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Ten Commandments Crafts for Kids to Help Them Learn and Remember Each One in a Fun, Meaningful Way

Help children understand the First Commandment with these Ten Commandments crafts for kids, using a simple heart craft to teach them to love God and put Him first. Your child can say all ten commandments. You stand there feeling proud. Then you ask, “What does covet mean?” and they look at you with a blank …

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Fishers of Men Crafts for Kids: 9 Ideas That Follow Jesus Calling the First Disciples

Can a simple craft help children understand why the fishermen followed Jesus? See  fishers of men crafts for Sunday school, Bible study and home learning.  Simon was a working fisherman, and Jesus told him to do something no working fisherman would do: let down his nets in daylight, in deep water. Fishermen on the Sea …

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17 Snow Day Crafts Kids Can Make When the Power Goes Out

How will the kids spend a snowy afternoon when the power goes out? These snow day crafts for kids use simple supplies for fun, screen-free projects. The school-closing message came in last night. By mid-morning, the snow is deep, the lights flicker once, and then the house goes quiet. No Wi-Fi, no tablet, no television, …

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Five Loaves and Two Fish Crafts for Kids: 7 Easy Ideas From the Feeding of the 5,000

What can a child do with five loaves and two fish when thousands of hungry people are waiting for food? That question sits at the heart of the Feeding of the 5,000, and it gives these crafts somewhere to go beyond the usual bread-and-fish cutouts.  The story has details worth stopping over: a boy carrying …

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12 Christmas Nature Crafts for the Kids Who Keep Bringing Pinecones and Winter Finds Home

That pile of pinecones and twigs from every walk finally has a use. These Christmas nature crafts for kids turn foraged finds into keepsakes. Another pocket empties out onto the kitchen counter, and it’s the usual haul,  three pinecones, a handful of twigs, something that might be a seed pod. It happens after every walk, …

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Elf on the Shelf Alternatives for Parents Tired of Coming Up With Ideas Every Night: 9 Low-Effort Traditions Kids Still Love

What can replace the Elf without creating more work? These Elf on the Shelf alternatives offer low-effort Christmas traditions kids can enjoy.  By December, the Elf on the Shelf can start feeling less like Christmas magic and more like another thing to remember before bed. The elf needs a new spot, the children expect a …

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12 Nativity Crafts That Walk Kids Through the Story of Jesus’ Birth, at Home or Sunday School

Want children to understand more than the manger scene? These Nativity crafts for kids turn the Christmas story into hands-on, memorable activities.  What if the Nativity story children see in a Christmas scene is only the middle of the story? There were moments before the manger, people who received news they did not expect, a …

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School Resumes Soon: Back-to-School Crafts Kids Can Make While They’re Still Home

Back-to-school crafts for the days when bedtime, school bags and questions about returning to class start piling up, without making more useless clutter and the little things kids aren’t ready for yet. School will be starting again soon, and the long vacation is slowly running out of days. The children may still be enjoying late …

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Thanksgiving Crafts for Young Children Who Want Something More Interesting Than the Usual Handprint Turkey

There’s more to Thanksgiving than a traced hand — these crafts for young children are simple enough for little fingers to finish solo.  A handprint turkey is a classic for a reason. It is simple, inexpensive, and easy enough for young children to make.  But Thanksgiving crafts for young children do not have to begin …

Esther Craft Ideas: 13 Crafts That Retell Her Story for Kids, From Her Crown to Purim

What really happened to Esther? These Esther Craft Ideas help kids follow her story from the palace to danger, courage, deliverance, and Purim.    A crown can make Esther look like just another queen in a Bible story. But her crown came with a story children need to understand. Esther was a young Jewish woman …