Crafts
Option 1: Paper Torch
empty paper towel rolls (or cardstock and tape), markers, stickers, strips of red and orange tissue paper, glue sticks
Gather supplies. Provide empty paper towel rolls, or roll pieces of cardstock into a cylinder and tape shut. Cut red and orange tissue paper into strips approximately 2" x 5". Make a sample craft.
Give each child a paper towel roll. Provide an assortment of markers and stickers for children to use to decorate the paper towel rolls. After the rolls are decorated, have the children glue strips of tissue paper to the top inside of the roll to resemble flames. Tell the children that when Gideon and his men blew their trumpets and smashed their jars, inside the jars were torches that helped confuse the Midianites who got scared and ran away.
Option 2: Paper Plate Visor
paper plates, elastic thread, scissors, hole punch, “God Is in Control” papers, glue sticks, markers/crayons
Gather supplies. Cut paper plates into a crescent shape, punch a hole near the two points of the crescent, and tie a piece of elastic thread through both holes to create a wearable visor. Print out the words “God Is in Control” in large print on copy paper and cut to fit onto visors. Make a sample craft.
Give each child a paper plate visor and “God Is in Control” word strip. Have them all glue the strip to the visor and decorate the visor as desired with markers or crayons. Visors help people to see in the sunlight. We don’t always see things the same as God does; it is in those times that we trust God, knowing that he is in control and sees all things clearly.
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Option 1: Paper Mosaic
crayons/markers, colored construction paper, glue sticks, copies of paper with words “I Trust You, God!”
Gather supplies. Write the words “I Trust You, God!” in bubble letters on paper (cardstock preferred) and make copies. Cut small pieces of a variety of colored construction paper. Make a sample craft.
Give children a copy of the “I Trust You, God!” paper. Have them color the bubble letters with markers or crayons. Have them glue the pieces of construction paper around the outside of the words to fill the paper.
Option 2: Word Web
“Gideon” paper, colored pencils
Gather supplies. Write the name Gideon in large letters on the center of a paper. Make a sample craft.
Have the children brainstorm with you some words that describe Gideon and write them on a whiteboard. Write the words in a way that represents the word (e.g., fleece written in a fluffy way, scared in small letters with wavy lines, leader written in solid, bold letters, etc.).
