Crafts and Activities for Zacchaeus
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For Younger Children:
For Older Children
For Younger Children:
- Find Zacchaeus in the Tree game
- To play, print out (or create) around 12 matching leaves, as well as a picture of Zacchaeus
- Zacchaeus - https://craftingthewordofgod.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/zacchaeus4.pdf
- Leaves on page 3 - https://www.firstpalette.com/pdf/leaf-maple.pdf
- Color in the leaves and Zacchaeus, then tape Zacchaeus onto the back of one of the leaves.
- Mix up the leaves and say, "We can't find Zacchaeus up in the tree, so we're going to take turns trying to find him!"
- Take turns drawing leaves with your toddler/preschooler until you have a winner!
- Zacchaeus coloring sheets
For Older Children
- Painting Zacchaeus in a Tree
- For this craft, you'll need a template, scissors, markers, glue, paint, and (preferably) Q-Tips
- Print out the template: https://craftingthewordofgod.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/zacchaeus4.pdf
- Cut out Zacchaeus, color him in, and then glue him onto the tree.
- Using Q-Tips and a variety of greens, browns, or oranges (depending on the season), paint in the leaves around Zacchaeus using the Q-Tips to make dots or smears.
- Creating this scene using Legos/Minecraft/other building materials
- If your child is into building things, perhaps consider challenging them to recreate the scene of Zacchaeus climbing a tree to get above the crowd to see Jesus!