ESTHER: lima bean puppet
ESTHER: STICK PUPPET WITH LIMA BEAN HEAD Paint the lima bean “head”. Glue it to a craft stick. Add yarn hair and facial features. Cut a 6” (15 cm) circle of fabric or paper for the dress. Find the centre point of the “dress” by folding the larger circle in half and...
ESTHER TWO craft stick
ESTHER: CRAFT-STICK PUPPET An almost instant craft! So easy to make! HOW TO MAKE THE PUPPET: 1. Paint the craft stick. 2. Print out the pattern for the arms and hair. Colour and cut out. 3. Glue the arms to the back of the figure. 4. Cut a slit in the...
STORY STONES FOR QUEEN ESTHER
Children will enjoy re-telling the story of Queen Esther using stone figures they have made. Don't the "noses" make them look real? Wash and dry the stones. Glue on small stones for the noses. Paint the faces in the skin colour of your choice. Glue on curly...
PEANUT CONE ESTHER
QUEEN ESTHER PEANUT CONE FIGURE A very fun and quick-to-make figure of Queen Esther: Her face is a peanut! Her robe is a semi-circle which is formed into a cone shape. Paint a peanut skin colour (or leave the peanut in its own natural colour). In the case of peanut...
BOOKMARK OF QUEEN ESTHER
This bookmark is made from the wooden people dolls that are available in craftstores. To make the bookmark you have to use the boy doll---his arms are longer! Paint the face, hands and clothing and add a crown for Queen Esther! The crown is made from a sparkly pipe...
CASTLE
The castle is a fun and easy craft to make---and, every queen needs her own castle! Glue together a combination of toilet paper and paper towel rolls in varying heights. Cut "turrets" in some of them. Paint the castle. To make the "cones" on the castle, cut a...
MORDECAI IN THE BED
A FUN EASY CRAFT TO MAKE WITH NO SEWING WHATSOEVER! JUST FOLLOW THE PHOTO DIRECTIONS BELOW! The bed is a small painted box (you add a bedstead!) and the comforter is glued together. The pillow is made in the same way. MORDECAI IN THE BED: The bed can be a matchbox or...
MORDECAI’S DREAM
MORDECAI’S DREAM: STORYTELLER GLOVE Copy the patterns on to card stock and cut out on a doubled layer of felt. Stuff the figures lightly with fiberfill. The figures can be sewed by hand or glued. Follow the photo for details. The figure of Mordecai is a finger...
PEG DOLL MORDECAI ON HORSE
Mordecai was given a horse and crown by King Xerxes (Esther 6:8) TO MAKE THE HORSE: Copy the pattern on card stock for the horse’s body and head. Paint and cut out. Glue the horse’s head to the body. Paint the clothespin “legs” and clip to the horse. Glue on yarn for...