Sunday School Craft - Easter: Resurrection Sunday - Empty Tomb with Angel

This is a good one for Easter.

Like most of my crafts, I compiled it from several Pinterest and Google sources.

You need: paper plates, cardstock, scissors, brad fasteners, glue, crayons, a hole punch, and a stapler.

First, cut the plates in half.

In half of the "halves" cut a little tomb entry. (I used the curvature of the plate as a guide.)

Then, punch holes in the plate and one of the "stones" so that they match up.

Then, staple a "tomb entry" half and a regular half plate together.

Then, fasten a stone to the tomb entry with a brad fastener.

Then, glue the bottom part of an angel like the example below.

Sorry it's sideways. But stick the angel on as though he is sitting on top of the stone when the tomb is closed.

This is what it looks like when the tomb is closed. Scroll back to the top to see when the tomb is open. (I colored the inside yellow for effect, but you can have your kids color all the pieces before you put it together for them.)

The templates:

Sunday School Craft - Lazarus, Come Forth! Tomb

Who knew a resurrected man could be so cute!

I found the graphics for this on Pinterest and Google, but the door was way too small, so I had to blow it up, and by trial and error, I got it to fit the tomb! I added the verse at the top.

You need: cardstock, brad fasteners, scissors, and crayons (except, I didn't color my example...oops.).

If you notice the last two pictures, you will see that there are two doors and only one tomb. That was to save paper. Simply print out half as many door pages as you print tombs.

First off, you need to cut out your door. Then, you will need to figure out where you want to put the fastener. I put mine halfway down on the right side of the door. Take a pen, and poke a hole through that place.

Then, hold the door up to the tomb and make a mark through the hole in the door onto the tomb.

Then, poke a hole in the tomb through that mark.

Then, put a fastener through the door. . .

. . .and also through the tomb.

Flatten the fastener on the back.

When you "roll" the door away, Lazarus can come forth!

You can have your little people color these. The kids at my church really loved this one. One little boy (my three-year-old nephew) kept saying, "Wook! Wazawus is a mummy!"

...Hey, at least he learned the name "Wazawus"!

The End!