2nd Grade - 1 Peter 5:8 - July - Hide the Word

Be self controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Peter 5:8


Here's the one page of ideas for this verse.

The second page of the packet is the certificate to give the children when they say the verse for you the first time. We copy this onto card stock and decorate with stamps or stickers.

Page three contains instructions to create a lion puzzle.

Page 4 and 5 contain instructions for a class activity. The children or the teacher can cut the lines apart. If a class set is used, each child gets one line. They put each verse line in order. Do several times. If each child has his own set, put the strips in order several times together. Glue it to a construction paper after sequencing several times. Allow the child to decorate the construction paper.

Page 6 is the verse poster to hang in the classroom when you introduce the verse.

The home activity for this month is lion die cuts. Instructions and photos are here.

2nd Grade - August - Hide the Word - Ephesians 4:12 - Puzzle

“From him the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.” Ephesians 4:16

This can be an in-class activity or a mail-out game.  To make this puzzle, die-cut 2 paper dolls for each child.  Glue one die-cut onto a colored rectangle piece of construction paper.  Write the verse reference at the bottom on the mat.  

For the puzzle pieces, use the other die-cut paper doll.  Write the verse on the paper doll with a Sharpie.  Cut that paper doll into random puzzle pieces.

 Tape a baggie onto the back of the mat.  Place the cut up paper doll into the baggie on the back of the mat for storage. The kids place the cut-up paper doll onto the mat to make the puzzle.  See below for a finished sample.

5th Grade - Hide the Word - March - 1 Corinthians 1:10 - Jigsaw puzzle

This is a mail-out game or in class activity, depending on your time.  This is also an activity that can be used for basically any verse!  First buy jigsaw puzzles. We purchased a 24 piece puzzle from the Dollar Tree.

 

 

I assembled the puzzle, and spray painted the puzzle and the box.

 

 

 

After the pieces dried, I reassembled the puzzle and wrote a word or two on each piece. Alternatively, you can just ignore the puzzle piece lines and write over the puzzle, allowing words to be seperated by the puzzle breaks.

 

 

We taped the verse card to the front of the box to help with memorization. I hand wrote the verse card, but you can make copies or print it off on a computer.

 

 

This project didn't take very long to make, and was very inexpensive!