When my kids were young, crafts and art projects were a great way for me to help them remember and understand what they were learning about.
When your 8-12 year olds work through their copy of the puzzle-based Bible study, Bible Investigators: Creation, they will spend an entire section–or unit–of the study learning about the story of God’s Creation event. Your kids will solve 90 brain-teasing puzzles, work through 40 Bible passages, and learn 30 amazing truths about God’s Creation. And, they’ll learn about the 6 days of Creation!
This fun toilet paper roll craft is an easy, inexpensive project your kids can work on over several days. It’s a great way to help them remember the order of the 6 days of Creation!
The 6 Days of Creation
Read Genesis 1:1-31 as a family before you begin your craft.
As you make your craft, discuss:
- What did God name the light and the darkness?
- Why is the work God did on day 2 important?
- Why was it important that God created the land, sea, fruits, and vegetables before placing creatures on the earth?
- What did God created on day 4? How big a job was that?
- What is your favorite creature from day 5? What do they eat? Where do they live? Was God’s good earth ready for them?
- What does the Bible say about God’s creation of humans in Genesis 1? What instructions did God give to Adam and Eve?
- What does God’s creation of the earth show about God’s character? Is he orderly? Creative? Sovereign?
Place your six days of Creation rolls somewhere your child can see them often!
The 6 Days of Creation Toilet Paper Roll Craft
Check out this quick video showing you how to construct the 6 days of Creation craft:
The 6 Days of Creation Toilet Paper Roll Craft Printable
The 6 Days of Creation craft printable, with step-by-step instructions is available in the Thinking Kids Press store. Grab your free craft for the household license, or get 50% off for the classroom license.
Supplies Needed to Make Your Toilet Paper Roll Craft
- Your Printable Templates
- Colored Cardstock
- Pencil
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Permanent Marker
- Craft Rolls
Creating the 6 Days of Creation Craft
1) Print Your Templates.
2) Create Your Day 1 Craft.
Glue the black paper onto half of the toilet paper roll. You may need to trim it.
Then, glue the yellow paper onto the other half of the roll.
Last, glue the number 1 in the center of the roll, where the yellow and black intersect.
3) Create Your Day 2 Craft.
Glue the light blue paper around the top of the toilet paper roll. Glue the clouds in the sky.
Glue the dark blue paper on the bottom of the roll.
Glue the white strip horizontally between the sky and the sea, then use a permanent marker to make waves on the darker blue.
4) Create Your Day 3 Craft.
Glue the yellow circles in the center of the flowers, then glue the flowers to the stems.
Glue the tree trunk on top of the large leaves for the tree, then glue the smaller leaf section on top, as shown.
Glue the blue paper on the top half of your roll, then glue the brown paper on the bottom half.
Glue the tree onto the roll, with the roots in the dirt and the leaves in the sky.
Glue the flowers near the tree and glue the number 3 onto the roll.
5) Create Your Day 4 Craft.
Glue the light orange center of the sun into the dark orange sun.
Glue the moon, sun, and stars to the black paper, as shown.
Glue the number 4 to the cardstock.
Glue the black cardstock, wrapped around the toilet paper roll.
6) Create Your Day 5 Craft.
Glue the cloud and the birds onto the light blue paper. Then, glue the whale and jellyfish (glue on the tentacles) to the dark blue cardstock. Use a permanent marker to outline the jellyfish and to draw a fin and a face on the whale.
Draw waves on the dark blue paper with a blue permanent marker.
Glue the light blue paper on the upper half of the toilet paper roll, and the dark blue paper on the bottom of the toilet paper roll.
Glue the number 5 onto your craft.
7) Create Your Day 6 Craft.
Assemble the pieces for the lion, sheep, and lizard, and glue them together, as shown.
Use a permanent marker to give each animal a face.
For Adam and Eve, glue their legs and arms to the back side of each fig leaf tunic. Cut the hair on the marked line, slide the head into the slit, and glue the head to the hair.
Glue each head to a body, then use a green permanent marker to outline fig leaves on each tunic, as shown.
Use a black permanent marker to give Adam and Eve faces.
Glue the blue cardstock to the top of the toilet paper roll. Then, glue the brown cardstock along the bottom of the roll.
On one side of the roll, glue the sheep and the lion.
Rotate the roll about one third of the way and glue the Adam and Eve to the side.
Rotate the roll another one third of the way, and glue the lizard to the roll.
Last, glue on the number 6.
8) Display Your 6 Days of Creation Toilet Paper Roll Craft.
Display your child’s 6 Days of Creation craft somewhere your child can see it while they work through their Bible Investigators: Creation puzzle-based Bible study!
Talk about what an amazing Creator God we serve!
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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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