Crafts
Option 1: Flames of Fire Headband
cardstock, paper, construction paper, tissue paper (red, orange, yellow), paper plates, glue, pencils, scissors, stapler
Gather supplies. On cardstock, make copies of a large flame picture (one per child). Make copies of Acts 2:3, and cut them out (one per child). Cut 3-inch wide strips of construction paper (two per child). Cut 1-inch squares of red, orange, and yellow tissue paper. Put liquid glue on paper plates. Make a sample craft.
Place copies, paper plates, and remaining supplies on tables. Have children staple two strips of construction paper together to form a headband. Have them cut out a flame and glue it and the verse to the headband. Have children wrap a tissue paper square around the end of a pencil, dip it in glue, and stick it on the flame. Continue until the flame is completely filled in. Help children fit the headband around their heads like a crown, and staple the ends together.
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Option 2: Pinwheel
paper, scissors, ruler, pencil, markers, pin with ball top, unsharpened pencils (one per child)
Gather supplies. Cut paper into 6-inch squares (one per child). Use a ruler to draw two lines that cross in the center (corner to corner). Make a 2¾-inch cut along the diagonal line from each corner toward the center, forming four “triangular flaps.” Make a sample craft.
Give each child a prepared square. Place remaining supplies on tables. Have children color one side of their square. Next, have children loosely fold every other point down to the center of their square (no crease). Help children use a pin to poke through the tips of the folded-down points at the paper’s center and into the side of a pencil eraser. They can hold the pencil that is now attached to the pinwheel and blow on the pinwheel until it rotates freely. Remind children that at Pentecost a mighty wind from heaven filled the room.
Option 1: Pinwheel
paper, scissors, ruler, pencil, markers, pin with ball top, unsharpened pencils (one per child)
Gather supplies. Cut paper into 6-inch squares (one per child). Use a ruler to draw two lines that cross in the center (corner to corner). Make a 2¾-inch cut along the diagonal line from each corner toward the center, forming four “triangular flaps.” Make a sample craft.
Give each child a prepared square. Place remaining supplies on tables. Have children color one side of their square. Next, have children loosely fold every other point down to the center of their square (no crease). Help children use a pin to poke through the tips of the folded-down points at the paper’s center and into the side of a pencil eraser. They can hold the pencil that is now attached to the pinwheel and blow on the pinwheel until it rotates freely. Remind children that at Pentecost a mighty wind from heaven filled the room.
Option 2: “Jesus Loves Me” in All Languages
paper, construction paper, scissors, glue sticks
Gather supplies. Make copies of “Jesus loves me” written in different languages using different fonts. Make a sample craft.
Place copies and remaining supplies on tables. Have children cut a heart out of construction paper and glue it to the middle of another piece of construction paper. Then children can cut out the different ways to say “Jesus loves me” and glue them around the heart. Remind children that when the Spirit came on Pentecost, the people spoke in different languages.
