The First Judges: Judges 3:7-31

Craft: Ehud's dagger

God chose people for the special job of rescuing Israel!

Supplies: paper towel tube, foil, craft foam, glue dots, duct tape, scissors, tape

Cut an 8-1/4 by 2-1/2 inch rectangle from craft foam.  Trace a circle the same diameter as the paper towel tube on either end, and cut out.

Instruct the children to flatten one end of the cardboard tube.  Tape it with duct tape to keep it flat, then cut it into a point.  Tape a sheet of foil vertically to the tube, leaving space on the unflattened end uncovered, and wrap it around.  Fold down the foil over the point and secure with glue dots.  Direct the children to slide the unwrapped end of the tube through both circles in the craft foam to make the handle.

The Promised Land and Jericho: Joshua 2-4; 6

Craft: ram's horn trumpet

God caused the walls of Jericho to collapse when the priests blew their trumpets!

Supplies: party horn, toilet paper tubes, masking tape, scissors

Remove any tinsel or cardboard from the party horn so only the noisemaker remains.  

Give each child a noisemaker and three toilet paper tubes.  Instruct them to cut one vertically.  Wrap one end of the cut cardboard tube tightly around the end of the noisemaker, and let the other end be wider; secure with masking tape.  Crumple one end of the second cardboard tube, and insert the crumpled end into the wide end of the first tube, so that the trumpet curves upward; secure with masking tape.  Repeat with the third cardboard tube, and secure with masking tape; then wrap the whole horn with masking tape.