Polished Aluminum Scene

Monday:	Polished Aluminum Scene
Bible Lesson:	The Fish and the Coin: Jesus is God
Memory Verse:	Matthew 16:16

Age Groups:

• teens

Note: We've not actually tested this one for practicality yet, so caveat lector.

Supplies Needed:

• cardboard
• string, yarn, or fishing line
• tape (transparent or masking tape will work)
• aluminum foil
• shoe polish

Instructions:

Draw or trace a line drawing of a scene from the lesson onto the cardboard. Tape down string or yarn along the lines.

Place a piece of aluminum foil overtop and rub it so that it gets creases corresponding to the lines.

Remove the foil and brush it with shoe polish. The polish will accumulate around the creases, creating dark lines on the otherwise smooth foil.

Pull-Through Filmstrip

Materials Needed:

• film strip [Needs Pictures] (photocopy)
• frame pattern (photocopy)

Instructions:

Each child gets a strip of pictures from the story of the day's lesson. They can color the pictures. They also get a frame page (which looks something like a television). The frame page has two slits on either side of the screen, so that when the strip is threaded through the slits, exactly one picture from the strip shows in front of the frame at a time, and the others are hidden. By pulling the strip back and forth, the picture can be changed to show the different scenes from the lesson.

Help the children cut the two halves of the filmstrip apart and attach them end to end. Have them color the pictures from the lesson, then thread them through the slits on the frame and show them how to pull the strip along to show each picture.

Moses and the Rock Shadow Box

Materials Needed:

• boxes (one per child)
• sand
• small rocks (at least one per child, preferably more)
• Moses (photocopied) [Pattern Needed]
• blue paint or paper
• (optional) additional desert scenery items

Instructions:

Each child will make a scene in a shoebox, depicting Moses in the desert striking the rock.

Turn the box on its side, so that the open side is the front.

Moses will be photocopied onto paper, and they can color him, cut him out, fold the base, and glue him into the box. The top part of him may need to be glued against the back of the box to keep him from flopping over.

The bottom of the scene (one side of the box) can be lined with sand (glued in) to represent the desert. For the sky, the back side of the box can be lined with blue paper, or painted blue. The rock should be glued to the ground where Moses' staff can just about reach it.