Leader Guide
Craft Activity
- Jesus Is the Light
- Children’s scissors
- Cardstock—two sheets per child plus extras
- Tape
- Optional: crayons, colored pencils, or washable markers
- Bibles or the Superbook Bible App
Make one craft to use in class as a model.
Copy both pages of Jesus Is the Light on cardstock in color or black and white—one set per child plus extras.
Option: before class, cut the top and the bottom lines of the eyes opening on each face page.
Display the finished craft. Give each child the craft pages and scissors.
Provide crayons, colored pencils, or washable markers so children can color their craft pages.
Show children how to carefully cut the two sections of the pages, the eyes opening from the face page and the slider card with both sets of eyes. Be ready to assist children with this step as necessary. Children can then attach the slider card by sliding the bottom of the slider card through the bottom cut line of the eyes opening and the top of the slider card through the top cut line of the eyes opening to finish the craft.
Use the questions below to lead a discussion while the children work on their craft pages.
Let’s say the SuperTruth together. “Jesus is the light of the world.”
- Imagine yourselves as you walk to the pool of Siloam to wash the mud from your eyes. What would your thoughts be? Will this really work, maybe scared or nervous, excited.
- What do you think it would feel like to suddenly be able to see everything around you after being in darkness? Amazing, unbelievable, thankful, overwhelmed, awed, speechless.
- In our Bible story, what were the three ways that Jesus healed the eyes of the men who were blind? He spit on one’s eyes, He made mud to put on another’s eyes, He spoke healing to another without laying hands on him.
- There is no right or wrong answer to this question; why do you think Jesus used different methods to heal the blind men? Children answer.
- What do you think people’s reactions might have been to see Jesus spit on one man’s eyes and then to rub mud on another’s eyes? Shock, anger, surprise, confused, offended, amazed, excited, filled with wonder.
Conclusion: Encourage children to share the Bible story with their family using their craft.