To make this craft you will need the 1 page template printout, scissors, and glue – you may also need thick card if you are doing the easy option.
If you want to decorate your coin do that first then cut out the coins and the edging strip.
(To make this craft easier: If you want to bypass the fiddly bit, use a coin as a template to cut a thick card circle and attach the two faces either side – make it pretty by trimming the coin edge strip and attaching it.)
Fold the sides of the coin edge inwards.
Use scissors to fringe each side of the coin edge by cutting along the lines.
Add glue to the end tab of the coin edge. (do not fold)
The coin edge probably will look an odd shape at this point, don’t worry!
Time to attach it all together! Add glue to the coin face
Glue the coin edge around the sides of the coin face
Attach the second side – this is the trickiest bit!
Your coin should stand.
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This craft uses the coins imagery to reinforce the answer Jesus gave about Taxes to the Pharisees and Herodians. Some crafts have pretty outcomes, some are less aesthetically beautiful and more likely to get a ‘wow’ response – this is very much the latter! It’s a little fiddly and if you’d like a simpler craft do check out the alternative one using the links at the end of this post (coming tomorrow).
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some paper glue.
Cut out the two coin faces and the background piece (the double lines).
Fold the main piece in half along the long dotted line
Use scissors to cut along each of the solid lines, don’t cut any dotted lines!
Open out and flatten – it may be worth folding the fold the opposite way to help do this.
Now comes the tricky bit – fold the dotted lines in alternating directions – one mountain fold then one valley fold. The folds on one side should mirror the folds on the other.
Folding finished, glue your coin to the middle.
Turn your spinner over and place the alternative coin on the opposite side.
To make your coin spin, you need to hold the sides, push lightly inwards and pull gently apart. It will alternate between the flat image and a shape something like this. See the animation at the top of this post.
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The parable of the banquet guests shows the welcoming nature of God. There is something special about images that invite you in, and giving depth is one of the simplest ways of doing so. This craft is super swift and simple to make, yet gives a fabulous result of a full table of people enjoying a feast.
Just occasionally it’s good to lean back on classic church Sunday School crafts, and for this parable of the banquet guests where ‘welcoming in’ is such a feature, I’ve chosen the classic door hanger. On one side the banquet host is all alone and looking rather worried, on the other side he is surrounded with guests welcoming more in.
The point of this parable about the bad tenants is where this craft resides. We see the rejected prophets becoming the very stones that God’s kingdom is being built upon. It ties into the idea of Jesus as the cornerstone but also that the contribution of those beaten, stoned and killed prophets gave in their service as God’s messengers.
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, glue, and foam spacers (or small pieces of thick cardboard).
Cut out all the stones and the background.
It really helps if you solve the puzzle at this point!
(If you are short on time you can simply glue the pieces in place flat like this, but it looks much better if you take some extra time to give it depth)
Add spacers on the back of a stone, double up for some stones and use none for others so the surface isn’t uniform.
Here I used a mixture of 0, 1, and 2 layers of spacers.
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I love acting out stories, puppets, props, crafts, they can all highlight elements of the story and breath gusts of energy into dry dusty words – these blow life quite literally as you blow them across the table. Move the servants across the table on his way to collect from the Tenants, send the vineyard owner, his son, and a servant, who is returning beaten and broken. Talk about the different characters, What were they feeling on their journeys? What obstacles did they face? What would they meet at the end of their travels?
In the parable of the Vineyard owner’s Two Sons, the key idea is changing your mind. Visually, a yes and no can be easily expressed through a thumbs up or thumbs down and that’s what this craft captures. It’s a straightforward craft, and you get a nice prop that the kid can use – the prototype came in quite handy for video calls!
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, some glue, some thick card or craft foam and a tongue depressor (though any flat stick like a popsicle stick would work).
Please note in the photos I have printed pink hands that photograph better — the template uses outlines only.
Roughly cut your four template pieces and lightly stick onto your thick card of craft foam.
Cut out all four shapes, don’t worry if the template buckles on soft materials.
If using foam, peel back the template layers.
Stick the finger ends to one of the two hands.
Stick the last piece to the other hand making sure the thumb is pointing in the opposite direction.
Add glue to one blank side of a hand and position the stick in place.
Add more glue to the stick before adding the second hand.
Your creation is finished. How many questions can you answer without saying a word?
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