There is a lot of evidence that the Pharaoh’s and their people enjoyed table-top games. Matching images is a lovely simple activity upon which many a game hangs, this classic is dominoes. Two pages of beautifully colourful symbols will give your group plenty of time to familiarize themselves with the plagues and how they must have seemed never ending for the Egyptian people.
Please note : this is not a complete set as it would have been huge, I’ve strategically removed the doubles plus 20 other cards.
To make this craft, you will need the 2-page template printout, scissors, some paper glue, and some card or stiff paper for backing – I used scrapbook paper.
Roughly cut around the cards so you don’t end up wasting glue, then glue each page onto your backing.
Carefully cut out all the cards.
The basic rules of play are as follows:
Each played takes 7 dominoes from the pile. One extra domino is turned faced up on the table to start the game. Players take turns to make the pathway longer by placing matching symbols together. Each symbol can only be matched once. If a player is unable to take a turn, they must pick up another domino to add to their pile. The winner is the first to get rid of all their dominoes, or the one with the least left when the pile is gone.
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These Plagues scroll viewers showing Pharaoh, Moses and Aaron looking on, are a great storytelling tool. Simple turn one pole at a time to watch the plagues scroll past in order. All 10 plagues are represented.
To make this craft, you will need the 2-page template printout, scissors, and some sticky tape and something to use as poles. (Optional: round hole punch may also help.)
The poles can be pens, dowels, plastic pipes, round bag clips or (as I’ve used here) the outer part of infant easy dose syringes! It must be over 10cm (4 inches) and allow sticky tape to attach to it.
Start by cutting the viewer.
Fold before removing the window or pole holes.
This makes it much easier later on.
Now remove the window.
Punch or cut holes for your poles.
Cut out your scenes, 3 long ones and one short one.
Attach the scenes together to make one very long strip. Tape on both sides.
Attach one end of the strip onto a pole. Attach on both sides for security. The strip will roll with the picture side face out.
Repeat with the other pole and wrap to look like a scroll – wrapping well now will make the mechanism smoother.
Carefully place your scroll into the viewer.
Tape the back of the viewer together – you may find this is the one time an extra set of hands helps!
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The wedding at Cana miracle hinges on the collection of stone water jars of which this craft highlights. These empty contains give you a springboard for discussing how they can be filled. Coloured candy or popcorn would be great for taking home, or use for a play space with bright pompoms.
This is a classic craft for an ever popular story. It used a small window and a split pin to show the water changing into wine. When the transformation took place is unknown but that water was often added to wine is a staple fact of the time and region. This craft is quick and simple to do, it’s also a good craft for younger groups and the cutting is very forgiving – though I’d recommend preparing by removing the window in advance.
Advent is a great time to open those little doors and remove the chocolate or toy within, but as we do this why not add in one of these prompt cards? They number from the 1st to the 25th and follow the story of Christmas through characters and objects.
They also compliment into the advent candle wreath craft and the traditional 4 characters used to symbolize the candles on an advent ring.
This Good Samaritan storytelling aid combines the fun of a lift the flap book with the ease of a simple craft even younger kids can make. The best way to use this craft is to make a version in advance so you can show the children how it works and how it tells the story. For our international friends there is a version with no text on it.
The good Samaritan is, in many respects, a lesson in empathy and there is no easier way to teach empathy that by having the children act out the story. This little theater craft allows just that – minus the robbers and violence. It is a craft best done in small groups as there is quite a lot of cutting to do.
Moses and the burning bush is a moving alive image and and such these little viewers make the bush seem to come to life like a hologram. I’ve been careful not to use a video file so you can download the .gif file onto any device and do the activity without internet access. It works best on a black background which is the default for some image viewers and browsers.
