This page takes you through the various activities we had at Messy Church on 10th September 2016. Have a look and try a few!
Fake Leprosy Sores
Cut out some bubble circles from the bubble wrap. Glue them to the end of a plaster and cut it
off. Then stick them to your skin. Use yellow face paint to make them horribly
pus coloured, and then put a little red lipstick or face paint round the edge to
look like inflamed skin.
Leprosy was a horrible
disease. When you were a leper no-one
wanted to talk to you or be near you in case they caught the leprosy from you.
What must it have been like to have leprosy?
Thankyou God Banner
Decorate the letters with sponge paints. Then put them on the banner
One of the people who
was healed went back to say thankyou to Jesus
What things do you have to be thankful for?
Invisible Thankyou
Prayers
Write a thankyou prayer with the UV ink pens. You can’t see what you’ve written until you
shine a UV light on it
The people who were
healed by Jesus could see him, but we can’t.
We may think our prayers are invisible but God can see every
one.
Can you think of anything else that is invisible?
Soap carving
Carve into the bar of soap with a knife. You could carve a cross, or a heart, or just
use your imagination.
Jesus healed the
people with leprosy. He made them clean.
In what ways can Jesus shape us?
Bath bomb
Mix the dry ingredients together in one bowl and the wet
ingredients in another. Then add the
liquid gradually to the powder.
Put the mixture into the fairy cake cases before it dries
out and gently press down to firm it up.
Jesus healed the
people with leprosy. He made them clean.
Do you like having a bath or a shower?
Thankyou Stone
Draw a design carefully on your stone, then paint between
the lines. Finally get it sprayed with
varnish. You can give the paper weight
to someone special.
One of the people
healed went back to thank Jesus
Think of some people you would like to thank
Sad and happy leper
Draw a sad face on one side and a happy face on the
other. Cut up little bits of material
and stick them on as robes. Use thin
strips as bandages for the head, hands and feet.
Sprinkle a bit of coffee on and dampen it to look like dirt
The lepers were very
poor and lived away from everyone
Can you think of things that make you sad? And things that make you happy?
Thankyou cake
Ice a cake and decorate it
One of the people
healed came back to thank Jesus
How can we help people who are ill?
Tile people healed
Draw a person on the tile with a black pen. Then add spots with a red pen. You can rub the red spots off with a cloth.
Jesus told the ten
lepers to go to have their skin examined.
On the way they were made clean.
Have you ever been ill?
What was it like to get better?
Thankyou gift
Stick the sides of the box together with double sided tape
Decorate the box
Put some tissue paper in the box and add a sweet
Choose someone you would like to thank and give it to them
One of the lepers came
back to thank Jesus
Who are you going to give your box to?
Wooden man goes to
see Jesus
Decorate a wooden person and put material clothes on
Colour in the scene.
Glue some sand to the road.
Slot the person into the card so that he looks like they
walk along the road to Jesus
Jesus was surprised
that only one of the ten men came back to thank him
Would you have been very excited and run into the town to
thank everyone? Or would you have
remembered to go back to thank Jesus?
Thankyou Wipe Boards
Attach a wipe board to some card with double sided tape
.
Stick the ‘thankyou’ phrase on to the card
Then decorate with stickers
One of the lepers came
back to thank Jesus
Where can you put this wipe board to remind you to write
thanks on it each day?
Big Village
Can you add something to this model of the story
- a
clay cave for the lepers to live in (they had to live away from everyone so
that they couldn’t spread their disease)
- a
sandy path
-
village from boxes
- nine
healed people going into the village
- one
going back to thank Jesus (he threw himself to the ground at Jesus feet)
Which bit of this story is the most surprising for you?
Prayer Tree
Think of things you want to thank God for. Write or draw them on the leaves and stick
them to the tree.
One of the ten lepers
came back to thank Jesus for healing him
How many different things can you think of?
Adult colouring
Colour in one of these pictures or draw your own
Thanks. You could give it to someone
when you’ve finished
One of the ten lepers
came back to thank Jesus for healing him
Are you good at saying thankyou, or do you forget?
