Painted Ark Scene

Wednesday:	Painted Ark Scene
Bible Lesson:	Sin brings a penalty. Jesus paid our penalty so that we can be saved.
Memory Verse:	1st Corinthians 15:22

Age Groups:

• elementary
• preschool
• teens

Supplies Needed:

• large paper (11"x17" is barely adequate)
• cardboard or posterboard (for stencils)
• paint and brushes

Preparation:

Prepare large cardboard stencils of the ark. These should be a bit too large to fit entirely on the paper. On the ark drawing shown here, there are internal lines; cut out short segments of these in places so that the kids can draw lines on their ark to better show the shape (otherwise it will look like a blob).

Prepare cardboard stencils of various animals, scaled down so that they are an appropriate size compared to the ark. Large animals, such as elephants and giraffes, work best.
You can find sillhouettes of many animals at the Open Clip Art Library.
Scale some of them to appropriate sizes, print them out, and trace them onto cardboard to make the stencils.

For preschool, go ahead and trace the outlines onto the paper ahead of time, so they can just paint.

Instructions:

Hand out the stencils for the kids to trace around on
their large piece of paper. They should place the ark first and
then place animals around it.

Allow them to free-hand draw a path from the ark
door to the bottom of the paper and, if they have time and space,
some trees to show scale. Make sure they put their name on the back
before painting, and allow the teens to add more detail to the
animals and the ark with a pencil. Remind everyone that the ark is
really much larger than the stencil but it just wouldn't fit on the
paper. When they have successfully drawn a scene allow them to
paint it in and lay to dry. Display a scene of your own so they can
see what it can look like. (Some variation of animal placement is
expected.)

Lesson Tie-In:

The picture they are making is a scene from the Bible
lesson. The ark saved Noah and his family from the flood, just as
Jesus saves us today.