Crafts
Option 1: Ear Headband
cardstock, construction paper, paper, scissors, tape, crayons, stapler
Gather supplies. On cardstock, make copies of a left ear and a right ear. Cut construction paper into 2-inch wide strips. Staple two strips together to form one long strip (one per child). Make a sample craft.
Place copies, stapled strips, and remaining supplies on tables. Children color and cut out the ears, then tape them upright to a stapled strip. Have children write “He who has an ear, let him hear” on the headband. Help children to fit the headband around their heads like a crown and then to staple the ends together. Remind children that the phrase “He who has an ear, let him hear” is repeated in the letters to the churches in Revelation.
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Option 2: Jesus Holds the Keys
cardstock, scissors, crayons, hole punches, binder rings
Gather supplies. On cardstock, make copies of a large key (three keys per child). Make a sample craft.
Give each child three key papers. Set remaining supplies on tables. Help children write one phrase about Jesus’s authority on each key (e.g., Jesus holds the keys to death, Jesus holds the keys to life, Jesus holds the keys to my heart, Jesus holds the keys to salvation. Jesus holds the keys to heaven). Children color and cut out the keys. Help children to punch a hole in the top of each key and then to put them together on a binder ring. Remind children that Jesus holds the keys. He has authority over all things!
Option 1: Revelation 3:20 Door
paper, scissors, colored pencils, glue sticks
Gather supplies. Make copies of Revelation 3:20 centered on a piece of paper (one per child): “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.” Make copies of double doors that are larger than the words of the verse (one per child). Make a sample craft.
Give each child a verse paper and door paper. Place remaining supplies on tables. Children color the doors and cut them out separately. Then they glue the far ends of the doors over the verse so that the doors meet in the middle and can open to reveal the verse.
Option 2: Jesus Holds the Keys
cardstock, scissors, crayons, hole punches, binder rings
Gather supplies. On cardstock, make copies of a large key (three keys per child). Make a sample craft.
Give each child three key papers. Set remaining supplies on tables. Help children write one phrase about Jesus’s authority on each key (e.g., Jesus holds the keys to death, Jesus holds the keys to life, Jesus holds the keys to my heart, Jesus holds the keys to salvation. Jesus holds the keys to heaven). Children color and cut out the keys. Help children to punch a hole in the top of each key and then to put them together on a binder ring. Remind children that Jesus holds the keys. He has authority over all things!
