David vrs Goliath - Water Bottle Style!

I know I have not posted much lately, but we have had a house full of sick people, so I have been one busy Mommy and Wife!  Here is what we finally managed to accomplish lately:

This week's lesson is David vrs Goliath.  We read their story in the kids' bible, and talked about how even though David was small, God wanted him to win, and so he did.

Then we tried to knock down our Goliath (a 5 gallon water bottle).  Since we were doing this by throwing bean bags, and since the kids inherited my horrible aim, Goliath never really had to worry about his demise.  He barely even got hit!

My husband really didn't understand my plan until I explained that David would never had won if he had not prayed to God either.  And today we were supposed to pray, then throw those same bean bags and an empty water bottle, an a new example of God's power.  Unfortunately, nap time ran long, and school time turned non-existent.  So maybe tomorrow, we will make that poor water bottle feel our wrath.  Or at least make him slide back a little!

We Created a Zoo!

This week in God's Little Explorers, we are reading about Noah and the Ark.  Today was all about creating animals, so we played with paint! 

First we made a paper plate lion.

We made two different kinds of "zebras" by cutting out z's from white and black paper, then rolling them in a box with a paint covered marble.

Shake, shake, shake!

Then we coloured a giraffe.

Then we put them in the zoo.  Well, actually, they are drying ON the zoo, but as soon as they are dry, they will be put behind bars!

Sweetie had a sheep from her Sunday school project a while ago, so he got to stay on as an Ark Animal.  In case you are wondering, her lion got to have ears, and she really wanted them on the side of his head.  The black "z" has white labels on it for his stripes.  Momma isn't feeling so great today, so her creativity and patience were a little low, and we all decided to watch some animal friendly shows for awhile instead of more crafts. 

Stay tuned for tomorrow, where we play with rainbows!