The Canaanite woman’s story is one of an outsider, someone who doesn’t fit into the narrative Jesus is telling. Jesus has a choice, does he stand by the categories and identifying labels or let the love of God overflow from the Jewish chosen people to meet a Canaanite need? Jesus chooses the way of love. This is reflected in this paper craft all about God’s love and other things we may use as qualifiers for our love.

To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some paper glue.

Cut out all the pieces – the hearts have lines across the top, leave these attached so you are cutting a teardrop shape.

Mountain fold each small rectangular section on the biggest piece (ink on the outside).

Onto each of these small rectangles we are going to attach a heart. Add some glue onto the rectangle avoiding the folds and attach the first heart – the order doesn’t matter.

Continue adding hearts until you have placed them all.

The long section above the hearts is folded over and goes behind. Turn your creation over and attach the pull tab to the end.

All that remains is to attach the large rectangle. Add glue into the two outside boxes and glue to the back, effectively creating a loop.

Turn your creation over and gently pull on the tab, each heart should lift in turn until you reach the final message.

The Canaanite woman fell to her knees, begging Jesus to help her – this craft captures that moment. The way the craft folds makes the viewer the third party in the encounter, seeing both the face of Jesus and that of the woman. It’s a simple craft, the hardest part is cutting out the smaller pieces, so you may want to do that in advance for very young groups.

To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some paper glue.

Cut out all the pieces – if you want the best results, slightly trim the edge lines off the small glue tabs.

Fold the background in half along the dotted line – printing on the inside.

Fold all the tabs on the smaller pieces. The folds all go with the printing on the inside.

Glue the hands together, so the printed side is showing.

Add the arms onto the background either side of the Canaanite woman’s shoulders – so the tabs are visible.

Finally, add in the speech bubble in the same way as the arms.

The finished piece should stand up.