| Tough questions leave you to look at ponder closely, these directional images do the same, you need to line them up carefully to read what they say. However tricky they are also very simple as crafts. This passage includes lots of questions, but this craft only covers the commandment one, if you’d like the others then just contact me. |
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| This passage includes lots of questions, but this one is probably the most important of them all – Jesus condensing the books of law into 2 simple commandments. This craft is uses a simple box mechanism to rise the question and then in turn the answer given. Must mention Hattifant’s dinosaur craft that introduced me to this mechanism! |
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| This is a JWL favourite craft, a spinner reveal for that shows the baskets of leftovers after the 5000 had eaten. It’s one of those crafts that look harder to do than it is, especially as there is more room for error than you may imagine, though it does require a good level of cutting skill. |  |
| The feeding of the 5000 is an iconic story and the standard craft is to make a picnic box with the boys’s lunch… and that’s what this is, a very quick craft to execute that gives you a shallow ‘box’ with the five loaves and 2 fish. If while telling the story of the 5000 you wish to ‘hide’ extra food Jesus will ‘create’ there is space in this craft to do so. |
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| Mary literally sees the empty tomb, so I couldn’t resist making a tomb craft for this lesson. This one works by spinning 2 cups and it’s not only simple to make but it’s also a perfect end of session craft as you can leave it basic or continue to customise. |  |
| How could Mary Magdalene mistake Jesus for a gardener? I’d imagine her eyes were full of tears, her head bowed from sorrow, but wait, look deeper and listen, that’s no gardener! Simple paper-crafts are great because they need the most basic of supplies and with just a little prep, like scoring lines and cutting shapes, even the younger members of the group can produce something quite stunning. |
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| Sometimes crafts have 2 levels, and this is one of those. From a first glance it serves to remind us the coins that Judas took, but when you look closer you see the gathered crowd he walked away from, the friends he betrayed. |  |
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This make post for Judas is a lovely and rather substantial craft. It illustrates how different Jesus’ approach to being radical was to those who looked to stop his message. It ties in with this lessons approach to Judas, that he was misguided and unable to fully grasp the alternatives that Jesus was offering Kids love to play fight, and with this craft they will probably give it a go. However, the reveal is also a white flag attached to the blade which hampers the battle somewhat. Be sure to remind the kids what a white flag in battle means! |
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