Coloring Activity

What was in the king’s dream that Daniel described? A huge shining statue of a man that was crushed by a big rock.

The Bible describes it this way in Daniel 2:31–35:

³¹ “In your vision, Your Majesty, you saw standing before you a huge, shining statue of a man. It was a frightening sight. ³² The head of the statue was made of fine gold. Its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs were bronze, ³³ its legs were iron, and its feet were a combination of iron and baked clay. ³⁴ As you watched, a rock was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands. It struck the feet of iron and clay, smashing them to bits. ³⁵ The whole statue was crushed into small pieces of iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold. Then the wind blew them away without a trace, like chaff on a threshing floor. But the rock that knocked the statue down became a great mountain that covered the whole earth.”

We are going to color a picture of the statue in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. Use the colors described in the Bible. Just follow the numbers and the matching color key that you see on the page.

You will share the crayons/colored pencils; so you may need to color your picture out of order if the crayon you need isn’t available. It would be a good idea for some of you to start with the number six instead of the number one and work backwards.

Give each child a copy of Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream Coloring Page and crayons or colored pencils to share in the following colors: gold, silver/gray, bronze/brown, black/dark gray, and orange. Lead a discussion using the questions below as the children color.

• Do you remember what the different parts of the body represented? Kingdoms on the earth.
• What part was king Nebuchadnezzar represented by? The head of gold.
• What did all of the kingdoms have in common? They would come to an end.
• What happened to the statue? It was crushed by a huge rock.
• What did that rock represent? God’s kingdom.
• How is God’s kingdom different fromall of the other kingdoms? It will never end. It is a spiritual kingdom, not a physical kingdom.

Have children write their names at the bottom and allow time for them to share their pictures with the class.

Conclusion: God gave the dream to Nebuchadnezzar and revealed the meaning to Daniel when he asked God. God’s kingdom is not a physical kingdom that you can see. However, it is all around us—and we can be a part of His kingdom now. Do you know how? By believing in Jesus and following Him.