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Diorama Craft


  • Jesus Feeds the Hungry Diorama—two pages
  • Children's scissors
  • Cardstock: two sheets per child plus extras
  • Fast drying children’s glue
  • Pencils
  • Optional: crayons, colored pencils, or washable markers
  • Bible or SuperBook Bible App

Make one copy of the two page Jesus Feeds the Hungry Diorama pages in black and white or color for each child plus extras.

Make a model craft to display in class.

Sounds Like a Plan! Make a diorama of Jesus’ miracle to feed the crowd.

Read John 6:1–6.

1After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias. 2A huge crowd kept following Him wherever He went, because they saw His miraculous signs as He healed the sick. 3Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with His disciples around Him. 4(It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.) 5Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for Him. Turning to Philip, He asked, “Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?” 6He was testing Philip, for He already knew what He was going to do.

Why did Jesus ask Philip where they could buy food to feed the crowd? He was testing Philip.

Jesus wanted to see if Philip would only think of natural ways to solve the problem—or if Philip had faith that Jesus could do a supernatural miracle and feed the crowd.

Jesus had a good plan; He already knew what He was going to do. When we face difficult circumstances, should we lose hope, and give up, and get frustrated because we don’t see a practical solution? No.

Or should we look to Jesus and believe by faith that He already has the answer? Yes.

Nothing is impossible for Jesus! Nothing catches Him off guard or surprises Him—He always knows what He will do.

Display the model craft.

In this activity, you are going to make a diorama. A diorama is a model of a scene or event. You will make a diorama of Jesus’ miracle of feeding over 5000 people with the lunch of just one boy.

Give a Diorama Pattern (two pages), children’s scissors, and pencil, to each child. Provide glue to share. If the patterns are in black and white, provide crayons, colored pencils, or washable markers for the children to color before cutting out the individual pieces. Have the children write their names on the scene page of the pattern. Have children carefully cut out the individual pieces. Children will then follow the instructions to fold and assemble their crafts. Be prepared to assist children as necessary.

Conclusion: Take your diorama home to remind you that God lives with us and can take care of all our needs.