Story 18 • Numbers 13–14

Big People, Little Faith



Crafts

Choose from the following craft suggestions depending on time, age ranges, and group size. {10–15 minutes}


K–2nd

Option 1: Fingerprint Grapes

purple paint, paper plates, markers, paper, baby wipes

Gather supplies. Place a small amount of purple paint on paper plates. Make a sample craft.

Give each child a piece of paper. Place markers and paint on tables. Have children dip one finger in the purple paint and make a fingerprint on the paper. Continue to make fingerprints until it looks like a cluster of grapes. Use markers to add a stem. Clean children’s fingers with baby wipes. Remind children that God always keeps his promises, just like his promise to the Israelites about the promised land.

Option 2: “I Spy” Binoculars

toilet paper rolls (two per child), markers, stickers, yarn, stapler, tape

Gather supplies. Cut yarn into 18-inch lengths (one per child). Make a sample craft.

Give each child two toilet paper rolls and a piece of yarn. Put markers and stickers on tables. Have children decorate binoculars with provided materials. Staple or tape the two toilet paper rolls together to form binoculars. Tape string to the sides of the binoculars so they can hang around the child’s neck.

3rd–5th

Option 1: Secret Spy Message

colored construction paper, copy paper, white crayons, washable markers, glue sticks

Gather supplies. Write out the Memory Verse so all the children can see.

Give each child a piece of paper, a piece of colored construction paper, a white crayon, and a marker. Place glue sticks on the tables. Encourage children to write the Memory Verse (“The Lord is with us,” Numbers 14:9) on the white paper using the white crayon and decorate with doodles that no one can see. Then have them trade their message with another child. Have them glue the message to their piece of colored construction paper. Then have them color over the message with a marker to reveal the spy message.

Option 2: “I Spy” Binoculars

toilet paper rolls (two per child), markers, stickers, yarn, stapler, tape

Gather supplies. Cut yarn into 18-inch lengths (one per child). Make a sample craft.

Give each child two toilet paper rolls and a piece of yarn. Put markers and stickers on tables. Have children decorate binoculars with provided materials. Staple or tape the two toilet paper rolls together to form binoculars. Tape string to the sides of the binoculars so they can hang around the child’s neck.

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