Bricks without Straw

Beforehand Read Exodus 4:18-6:13

Memory Verse:
"Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and the Lord hears my voice."-- Psalm 55:17

Craft: Popsicle Stick Puppets
Check out this WEBSITE for inspiration. The pictures are SO cute! I decided to take the same idea, but make puppets of Moses, Aaron, and Pharaoh using coloring pages I find online. 

Cut out Moses from this coloring page. You can choose to have this image be both Aaron and Moses, just have the kids color him different colors.

Color Pharaoh, Moses, and Aaron and glue them onto Popsicle sticks. Use these while you're sharing the story.











Snack:
Have brownies or rice crispy treats stacked like bricks. 


Story:

• Exodus 4:18-6:13
  • Communicate that even when things get really tough, God knows what he's doing and He has a plan.
  • Start with having Legos available for the kids to play with. It's easy to build something if the legos are right in front of you. Hide Legos all around, in easy and hard places (for a 4 year old). Have them go around, picking up the legos and building. It's not as easy to build fast if you have to go find the pieces. That's the problem that the Hebrews faced.

** Even though things seemed really bad for the Israelites, God still had a plan to rescue them from slavery. Even though it seemed impossible that Pharaoh would ever let them go, nothing was impossible to God!

Memory Verse Game Ideas

Rainbow Words- Write the memory verse using every color from a Color Pencil box. This would be a total of 12 times. 

Disappearing Words- Write the memory verse on a Dry Erase Board. Say the verse together twice. Erase a word or two and say the verse together. Keep erasing words and saying the verse until all the words have disappeared. 

Draw a Picture- Ask the kids, "What does this verse mean?" Have them respond by drawing a picture and telling you about it.