Our Bed of Life
Students think of good principles to live by from the Word, write them on strips of paper or fabric, and weave them together to create a 'mat' of teachings on which to rest their spiritual lives.
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Saul and Samuel Shadow Box
Create a shadow box with three pictures to show King Saul lying to Samuel. Gently squeezing the box allows students to re-tell the story.
- Project
- Ages 7-10
- 1 Samuel 17, Exodus 20
- GCED staff
- © General Church
Sculpt a Captive
Students will create a sculpture that illustrates what it is to be "captive" to selfish feelings and thoughts.
- Project
- Ages 7-10
- Daniel 1
- GCED staff
- © General Church
Seeds of Truth
Children think of ideas from the Word they would like to act on, write or draw them in seed outlines, cut them apart and put them into a 'bag' for sowing in their lives.
- Project
- Ages 7-10
- Matthew 13
- GCED staff
- © General Church
Sending the Disciples Throughout Heaven
Make a collage of the Lord sending out His twelve disciples in heaven to preach the gospel that “The Lord God Jesus Christ reigns.”
- Project
- Ages 7-14
- GCED staff
- © General Church
Stirring the Waters
Make this project to help you retell the story of the angel coming to the pool of Bethesda and stirring the waters.
- Project
- Ages 7+
- John 5
- GCED staff
- © General Church
Tees on Parade
Images and slogans are great ways to encapsulate big ideas. This activity invites students to transform the ninth commandment, “ You shall not covet”, into a slogan and/or a picture to decorate a paper T-shirt.
- Project
- Ages 11-14
- 1 Kings 21, Exodus 20
- GCED staff
- © General Church
Ten Commandments in Our Hearts Necklace
Children make a heart with a doorway that opens to show the Ten Commandments. This project can be worn as a necklace.
- Project
- Ages 3-6
- Matthew 19, Exodus 20
- GCED staff
- © General Church
Ten Commandments Origami
When we break one commandment we compromise all the commandments in ourselves. If we work on one, we strengthen them all. Students identify pairs of commandments for which they can see links and construct a hexahedron (a six-sided figure) to show how the commandments are connected.
- Project
- Ages 11-14
- Exodus 20
- GCED staff
- © General Church
The Golden Calf
Children make a model of the golden calf on a plate and decorate it with macaroni “earrings” to show that the children of Israel stopped listening to the Lord.
- Project
- Ages 3-6
- Exodus 32
- GCED staff
- © General Church