Zacchaeus and the Sycamore Tree

(Luke 19)

When I first saw this craft on Pinterest, I knew exactly what to do with it!




This craft screams Zacchaeus to me. Click here to see the source for this brilliant craft, Pikadilly Charm. There are plenty of treasures on their site, so please do check them out.

Materials needed:

1 lunch size paper bag per child
Scissors for each child
Good old fashioned Elmer's Glue (glue sticks do not work well for this)
Construction paper (green for summer tree or gold, red, & yellow for fall tree)

Prep. before class:

Fold back the edge of a piece of construction paper about half an inch. Cut leave shapes on fold line. Keep folding paper and cutting shapes until there is a nice size pile.

Alternative: Pikadilly Charm did not precut the leaves as I have done here. They let the kids tear pieces of paper to use as leaves. Next time, I will do it that way as well. The torn paper also made a pretty tree, and I like that fact that 100% of the project is done by the kids that way. I chose to precut because I was concerned about time. In retrospect, it really wouldn't have taken any more time for the kids to hand-tear the leaves.  

Instructions:

1. With Paper bag folded flat, cut slits from the top of bag to about an inch and a half from the folded bag bottom. The closer the cuts end to the bottom of the bag, the shorter the tree trunk will be.

2. Open the bag so it is standing.

3. Twist the uncut portion of bag into a trunk while flattening the bottom of bag to make a platform. 

4. Twist two pieces of cut bag together to make branches until all pieces are twisted...

...like this.

5. Glue leaves into place.

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God's Gifts

(Deuteronomy 6-10)

Today's lesson is about being thankful for all of God's blessings. Our lives are filled with gifts from God and Deuteronomy reminds us of this. At first glance, it may appear that this lesson will not be specific enough to develop a solid class plan. In actuality, it's wide open for a host of easy crafts.

I have always wanted to paint rocks. And with all the Pinterest posts on painted rocks, I couldn't resist any longer. Since class time is limited, my daughter and I gave each rock a nice coat of bright paint the day before so all the kids would have to do is draw/paint their favorite gifts from God on the rocks. As I've mentioned before, I'm not a fan of paint during Sunday school, so I supplied the kids with sharpies and they worked great on top of the paint.

Materials Needed:

            Rocks                       Paper towels             Paint brushes
          Acrylic paint            Sharpies                    Cup of water to clean brush(es)

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BINGO!

Bingo is an easy go-to game that kids of all ages enjoy. One of my favorite Sunday school resources is DLTK and they just so happen to have a wonderful FREE bingo generator. Click on DLTK BINGO to go there.  

I previously used construction paper circle punches for bingo pieces, but they didn't hold up well over time, so I decided to do something a little more fun and durable. I found these happy buttons at Michaels for $5.99 a bag. The screw top container is a recycled plastic trail mix jar and the other one is something I've had for years... and years.

The cute little label is another free download. It can be found at Sister of a Soldier. 

Blessings!

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Balaam's Donkey Sees An Angel

(Numbers 22-24)

I found a really cute donkey craft (Thank You, Pinterest!) that will work for a lot of different lessons. Just off the top of my head, it will work for The Birth of Jesus (Matthew1; Luke 2), Easter (Matthew 21; Mark 11; Luke 19; John 12), and Balaam's donkey (Numbers 22: 21-39). Unfortunately, I do not own the copyright to this craft, so I cannot show you a picture. However, I can supply you with the link! :-) The instructions include a free downloadable donkey image. This is a keeper!

Happy teaching!



NOTE:  All images, text and printables contained herein are copyright protected. This material is for your personal use only. I encourage you to print or pin from this site whenever you would like as long as it is credited and linked back to EasyBreezySundaySchool.blogspot.com. Failure to link back and credit my site constitutes a copyright violation.  Thanks so much!