In the beginning God created...

Today at preschool we finished up our unit on creation.

At the art center I put out tissue paper kids.I  used a pattern and traced 

it onto the tissue. The nice thing with tissue is you can

 cut out lot at one time.We also used  liquid starch and  had our 

Bible memory verse out on the table. As the kids painted the starch onto

their white paper we talked about how God made people and how

 much he loves each of us. The kids liked the bright colors of

tissues kids and  enjoyed overlapping them to see what new colors 

would appear. After they arranged their kids on the 

starch painted paper they carefully brushed  the kids with more

starch. We them added our  Bible memory verse"I am fearfully and 

wonderfully made."Psalm 139:14. and painted  it with starch.

 Its best to use card stock paper for this art activity as construction 

paper tends to curl up at the corners. Tissue paper art

drys shiny and looks incredible. It's a art project

that parents will  love and want to frame. 

Supplies needed

Tissue paper cut into kid shapes

liquid starch

paint pots and brushes

card stock

Bible verse

In the beginning God created....

Today we continued our creation theme by doing

one of my favorite art activities-- painting with balls 

in a box. If you have a rambunctious group, this activity will 

calm them right down! Its so relaxing to roll marbles or 

golf balls or spiney balls back and forth and watch the 

colors make awesome designs!  Since we were on day four of creation we

 did stars in our boxes. I used gold,green and silver glitter paint and small 

spiney balls. As the kids rolled the balls across the stars 

(only rule is no hands in the box) we talked about Gods creation. 

We also talked about sizes. I cut 4 stars in 4 sizes for each child.After

the stars had dried we glued them on black paper and added our Bible 

memory verse. (I found a print out of the verse on Christianpreschoolprintables.com).

The sparkling stars looked perfect against the black paper!

Supplies needed

shallow boxes for painting in

spiney balls

glitter paint

star cutouts

black paper

glue

Bible verse

In the beginning God created.....

 We began our unit on Gods creation this week in preschool.

 At the art center I put out circles of wax paper,tissue paper, and 

cups of liquid starch and brushes. First the kids tore the 

tissue paper into pieces as I talked about how on the  first day of creation 

God made the day and night. Next we painted

 the circles with the starch while we talked about things we do at night 

and things we do during the day. After they covered their

 circles with the starch they added black and white tissue paper.

I encouraged them to gently brush the tissue with more  

starch and lay more layers of tissue on the circle. 

 The second circle we covered in shades 

of blue and green tissue to make the"earth" as we 

talked about how God created the earth and everything in it. 

After they had dried I punched a hole and added a ribbon

so the kids could hang their art work on the window as a reminder of 

Gods marvelous creation.   

Supplies needed 

wax paper cut into circles
liquid starch
brushes and paint pots

black and white tissues paper

assorted shades of blue and green tissue
ribbon