have Scripture verses all over them that remind us that we don't need to be afraid, because God is always with us.


I took orange construction paper.  Because construction paper is bigger than the average print paper, it won't fit in your printer.  So, I trimmed them to the size of regular copy paper.

Then, print off these different "leaves" of the pumpkin.  You will end up with 8 sections to the pumpking.  Fold them with the Scripture verses toward the inside.  

Have the children use a glue stick to glue the sections together and then put a little hot glue in the middle at the top to help stablize your pumpkin and add the stem.  

I made a curly stem, but if you'd like to save a little time, you can just put straight stems in.  It took me about an hour to cut out all the pieces to make 10 pumpkins.  Remember, you'll be adding stems from green construction paper later, so just cut the pumpkins out without the stems. 

 As always, these are jpeg files, so if you can pull them off this site and put them in your photos, then you can then pull them onto your own print shop software and print them off.







 Ella and Parker loved putting this craft together.  And, I hope we all learned more about how God is with us at all times, even during the scary times.
 

Saturday, October 17, 2015

Jesus is the Light of the World





Jesus is the Light of the World Lantern

The finished product! 


 All the kids loved this project.  Jesus is the Light of the World.  Really... That's what Christianity is all about, isn't it?  If my Sunday School kids learn nothing more than that, then they are wealthy indeed!

I found this wonderful picture of Jesus standing on top of the world.  I added the worlds.  All you need for this project is:
110 pound card stock
regular typing paper
printer
little battery operated votive candle (I got 10 for $5)
Color crayons or watercolor markers
Hot glue

Print the picture.  I tried parchment paper and wax paper and couldn't get the picture to take on the paper, and the watercolor markers beaded up, so I ended up using regular paper and it did well.


I haven't figured out how to insert pdf files into my blog.  Sorry.  : (
Hope you can pull this picture off this blog and then pull it into your own desktop print shop software and print it.  Hot glue them together after the kids color the picture.

Cut pieces of card stock for the top and bottom edges, a handle and a circle for the bottom. 
I went ahead and hot glued the card stock to the top and bottom before bringing it to class.

Enjoy!

All of our pretty lanterns sitting in a row!


  
Little Eliza Jane, the youngest of our class, hands me her finished lantern.

Hannah and her lantern.

Fun times fixing our Jesus is the Light of the World lanterns

Haley and her beautiful smile.

Ella loves her lantern.