Moses and the Burning Bush

(Exodus 3:1-15)

An easy craft for this lesson has been around for a long time. Sometimes the older, well tested ones are the best. I like that this one can cross over to many different age groups just by varying the style of the flames.

Materials:

Clear plastic cups

Red, orange and yellow tissue paper

Brown and green Sharpies

Battery operated tea lights

Scissors (optional - for cutout flames)

Clear glue (not pictures, optional - for torn flames)

I found everything at the Dollar Store making this a super cheap craft. 

At Home Before Prep:

Tools

Iron

Cutting matt

Ruler

Rotary cutter 

   (I know it is tempting, but do not use your fabric rotary cutter for this. Buy a rotary cutter to use on paper. Both cutters will last longer and perform better if you dedicate one to fabric only and the other to paper only. Just say'n.)

1. With the setting on low, iron the tissue paper to get it nice and smooth.

2. Cut the tissue into 9"x 9" squares with the rotary cutter. Each child will need one square of each color.

That's it for the prep work!

Class Instructions:

1. Ask each child to draw and color a bush on the outside of a cup.

2. Give each child one square of each color tissue paper and a tea light. 

For smaller kids (kindergarten): have them layer the tissue yellow, orange and red with the corners alternating in direction. 

For a little older (1st & 2nd grade): ask them to tear the paper into pieces and glue to the inside of the cup.

For even older kids (3rd & up): allow them to cut flame shapes all around the edges of each piece of tissue.

3. Place the tea lights in the center of the tissues. 

4.Gather up the edges around the tea light to make a pouch. 

5. Place the pouch inside the cup and fluff out the edges of the tissue.

Kindergarten version:

1st and 2nd grade version:

3rd grade and up version:

There you have it; your very own burning bush!

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Moses and the Ten Commandments

(Exodus 20:1-21)

This week we study Moses and the Ten Commandments. This is an extremely easy craft I like to use because it reinforces memorization. Some kids get really artsy and shade the tablet edges to give it a 3D effect.

Materials:

Brown paper bags or brown wrapping paper
Markers, colors, pens or pencils
Scissors
A bible for each child, if possible

Before Class Prep:

1. Fold paper in half. 
2. Freehand the shape of half of the tablet on the paper leaving one edge along the fold. 
3. Cut out the tablet being sure not to cut on the fold line. 
4. Open the paper like a book.

Although I used a roll of brown paper wrapping, I drew my tablet about the size of a normal grocery bag. This gave the kids ample space to write out all ten commandments and it makes an impressive presentation this large. I find it easier for time's sake to pre-cut the tablets before class day.

Instructions:

Help each child locate the Ten Commandments in a bible. Ask them to copy the commandments onto their tablet using their preferred writing utensil. This will take a while for most kids, so allow at least twenty minutes for third and fourth graders.

Now the fun part...ask them to wad the paper into a ball. Next, smooth it out to their liking. Voilà! The Ten Commandments.

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