2006-12-23 16:25:19 · 7 answers · asked by itsmeinin 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Christmas
I teach a Sunday School Class; we did the story of Christmas over three weeks. Below is the part of the story we covered and the activity that went along with it...
Week 1) Mary & Joseph hear from the angel... Jesus is born...
We had a doll for each child along with a piece of cloth. We wrapped up the dolls like Mary would have done with Jesus and held them like they were babies singing away in the manger. Our craft we talked about how Jesus was a gift of love, so we decorated brown paper bags (like wrapping paper), blew in lots of kisses into the bag and sealed it up; as a gift of love to someone of the childs choice. (You may want to put a note into the bag so the recipient knows what is in their... eg "This bag has been filled with kisses just for you.")
Week 2) The angles tell the Shepherds the good knews... the shepherds go to Bethlehem.
We talked about how a shepherds job is to look after sheep. We had some green felt to represent grass in one part of the room, blue to represent water in another part and a box to represent the stable where Jesus was in another. Each child had a cotton wool ball (their sheep) and a straw. By blowing only, the kids had to move their sheep to the grass, water and then to the stable.
Our craft, we stapled two paper plates together and filled them with a little rice. The kids decorated them with glitter, crayons, feathers, streamers and bells. Then we practiced singing and playing music with our instruments we had made.
Week 3) The wise men see the star and travel to Bethlehem...
Each child had a "Travel Bag"... we followed a star stuck onto a mop handle as we walked around singing the chorus to "We Three Kings"... we came across different obsticles each of which needed something from our travel bag...
- Rocky Mountains (bean bag covered with a sheet) we needed our climbing boots (picture of climbing boots in bag with string to put round neck) climbed over the mountain...don't forget to look when you get to the top and see what you can see...then at the other side of the mountain, take off the boots cause too heavy to walk in...
- It started raining (puddles stuck to the floor) we needed our umbrellas (small cocktail umbrellas) and gumboots (picture)... puddles are fun to splash in so we splashed around until it stopped raining... put our things back in the bag and continued on...
- The Desert (sheet) - its daytime, can't see star, and hot... so have drink of water (from bag) and sleep...
- night time, cold put on jumper (picture) and continue on journey...
- Destination - Manger with Mary and Joseph and Jesus...
We then had a birthday party and sang happy birthday to Jesus...
talked about the presents Jesus got and what we can give him... decorated heart shapes to represent ourselves as that is what we give Jesus our heart and love...
I hope this flows okay... good luck with your class... I hope you all have a lot of fun!!!
2006-12-23 16:51:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just for Christmas you mean?
For a Christmas themed one it may be fun to do a birthday party for Jesus kind of thing. You can read them/tell them the Christmas story, maybe have some small discussion on it (however you;d do that with young kids), have them color some manger/nativity scene, and then maybe have them sing Happy Birthday to Jesus and hand out mini cupcakes.
Eh, just a thought, I don't know how well that will go over with Sunday school teachers as I honestly haven't taught Sunday school.
2006-12-23 16:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by IAskUAnswer 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can teach them the art of giving. Place a doll in a bed in the middle of the table and tell the story of Jesus birth and Give the kids a chance to make him a gift, and let them put the gift at the crib and say what they are thankful for. I think that would be good. I'm not sure what the Sunday school is doing for Christmas but they borrowed my travel bassinet last week. It lets the kids be creative and still thinking about the message.
2006-12-23 16:59:24 · answer #3 · answered by samantha s 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sand Paper Gingerbread Men: use fine sandpaper and have them trace a cookie cutter on it, cut it out and decorate it with crayons, punch a hole in the top and it's a Christmas Tree Ornament. Popsicle Stick Stars : just like it sounds, glue them together in a star shape and decorate them with anything available (markers, paint, glitter, sequins...) use pipe cleaners to make the letters J O Y and glue them to the star. Painted Orniments: Find the clear plastic bulbs and let the kids put a couple different colors of paint in it and swirl it around. Snow Men: using a wooden or plastic skewer (or a hot glue gun) help them put 2 or 3 styrofoam balls together and decorate with fabric and other odds and ends. Check out the local craft stores, they usually have cheap crafts that are preschool appropriate. Use Oriental Trading or LTD if you have more kids/more of a budget. Most of all use your imagination, the kids will like doing simple things like stringing cheerios or fruit loops on string (and it will help develop thier fine motor skills!!)
2016-05-23 03:15:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coloring Christmas Trees.
Download a picture of a Tree, print out in Black and white, and voilia, something to do for 20-30 minutes.
2006-12-23 16:27:33 · answer #5 · answered by danizduhman 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make a manger with baby Jesus in it. I remember doing that one year when I was a kid. We glued popsicle sticks to construction paper for the manger, then glued a little straw and then a picture of a baby. Seems like we had a star glued to the top of the paper as well.
2006-12-23 17:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have the kids pretend that they are the Wise Men and have them make special drawings or crafts for the Baby Jesus. Use sequins, beads, and lots--I mean LOTS--of glitter!!
This ought to teach them that they are not the center of attention for the holiday. Rather, it's all about Christ.
You can also have them make special crafts for mom and dad. Kids really get excited about making presents for other people. You'll want to make sure you have crayons, markers, construction paper, sequins, and lots and lots of glitter (sure it's messy--but I'm convinced you can give kids 25 sticks of glitter for 12 years and you wouldn't have to raise, feed, or educate them.)
2006-12-23 16:37:10 · answer #7 · answered by YourMom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