Joseph’s Colorful Coat Craft

I developed this craft for our lesson about families and forgiveness, which featured the story of Joseph being sold into slavery by his brothers.  I was very pleased with the results and think it looks super cute! Materials: Coat template printed on white card stock (3 per sheet) Colossians 3:13 printed on regular copy paper […]

Rainbow Cupcakes

This post contains an affiliate link. My kids and I made these adorable rainbow cupcakes and they are absolutely perfect for a Noah’s ark lesson!  I had some difficulty finding the rainbow candy, but was finally able to locate it at Walgreens. Ingredients: 1 box cake mix + ingredients to make it Blue frosting (from […]

Noah’s Ark: the Brick Bible for Kids by Brendan Powell Smith

This post contains an affiliate link. I’ve been wanting to check out Noah’s Ark: The Brick Bible for Kids for quite a while, and the kids and I stumbled on it at the library just last week.  This is a very nicely-done picture book which tells the story of Noah’s Ark.  Each page has a […]

God’s Promise Rainbow Craft

Several kids and I worked on making these super-cute God’s Promise rainbow crafts today.  The original idea came from Pinterest.  They’re simple enough for young kids, but complex enough to interest older kids, too. Materials: Froot Loops cereal (or generic variety) paper plates white glue cotton balls Sharpie marker Directions: 1. Make sample craft or […]

God Keeps His Promises Snack

This post contains an affiliate link. We made this colorful and fun snack to help us remember that God Keeps His Promises!  It’s the perfect snack to go with a lesson about Noah’s Ark.  The idea originally came from Pinterest. Materials: Twizzler Rainbow Twists mini marshmallows animal crackers cutting board knife plastic sandwich bags white […]

Face Paint – Heart Arm

This design is great because it can be dumbed down to just a rainbow and plain red hearts, or pepped up with all sorts of extras.  I went a little crazy with the one below.  I love the neon rainbow cake because it makes anything look good.  Really, you could just swipe a rainbow on […]

Face Paint – Rainbow

Here’s a quick and easy rainbow.  Just swipe on a curved line from any split cake.  Use a small sponge-tip dauber for the clouds.  You can outline everything for a little more definition.  Don’t forget to add a couple of puffs of glitter for the girls! Save

Noah’s Rainbow Cake

Noah ate rainbow cake, right?  No?  Well kids should when learning about Noah’s Ark.  This cake was made from a boxed mix, but it would be very simple to make a rainbow cake without paying extra for a fancy box and some food coloring packets.  Essentially, it’s a white cake mix which is divided evenly […]

God’s Promises Booklet

A while ago we made these booklets for our Noah’s Ark lesson.  We chose it because of the rainbow, but it really encompasses more than just that one story.  It has a series of God’s promises printed inside; promises he made at different times to different people. The booklet can be downloaded at Ministry-To-Children.  For […]