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For most students of youth ministry, the best Bible activities are those where the class gets to be involved. Sunday school crafts are ideal for classes of any age (but particularly for the younger students), and these activities give your students a fun church craft to take home and share with their family and friends.

Beaded Cross Pin Sunday School Craft

For this Bible activity, you'll need the following for each student:

*One pipe cleaner*Fifteen pony beads*One safety pin

Before class begins, cut the pipe cleaners so that each child has one three-inch piece and one two-inch piece. Now instruct your students to twist the two pipe cleaner pieces together to form a cross. Next, they should thread three of the beads on each side of the horizontal and the very top cross piece and six on the bottom of the cross. At this point, your youth ministry students should bend over the pipe cleaner ends to secure the beads in place. Finally, bend the end of the pipe cleaner at the top of the cross around the safety pin and pin the beaded cross on to each child! They'll love showing off the end result of this Bible activity to their family and friends.

Bible Verse Flower Church Craft

You'll need the following for each student for this Bible activity:

*Red, yellow and green construction paper*Pencil*Scissors*Fine point black marker

Before your youth ministry class starts, draw a large flower stem and leaves on each piece of green construction paper (one piece per student), draw the center of the flower on the yellow paper (approximately two and a half inches across), and five petals on the red paper (large enough for the kids to write a Bible verse on each one). When the kids arrive and you're ready to begin the church craft, instruct your children to cut out the pieces on their construction paper. If you're dealing with a younger group of students, you may want to have the pieces pre-cut.

Instruct your class to glue the petals to the back of the circle. Next they should glue the stem to the back of the flower and then glue the leaves to the stem's back. Now it's time for your students to write Bible verse on each petal. I suggest selecting Bible verses that coincide with the day's lesson. After the verses are completed, have your students glue the flower to a fresh piece of construction paper.

When this Bible activity is completed, your students will have a colorful Bible verse flower to show off to their friends.

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Mary-Kate Warner is the publisher of Christianity Cove, the web's #1 resource for , crafts, games, and ideas for teachers.