As many of you might know, we are a Christian homeschooling family. When we started the new year on our homeschooling journey, I decided a great place to start our Bible lessons was with The Story of Creation found in Genesis chapters 1 and 2. My twin girls and I took a little over two weeks to complete simple craft activities — one for each day of the creation story. We did not do an activity every day. That coupled with the fact that my girls just turned two, are the reasons it took so long to complete. The simple craft activities made the studying of the Seven Days of Creation a fun learning experience for my girls to remember what God made during creation.

On the days we worked on a craft, we started by singing the song ‘Who Made The Twinkling Stars.’ The girls enjoyed the actions we did while we sang, and before long, they knew all the words and moves to the song. On the days we focused on our bible lessons, I could hear the girls singing the song before falling asleep during their naptime. It was so beautiful to listen to! I will add the lyrics to the version of the song we sang at the end of this article.

After we sang, I would ask my girls about all the things in the song that God made, and they would again do all the actions while sharing.

We would then shift our focus to our story from My First Read and Learn Bible from Scholastic. I recommend this Bible to parents of toddlers who are looking for a simple and condensed version of the famous and beloved Bible stories to share with their toddlers. The Story of Creation is broken down into two pages with beautiful and simple illustrations that lend themselves to the simple discussion of the Story of Creation.

After reading and discussing all the wonderful things God made, we said a simple prayer, thanking God for everything before moving unto the craft for the day.

Below I will share all the simple activities we did and what I used to put them together. (Keep in mind, my girls are only two years old.)

Day 1: God created day and night.

We completed a simple paper mosaic craft. While the girls worked, I emphasized the concept of light and dark and discussed some similarities and differences between day and night.

Materials used to complete this craft:

1. Two different shades of blue construction paper glued together.
2. Yellow and black construction paper that were cut up into squares beforehand, as attention spans are short at this age. (For older toddlers they can tear the paper by hand to complete the activity — working on their fine motor skills.)
3. Glue to attach the yellow Squares to the light blue paper to signify day and to attach the black square pieces to the dark blue paper to signify night.
4. I made labels for each child but started writing headings with markers after our first activity.

Day 2: God Made The Sky and the Seas.

We did a simple sky craft by gluing cotton to construction paper. For the seas, we did foil paper painting. Both girls love to paint!

Materials used to complete this craft:

1. Two different shades of blue construction paper glued together.
2. Cotton balls unrolled and glued down to signify the clouds in the sky.
3. Two pieces of foil to paint blue to represent the seas. 

Day 3: God made the plants and seeds.

 We did a sticker flowers craft and glued seeds into soil. 

Materials used to complete this craft:

1. A light blue and a green sheet of construction paper glued together.
2. A brown sheet of construction paper folded in half to draw the shape of what I believe soil looks like for each child. 
3.  I then used scissors to cut out and then glued each piece of brown construction paper to the green construction paper. 
4. Two shades of green markers to draw the grass, stems, and leaves for the girls to place the flower stickers.
5. An assortment of seeds you can find around your home to glue to the brown construction paper representing the soil. 

Day 4: God made the sun, moon, and stars.

The girls completed a simple collage of the sky during the day and at night.

Materials used to complete this craft:

1. The girls were given two sheets of construction paper glued together. The blue represents the sky in the daytime and black represents the sky in the nighttime.
2. I printed pictures of clouds and a sun for them to add to the sky in the day. Then I printed out pictures of a moon and stars for them to add to the night sky.

Day 5: God made the birds, and God made the fish.

We worked on collages depicting the fish in the sea and birds that God made.

Materials used to complete this craft:

1. Two different shades of blue construction paper glued together.
2. Chickpeas glued down to create the ocean floor.
3. Pipe cleaners to create corals.
4. An assortment of ocean animal stickers.
5. Printed pictures of any birds of your choice. I deliberately used the ostrich and an owl to extend the lesson by sharing with the girls that some birds are unable to fly, and some birds come out at night.
6. I used a yellow foam sheet to cut out two suns in the sky. 

While we worked, we:

1. Reviewed colours.

2. Discussed the names of the fish as they placed them on the paper.

3. Worked on the Math skill of one-to-one correspondence. The girls pointed out that there were two turtles, dolphins etc.

4. Discussed the names of the birds, therefore extending their vocabulary and developing their oral language skills.

5. Discussed the fact that an ostrich cannot fly like the other birds, but is a good runner.

6. Discussed that owls are birds that come out to feed at night.

6. Discussed that the sun comes out in the day, and the moon comes out at night.

Day 6: God made man and the animals on the land.

The girls had so much fun making these silly faces!

Materials used to complete this craft:

1. Two sheets of yellow construction paper glued together.
2. Two face shapes cut from construction paper to depict different skin tones.
3.  Eight Googly Eyes.
4. Buttons to create noses and earrings.
5. Pompoms for a choice of noses.
6. A red marker to make the mouths on the faces.
7. Brown yarn for hair.

While the girls worked, we discussed:

1. How God made us all, and the fact that we are all special, no matter the colour of our skin. When God looks at us, we are all equal in His sight.
2. We counted the eyes, ears and nose on each face, giving them the opportunity to work on their one-to-one correspondence.

My girls are big fans of activities that involve the use of stickers! So part 2 of our activity involved stickers and more stickers!

God made the animals on the land.

I used construction paper and glue to create a sticker mat for the girls. I then presented them with a variety of animal stickers to just have fun! 

While they worked on their sticker mat, we discussed:

1. Animals that live on land and animals that live in the ocean.
2. Animals that live on land but enjoy the water, like the duck and some turtles.
3. Animals that are able to fly, like the butterfly, birds and bees.

Day 7: God created the world, and on the 7th Day, He rested.

We did a simple painting of the earth.

The girls were given painting paper with an outline of a circle.

They used blue and green paint with sponge brushes to paint inside the circle.

After their painting dried, I used a pencil to trace the circular shape and then used scissors to cut it out. I glued their circular shape to yellow paper and wrote the corresponding heading. 

After the girls completed the seven days of creation, I compiled all their activities into a booklets for them.

I glued two yellow sheets of construction paper together to make a front cover and two sheets to make the back cover.

I printed out a simple label ‘The Creation Story’ and used the remaining pieces from their earth painting to add some decoration to the cover.

I now have the books out with our storybook selection so the girls can revisit the story. I will be keeping these books for them so that next year when we revisit the story, we can choose to add words or a sentence to each day.

These activities gave my girls so much practice with their pronunciation of the words they learned as we studied ‘The Creation Story.’

These simple craft activities gave the girls the opportunity to work on their revision of colours, counting, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. They are now able to engage in discussion about the seven days of creation. They can list a number of things God made that were not included in the illustrations of the Bible story we read.

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Kimberlee

P.S: Please find below the song I promised to share. I have also attached a version with slightly different lyrics than the one we sing, but it is useful to learn the tune of the song.

Who Made The Twinkling Stars?

Who made the twinkling stars,

The twinkling stars, the twinkling stars?

Who made the twinkling stars?

Our Father, God.

Who made the birds that fly,

The birds that fly, the birds that fly?

Who made the birds that fly?

Our Father, God.

Who made the fish that swim,

The fish that swim, the fish that swim?

Who made the fish that swim?

Our Father, God.

Who made you and me,

You and me, you and me?

Who made you and me?

Our Father, God.

Who made the twinkling stars,

The birds that fly, the fish that swim?

Who made you and me?

Our Father, God.

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