Ten Lepers Healed

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?