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DLTK's Bible Crafts for Kids
Jesus Walks on Water Paper Craft
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Materials:
 | printer |
| paper |
| scissors |
| glue |
| something to color with (B&W version)
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| piece of paper for the background (blue or white construction paper works
well)
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| Optional: drinking straw and masking tape
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Directions:
| Print the template of your choice (below).
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| Colour pieces as appropriate.
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| Cut out the template pieces. I've added a circle shape (halo) behind
Jesus' head and arms to make it easier for the children to cut out.
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INSTRUCTIONS - TEMPLATE 2 (the boat):
| Cut out the pieces along the SOLID lines (adult assistance may be
required).
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| Set the pieces out in front of the child. Spend a bit of time
talking about them (colours, shapes, sizes).
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| Ask the child to pick up the circle (don't give it to them, let them have
the chance to pick out the correct shape).
 | Ask the child to fold the circle in HALF (you may want to have your
own circle so you can do it at the same time... children learn a lot by
copying what we do). |
| Once that is done, reiterate that they now have HALF a circle. |
| Glue the half circle together. |
| Do the same thing with both triangles and the rectangle.
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INSTRUCTIONS - COMPLETING THE PICTURE:
| Glue the "Keep Your Eyes on Jesus" cloud to the top left corner
of the paper
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| Glue the larger strip of waves to the bottom of the paper.
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| Assemble the boat on the bottom right corner of the paper, so it sits in
the waves:
| The half circle is the body of the boat |
| The rectangle is the mast |
| The two rectangles are the sails
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| OPTIONAL: To make Jesus a puppet that the child can walk on the
water:
| Cut a slit in the paper about 3 inches long, about 1" from the
bottom of the page |
| Tape a drinking straw onto the back of the Jesus figure |
| Slip the straw through the slit. Once we glue the second waves
over top, the Jesus figure will be able to walk along the water. |
| Put a rolled up piece of masking tape on the back of the project,
under the drinking straw, to hold it in place when you aren't using it
as a puppet. |
| You can trim the straw a bit shorter if you like. |
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the light blue line shows where you would cut the slit in the paper.
| If you aren't making Jesus a puppet, glue him to the paper on the water
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| Glue the second set of waves over top, so it's lined up with the
bottom. Just put the glue in a thin line on the very bottom of this
piece so you don't glue over the puppet slit. |
the glue would go along the blue line in the image above
| Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
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| 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). |
Template 1 - Jesus and water
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Template 2 - Boat
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