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Ten Commandments
One of my colleagues developed this activity to teach his class about the Ten Commandments. You can download the templates below. Cut the cards, fold them in half like a mini book, and glue them on the paper.
Each card has a visual and a sentence explaining the contents of one of the commandments. ![]()
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Praying hands: the Lord's Prayer
The downloadable file contains cards with the words of the Lord's prayer, as well as instructions for making the praying hands holding the prayer. Children can trace their own hand in order to personalize the craft.
The idea for this craft is taken from Bijbels Opvoeden. Take a Moment received permission to make an English version. ![]()
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Grape vine
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission. Bijbelknutsels requested not to change anything about the photos, which is why the photos of the craft contain a Dutch Bible text.
Laurel wreath
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission. Bijbelknutsels requested not to change anything about the photos, which is why the photos of the craft contain a Dutch Bible text.
Go outside to pick leaves with the children. Take the stems off.
Lay the leaves in the shape of a laurel wreath. Write the Bible verse in the middle with pencil. Then, trace the words with a black pen. Erase the pencil lines.
Glue the leaves on. Normal glue might not work great with the leaves, so a hot glue gun works best.
You can choose to cut the white background away, so you only have the laurel wreath with the Bible verse left.
Lay the leaves in the shape of a laurel wreath. Write the Bible verse in the middle with pencil. Then, trace the words with a black pen. Erase the pencil lines.
Glue the leaves on. Normal glue might not work great with the leaves, so a hot glue gun works best.
You can choose to cut the white background away, so you only have the laurel wreath with the Bible verse left.
Abram's calling
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission. Bijbelknutsels requested not to change anything about the photos, which is why the photos of the craft contain a Dutch Bible text.
Genesis 12:1 and 4a Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: (...)So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him.
Needed: * Black, brown, and yellow paper * Glue, scissors, and black pen * Star templates which the children can use to trace and cut stars See below for pictures of each step of this craft. The pictures are provided by Bijbelknutsels. |
Thanksgiving wreath
Especially around Thanksgiving Day it is good to think with each other about what we ought to be thankful for.
The document below contains instructions about making the wreath, as well as links to templates for the leaves and the bow. You can find more Thanksgiving activities on the Christian Events: Thanksgiving page! ![]()
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Tower of Babel
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission.
Genesis 11:4a And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven.
Needed: * Lots of cardstock or thin cardboard * Scissors, glue, tape * Template * Black pen or felt ![]()
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Put the template on the cardstock, and tape around the edges to keep the template in place.
Cut the shape out of cardstock.
Take the template off, and put it on a new piece of cardstock. The tower has eight layers, so every time you take away another layer of the template.
Glue the pieces of cardstock on top of each other. The bottom piece of cardstock has eight layers, the next piece of cardstock has seven layers, etc.
Draw bricks and a door on the tower.
Take a piece of cardstock, fold it, and glue it on the bottom backside of the tower. This way, your tower can stand up.
You can also glue your tower on a background, and write the Bible verse with it.
Cut the shape out of cardstock.
Take the template off, and put it on a new piece of cardstock. The tower has eight layers, so every time you take away another layer of the template.
Glue the pieces of cardstock on top of each other. The bottom piece of cardstock has eight layers, the next piece of cardstock has seven layers, etc.
Draw bricks and a door on the tower.
Take a piece of cardstock, fold it, and glue it on the bottom backside of the tower. This way, your tower can stand up.
You can also glue your tower on a background, and write the Bible verse with it.
Oil lamp (parable of the ten virgins)
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission.
Matthew 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
Needed:
* White cardstock
* Red, yellow, and orange paper (or other colours of your own choice)
* Glue
* Carbon paper
* Oil lamp template (external link)
* Black marker
Rip the red, orange, and yellow paper in pieces. Glue all those pieces on the white cardstock. Try to overlap as much as possible. Let the paper dry.
Once the paper is dry, print the oil lamp template onto it, using the carbon paper.
Use a black marker to trace the lines of the oil lamp and vessel.
