Old Testament KJV BIble Crafts

This craft is based on Daniel chapter 1.  

Daniel  and his three friends found themselves in a foreign land against their will, presented with foods that they believed would not be pleasing to God.  They bravely ask to eat just pulses, generally thought to be food grown from seeds, and to drink water.  There is also a colouring sheet available to print based on this same passage.

The free PDF printable template is found here. 

Light card (160gM2) works well in most printers without sticking.

• Carefully cut out the shapes on the above PDF printable template.
• Use the carrot body and carrot tops templates as a pattern to cut out an orange carrot body and green carrot tops from some coloured card.  Light card is ideal, heavy card will not fold well and crease badly.
• Using the template as a guide, cut some lines into the green carrot top shape, as shown in the picture to the right.
• Stick the green carrot top onto the inside of the orange carrot body, roughly as shown by the dotted lines on the printed template.
• Fold the cone as shown in the picture and secure with double sided tape, staples or glue.
• Colour the corn on the cob yellow and the heart red.
• Using the templates for corn leaves, cut out two leaves from a sheet of green card or paper.  As before, heavy card will not work well.
• Stick the two green leaves onto the corn as shown in the picture, only stick down at the bottom of the leaves as shown, leaving the tops loose.
• Using a pencil, wrap the top of the leaves round it one at a time, to create a curly effect as shown in the picture.
• Now stick each item onto a paper plate or page as shown in the picture.
• I also used a hole punch to create holes for a pipe cleaner handle to hang the craft up with.

This craft is based on Daniel chapter 2.

King Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that were troubling him and keeping him awake at night.  None of the "wise" men could tell him the meaning of his dreams, he was very angry, and threatened to kill all the wise men of Babylon. Daniel went to the King and bravely offered to help, God answered prayer and Daniel was able to tell the King that there is a God in Heaven that revealeth secrets! 

The free printable PDF template is found by clicking here.

Light card (160gM2) works well in most printers without sticking.

• You will need the printable PDF availbale above, a paper plate (23cm/9inch approx), coloured card OR decorative napkin OR fabric, glue stick, sticky pads and scissors.
• Trim three edges of the paper plate to make three straight sides.  You can snip with the scissors 2cm inwards at the bottom of the plate, draw a line across to the sides from this slit, and then cut that section off, repeat on the two sides.  See picture.
• Then, as shown in the picture, cut out two triangles at the top two sides of the plate.  Fold the top flap upwards to create the headboard of the bed.
• Fold the two side flaps downwards to create the sides of the bed.
• Cut out a piece of card approx. 8cm X 3cm and create a pillow, you could cover it to match the rest of the bed (see steps below for bedlinen).  Use sticky pads to stick the pillow in place.
• Cut out the King figure from the PDF printable sheet and the verse of Scripture.
• Fold forwards a 2cm flap at the bottom of the King's body and use this flap to stick the King to the bed, sitting upright. You could use double sided tape.  Bend his arms at the elbows.
• Measure the width and breadth of the bed (exclude headboard section) and cut out a piece of either decorative card, plain card to colour, pretty napkin or fabric to create a bed linen.  Stick at the sides leaving the covers loose on the top of the bed.
• Stick down the Scripture text from the printable PDF.

 

 

 

 

This craft is based on Daniel chapter 3.

The King made a huge golden image of himself and invited a large crowd of important leaders and rulers to come together when it was finished.  Daniel's three friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego are invited.  The King had an announcement made that when music was played, all people must bow down and worship the golden image.  The three friends did not bow down, they only worshipped the one true God.  The King was furious, the faithful friends were cast into the furnace, but they were not alone, God was with them and they were unharmed.  

The free printable PDF template is found by clicking here.

LIGHT CARD 160GM2 WORKS IN MOST PRINTERS

• You will need the PDF from above printed on white card, some yellow, orange and red light card or heavy paper, glue stick, stapler, scissors, crayons and stickers if desired.
• Colour the printed PDF template of the furnace, red/brown bricks look good as in the picture.
• Draw around the child's hand on some yellow, orange and red card.  You need four or five hands cut out, a mix of colours looks best.
• Staple or glue the hand cut outs along the back of the A4 furnace template so that they look like flames coming up out of it.
• Fold the furnace A4 sheet into a circle as shown in the picture and secure with glue and staples if needed for extra hold. 
• Decorate with stickers if desired.

This craft is based on Daniel chapter 4, God has been showing King Nebuchadnezzar, in different ways, that He is the one true God.  The King has another dream, this time it is about a giant tree.  Again he makes the same mistake of first  consulting the "wise men" who used magic and other sinful practices.  Once again Daniel was able to step in with answers from God.  Daniel warned the King of the need to repent and change his ways, but he did not listen.  The dream was fulfilled and only after seven years of great suffering, King Nebuchadnezzar looked to God for help.  This chapter is an amazing turnaround as we read of the same King who cast God's children into the fiery furnace, now writing a public announcement about the greatness and majesty of God, and of HIs eternal kingdom.  What a message!

The free PDF template with the scripture text can be downloaded by clicking here. 

Light card (160gM2) works well in most printers.

• You will need a paper plate.  I used a bright green plate, if you have only white, have the children colour the white plate green. 
• You will also need a kitchen roll tube (I save these up and have them ready when needed),
• You will need craft pom poms to use as fruits, and stickers of birds for the tree canopy.  You could also use butterflies, flowers, ladybirds etc.
• You will need stickers of land animals for the tree trunk.
• Cut two slits at each side of one end of the kitchen roll tube, cut down 5cm at an angle so that the top of the slit is approx 2cm across from the bottom of the slit.  You need to do this to make your plate sit straight and prevent it hanging  forward (if the paper plate has a raised edge).  Make sure to cut the slit at each side facing the same direction.
• Decorate the paper plate with stickers of birds and flowers.
• Add the coloured pom poms as fruits to the canopy of the tree.
• Insert the paper plate into the holes in the kitchen roll tube.
• Stick the Scripture text from the PDF onto the front of the tube (tree trunk).
• Decorate around the base of the tree trunk with the land animals.

 

 

Joshua 1:8 KJV "This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth..."

The free PDF printable template can be downloaded by clicking here.

This craft requires you to print one A4 sheet, this will make two crafts.  As always I recommend a light card to print on, 160g/M2 fits through most inkjet printers easily, or you could print on paper and glue to a supporting sheet of card after printing.

You can watch a video on how to make this craft on our Instagram or Facebook page.

• You will also require a paper plate.  I used a pink one, red would also be good or colour in a white one. 
• Cut the three shapes from the PDF free template and glue the largest shape (with the scripture text) to the back of the plate as shown in the second picture, and fold the plate in two.
• Fold the two white strips of card in half lengthwise (see the third picture)and  cut one half into four equal sections as shown and the other cut into multiple cut sections to form the teeth.
• Now stick the "teeth" down inside the paper plate as shown in the fourth picture, make sure the scripture text on the other side of the plate at the top side.
• Cut out a circle of pink or red paper/card slightly smaller than the inside area of the paper plate.  I used a small saucepan lid.  Cut the circle out and glue down to the inside central area of the plate.
• Now bend back about 2.5cm of the larger blank cut out from the template sheet and stick it down to form the tongue.  You can then glue the smaller cut out shape (with Know, Obey & Tell text) on top of the tongue as shown.
• Lastly, place a staple at either end where the plate folds and smile!