Leader Guide
Craft/Game
- Fruit Pattern
- Black & White Tree Pattern or Color Tree Pattern
- Chalkboard and chalk; poster board and marker
- Tape
- Blindfold
- Optional: scissors for children
- Optional: washable markers, colored pencils, crayons
Print copies of the Fruit Pattern, and cut the rectangles apart, one fruit per child.
Sketch a large tree on a chalkboard or poster board, and draw a circle to mark a “target twig” where blindfolded children will try to place their fruit cut-outs. If using poster board, tape it to a wall so children can reach it.
OR: Print the Black & White Tree Pattern version or Color Tree Pattern version, then tape to a wall.
Let’s make some beautiful fruit for the Garden of Eden! Distribute a fruit pattern to each child, along with pencils, markers, scissors, and tape. Have them cut out their fruit, color and decorate it, write their names on the front, then put tape on the back. If time is short, you may skip cutting and decorating the fruit—simply have them put their names on the front and tape on the back.
When we disobey God’s Word, we miss the mark! Now let’s play a game that shows how easy it is to miss the mark! One at a time, blindfold the children, spin them around three times, and have them try to place their fruit on the “target twig.” The closest fruit wins.