Crafts for the "birds of the air" parable are fun for children of all ages.
In Matthew 6, Jesus gives a lesson about God's care for his creations. He says, "Do not worry about what you will eat or drink, or about your body, or what you will wear...Look at the birds of the air...your Heavenly Father feeds them." This powerful encouragement to faith is useful for children, who benefit from the real-life examples given in the parables of the Gospels. For a Sunday school lesson, reading the verse and talking about what it means can make an impact in children's faith.
Make a bird
There are many ways to make a bird. One simple method is to glue two circles of construction paper on a piece of a paper. The larger circle represents the body, and the smaller one represents the bird's head. A triangle of construction paper can be added for the beak. The wings can be made from construction paper, painted hand prints or feathers glued onto the paper. Write the Bible verse underneath the bird when it is complete.
Bird mobile
Make small construction paper birds. These can be made by cutting out traced bird shapes. You could also cut a rectangle shape and then tie it in the middle and make creases for wings to create a "M" shaped bird. Once you have a several completed birds, tie a piece of yarn or string to the birds and then tie the other end of the string to a hanger. The children will now have a mobile of birds to put in their room. You can suspend a piece of paper with the Bible verse written on it as well.
God's care
Take a piece of poster board and have the children give examples of things that God provides care for. The birds from the day's lesson are likely to be suggested, but encourage them to think of other ways that God provides care for things in nature. The complexity of this project can be scaled to the age of the children. Older children, for example, can ponder the complexities of nature as part of God's plan.
Worry rocks
You can have the children pick a rock from a pile and decorate it with paint. Glitter is an optional but popular addition to this project. Explain that the rock represents something that worries them. If you like, you can talk about what each child's rock represents. When the rocks are dry, you can put all the rocks in a bag and have the children take turns carrying them. Talk about how heavy the burden of worry is. Then have them take out their rocks and put them down, to represent giving their worries to God.
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