Old Testament Bible Crafts for Kids
Crafts are a wonderful, hands-on way for kids to learn about Scripture. With printable templates and mini-Bible lessons included, you can turn a few minutes into a biblical lesson your kids will remember for a lifetime.
I will never forget the times I spent crafting with my children.
At Thinking Kids, you’ll find a growing library of Bible crafts available to you. Check out the Old Testament crafts below!
The Books of Law & History | Old Testament Bible Crafts
1) Snacks count as crafts! Celebrate the 6 days of Creation with your kids by making these fun and easy chocolate covered pretzel rods with free Creation sequence tags.
2) Teach your kids about the seven days of Creation with this fun Bible painting craft!
3) Kids will learn about the six days of Creation in a fun, hands-on way with the 6 days of Creation toilet paper roll craft and free templates!
4) This fun 7 days of Creation wheel is another way to study the Creation week.
5) Our Lord is the God of the Universe. Help kids understand that in the beginning God created the heavens with a fun space bookmarks craft!
6) Celebrate God’s adorable animals with this fun God created animals craft with a Genesis 1:24 verse label!
7) Reading the story of Noah and the ark? Construct this fun Noah’s ark craft with your kids — modeled after the 1846 painting by Edward Hicks!
8) Teach your kids about the rainbow of Noah with this hands-on Bible craft. Print the verse card so your child can record God’s promise!
9) Bible snacks are a fun way to reinforce what your kids are learning about Scripture. This Noah’s ark rainbow snack for kids is quick and easy.
10) The rainbow is a sign of God’s promise to all creatures. Teach kids about the rainbow promise from God with a fun God’s rainbow promise craft.
11) This fun Abraham and Isaac Bible craft is based on Gustave Doré Bible illustrations. Teach kids about God’s Word, and a little art history.
12) This simple Jacob and Esau craft is based on a 1522 stained glass panel on Esau’s Birthright from Everhard Rensig.
13) Your kids will love this Joseph and the coat of colors Bible stick puppet craft!
14) Your kids will create toilet paper roll busts of baby Moses, his sister Miriam, and Pharaoh’s Daughter. As they do, they’ll commemorate God’s providential care for his servant, Moses, from the very beginning of his life.
15) Your kids will make stick puppets that will enable them to narrate God’s calling of Moses at the burning bush.
16) Your kids will use empty toilet paper rolls and cardstock to construct Moses, Aaron, the Pharaoh, the Pyramids of Giza, and two camels. Children will remember how God used his prophet, Moses to lead his people to freedom.
17) Your kids will create a model of the tabernacle with the fencing, courtyard, High Place and Most High Place. By building the tabernacle model, your kids will remember important details about how the tabernacle was structured.
18) Your kids will construct the Ark of the Covenant and each piece of tabernacle furniture. As they build, your kids will remember what they learned about how each piece of the tabernacle furnishings points forward to Jesus, and teaches us to worship God.
19) Your kids will build the High Priest and two additional Levite priests, along with a lamb and goat. This hands-on project will help kids remember the clothing the High Priest and priests wore.
20) Your kids will create Bible stick puppets with figures for Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh and his horse and chariot, two Egyptians, camels, and the parting Red Sea. These puppets will allow the kids to narrate the story of the parting of the Red Sea.
21) Kids will build a wheel showing the order and content of the ten plagues God brought on the Egyptians, until the Pharaoh let God’s people go.
22) Your kids will build a booklet on the Ten Commandments in either ESV or KJV, crafting little pictures to help them better understand and remember the meaning of each Commandment.
23) This Tower of Babel Bible craft displays the end of the story of the Tower of Babel, modeled after Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s 1568 painting!
24) Joshua said, “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” This Joshua 24:15 craft makes a statement about your family.
25) Based on a medieval illuminated illustration of Numbers 13, kids will enjoy making this 12 Spies Sent into Canaan paper plate craft.
Your 8-12 year olds will love this puzzle-based Bible study on the doctrine of Creation!
The Books of Poetry and Prophecy| Old Testament Bible Crafts
1) Teach your kids that our God delivers and rescues and help them create bookmarks with this fun Daniel and the lion’s den craft.
2) Looking for a Jonah and the whale craft for kids? Teach kids Jonah 2:9b with this fun Jonah and the big fish craft!
3) God created the creatures in the seas, and everything on heaven and earth is to praise him! Teach kids Psalm 69:34 with a paper plate craft.
4) Help kids learn Psalm 104:24 –the earth is full of all God’s creatures! This fun elephant craft for kids has printable copywork, too.
5) Help your kids learn and understand Proverbs 28:1 about how the righteous are as bold as a lion with this fun lion craft for kids!
6) This fun Valentine’s day bookmark craft for kids features the Bible verse Micah 6:8 in ESV or KJV with cute heart-bearing animals!
7) Make this fox pencil cup holder craft to remind kids that Psalm 50:10 tells us that every beast of the forest belongs to the Lord.
8) With this bookmark craft, kids will learn, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made!” They can use their bookmarks to keep their place in Wonderfully Made: God’s Story of Life from Conception to Birth.
9) “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” Based on the Leonardo da Vinci womb sketch, this poster proclaims Jeremiah 1:5 from Scripture.
10) Psalm 32:11a tells us to rejoice in the Lord, or be glad in the Lord! This fun paper lantern craft for kids is perfect for spring.
11) Looking for a Bible verse craft for your kids this fall? Check out this fun God is My Light craft with a verse that declares God is my light!
12) Do your kids know what happened to the city of Nineveh? This Zephaniah 2:14 verse craft explains the fall of Nineveh in the Bible.
13) Teach kids that everything belongs to God and we offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with this fun Psalm 50:10-11 Bible verse craft.
There you have it, friend! Studying the Old Testament is a joy, and it helps our kids better understand the New Testament.
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Puzzle-Based Independent Bible Study for Kids!
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2, ESV
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- Observe: They pay attention to what they’re reading.
- Interpret: They figure out what the Bible means in that section.
- Apply: They decide how the truth of God’s Word impacts their life today.
There are a great many truths in life to be found—some interesting, some boring, and some that really matter. You can be the kind of investigator who spends time puzzling out important truth so that you can know all the knowable knowledge that God has given us. That’s right. God, the Creator of the Universe, gave you a great big letter from him to explore and study so that you can discover the truths that really matter to your life!”
Bible Investigators: Creation, (The Good Book Company, 2024), page 7
The Bible Investigators: Creation Bible study for kids, written by Danika Cooley and published by The Good Book Company, is 272-pages of learning, puzzles, and fun activities designed to help your kids become amazing independent Bible investigators–observing, interpreting, and applying God’s Word as they learn what the Bible teaches on a particular subject.
Bible Puzzles for Kids
Middle grade kids, aged 8-12, love puzzles. After all, their brains are just built for figuring things out and memorizing facts. Puzzles are a wonderful way to help kids develop logic skills and retain important information. And, the book is written in a fun, conversational tone your children are sure to love!
What types of puzzles and activities will you find in Bible Investigators?
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- Word Searches
- Crosswords
- Rebus Puzzles
- Dot-to-Dots
- Logic Puzzles
- Missing Letter Puzzles
- Cryptograms
- Word Sudoku
- Mazes
- How-to-Draw Pages
- Matching Pairs
- Word Scrambles
- Journal Pages
Every child is sure to find activities they’ll love!
Elementary-aged kids need hands-on middle grade resources that engage them and equip them to process important truths.
Bible Investigators is the perfect resource to teach your kids about an important biblical doctrine, while helping them apply God’s Word to their lives today.
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