First Grade - 1 John 3:11 - October - Hide the Word

This is the message you heard from the beginning, we should love one another. 1 John 3:11



Here is the one page of ideas for 1 John 3:11.

The instructions and photos of the photo sequence memory verse game are here.

The instructions for the plaster hearts magnet are here. Be sure to NOT double the recipe, as for whatever reason it doesn't work well.

Here are the shrinky dink instructions.

First Grade - Matthew 5:44 - November - Hide the Word

"But I say unto you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." Matthew 5:44



Here is the one page of ideas for this verse.

The clothespin game is explained with pictures here.

The shrinky dink activity is explained here. We don't (yet) have the photos of the first grade doing it, so this is an older grade's verse, but the instructions are the same, of course.

This post here is the instructions and information about the wreath activity.

5th Grade - Hide the Word - September - Romans 12:1 - Shrinky Dink

Another of my new loves... Shrinky Dink!!! A package of Shrinky Dink paper can be bought at Hobby Lobby for $6.  The package comes with 10 8x11 sheets.  The samples above began as 1/4 sheet of Shrinky Dink paper.  The package comes with complete instructions for how to shrink.  You can bring in a toaster oven or take the kids to the kitchen.  I recommend doing no more than 5 at a time.  You bake them for 3 minutes, then press down the edges in the next 30 seconds... and it really means 30 seconds.  So by only doing 5 at a time, you should be able to press down all the edges.

The kids use colored Sharpies to write or draw on the SD paper.  You can also stamp first then color it in if you have a permanent ink pad.  Make sure to punch a hole BEFORE baking!  Just use a regular size hole punch.  Then you can string with regular yarn or plastic yarn.  The kids can use it as a keychain or backpack pull.

For this verse, I did one with the words (on the right) and one with a drawing intrepretation (on the left).  When I did this with my sons, it was a HUGE hit!  They wanted to keep making more, so your students will love it too!