This simple Jacob, Rachel, and Leah origami craft is a lovely puzzle to play with when made. It has 3 images to reveal – the mystery bride and the two sisters. When the veil is over the top, there really is no way to tell who is under there. This is quite a long post as I’ve shown every single, little, step, but it’s a straightforward craft to do.
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout and scissors.
You will also need the ability to fold a piece of paper into halves and quarters with at least some degree of accuracy.
Start by cutting out the large square.
Fold the square in half diagonally, corner to corner, to make a big triangle. Open up and repeat folding the other way – we need to do this (ink on the inside, ink on the outside) with every fold.
Open out again and fold each corner into the middle, the folds should create more little triangles. Remember to repeat folding the other way.
Let’s repeat the process with rectangles. Fold the fully opened square in half down the middle to form a rectangle. Rotate and repeat, so the lines cross in the middle.
Open out again and fold one edge into the middle to create a long thin rectangle, rotate and repeat for all 4 edges.
Now comes the tricky bit. Each flat side needs to be folded into the centre. Start by folding one side of the opening up to the corner to the mid-point.
Fold the next side, flattening the corner into a point as you go. Repeat on the remaining 2 sides.
When all four sides are done it will leave you with what looks like a pinwheel.
Open out each corner and flatten it down.
The image of the mystery bride should appear as the corners come together.
Discover the other pictures as you play with the folds.
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This Jacob’s Ladder paper craft scene with it’s curved sky and layered clouds allows the child to look at the image from various angles. Peering down through the clouds from heaven or up from the ground through Jacob’s eyes.
There are many Jacobs ladder crafts out there for this passage, and that’s great, but when reality hits and the dream is over, this craft captures Jacobs’ response. He wants to mark this place as holy, mark the experience and promise with something tangible. The practice of marking things with stones or piles of stones (cairns) is well practiced in many cultures.
This uses packaging card, but you could just as easily use craft foam, or real stones. Make sure your glue suits your chosen materials.
The star in this story is no so much either brother and their dim-wittedness or cruel bargain, but a lumpy bowl of red lentil stew. Make your own bowl of stew in this 3-dimensional papercraft. You could make it extra authentic by sticking some lentils inside.
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some paper glue. Once made, you may want some additional materials to place inside and represent the stew.
Cut out all the pieces.
Fold the tabs on the base of the bowl upwards.
Glue the rim of the bowl together.
Using the glue tabs, attach the base to the rim. Photographed this upside-down for clarity, get a better result working the other way around.
Glue the characters and small bowl of stew onto the base of the bowl.
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Jacob and Esau have this strange little passage in Genesis where the birth-right is sold for something as insignificant as a bowl of stew. It’s got all the hallmarks of a family ‘in-joke’ and yet, this odd little conversation of two young men handing over birth-rights like a candy bar will echo down thought Jacob and Esau’s story. This simple papercraft captures the moment it happens.
There is a critical moment in this story when Rebekah sees Isaac, and she responds by covering herself with a veil. Why she does this is debated. Some say it’s because she wants to soften or hide her face from her betrothed because it is his place to unveil it. Others claim it was a sign of a free woman, no slave could do such a thing, nor one already taken in marriage. Veiling the bride, however, is something that’s familiar with even modern-day wedding customs. This simple colouring page craft allows the child to attach the veil. Here I’ve used baking parchment, but you could use fine tissue paper or even lace if it’s av alible.
To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some paper glue. The colour version of this craft has the background filled in, so you only colour Rebekah.
Add colour to your image, then cut off the instructions part at the top of the page.
Using the template in the instructions section, trace the veil shape onto your veil material.
Glue the veil in place
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Isaac and Rebekah have this lovely moment when dusty and tired Rebekah spots Isaac from her camel and picks him out as the handsome man in the field! This may seem a contrived tale, but at its heart is a love story orchestrated through prayer. This super simple paper craft will be wobbling all over your craft table.
This is such a classical image, the basket and the lamp-stand, the light spilling out. This simple spinning craft which shows the basket being removed from the light is lovely for any age group, though younger groups may benefit from the pieces being pre-cut.
To make this craft, you will need a pair of scissors, sticky tape (optional), the printout and a split pin. This craft works fine on standard paper but would also work on thin card.
Cut out the three pieces.
Be sure to remove the small white circles in the centre, this will allow the split-pin to move freely.
The circle on the background piece does not need to move, and so you can easily just push through a small hole here for guidance.
Lay the blue piece on-top of the yellow light circle and thread the turning tab through the slit.
Place the background circle in place and thread a split in through the holes.
Fold the little yellow tab over the back and tape in place. While this step is not necessary, it really helps the top and base circles not to spin.
Turn over your creation and using the blue tab move the basket from the light so it can shine freely.
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