Leader Guide
Craft
- Salvation Page
- Cardstock; 3 sheets per 2 children plus extras
- Single hole punch
- Brass fasteners, one per child
- Jumbo craft sticks, 2 per child plus extras
- Pencils, one per child
- Fast drying child safe glue for children to share
- Paper towel, rag, or wipe to remove excess glue
- Optional: crayons, colored pencils, or washable markers
- Bible or Superbook Bible App
Make copies of the Salvation Page in color or black and white, one per 2 children, plus extras.
Cut the copied pages into two half sheets on the dashed line.
Pre-punch the stone and tomb on each half page using a hole punch at the marked location. Make sure that the brass fastener head is larger than the hole so it can’t pull through the paper.
Make one craft to show in class as a model.
Give each child a pre-punched Salvation Page
(half sheet), a blank sheet of cardstock, pencil, brass fastener, two jumbo
craft sticks and a pair of children’s scissors. Give the children bottles of
glue to share. If the copies are black and white, as an option, give the
children crayons, colored pencils, or washable markers to share or have them
color their crafts at home to save time.
Let’s say the SuperTruth, if you can, with your eyes closed: “Jesus endured persecution to save me.”
Let’s make a craft to remember what Jesus endured and suffered to save us.
1 Corinthians 15:4 is written in the tomb entrance.
Display the model craft to help children during assembly of their crafts.
Have children write their names in pencil on one side of the blank sheet of cardstock.
Option: have the children color the tomb and the stone, being careful not to cover up (hide) the Bible verse reference in the tomb opening.
Have children carefully cut out the stone, tomb, and SuperTruth block.
Have children turn their sheets of cardstock horizontally on the table (name toward table, not showing).
Children will apply glue to the SuperTruth block and place it in the top right corner of the cardstock.
Demonstrate how to attach the stone to the tomb using the brass fastener.
Children will glue the assembled tomb to the bottom right corner of the cardstock.
Have children press down firmly on the tomb to flatten the prongs of the brass fastener.
Assemble the cross: before gluing, place one stick vertically and one horizontally over the vertical stick. Adjust the cross so both sticks are completely on the cardstock and not touching the tomb.
Have children apply glue to the back side of the vertical stick and then attach it to the cardstock at the predetermined location.
Now have children apply glue to the middle of one side of the other craft stick and then carefully press it on the vertical craft stick to make the cross.
Wipe off any excess glue with the towel or rag.
Optional: place a strip of tape at the stick junction to hold it in place until the glue dries.
Carefully set the crafts aside to dry.
Conclusion: Jesus carried our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might be forgiven and saved to live with Him in heaven forever.
Optional: Read 1 Peter 2:24: