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DLTK's Bible Crafts
David's Bag of Stones Craft

This craft is a variation of the pet rock that would work well for a David and Goliath Sunday School lesson plan.  You can keep it simple and just paint the rocks or you can add glitter glue or hot glue on things like sequins or crystals.  If you're going to play the game, just use paint -- glued on items will fall off after a round or two *grin*.

Materials:

bullet5 fairly flat rocks (the kind you'd use to skip rocks on the water) - you can purchase small bags of smooth river rocks at garden stores, Ikea, Walmart, etc.  (people put them in vases) 
  
bullet1 more flat rock for Goliath if you're going play the game
  
bulletpaints in various colors (this is a good project for using up left over bits of paint):
  
bulletI prefer acrylic paint for this project, especially if I'm playing the game, but make sure the children where smocks as it won't wash out of their clothes
  
bulletif using tempra or poster paint, make sure they don't get wet (the paint will come off and make a mess on whatever is near by)
  
bulletpaintbrushes
  
bulletwater and paper towel for washing out brushes before switching colors
  
bulletpermanent black marker (if you don't have one, you can use paint, but you might have to help the children as it's tougher to print with paint than with a marker)
  
bulletpaper bag and markers
or
use the template included at the bottom of this page to assemble your own bag.  To do this you need:
bulletprinter
bulletpaper
bulletsomething to color with (if using the B&W version)
bulletscissors
bulletglue or tape

Directions - stones:

bullethave the children paint the 5 rocks however they like.  Acrylic paint takes under an hour to dry (usually 15 min if you don't glob it on), so you can do a basecoat and then come back with different colors to decorate
  
bulletLet dry
  
bullet If you're going to play the game, glue a small piece of felt to the bottom of the rock
bulletWith the permanent marker, print one of the letters of David's name on each rock  (use one capital D and one small d)  --   D a v i d
  
bulletIf you're going to play the game, put a G (for Goliath) on the largest rock.
  
  
bulletOptional:  decorate further with glitter glue, sequins or crystals

Directions - bag:

bulletFor a paper bag:
bulletallow the children to decorate their bags with markers
  
bulletprint a message on one side -- some ideas for messages include:
bullet1 Samuel 17:47   And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
bulletFully Rely on God
bulletStay Close to God
bulletTrust in the Lord
  
bulletOnce your rocks are dry, store them in your bag

OR

bulletTo make your own bag:
bulletprint out any two of the templates below (you need two templates to make one bag -- you can print the same one twice if you like)
    
bullet Place both of the cut out templates before you, face up.
  
bulletGlue the template on the right onto the glue tab of the template on the left.
  
bulletYou should now have one long piece of paper.
  
bulletSee diagram to the right if you're confused
  
bulletImagine a line extending up from the dotted lines you cut.  Fold along these imaginary lines, fold the GLUE tab and fold up the tabs for the bag's bottom
 
bulletPut glue on the glue tab (or tape) and glue it to the inside of the bag.
 
bulletPut glue on the tabs for the bags bottom and carefully press together.
  
bulletAdd a bit of tape to make it extra sturdy (we're going to be storing rocks in here so want it to hold up.
  
bulletOnce your rocks are dry, store them in your bag

This is the pirate treat bag, 
but the process is the same
  
The actual templates

 

 

bulletClose the template window after printing to return to this screen. 
  
bullet Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers). 
  

Templates:  Pick 2 or print the same one twice


I Samuel 17:47

Fully Rely on God

David's Bag of Stones

Stay Close to God

Trust in the Lord!
(color)   or   (B&W)
(color)   or   (B&W)
(color)   or   (B&W)
(color)   or   (B&W)
(color)   or   (B&W)

 

  

Printable version of these instructions

 

 
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