The Garden of Eden
This page takes you through the various activities we had at Messy Church on 14th November 2015. Have a look and try a few!
Playdoh People
Make some people out of the playdoh
God made people to live in the world
What is the most amazing thing about you? Thank God for making you.
Decorate a
fan with a picture of the Garden of Eden or of anything else you want to
God breathed life into people
As you fan
yourself, feel the air move over your face and body. Thank God for giving you life.
Edible Garden of Eden
Cover a wafer biscuit with green cream cheese. Stand on it 2 jelly babies for Adam and Eve and a cheese string for a tree
God made the world to be a beautiful place
What do you think is the best thing about the world that God has made?
Colouring pictures
Colour in one of these pictures of the Garden of Eden
The Garden of Eden was a beautiful place.
What is the most beautiful place you have been to?
Name the animal
Guess which
is the right name for this knitted hippo from the list.
The answer will be revealed at the end. The person with the right name will win the hippo.
God told people to give names to the animals
What is your
favourite animal?
Name the animal quiz
Can you name
these different animals from the pictures of their eyes? Their is a list to help you if you get stuck.
God told people to give names to the animals
What is your
favourite animal?
Tie Snakes
Attach eyes
to the tie. Then stuff the tie to make a
snake. Fasten the end to keep the
stuffing in.
The snake tricked Eve to do the wrong thing,
to eat the fruit that God had said not to take
Do you ever
do something, even though you have been told not to do it?
Clay snakes
Make a snake
out of clay. Leave it to dry hard.
The snake tricked Eve to do the wrong thing,
to eat the fruit that God had said not to take
Why do you
think Eve did what the snake said?
The Tree of Knowledge
DO NOT TOUCH
YOU MUST LEAVE THESE BAGS OF SWEETS ON THE TREE
God told Adam and Eve not to touch the fruit on the tree of knowledge
Are you feeling tempted to take one?
Fruit tasting
Can you tell
what the different fruit are by tasting them?
Eve ate the fruit from the tree that God had
told them not to touch
What fruit
do you like to eat?
Fruit printing
Use the
fruit to make a stamp. Put paint on it
to stamp it on the paper.
Eve ate the fruit from the tree that God had
told them not to touch
Which fruit
makes the best stamp?
Adam and Eve
Put leather
tunics on the wooden people, add a face and some wool hair. Make a snake out of
pipe cleaners around a lolly stick. All 3 can then be put in a ball of clay to
keep them in place.
Adam and Eve didn’t wear clothes until they
disobeyed God. Once things had gone
wrong they knew they were naked. God
made clothes for them out of animal skins.
If you had
to make clothes for yourself, what would you use?
Messed up world
This is a picture
of the world. Put something on it to
mess it up
When people disobeyed God they messed up the
world
Can you
think of a way in which the world is messed up?
Plant Bulbs
Plant a bulb
in a pot
Because they had disobeyed him God said that
people would have to work hard to be able to live
Take the
bulb home with you and keep it until it grows and flowers
Shoebox
If you have
brought a shoebox or gifts for Operation Christmas Child you can leave them
here
Help to wrap
a shoebox to be filled with gifts
Girls hairband
Wrap ribbon
around the hairband with a few glue dots to keep it in place. You can also
stick sequins on.
The hairband
will go in a shoebox. These are given to
children around the world who don’t get any other Christmas presents.
