Sunday School Craft - Joseph Feeds The Nations During Famine

This craft is to help teach the story in Genesis of Joseph who became Pharoah's second-in-command and was able to store up grain to feed Egypt, Israel, and surrounding nations during the seven year famine.

Again, this picture came from a Google search. I added Genesis 50:20 to it.

You need: Cardstock (or paper), uncooked rice (or dry oatmeal), glue, and crayons (optional)

This is pretty self-explanatory. All you have to do is print out the template below, put glue over the grain in the bag, and sprinkle rice over the glue. Be sure to shake off the excess rice into the trash.

(You could use unpopped popcorn, but it might be kinda heavy and fall off. Rice or oats are lighter weight.)

Template:

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Sunday School Craft - Queen Esther and King Ahasuerus (Xerxes) Crowns and Scepters

I was searching for a Queen Esther craft and didn't really like any that I saw, necessarily, so I drove to Dollar Tree to get some inspiration.

I found. . .

bulletin board borders (you may recognize from my last post):

Staplers with staples:

Shiny stickers, loose glitter, and glitter glue. (Or whatever you want to decorate...crayons, paint, whatever.) 

Two packs of straws (for boys and girls).

Starting with the "scepters," all you have to do is decorate the straw attachment thingie (don't know what it's called).

Then, decorate your crowns however you want. (I've included the verse template at the end of this post.)

Then, once the crowns are dry, staple them in the back.

I went through our craft cupboard at church and found some more stickers and embellishments.

At the last second, I found some sparkly pipe cleaners, so I wrapped that around the scepter (which is fitting since the verse talks about a "gold scepter." I'm such a purist.) If your kids are old enough, you can pair them up boy with girl and have them act out the verse. 

Verse:

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Sunday School Craft - Daniel and the Lion's Den Mask

This one I got from searching on Pinterest. 

All I did was to add the scripture over the lion's mouth in a very pertinent way. :)

I didn't take a picture of the final product, and I'm not sure why. Anyways, you can figure it out from here. You can either tie elastic to either side of the face, or you can glue it to a tongue depressor at the bottom. Be sure to cut the eyes out!

Little kids love this one!

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