Tabernacle Sunday School Craft

It's been quite awhile since I've shared a Sunday School craft with you, and this one is actually not for Sunday School, but for our Ladies Bible Study...however, I think it could be used with Sunday School kids who are studying the Tabernacle.

Our Ladies Bible Study has just finished studying Beth Moore's A Woman's Heart- God's Dwelling Place. The entire (10 week!) study is about the Tabernacle and God's Holy Presence. This is a great study packed with amazing, eye-opening information...the problem...too much information.  In fact, that is why I came up with this idea in the first place. I needed something to help us remember this information. Something to remind us of what we've learned. Something to turn to, read over, remember and be encouraged.  (As a former school teacher, I'm always looking for ways to retain what we learn after reading a book or completing a study.)

I call this the Tabernacle Reminder Kit
It's basically a 9 pocket sheet protector with a Tabernacle element in each compartment.  
On the front side is the name of the element and a corresponding item inserted in the pocket.

On the back side are the corresponding scriptures of how Jesus fulfilled every single element in the Tabernacle. (That was God's plan all along!)
It's powerful just reading it!

Supplies:
-Baseball Trading Card Protectors  (affiliate link)(9 compartments- each pocket is 3 1/4" x 2 1/2")
(My husband was redoing his baseball card collection and was actually throwing these out! Gasp! I had to come up with a use for them, right?!)

-Tabernacle: foam cross  (These crosses were found at Hobby Lobby, they're stickers.)

-Altar of Burnt Offering: match (I used a box of kitchen matches. If doing this with children, cut off match tips and then color an end of the remaining stick with a red marker.)

-Basin: piece of soap (Cut a bar of soap into tiny pieces.)

-Veil: linen piece & embroidery thread in blue, purple & scarlet
(Cut white linen fabric into squares. Cut a 3-4 inch piece of blue, purple & scarlet embroidery thread.) Cherubim were embroidered into the veil's curtains with blue, purple & scarlet.

-Lampstand: birthday candle
(The tabernacle's lampstand was an oil burning lamp, not a candle.)

-Table for the Bread of Presence: computer printout of 2 stacks of 6 loaves. (These represented the 12 tribes of Israel.) Click here to print out your own bread print outs.

-Altar of Incense: incense sticks (I found a box of incense sticks at the Goodwill or click here for a source. affiliate link.) Take a few sticks and break them to make them fit in the pocket.

-Mercy Seat: gold (yellow) feather (represents the golden cherubim's wings that guarded the Mercy Seat.)

-Ark of the Covenant: (All of these pieces go in one pocket.)
     -gold metallic paper
     (cut out in urn/vase shape that held the manna),
     -gray paper (cut out in 2 stone commandment tablet shapes),

     -2 inch piece of a fake flower stem (Aaron's budding staff). 

              I picked off the flower blooms of a long stem and cut the stem into small pieces.

-Printout of the Tabernacle cards and Jesus' fulfillment cards.
Click here to print your own Tabernacle cards.

**Yes, I realize this is a ton of supplies...many of these items could be substituted with a student drawing the items or a computer graphic. You choose to do what works for your class, your time and your budget.

Ahead of time:
Make copies of the printouts.
Gather supplies and prepare them so students can easily take each item and insert it in the pockets.

Instructions:
1. Cut apart the cards and insert them in the pockets.
Tabernacle cards on front, with Jesus fulfillment cards facing the back side.

(I put the cards in the protector page-- in the order the items appear in the Old Testament Tabernacle.)

     1.Tabernacle /Jesus is Our Tabernacle
     2. Altar of Burnt Offering/ Jesus is Our Perfect Sacrifice
     3. Basin/ Jesus is Our Basin
     4. Veil into the Holy of Holies/ Jesus is Our Veil
     5. Lampstand/ Jesus is Our Lampstand
     6. Table for the Bread of Presence/ Jesus is Our Bread
     7. Altar of Incense/ Jesus is our Altar of Incense
     8. Mercy Seat/ Jesus is Our Mercy Seat
     9. Ark of the Covenant/ Jesus is Our New Covenant
2. Slip each item into the corresponding pocket. 

