For this activity, you will need the
attached butterfly pattern, card stock or poster board, assorted colors of fun
foam, jumbo craft sticks, markers, pencils, tacky or craft glue, scissors,
black pipe cleaners, self-adhesive magnetic strip, and a Bible.
Ahead of time, trace the butterfly
pattern onto card stock or poster board a few times and cut them out for the
children to use as patterns. You may want to make a sample butterfly for the
children to use as a guide. Lead the children in making butterfly magnets. The
children may trace the butterfly pattern onto whatever color of fun foam they
wish and cut them out. Use a craft stick for the main body and pipe cleaners
for antennae. The main body may be decorated with markers and the wings with
smaller geometric shapes of contrasting fun foam. When finished, place a couple
strips of self-adhesive magnet on the back..
Say: When a butterfly emerges from its cocoon, the old is gone;
the new has come. The caterpillar is no more; it is a new creation, a
butterfly. In the same way, when a person is baptized, it shows the world that
the old is gone, and the new has come. . Second Corinthians 5:17 in the Bible
tells us… Read verse. The old life of sin is gone; a new life for God
has begun.
