Craft – Snow Slime
My kids love making slime! This will be sure to be a class favourite craft.
https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2015/12/snow-slime-in-a-jar-homemade-gifts-for-kids.html
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Christmas Crafts | Window Silouettes
Christmas Crafts Window Silouettes
Here is a link to some very pretty Christmas craft ideas. The tissue paper silouettes will look just lovely hanging in a window. Sure to be a child favourite.
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Christmas Craft | Popsicle Nativity Ornament
Nativity Popsicle Stick Ornament
This popsicle stick nativity ornament christmas craft is so sweet in it’s simplicity. The kids will enjoy making faces on the different characters.
http://easypreschoolcraft.blogspot.ca/2012/10/nativity-popsicle-stick-christmas.html
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Christmas Craft | Graham Cracker House and Other Ideas
Christmas Craft Graham Cracker House and Other Ideas
Here is a link to some good christmas craft ideas for kids. As long as you have no one with food allergies in the class, making a graham cracker house will be a child favourite.
http://quirkyinspired.com/christmas-crafts-for-kids-3/
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The Crucifixion of Christ
The Crucifixion of Christ
“What this country needs is not more liberty but fewer people who take liberty with liberty.”
(By E. C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes)
As children’s ministers and as parents, there are many parts of the bible that are hard to teach children because they are so brutal, with many references to killing. Most often we avoid those stories or pass over them until the kids are older. Sometimes we make slight changes to make them less brutal and I am not saying that is wrong. When you ask kids about Noah’s ark, they remember all the fluffy animals in the boat, not all the ones who died. Even at Christmas, people rarely think of all of the sadness in Bethlehem the morning after Christ’s birth caused by the killing of all of the boys two years old and under.
There is one account that I believe should never be softened up. Every detail needs to be engraved into our hearts so that we never take lightly the cross that gave us liberty. When we teach the crucifixion of Christ, I think we need to share the difficult details, like how he didn’t even look like a man any more after the whipping.
During the age when my son was 3 to 6 years old, he only ever wanted to read one story in the bible. “Jesus on the Cross” he called it. It made a great impression upon him. May we never loose the awe of that sacrifice.
When you are teaching the crucifixion, keep it serious.
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Game Pass the Present
Game – PASS THE PRESENT
Take a very small box and put a candy treat inside it. Wrap the box in wrapping paper. Put the small box into a larger box and wrap that larger box in wrapping paper. Put that box into a larger box and wrap that box with wrapping paper. If possible have 6 boxes or so wrapped up inside of each other. Place 8 or 10 chairs in a row across the front, facing the audience. Choose children to sit in those chairs. Give the big multi-layered box to the first child in the row. Start some music. When the music starts the child is to pass the present to the child beside them, who passes it on to the next child etc….. When the music stops whichever child is holding the box gets to unwrap the present. Of course when they do so they will just discover another wrapped up box inside. The music begins again and this child passes the box onto the next etc….. Each time the music stops the present is opened until they get to the tiny box with the treat. That child can keep the treat.
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Christmas Crafts | Handprint Ideas
Christmas Crafts Handprint Ideas
Here is a link to some really creative christmas craft ideas using paint and the hands of the little children. The young children will really enjoy these Christmas Crafts.
http://alittlepinchofperfect.com/20-cutest-christmas-handprint-crafts-kids
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Christmas Crafts | Names of Jesus Printable Ornaments
Christmas Crafts – Names of Jesus Printable Ornaments
Here is a link to printable ornaments with a different biblical name for Jesus on each one. Many children love to sit and colour and while they colour they will be learning many of the biblical names of Jesus.
http://www.biblestoryprintables.com/BibleCraftsChristmasNamesJesus.html#.WiGrIUqnGDI
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True Friends
True Friends
“The friends you make in prosperity are those you lose in adversity.”
(E.C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes)
How wonderful it is that the bible tells us clearly how to know when you have a true friend. You see the parable of the prodical son and how he learned the hard way that there are friends who are only there when you are prosperous. A true friend sticks closer than a brother and will tell you the truth when you need to hear it. They never leave you when you need them most.
As children’s ministers we need to be constantly affirming to the kids what a true friend is and that a true friend would never lead you away from the Lord. We can be sure that if they are not coming your way towards the Lord, then that is not likely a friend sent to you by the Lord.
Friendships often pull kids away from the Lord, so friendship is something we should OFTEN talk about in children’s church.
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Crafts | Christmas Crafts | Wood Slice Ornaments
Craft – Wood Slice Christmas Ornaments
If you have a bit of time to prepare the wood slices, I think you will find this craft to be one that remains on the Christmas Tree for many years to come.
The children will take pride in making these christmas craft ornaments and may be a good gift source for them to give to family members – worth the time to prepare, I think.
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Christmas Craft | Salt Dough Ornaments
Salt Dough Ornaments
Here is a link to a Christmas Craft salt dough ornaments sure to be a child favourite. The creator says,
“Before you get started here are some important supplies you’ll want to have on handy when you make your ornaments aside from the flour, salt and water for the dough, you’ll want to make sure you have festive holiday ribbon, paints, rolling pins, and most importantly an all purpose sealant.”
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Faith to Prepare
Faith to Prepare
“Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.”
(E.C. McKenzie from 1800 Quotable Quotes)
Many churches pray for revival and for souls and for an awakening for their community, but are we really ready? If 100 new people landed in on your church this Sunday, would you be ready? Would your children’s church ministry be ready to receive a bunch of new children. True faith prepares. True faith takes steps to be ready. True faith has expectation.
I encourage you to get yourself ready because if you are praying for souls, then expect your prayers to be answered. Have people trained and ready.
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