This passage can be a little idealised and often the verses get pulled into economic and social theory arguments – but whatever we think of them we know that the first Christ followers really did try wholeheartedly the ‘shared owner’ model. This paper craft is the key verse in this taken very literally, the apostles feet becomes the resting place for gifts.

 
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It can be hard to know how to serve and imitate the call to be shared owners in God’s kingdom. This is especially true for children who often have everything through their parents. This craft gives them an answer to draw upon. As you flip the various sections you find suggestions for ways to serve God’s community.

 
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This Easter morning craft with Mary Magdalene and Jesus is a perfect candidate for the craft bags, unsupervised table, tight-on-time activity that often gets requested at Easter events. The two little pencil puppets / pencil toppers have a tiny background to act our the scene of joy and wonder that took place in the garden all those years ago.

 
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Palm Sunday and Psalm 118 set such a vivid scene, the shouts of ‘blessed is he’ float on the air turning from a song of praise into an event of joy with our saviour arriving on the donkey’s back. This craft captures. A gentle movement has the crowd waving their arms and branches.

 
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If you need a super speedy, preschool friendly, 3 minute craft for Palm Sunday and Psalm 118 I’ve got you covered!

 
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We talk all the time, words are constantly around us, and yet in Psalm 119 we are encouraged to block out the noise and instead listen to just one voice, the voice in scripture. This craft has a person reading scripture, or more specifically a ‘mini-you’ speak scripture.

 
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This is a small moving papercraft based on Psalm 107 verse 22 “Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy.” This is a little mechanism papercraft that opens to reveal the end of the verse and see the people lift up in their ‘shouts of joy’.

 
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Kids love puppet crafts and nestled in the reading for Psalm 107 is verse 22 is probably my favourite “Let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices and announce his works with shouts of joy.” It just begs a response, not just of Joy but of a shout. That’s where this craft comes from. It’s probably the simplest form of puppet there is.

 
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