These little Pentecost spinner crafts are super fun to play with, they require no glue and spin in a beautiful whirl of flames from whatever height. It’s also one of those things that once you’ve made them once, it’s super quick and easy to make again and again!
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout and scissors.
Cut out all three shapes.
(Younger groups: those sides do need to be pretty straight when threading the pieces together, so keep an extra pair of scissors handy for later or pre-cut.)
Fold each strip along the solid black line so the print remains on the outside.
Without opening up, fold again. This time along the dotted black line so the print remains on the outside. It may help later if you fold this fold both ways.
Open out the yellow strip completely.
Wrap the orange strip around the yellow strip.
Wrap the red strip around the orange strip in the same way.
The yellow strip is going to wrap round the red one. To accomplish this, sit up your red and orange strips so you form what looks like the corner of a cube.
Wrap the yellow strip around, threading the end with no flame through the loop formed by the orange strip.
Your spinner is complete. Drop it from any height to watch it spin to the floor – the higher, the better!
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To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, a candle, glue, and scissors. (ignore the stapler that sneaked into this image, it should have been a glue stick – oops!)
Print onto acetate, then cut out all the shapes. Make sure to remove the red edge on the stand piece.
At this point, you can choose to layer your flame pieces while they are flat and skip the next steps with the real flame.
Light a candle. Holding the base of each flame firmly, hover the top edges around 5-10 cm above the lit flame. Move as soon as you see them moving. This is a very inexact science, and you can rewarm and straighten a little if needed.
Repeat for all your flame pieces, then work out your stacking order.
To attach our flame, we are going to use small blobs of glue at the base of the flame pieces. The glue will show, so try to keep it stacked.
Once your flame is together, give it a moment to dry.
To make the stand, fold the strip along the two red dotted lines.
Add glue to the small semicircles at each end, then attach to either side of your flame
To wear your hovering flame, either slide the sand onto a hairband or thread a ribbon through. You can also thread your fingers through the stand and hold on your head.
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The decision to add Matthias to the apostles was determined by lot. This could mean so many things, drawing straws, flipping coins or rolling dice to name a few. This choosing dice craft for the younger ones makes dice that determine actions too.
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, glue and scissors.
Cut out the large shape.
Fold every line as a mountain fold (ink on the outside). By using this layout, you are folding the squares against themselves, which I found simpler.
Add glue to all the tabs and then, starting at one end, begin to glue the cube together. The six sides of the dice read : pray, listen, jump, run, hop, and shush!
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When we talk about replacing the 12th apostle, it’s a great time to review the other 11. This little domino game is a perfect way to do that. This is a mini domino set, it has small cards and a reduced number so it can be printed on one page. It’s best suited to younger kids.
Cornelius learned that all people are God’s people, not just the ones who had a certain heritage. This little face making activity lets your youngsters make up a myriad of characters all of whom are God’s people because they are people!
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout and scissors.
Cut out all the pieces. It works best if you remove the outer cut out lines. Small pieces like the eyes have skin colour around them that can be cut into.
Select the pieces you want to use to make your face. Layer the pieces to create your character (keep the scissors handy to trim off any extra surround you don’t need)
Either stick the pieces in place on your final face design or place all the pieces in a small bag to take your craft home.
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It’s easy to exclude people, and it’s natural to have thought that the Jewish messiah came to just save the Jewish people, but God had a much bigger plan. For people on the edges, like Cornelius, that was huge. The party they had always been excluded from had flung wide the doors, and they could finally enter. This little craft uses the idea of a door as the barrier that is now open.
The story of Philip and the Ethiopian has one big obvious craft, a chariot. While some groups will “junk model” this concept, if you want something more sedate and contained, this craft fits the bill.
We had far too much fun playing with these little hats that remind us the power is not really ours, just as Peter’s defence stated the power was not really his, but from Jesus. We are all Jesus powered!
Warning: We know kidmin leaders will be the first to try wearing them… it’s tall but still kid sized!
