We had far too much fun playing with these little hats that remind us that 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 all know leaders will be the first to try wearing them… it’s tall but still kid sized!
To make this craft you will need the 1 page template printout, scissors, glue and ribbon/string paper strips, to go around the head.
Print the template and then back it onto card.
Cut out both shapes.
Cut the fringe part on the lower part of the face, and fold each section to a right angle.
Starting from one end, attach the top of the face to the lower part of the face.
Add glue to the forehead slit tab, and glue the face together.
Attach elastic, ribbon, or strips of paper or elastic to the two side tabs to wear your hat. I used staples as I didn’t have strong glue to hand, but you could use superglue or paper glue if you are using paper strips not fabric.
Adjust the ties so they fit on each child!
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Peter heals a lame man, there is no fanfare, no huge grand sweeping gesture, just Peter meeting a man and offering him healing instead of a few coins. Peter reaches out his hand and pulls the man up, and his legs become strong, and he stands. It’s a wonderful moment and one this little bouncy papercraft captures. Be Peter and reach out to the man with the slightest touch and he bounces up!
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 apostle’s feet became the resting place for gifts.
It can be difficult 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.
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.
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.
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 of scripture. This craft has a person reading scripture, or more specifically, a ‘mini-you’ speak scripture.
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some paper glue.
Roughly cut out one person set per child. There are 3 per page.
Carefully cut the two parts out.
Fold each of the red boxes behind the person.
Fold the sides of the lips, the straight lines are mountain folds and the dotted lines valley folds.
Glue the two white boxes at the sides together.
Hold the white boxes and push gently in and out to make your person talk. Decorate the person to look like you and get your ‘mini-you’ to speak scripture!
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