Parable of the Lost Sheep

Bible this week brought us the parable of the Lost Sheep. It is a heartwarming story about a shepherd who leaves his entire flock to find one missing sheep.

The kids really like the color sheets. It gives them something quiet to do while I read the bible story and discuss it.

We played the missing sheep game - using a marshmallow that I drew a silly face on, I placed it under a cup and the kids had to track the sheep cup to find the marshmallow. The kids were better at this than I expected.

Using the templates from Catholic Icing (link below), the kids made their own shepherd and sheep to play with.

We would have made shepherd staffs but I didn't have the necessary items on hand. So, we used the next best thing - wooden spoons. I gave the kids 2 balloon sheep apiece, denoted by color, and they had to usher them into the stall. They couldn't beat the sheep but had to move them nicely across the floor. It was a rainy day so they played this quite a while. J drew cute sheep faces on them and named them.

For breakfast one morning, they made cinnamon roll sheep (sort of). I gave them a roll, some chocolate chips, and pretzel sticks for legs. Kaleb ate the chocolate chips and licked the icing off the top. J made a sheep though and ate the roll.

Lastly, they made some cotton ball sheep using the templates ground from Calvary Chapel  Kids (link below). I printed them onto card stock to make the project stronger with all that gluing. These turned out cute - they won't fit in their bible notebooks but they are still cute to hang up. We have finished the first unit on Jesus' Parables and are moving onto Jesus' miracles. This should be fun :)

Links

Calvary Chapel Kids - cute Lord is my Shepherd craft with free template.

Free Kids Crafts - super cute q-tip sheep craft for older kids.

Catholic Icing - TP shepherd and sheep craft with free templates.

Faith Filled Freebies - good shepherd balloon game.

Apples and ABCs - cute sheep art project, no template but looks easy enough to do.