Household object Serving Spoon Introduction Sylvia Serving Spoon makes a great Thanksgiving story. She was just an old spoon, and she really wished she’d been born ornate and large and pretty like Lilly Lenox Dish or Tiffany Platter, or graceful like Sir Lawrence Linen Napkin. They got all the attention on the Thanksgiving table, and […]
Thanksgiving Object Lesson: Pilgrim in a Bottle
A pilgrim made out of a tangerine in an empty milk gallon will help kids understand the journey the Pilgrims made to America in this Thanksgiving object lesson. It will also help them to better understand why it is we celebrate Thanksgiving, as we discuss the reasons for their journey, and the struggles they faced. This Thanksgiving object […]
Thanksgiving Object Lesson: Thankfulness in a Box
Why is being thankful a great idea? It can shift our mood from bad to good; it can make us happier; it makes God happy when we appreciate Him; like anyone, God likes to do more for people who are grateful; we won’t be as upset when things go wrong, because we will feel that […]
“Ten Commandments for Halloween” Object Lesson
If we’re going to participate in Halloween, we should celebrate the Great Light in the Darkness (Jesus) and not the darkness itself! The use of a flashlight to study the “Ten Commandments of Halloween” can help students understand this. “Ten Commandments for Halloween” Object Lesson Note: This lesson contains a helpful craft at the end! […]
Sunday School Object Lesson: Let’s Be That One Good Apple!
You’ve heard the expression, “One bad apple spoils the whole bunch.” In this Sunday School Object Lesson, a pile of apple bites can show us how bad friendships can spread poison to everyone in the crowd – but also how good friendships can spread sweetness to everyone around. Kids need to harvest a crop of […]
Halloween Sunday School Activity: Slime and Isaiah 64:8
Click the play arrow below to learn how to make “Halloween Slime” for your Sunday School class! It’s a great way to teach kids about being the Potter’s Clay in Isaiah 64:8. Halloween can be a difficult time for Christians. Many argue that Halloween is a pagan holiday that should be avoided. Others (like myself) […]
Bible Object Lesson: How Jesus Gives us our Shine
In this Bible Object Lesson, polishing a tarnished piece of silver will help kids understand the journey of life with Jesus as polisher and us as the vessel. (It will also explain carbon on a scientific level and how something black can become shiny and new!) Bible Object Lesson: How Jesus Gives us our Shine […]
Bible Object Lesson: Taking All of God with You to School
We’re sort of like a rainbow of color if we take all the fruits of the spirit to school with us. Equipped with all the fruits mentioned in Galatians 5:22-23, God’s love can shine through us. In this Bible object lesson, children will create rainbows to illustrate the fruits of the spirit! Bible Object Lesson: […]
A Light Doesn’t Change Strengths – A Bible Object Lesson
This Bible object lesson can help kids understand that while a glorious transfiguration will occur to us at death, in life we have to be like Jesus and the disciples; we have to keep going with some mundane, worldly tasks in mundane places. If we make it through, that transfiguration will happen for sure and forever! […]