Bible, Bible Book

The plastic sleeves are open on the top so that you can put in different pictures.

Oh Friend, Do You Love Jesus?

This is from Ikat Bag. She doesn't provide a heart pattern, so I included one here. I like how she did it better than me, but am still happy with it. In the current program, the children wave these around while singing the song "Oh Friend Do You Love Jesus?", but they could be used for many songs. I want to make Ikat Bag's sun wands as well.

You can get sticks for the wands in packs of 20, I think, from dollar stores. Of course you can just buy doweling from home improvement stores instead.

Fish

Cut one of felt. Sew on white and black circles for the eye (I just put an eye on one side of the felt because I'm lazy). Using a scallop stitch, create fins on the fish. Pin this piece on to another piece of the felt and sew together, except for the back fin end of the fish. Cut out. Stuff. Sew fin lines into the back fin. This will keep the stuffing inside. Cut a scallop pattern into the end of the fish.

Breakfast by the Sea

I just started working on the props for the Breakfast by the Sea program. Next are the fish!

Tree

I've been thinking of how I could make a tree for Beginners. Here is a fabulous one:

Brooklyn General

I'd like to make it a bit simpler, but like the idea of using old sweaters to make the bark.

Noah's Beard

Following are the patterns and pictures of the things I made for the Noah's Ark program. What I didn't have was a really nice Noah's ark, but I've heard that some people have made some boats that rock and that the kids can climb inside. I would love to see pictures of these, if anyone has some.

The beards were for the kids to pretend that they were Noah (for the song about Noah being a friend of God). ITo make this beard, I cut two pieces of felt slightly bigger than the pattern and ironed them on to a stiff piece of two-side fusible interfacing. As shown in the picture, I cut a rectangle of felt approximate 1" x 3", and sewed four lines in four corners to hold the stick in place (just to minimize the lines that show up on the front of the beard). Picture of this coming soon!

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