Needed:
* White cardstock
* Red, yellow, and orange paper (or other colours of your own choice)
* Glue
* Carbon paper
* Oil lamp template (external link)
* Black marker
Rip the red, orange, and yellow paper in pieces. Glue all those pieces on the white cardstock. Try to overlap as much as possible. Let the paper dry.
Once the paper is dry, print the oil lamp template onto it, using the carbon paper.
Use a black marker to trace the lines of the oil lamp and vessel.
Joseph's coat
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission.
Needed:
* Paper tissues or paper towel * Coloured markers or felts * Black marker * Scissors * Pencil * Glue * Coloured cardstock and white paper Draw a coat on white paper with pencil. Take a tissue or paper towel, and colour a piece of it with a marker. Make the tissue or paper towel wet. Then, wipe with the tissue or paper towel on the coat. Continue this with multiple colours. Once the whole coat is coloured, trace the pencil lines with a black marker. Cut the coat, and glue it on coloured cardstock. Write Genesis 37 above the coat. |
Lord's Supper
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission.
Matthew 26:26-28
And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. |
Needed:
* Green and purple paper (tissue paper would work great too!) * White paper * Black marker, scissors, and glue * Purple or red marker * Brown cardstock for the background * Template (in PDF file) * Carbon paper and pencil or pen * Blades of straw, or something else to represent bread |
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Print the template, and use a pencil/pen and carbon paper to transfer the image onto white paper.
Make little balls of paper from the purple (tissue) paper. Glue the purple balls on the grapes in the image.
Scrunch up the green (tissue) paper, and glue that on the leaves in the image.
Colour the wine in the glass either purple or red.
Glue the blades of straw on the bread. You can also use brown (tissue) paper for this.
Cut the image, and trace the lines one more time with black felt. Glue the image on brown cardstock.
Make little balls of paper from the purple (tissue) paper. Glue the purple balls on the grapes in the image.
Scrunch up the green (tissue) paper, and glue that on the leaves in the image.
Colour the wine in the glass either purple or red.
Glue the blades of straw on the bread. You can also use brown (tissue) paper for this.
Cut the image, and trace the lines one more time with black felt. Glue the image on brown cardstock.
The parable of the wheat and tares
This is a craft about the parable of the wheat and the tares. It focuses on what happens to the wheat and tares in the parable.
As the children put the craft together, you can take that opportunity to review the meaning of this parable with the children. You can find the instructions and the templates in downloadable files below. Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The parable of the Good Samaritan
Needed:
* Coloured paper and glue, or white cardstock and paint * Coloured cutouts or cutouts of which the children can colour (external links) * Felts or colouring crayons Cut (and colour) the cutouts of the parable. Make a background scene, using coloured paper or paint. The background scene in the example has just sky, a road, and some bushes. However, you can add more bushes, rocks, clouds in the sky, etc. Glue the wounded man, the priest, the Levite, and the Samaritan in your picture. If you have space, you can also add the money bag and the inn. Copy Luke 10:36, and give this Bible verse a place in your craft. Click here for more resources about the parables. |
The wise and foolish builder
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
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The parable of the sower and the seed
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
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The kingdom of heaven is like unto...
This is a craft about the short parables about the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 13). You can do this craft at once, or stretch it out over several days, adding one parable at a time.
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Instead of making one craft about the parables of the kingdom of heaven, you can also make five separate crafts. You can find the instructions and templates for each craft underneath each picture.
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Click here to download this colouring picture (external link).
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Ruth
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission.
Ruth 2:17
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Needed:
* Straw and blades of straw
* Cardboard or cardstock
* Glue, scissors, and pencil
* A round or square shape
Cut two round/square shapes. Cut the cardboard in such a way, that it looks like a basket. This means that one of the pieces of cardstock does not have a straight edge (see second picture)
Glue straw on the basket (see picture).
Lastly, put blades of straw in the basket (between the two layers of cardstock).
Ruth 2:17
So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley.
Needed:
* Straw and blades of straw
* Cardboard or cardstock
* Glue, scissors, and pencil
* A round or square shape
Cut two round/square shapes. Cut the cardboard in such a way, that it looks like a basket. This means that one of the pieces of cardstock does not have a straight edge (see second picture)
Glue straw on the basket (see picture).
