Bible Story Response: Styrofoam Prints

This is a really easy idea that can be use with any Bible Story whatsoever.  Just beware that it involves getting the paint out!

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You will need: paint, paper, flat styrofoam circles or squares cut from styrofoam plates or sheets, pencils, paint brushes

Talk to the children about their favourite part of the story, their favourite character or the most striking part of the story they have heard. Ask them to draw a simple picture of what they have shared on the back of the styrofoam circle or square, pressing lightly with a pencil.

When they have drawn their picture lightly, get them to press harder with their pencil on all of the lines so that the lines become quite deep (but not so deep that they cut through the back of the sheet!)

Paint a thin layer of paint over the etched in drawing and then press the paint side down firmly onto a piece of paper.

Lift up the styrofoam and you should be left with a print of your picture! Repeat and give the children time to share and explain what their pictures show.

Christingle Messy Church

Here are some ideas that we used at our Christingle based Messy Church.  There was a mixture of Nativity and general Christmas crafts and we finished with a short Christingle service, lighting the candles and singing ‘Away in a Manger.’

Making Christingles: Get parents and children to help make the Christingles by putting in the candles, putting red tape round the orange and putting sweets on sticks.  It might get a bit messy but that is the point of Messy Church!

Christingle Play dough mats: Click here to print off (laminate for continued use)

 

Christmas Colouring: Click here to print off sheets

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Christmas Angel Game: Click here to print off

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Making Christmas cards with Nativity Character Stickers

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Make Jesus in the Manger Biscuits: (biscuit, runny icing, shredded wheat hay, Jelly baby and fondant blanket).