People I'm Praying For Hands

Materials Needed: 

• construction paper 

• markers/pencils/writing utensils

• scissors 

What I Did: 

I had the students trace their hands on the colored construction paper. I had provided the white paper with the "People I'm Praying For" written on it beforehand. Then the student cut out their hands and glued them together, pinkies facing each other. Then they glued the white paper with writing on top of the hands that were glued together. 

Finally, they wrote ten people they can pray for on each individual finger. 

Pom Pom Christmas Trees

Materials needed: 

• Glue 

• Pom poms 

• Brown construction paper 

• Large popsicle sticks 

What I Did: 

First I glued the tree trunk to the underside of one of the large popsicle sticks. Then I glued the sticks into a triangle. Then put dots alongside the popsicle sticks and put a pom pom for every dot of glue. 

Artsy "Snow Globes"

Materials needed: 

• clear plastic plates 

• white paper or white plates (for underneath) 

• markers, crayons, colored pencils, etc. 

• glue (I preferred hot glue) 

What I Did: 

I drew a circle (the size of the clear plate) on white paper and drew and colored a picture in the circle I drew. Then I hot glued the clear plate to the white paper. Then I cut AROUND the hot glue. 

Voila! 

Bald Eagle TP Rolls

Materials Needed: 

• Yellow construction paper (feet and beak) 

• Feathers 

• Toilet paper rolls 

• Markers or crayons (for eyes or decorations) 

What I Did: 

I cut out all of the individual pieces to be glued onto the TP roll for the students. I also drew the eyes on but you can use googly eyes or something different. I glued the feathers on with a glue stick and it worked fine. 

Wreath of Thankful Hands

Materials Needed: 

• Construction paper 

• Writing utensils 

• Scissors 

• Glue

What I Did: 

Trace 12 hands on construction paper. Then cut out all hands. 

On one side of the hand, write the 12 months of the year. On the other side, write what you're thankful for for that month, or something that has changed your life that you want to remember during that month.

Then glue all hands, in month order, in a circle or wreath pattern. 

Umbrellas of Refuge

Materials needed: 

• Construction paper of assorted colors 

• Scissors 

• Glue 

• Writing utensils 

What I Did: 

I cut out all of the umbrella pieces and raindrops on assorted colors of construction paper and the long strip of white paper for the verse . And then wrote out the verse on the white paper before I glued it. 

Then I glued all of the pieces to the black contradiction paper. Give the kids free reign to decorate after the gluing of all of the pieces. 

Clouds of Love

Materials needed: 

• Assorted colors of construction paper (for clouds & hearts) 

• Yarn or string 

• Hole puncher (*recommended) 

What I Did: 

First, I cut out a cloud out of white copy paper (white construction paper would work too). Then I hole-punched a hole at the top of the cloud for a string to hang it by, and 6 holes at the bottom of the cloud for the rainbow of hearts. 

I then tied 6 strings in the 6 holes at the bottom of the cloud. Then I wrote the verse on the cloud and names of people I love on the little hearts. Then glue the hearts with Elmer's glue onto the 6 strings (in rainbow order). 

Then you can decorate the cloud with stickers or anything you want when finished.