Lastly, put blades of straw in the basket (between the two layers of cardstock).
The parable of the lost sheep
This is a silhouette painting about the parable of the lost sheep. You can find the instructions and the templates for the silhouettes below.
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Download the templates below. Colour all the parts. Cut each part out, and fold the glue strip back. Use the glue strip to glue the parts on a piece of coloured cardstock. Write the text of Luke 15:4 on your diorama as well.
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The parable of the rich fool
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. The craft is adapted from the Children's Bible Lessons website. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The parable of the prodigal son
This craft is about the parable of the prodigal son. Click here (external link) to download the colouring pictures of the prodigal son, which you need for this craft.
Download the instructions below. You can also download the document with the Bible texts, if you prefer to use those instead of copying the texts by hand. Click here for more resources about the parables. ![]()
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The parable of the lost coin
Do you see how the woman sweeps up the lost coin in this craft? The coin is under her broom!
Download the templates for this craft below. The instructions are included in the templates document. You can choose to write the text on the background, but you can download and use the document with the Bible texts as well. Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The parable of the talents (Matthew)
This craft is adapted from the Children's Bible Lessons website.
You can download the instructions below, as well as a document with the templates and Bible texts. Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The parable of the Good Shepherd
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
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The parable of the unforgiving servant
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The Parable of the great supper
Download the instructions and templates below. Print the templates preferably on white cardstock.
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The Parable of the ten virgins
This craft is about the wise and foolish virgins. It focuses on the last part of the parable, when the wise virgins are inside, and the door was shut. Then, the foolish virgins knocked, but the bridegroom said he knew them not. You can download the instructions and templates for this craft below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The Parable of the barren fig tree
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The parable of the royal marriage feast
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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Pray every day
This craft is made by Bijbelknutsels (instagram: @bijbelse_knutsels) and is posted with their permission.
Needed:
- Hammer and nails - Box/cardboard/wood/Styrofoam - Optional: coloured paper - Wool/yarn - Template (download below) - Black marker ![]()
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Take a piece of wood, a thick piece of cardboard, a box, or a piece of Styrofoam. You can wrap this in coloured paper, if you'd like.
Lay the template on your wood/box/Styrofoam. Using your hammer, put a nail through every black dot of the template. Remove the template, leaving only the nails. Use wool or yarn to make the shape: wrap it around the nail once before moving on to the next nail. Using your black marker, write on the top: Read your Bible. Write Pray every day in the hands. |
Parable of the Pharisee and the publican
You can download the instructions and templates for this craft about the Pharisee and publican below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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Parable of the rich man and Lazarus
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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Camel through a needle's eye
When Jesus told the short parable about the camel through the eye of a needle, did He refer to a sewing needle, or to a so called "Needle Gate" in Jerusalem? John Gill thinks Jesus refers to a sewing needle (click here to read his explanation). Others think Jesus refers to a Needle Gate in Jerusalem (click here to read more about this explanation).
The craft includes templates and instructions for both.
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The unjust steward
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The unjust judge
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The parable of the two sons
You can download the instructions and templates for this craft below. There are two different versions of the template. The first version requires you to cut out all people, road signs, etc. The "less cutting" version has the people and road signs placed in the boxes already, so they don't need to be cut out separately.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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Daniel prayed three times a day
You can download the instructions and templates for the craft below. Thanks to Bijbels Opvoeden who gave permission to post an English version of their craft!
You can find more resources about prayer and Prayer Day here.
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The labourers in the vineyard
One of Take a Moment's followers prepared this craft to use with her children. She shared the instructions and templates, which you can download below.
Click here for more resources about the parables.
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The parable of the talents (Luke)
Download the craft instructions and templates for this craft. (Note: the hands in the example are adult-sized, which is why the background paper is larger than the usual letter-sized paper. With children's hands, letter-sized paper should work!)
Click here for more resources about the parables. |
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Christ's ascension
Download the instructions and templates for this craft below.
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Paul's missionary journeys
Click here to find crafts related to Paul's three missionary journeys.
Abraham
Click here to find crafts about Abraham.
David
Click here to find crafts about David.