Snacks
Theme | Day | Key Snack Item | Notes | Additional Items |
God's Sheep Snacks (Updated, 2013 July) | Monday | Popcorn | Object lesson goes with Bible lesson. | sandwiches, chocolate-chip cookies |
Tuesday | Cross/Sheep Cutout Cookies | Shapes go with Bible lesson. | tacos, chips | |
Wednesday | Donuts | Shape is a reminder for the Bible lesson. | hot dogs, fruit | |
Thursday | Jell-O® Jigglers | Shapes go with Bible lesson. | pizza, cupcakes | |
Friday | Salad | Salad reminds us of the kinds of things sheep need to eat. | macaroni and cheese, ice-cream floats | |
Soldiers of God Snacks (updated 2014) | Monday | Twizzlers | Twizzlers look like the red rope Rahab used to let the spies out. | Popcorn & Mini-Burgers |
Tuesday | Grilled Cheese Sandwiches | Grilled cheese sandwiches have bread both over the cheese and under it, like the centurion who had men over him and under him. | Jell-O and Carrot Sticks | |
Wednesday | Shield Cookies | The cookies are shaped like shields, which are a piece of armor. | Pizza & Fruit | |
Thursday | Mud Pudding | Mud pudding resembles the mud that was in the bottom of the cistern into which Jeremiah was thrown. | Hot Dogs & Nachos | |
Friday | Prison-bar cupcakes | The stripes on top of the cupcakes resemble bars, like on a prison; Peter was in prison, but God sent an angel to let him out. | Sloppy Joe & Chips | |
Fishing for Christ Snacks (updated 2015) | Monday | Chocolate Coins | Jesus told Peter he would find a coin in the fish's mouth. | Spaghetti & Fruit |
Tuesday | Whale Cookies | Jonah was inside a whale for three days and three nights | Tuna Salad Sandwiches & Carrot Sticks | |
Wednesday | Fish Sticks | Jesus ate a piece of cooked fish to show his disciples that he was really there. | Applesauce & Homemade Cookies | |
Thursday | gummy fish | When their net was full of fish, the disciples knew that it was Jesus, and that they should listen to him. | Hot Dogs & Cucumber Slices | |
Friday | cloud parfaits | When Jesus ascended, a cloud hid him from the disciples' sight. Before leaving, he told them to be his witnesses. | Tater Tots & Cheese Chunks | |
Following the Footsteps Snacks | Monday | Grapes & Pretzels | The men who explored the land brought back an enormous cluster of grapes, evidence of the bounty of the land. The cluster was so large that they draped it across a pole (represented by the pretzel rod) so two men could carry it. | Cookies |
Tuesday | Kool-Aid | Kool-Aid packets come with instructions on the back. If you read the instructions but don't follow them, you don't get good Kool-Aid. The Bible also has instructions in it, and we need to follow them, like the people of Israel when Ezra read the Bible to them. | Spaghetti, Garlic Bread, & Pudding | |
Wednesday | Gummy Snakes on Sticks | God told Moses to display a snake on a stick in the middle of the camp, so that people could look to it and be saved, – just like we today look to Jesus for our salvation. | Hot Dogs & Carrot Sticks | |
Thursday | Baby Shower Cookies | People have baby showers to celebrate when they have a baby. Hannah had been wanting a baby for a long time; when she prayed, God gave her a son, Samuel. | French Fries & Cheese Slices | |
Friday | Homemade Bread & Jam | Epaphroditus brought Paul food (among other things) from the church, to help Paul while he was in Prison for telling people about Jesus. Epaphroditus served God by helping Paul. The Shunnamite also helped Elisha by feeding him, because he was a man of God. Homemade bread is a kind of food they might have had and might have given them. | Fruit & Ice Cream | |
Running the Race Snacks | Monday | animal crackers | animals go with the preschool lesson on creation | |
Tuesday | lion cookies | lion is a reminder that God cared for Daniel | ||
Wednesday | cupcakes and scrolls | cupcake does not correlate, but scrolls go with the Josiah lesson | ||
Thursday | chocolate coins and fruit salad | the coins are a reminder of the rich young man; fruit does not correlate | ||
Friday | crown-shaped cookies | the crown goes with the elementary Bible lesson and the preschool shapes lesson | ||
Back to the Beginning Snacks | Monday | animal crackers | God created animals | |
Tuesday | fruit salad | Adam and Eve were permitted to eat any fruit in the garden, except from the tree of knowledge | ||
Wednesday | animal-shaped cutout cookies | animals go with the lesson on Noah's ark | ||
Thursday | star-shaped cheese | Abraham was told his offspring would be as numerous as the stars | ||
Friday | cupcakes | does not correlate** |
Footnotes:
* Needs some work (such as improved instructions, etc).
** Does not correlate with any of the lessons and could be replaced if someone comes up with something that does.
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