AGES 1-5, 4-7. JESUS IS HEAVENLY FATHER’S SON 3-D stand-up card. Children can ponder how Jesus, born in Bethlehem, once a little child is now grown to be like His Heavenly Father. Like a prince, He is the only begotten physical Son of God our Heavenly Father with an earthly mother, Mary. We too are children of God, only we are God’s spirit children born of an earthly father and mother.
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Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Jesus is Heavenly Father’s Son 3-D stand-up card
OBJECTIVE: Help each child understand that Jesus Christ is Heavenly Father’s son. Jesus came as a little child, and now He is grown.
CRAFT ACTIVITY – Jesus is Heavenly Father’s Son – 3-D Stand-up Card
1. Print or copy the activity. Before cutting out the card, fan-fold it in five places (dotted lines specify fold location). Glue sides A, B, and C together to make a three-sided card.
2. This three-sided stand-up card shows that Jesus is Heavenly Father’s Son and that Jesus obeys Heavenly Father. Tell children that when we do what is right, we are obeying Jesus and Heavenly Father. Children can say, “Jesus once was a little child like me. He learned to obey Heavenly Father and so can I.”
THOUGHT TREAT: Sunshine lollipop cookie. Make cake mix recipe below; frost cookies white. Then, using a cake decorator tube filled with yellow frosting, make a sun. Lollipop cookie recipe: One 18–ounce yellow cake mix, 3/4 cup water, and 2 eggs–Drop by tablespoons full, three inches apart, onto cookie sheet. Place wooden craft sticks into dough. Bake 8–11 minutes at 375o.
Note: Remind children that the sun is a special light Heavenly Father gave us to keep us warm and give us light. Jesus is also a special light. He is Heavenly Father’s Son. He came to earth to help us choose the right.
SINGING for this lesson: Sing “I Am a Child of God” and “Away in a Manger” (Children’s Songbook, 2, 42).
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