Crafts from Your Favorite Bible Stories

August 4, 2000
Gr 2-4-Clever crafts constructed from common, inexpensive materials. The 27 topics, with Scriptural notations from the Old and New Testaments, include Noah's ark, Sarah and baby Isaac, Jacob's ladder, the miracle of water into wine, Jairus's daughter, Jesus walking on water, the ascension, and Paul escaping from prison in a basket. Among the best are Samson regrowing his hair, using a head made from an egg-carton cup and filled with dirt and grass seed, and the Magi, formed from foil party hats. Clear, step-by-step directions and an illustrated list of materials needed are accompanied by helpful, colorful illustrations done in a perky, cartoon style. Good motor skills are required for the cutting, gluing, and painting. These crafts will not only enrich the telling of the Bible stories in church schools, but will also give children attractive items to take home.-Patricia Pearl Dole, formerly at First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, VA

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