3. Review each item, remembering key points that were learned about the Tabernacle.
4. Read each scripture telling how Jesus fulfilled every part of the Tabernacle.
5. Finish lesson reciting what the Bible says about our body being a living Tabernacle.




Want to see some more of my Sunday School Crafts? 

Baby Moses Craft and Lesson


Craft for the Book of Ruth



Feeding the 5000



Shield of Faith with Balloon Battle


Phillip and the Ethiopian 



Parable of the Lost Sheep Sunday School Craft


Valentine's Day Sunday School Craft


Palm Sunday Craft


Easter Sunday School Craft


May Day/Mother's Day Sunday School Craft




Old Testament Tabernacle Review Craft

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Sunday School Craft- Philip and the Ethiopian- Acts 8:26-40

When our Sunday School Curriculum called for teaching the story of Acts 8:26-40,
Philip witnessing to the Ethiopian,
I knew we need a cool chariot craft.
 I consulted my 11 year old crafty son and this is what we created.



 The Sunday School kids (ages 6-7) loved it and the best part was that they were able to
 re-tell the entire story with the craft.
You gotta love that!

The key to crafting the chariot, is having the perfect yogurt container.
FAGE yogurt cups come with 2 compartments. Perfect for 1 driver and the 2 riders.

Here's the supplies we used:

Here's a close up of the doll pins and doll pin stands.
Find these in the wood section of the craft stores.
You'll need 4 pins and 2 stands for EACH craft.

Slide one large popsicle stick through the doll pin slat.
Hot glue the bottom of the yogurt container to the stick.
Place 2 pin stands to each end of the doll pin.  These will be the wheels.
(They won't turn like wheels, but they look cool and pull nicely.)
Up to this point could all be done ahead of time for the kids.

Cover the outside of the container with brown construction paper.
We used glue sticks to adhere the paper.

Next, dress the characters.
Each child will need three doll pins.  One for Philip, one for the Ethiopian and one for the Driver.
Using felt scraps, cut out a 'shirt-like' looking piece with long sleeves.
Simply tie the 'sleeves' around the 'neck' of the pins and make a knot.
This makes an instant cape or robe.

Using a marker, draw on eyes, mouth and hair.

Now it's time to make the horse!
Each child will need 2 brown pipe cleaners.

Start with 1 pipe cleaner and shape the horse's head.  Make a small point for the ear.
Wrap the end of the pipe cleaner around the neck.

The remainder of the pipe cleaner forms the back and tail.
(Cut tail loop with scissors.)
Double up the back with the leftover amount.

Take another pipe cleaner and cut it in half.
Use the half pieces to wrap on some legs.



Hot glue (or use glue dots) to adhere the hind legs to the end of the popsicle stick
that is glued onto the yogurt container.


Hold the hind legs in place with a clothespin.
This makes it easy to pull as well.

The front legs stay out in front to balance the horse.

And now you have all the pieces for the story.



We used blue felt for the water.
In the Bible story, the Ethiopian has the driver stop by the water so Philip can baptize him.



Re-enact the story with the characters.





You know it's a great craft when the kids want to re-tell and re-tell the story over and over.
Come to think of it...that's exactly what we are called to do...
Tell the story of Christ over and over so others will know the truth and believe.

!

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."  Matt. 28:19-20.

Want to see some more of my Sunday School Crafts? 

Baby Moses Craft and Lesson

Craft for the Book of Ruth



Feeding the 5000



Shield of Faith with Balloon Battle


Phillip and the Ethiopian 



Parable of the Lost Sheep Sunday School Craft


Valentine's Day Sunday School Craft


Palm Sunday Craft


Easter Sunday School Craft


May Day/Mother's Day Sunday School Craft



Old Testament Tabernacle Review Craft

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