Elementary and Preteen Ministry Craft: God’s Plan Vases

Use this elementary and preteen craft so children can create a visual reminder that God has a plan for their lives.

You’ll need to collect clear glass bottles of different sizes and shapes before class. You’ll also need:

• Bible
• tacky glue
• paintbrushes
• colored craft sand
• water
• newspapers
• paper plates
• disposable cups

Elementary and Preteen Ministry Craft: God’s Plan Vases

Read aloud Psalm 40:4-5. Ask:

• Do you know what plans God has for you? Why or why not?
• Why do you think he takes the time to make plans for each of us?
• How important is it to follow God’s plan? Explain.

Say: We’re going to create a craft that’ll remind us that God has a plan for each of us—it’s our job to accept that plan and then fill our lives with things that are pleasing to God.

Spread the newspapers on a flat work surface. Have kids choose a glass bottle to decorate. Pour tacky glue into the disposable cups and mix a very small amount of water into the glue. Pour each color of sand onto a separate paper plate.

Tell kids they’ll be coloring their “vases” using the sand and glue. Give kids a couple of minutes to plan how they’d like to design the outside of their vases. Then have kids paint one section of the outside of their bottle with the glue mixture and coat the painted section with one color of sand following the design they’ve thought out. Kids can continue this process until the entire outside of the bottle is coated. Set the bottles aside to dry. Kids will have a colorful, translucent vase to adorn a windowsill.

Explain to kids that the colors and designs they planned for their vase can remind them of the plan God has made for each of us.

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