Leader Guide
Craft/Prayer Activity
- Bible or the Superbook Bible App
- Flying Crown Pattern;or crowns made for the game, “Aim for the Right Thing”
Make copies of the Flying Crown Pattern, one per child plus extras.
Make a model of the crown to display.
To Make:
- Print one “crown” per child, using landscape orientation.
- With the print facing down, fold diagonally along the black dashed line.
- Flip the sheet over so the crown is facing you and fold the bottom over itself in 1/4" increments following the gray dashed lines.
- Roll the sheet into a cylinder with the crown facing outwards and tape the two folded points together.
To Throw:
- Hold the cylinder between two paper points in between your pointer finger and middle finger with the crown design facing down.
- Keeping your wrist straight, gently throw the crown in a motion downward from above your head.
Hold up the crown you made for display. What does a crown represent on Earth?
Crowns are worn by kings or queens to show their royalty, power and authority. Haman did not wear a crown, but he was the most powerful official in the kingdom. He loved all the power that the king had given him.
Optional: read Esther 5:10–11:
Then Haman gathered together his friends and Zeresh, his wife, and boasted to them about his great wealth and his many children. He bragged about the honors the king had given him and how he had been promoted over all the other nobles and officials.
Haman loved the fact that people were required to bow down to him—and he was angry when Mordecai wouldn’t do it.
Optional: read Esther 3:2:
All the king’s officials would bow down before Haman to show him respect whenever he passed by, for so the king had commanded. But Mordecai refused to bow down or show him respect.
Does God want us to show off in front of other people and lord it over them?
No, it is important for us to act humbly, as servants of our wonderful Savior, Jesus Christ. Haman pursued power and wealth above everything else, and it was suddenly taken away from him. In contrast, Mordecai and Esther made serving God their goal, and then God gave them power and riches! When Haman was hanged, the king gave Mordecai and Esther everything that had belonged to Haman, and Mordecai replaced him as an official to the king.
The Bible tells us that those who live a righteous life and do God’s work will receive crowns in heaven. But those who receive a crown from God do not keep it for themselves. They place it before Jesus, knowing that everything they accomplished was because God gave them the ability, strength and power.
Read Revelation 4:10b–11:
And they lay their crowns before the throne and say, “You are worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honor and power. For You created all things, and they exist because You created what You pleased.”
Who remembers our SuperVerse?
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
Everything that we accomplish for God comes from Jesus Christ. The courage to do what is right comes from God. It is only right that we lay our crowns at the throne of Jesus and give Him all the honor and glory for our accomplishments.
Have the children kneel down and place their crowns on their heads. Then have them say the SuperVerse aloud and place their crowns in front of them on the floor. Have the children thank Jesus in their own words for the strength that He gives them to do the right thing and to serve Him. Then close in prayer.
Dear God, thank You for filling us with Your knowledge, strength and courage. You deserve all the glory and honor for any good deeds that we can do. We praise You for being the King of kings and Lord of lords. When we go to heaven someday, we will take the heavenly crowns that You give us and lay them at Your feet in thanksgiving and praise to You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.