| One of the most fun things about attending church for | | | | pattern ahead of time for each member of your class. |
| little children are the preschool Sunday School crafts | | | | Then supply items for the children to cut out squares |
| they get to make. These are best kept as simple and | | | | or other shapes in different colors. Discarded rolls of |
| fun as possible so little hands can get right in there and | | | | wall paper will work nicely for this. Next, let the children |
| do most of the work themselves. Be prepared to help | | | | glue their colored shapes to their coat pattern. This |
| when needed, but for the most part, let these be their | | | | gives them something to show their parents as they |
| own creations. | | | | explain this special story. |
| One very simple thing for preschoolers to make is a | | | | Spring is the time of Easter and new life. This is a |
| Prayer Mat. You provide the sample or discarded | | | | great time to use preschool Sunday School crafts to |
| pieces of carpet and permanent markers for the | | | | show God's gifts of new growth. You will need to |
| children. This is one of the easiest crafts because all | | | | provide small planters or small plastic cartons, and soil |
| you have to do is let them color and decorate these all | | | | for this project. Use varying seeds for planting. Help |
| by themselves. As they will most likely not be able to | | | | the children put in the potting soil up to the half way |
| write their names, you may want to do this after each | | | | mark on the planters. Add a few of the seeds and |
| child has chosen the piece of carpet he or she wants. | | | | then cover with a little more potting soil. The children |
| These will be very special to them as they will be | | | | will get to water and watch their plant each week to |
| using them each night to kneel on as they say their | | | | check the progress. Once it starts to grow, let the |
| bedtime prayers. | | | | children take their treasures home with them to care |
| No Bible story is more popular with small children than | | | | for. |
| Joseph's Coat of Many Colors. One of the simplest | | | | These are just the tip of ice berg when it comes to |
| and fun preschool Sunday School crafts is Joseph's | | | | ideas for preschool Sunday School crafts. With a little |
| Coat. When you tell this story to your class, you can | | | | imagination, you are sure to be able to create your |
| follow with each child making his or her very own Coat | | | | own ideas. |
| of Many Colors. You will need to cut out a small coat | | | | |