Backyard Bible Club - Day 2 - Red

We had our second day of Backyard Bible Club, and our theme was the color red from "The Wordless Book."

Bible Story: Red – Jesus' Death and Resurrection
The Big Picture Story Bible - Pages 359-395
 
Visual Aid:  Cleaning Hearts – The children wrote sins on red foam hearts and we washed them clean using soapy water and rags.
 
Supplies:
Foam Hearts (download file below, print, cut, and trace onto red foam)
Washable markers
Bucket of soapy water and rags

Heart - For Foam
File Size:	54 kb
File Type:	docx

Download File

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Singing & Memory Verse: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16

The Rizers have a fun, rocking song version of John 3:16 that makes memorizing it a snap!

Craft: Jesus Saves Life Preservers

Supplies:
Paper plates (cut a hole in the middle and punch four holes in the sides)
Red markers
White string
Scissors
Camera
​Photo Printer
 
Instructions
1) Take a picture of each child and print it.
2) Color four strips on the life preserver and write Jesus Saves (preferably in red)
3) String the white thread through the four holes leaving a long string for tossing
4) Tape the child’s picture in the center of the life preserver (cut as needed)

Snack: Red Jell-O Cups

Game: Blanket Tag – 1 child tags, 1 child has a red blanket, and the other children run.  The tagger has to try to tag the running children and if they get tagged they freeze.  The blanket redeemer child as to cover the children in a red blanket to unfreeze them.  Lesson: Jesus'  blood frees us from the bondage of sin.

Supplies:
Red Blanket

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