Unit 4 Session 3 Wise Men Visited Jesus

Craft:  Wise Men Visit

Verse:
NOW AFTER JESUS WAS BORN IN BETHLEHEM
OF JUDEA IN THE DAYS OF HEROD THE KING,
 BEHOLD, WISE MEN FROM THE EAST
CAME TO JERUSALEM,
MATTHEW 2:1


Supplies Needed:
markers
paper doll template (Google search)
scissors
yellow paper (for crowns)

Instructions: 
1. EACH CHILD GETS A PAPER WITH THREE TEMPLATES. CHOOSE THE WISE MAN TEMPLATE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO USE.

2. CUT THE TEMPLATE OUT FOLLOWING THE RECTANGLE FRAME AROUND THE FIGURE.

3. GET A PIECE OF BLANK PAPER.

4. ALIGN THE TEMPLATE ALONG THE LEFT EDGE. TAPE THE TOP AND BOTTOM EDGE OF THE TEMPLATE IN PLACE ON THE PAPER.

5. USING THE TEMPLATE’S WIDTH AS A GUIDE, FOLD THE PAPER ACCORDION-STYLE (BACK AND FORTH).

6. IF THERE IS AN EXCESS AREA OF PAPER AFTER YOUR LAST FOLD, YOU MAY TRIM OFF THAT SECTION OF PAPER.

7. CUT THE FOLDED PAPER FOLLOWING THE OUTLINES OF THE FIGURE ON THE TEMPLATE. DO NOT CUT ALONG THE STRAIGHT OR EDGE OF THE TEMPLATE.  MAKE SURE YOU CUT OUT THE SMALL CENTER SECTION OF THE FIGURE’S ARMS. YOU MAY DO THIS WHILE IT IS STILL FOLDED OR AFTER YOU UNFOLD IT.

8. GENTLY OPEN THE FOLDED PAPER TO REVEAL A CHAIN OF FIGURES. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 3 FIGURES YOU MAY TRIM OFF THE EXTRA FIGURES.

9. DECORATE THE WISE MEN. DRAW A FACE, HAIR STYLES, DRAW THE ARMS, THE ROBES, THE GIFTS THAT THEY BROUGHT JESUS, AND DON'T FORGET THEIR CROWNS. COLOR THE CROWNS, CUT THEM OUT, AND USING A GLUE STICK ATTACH THEM TO THE WISE MEN’S HEADS.