Armor of God Snack Craft

Posted by Lori:

Since I couldn't find an "Armor of God" snack craft anywhere, I decided to make one up to use during VBS.  (Read here about how I taught the lesson and to see activities about the lesson.) It turned out really cute and the kids had fun making it and eating it!  During our Wednesday night open house, I made this sample to show what the kids would be making the next day during the "Armor of God" lesson.  As a precaution, I hot-glued everything down to the plate!  I also made the little notes about what each item represented.  During the lesson the next day, I explained each item to the kids. 

ARMOR OF GOD SNACK CRAFT

From top to bottom....Items needed per person:

Helmet of Salvation: One triangle-shaped cracker
Face of person:  One round cracker with squirt cheese eyes and mouth
Breastplate of Righteousness:  One square cracker
Belt of Truth:  One strip of a fruit by the foot (roll up type snack)
Feet ready from the Gospel of Peace:  2 circus peanuts
Sheild of Faith:  One Pringles potato chip
Sword of the Spirit:  One Pringles Stix Crackers

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David's Sling & Stones Snack Craft

Posted by Lori:

This snack worked perfectly when I taught the 1st and 2nd graders the David and Goliath Bible story in VBS (read here for my post about teaching the lesson and activities for the lesson) last week.  The kids had fun making it, of course, but had even more fun eating it!  I found these candy "rocks" at Atwoods (a chain farm/ranch store), but Walmart and candy stores also sell chocolate rocks.  The chocolate rocks are smaller than these gummy rocks, but they would still work just fine.


DAVID'S SLING & STONES SNACK CRAFT

(All items below are needed per child.)
1 fruit roll up  (I used strawberry)
2 pieces ("strings") of Twizzler pull-apart candy (I used red)
5 candy rocks

Unwrap fruit roll up.  Place the fruit roll up square on top of the plastic it came on to keep it from sticking to plate or table.  Fold roll up in half, then in half again, making a square.  This is the sling part.  Place one Twizzler string on top edge of square and press down to secure...leaving equal lengths of string coming out from each side, forming one sling strap.  Using remaining Twizzler string, repeat on the bottom of the square to form the other sling strap. Place one rock on the middle of the fruit roll up sling square and the others around the sling.

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Joshua and the Battle of Jericho VBS Snack Craft

This week is Vacation Bible School (VBS) for us and one of our lessons (or so I thought - read here about my mistake) was Joshua and the Battle of Jericho.  I had bought a craft book and it had the idea to use graham crackers and rice cakes for Jericho's wall.  My students used gummy bears to march around their city, but my own children ate all of the remaining gummy bears so I had to find something else to show you! These cute gingerbread man marshmallows worked perfectly!  (Teddy Grahams would be cute, too.) The "Bugles" were added for the rams' horns for the men to blow.  Stick everything together with icing.  I used canned vanilla.

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