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How about having the class or classes pick out a particular Bible story they like and have them arrange to do a puppet show for the other children or parents. (Actually it could be a church wide thing and the smaller kids could do stick or hand puppets and put the play on for parents) They could all make marionettes and dress them for each person in the story. Marionettes do not have to be all that complicated really. Here is a website on how to make one. Welcome to Puppets 2000. There are some pictures below of one my daughter made when she was in 5th grade. As you will note we decided not to make hands and feet as it added more strings and bars and got to confusing, In their play the people and animals has imaginairy hands and feet, ha ha. You can also see that we used and old gray velour shirt to use for the body, it worked out well with minimal sewing. Of course all of this involves scenery and backgrounds so it could be a lenghty project.This is not something you could do 1 class.

Could you do Armor of God doll type things. You could use balsa wood or heavy cardoard for the bodies which could be painted , metals (which you could buy at the craft store or layers of foil ) for the shield, sword, helmet and breastplate, fabric or leather strips (or faux leather) for the sandals and belt. You could also try doing the entire thing out of clay (homemade or boughten) and paint them. What a wonderful lesson you could teach in the process, a reminder for the ones who know this and something wonderful for those who haven't learned it yet.

How about a Coat of Many Colors, using broken egg shells. Have everyone save (and wash) egg shells. You could then dye them, smash them up, and glue the different colors of shells to a coat form of some kind (poster board, wood) put a hanger on the back, or depending on the size a magnet.