Elementary Craft Idea: Bubble Buddies

These Bubble Buddies will help your elementary-aged kids know they can give their worries to God.

“Give all your worries and cares to God, for he cares about you.” (1 Peter 5:7).

In these days where social media and constant access to digital devices can heighten kids’ comparison of themselves to unreasonable, filtered presentations of “normal”, it’s no wonder that many kids are struggling with anxiety. Finding ways to direct their focus to our mighty God can give kids peace. In this craft, help kids remember to give their worries to God because he cares for them.

Elementary Craft Idea: Bubble Buddies

You’ll Need:

• 1/3 cup of liquid dish detergent
• 5 cups of water
• 2 1/2 tablespoons of glycerin or white corn syrup
• chenille wires
• clean baby food jar with lids
• mailing labels
• empty pitcher
• large wooden spoon
• measuring cup
• markers
• tape

Help kids mix the following bubble solution in a pitcher: 1/3 cup of detergent, 5 cups of water, and 2 1/2 tablespoons of glycerin or white corn syrup. Give each child a baby food jar. Have kids fill their jars with bubble solution and place the lids on the jars.

Then, give each child a mailing label and a marker. Help kids write “God cares for you. –1 Peter 5:7” on their labels. Encourage kids to decorate the labels and put them on the jars. Show kids how to bend a chenille wire into the shape of a bubble wand and blow a few bubbles. Then have kids tape their wands to the side of the jars for safe keeping.

Closing

Discuss these questions with kids:

• How can blowing bubbles give us a picture of what it’s like to release our worries to God?
• How might you feel when you trust God to take care of what you’re worried about?

Say: We all worry or feel afraid sometimes. We can talk with God when we’re feeling that way because he’s a powerful friend who cares. As we blow our bubbles again, let’s imagine those bubbles are worries we’re giving to God. Talk with God about anything you’re worried about out loud or in your head as you let bubbles, and worries, float away to God.

Allow time for kids to blow bubbles and pray.

Pray: God, thank you for loving us and hearing our prayers. Thank you for understanding our worries and fears, and for helping us through them. In Jesus’ name we pray, amen.

Find more tips for understanding children’s anxiety here. Looking for more elementary craft ideas? Start here!