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The Transfiguration Crossword Transfiguration Coloring Page Transfiguration Coloring Page The Transfiguration Crossword Mountain Top Crossword Mountain Top Decoder Transfiguration Maze Mountain Top Multiple Choice To make this you will need: White cardstock paper Jesus silhouette (provided as a separate page in this down load) Construction or cardstock paper of any color oil pastels or crayons (white, yellows, oranges, light blues) paper towel glue Directions: 1. Begin with the piece of white cardstock paper. 2. Trace the outline of Jesus’ silhouette from the downloadable activities on the paper and cut out. Set it aside. 3. Write the Key verse for today at the bottom of the page. Mark 9:7 7 Then a cloud appeared and covered them, and a voice came from the cloud: “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” 4. On the second piece of cardstock. Using your choice of oil pastels or crayons, begin at the center of the paper and drawn several lines out to the sides and corners. 5. Using the paper towel, rub or smear the coloring to blend it. 6. Draw a few more lines with white over the top of the smeared coloring. 7. Glue the Jesus silhouette in the center of the paper, overtop of the coloring Transfiguration of Jesus Light Catcher Craft This sun-catcher is meant to resemble the gleaming white light that Jesus shown on the mountain during His transfiguration. To make this craft you will need: Jesus image - printed on stock paper Choose the size you prefer on the following pages. wax paper (slightly smaller in size the printable image) crayons or colored pencils tape scissors Instructions: Print the image of Jesus onto stock/heavy paper. Color the background behind Jesus. It can be as simple as rays of light or details of a mountain scene with clouds. Now cut out the circle and the Jesus shape. Tape wax paper to the back so the light can shine through Jesus. Use string, tape or tack putty to hang it on a window or a light/lamp. Kids love shining flashlights through it too!! Optional idea: To make it "gift quality" or sturdy enough for younger children to play with, you could laminate it or put it in contact paper. Copyright and Use: These crafts and ideas are not to be used for profit. They are meant for personal use by individuals, families, and RE teachers. All the purchased downloads are not to be resold or distributed. © 2012 Catholic Inspired www.CatholicInspired.com © 2012 Catholic Inspired www.CatholicInspired.com © 2012 Catholic Inspired www.CatholicInspired.com The Transfiguration After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. Matthew 17:1-2 (NIV) Complete the activity. The words below have been written in code. Use the hints in the decoder at the top of the page to help break the code (the letters on top are the correct answers, the letters on the bottom are the code). Write the correct word on the line provided beside each code word. AA BBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIJJKKLLMMNNOOPPQQRRSSTTUUVVWWXXYYZZ 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526 1. 6-1-3-5 2. 1-16-16-5-1-18-5-4 3. 23-8-9-20-5 4. 12-9-19-20-5-14 5. 3-12-15-20-8-5-19 6. 8-9-7-8 7. 13-15-21-14-20-1-9-14 8. 3-12-15-21-4 9. 19-15-14 10. 22-15-9-3-5 FACE APPEARED WHITE LISTEN CLOTHES HIGH MOUNTAIN CLOUD SON VOICE Copyright © Sermons4Kids, Inc. • All Rights Reserved • www.sermons4kids.com Mountain Top Word Search The Transfiguration Word Search Transfiguration Word Search Additional Activities VIDEOS The Transfiguration I Animated Bible Story For Children| HolyTales Bible Stories – 6:12 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y22Qozsn8Go The Holy Tales: Bible Transfiguration of Jesus: Matthew 17 | Bible Story for Kids | SharefaithKids.com (Full Movie) – 3:23 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D302i8nPnGs Sharefaith Kids Transfiguration (Luke) - 2:29 min. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpdSa7gFX78 inclusivechrist The Transfiguration I Animated Bible Story for Children| HolyTales Bible Stories - 6:12 min https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y22Qozsn8Go The Holy Tales: Bible STORYBOOKS: Mark 9:2-9 Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook by Michael Garland (Written for ages 3-5 ) Comment: In Miss Smith’s Incredible Storybook, Zack thinks school, and especially reading, are boring. But he begins to change his mind because whenever his teacher, Miss Smith, reads out of her special book, the characters leap from the pages and come to life! When she finishes their story, the characters return to their book. One day, when Miss Smith is running late, the principal tries to read her storybook, and the characters overrun the school. Fortunately, Miss Smith arrives and is able to corral them back into the book once more. But Zack comes to love reading from this strange experience. Similarly, the disciples who follow Jesus up the mountain know about Moses and Elijah from their traditions and teachings, but when Jesus is transfigured, those people they’ve only heard about are suddenly there, in front of them! Much like Miss Smith’s storybook characters, whose stories eventually had to end and return to their book, this experience on the mountaintop cannot last forever. But Jesus’ disciples are changed by the amazing change they’ve witnessed, the ancestors they’ve seen, and the experience on the mountaintop. MUSIC: Song: "Sunshine Mountain" Words and Music (PDF) MP3 Accompaniment Track ACTIVITIES: MOUNTAIN WALKING: If there are hills, steps, bleachers or ramps, etc for children to walk up and down on, let children have a "timed event" for walking the "mountains". They'll enjoy seeing what their TIME was for the Mountain obstacles! UPSIDE DOWN HEARTS: Let children cut out various sizes of hearts and glue onto a piece of construction paper UPSIDE DOWN so the top will be the mountain. On the upside-down hearts, children can write GOD LOVES US AND RENEWS OUR STRENGTH! WALKING WITH JESUS: Let the children draw large mountains on a poster (or on a piece of construction paper). Tell children to write in VERY SMALL letters, "Walking with Jesus" up and down the edges of the mountain as many times as they can within three minutes. After the time is up, the children may color the mountains and see how many times they were able to write the words! MOUNTAIN BUILDING: Give the children wooden blocks or various plastic containers to build the highest mountain they can without the containers or blocks falling. Talk to children about the mountains and valleys of our lives and God renewing our strength. MOUNTAIN THUMB PRINTS: Have the children draw some mountains on a piece of paper and then use their finger or thumb INK print to represent Elijah and Moses on the mountain. The children could also make thumb print figures for John, Peter and James, as well! MOUNTAIN ART: Each child can be given a large Mountain picture (triangle construction paper), a big yellow sun and 4 toothpicks. The Mt picture and the sun can be glued or taped onto a piece of poster board. The 4 toothpicks could be taped onto the Mountain and children can draw a head on each toothpick and draw to make them look like the men in our story (Jesus with Peter, James and John). An ink thumbprint would make a cute face for each man. Glitter could be sprinkled around the stick figure that will represent Jesus, as well as a small white cloth on the "Jesus" toothpick! Children will have fun making legs and feet and arms to their toothpick. Tape a typed or written out Bible verse on the bottom of their art. "GOD SAID IT" GAME: Have children sit in a circle and an adult can name something in the Bible that GOD SAYS. Children will then say, GOD SAID IT AND THAT SETTLES IT! Then the adult can say something that God "hasn't" said and the children can say GOD DIDN'T SAY THAT!! If a child says the wrong statement, take time for the class to discuss what GOD says or didn't say. BALL BOUNCING: Children can be placed in a circle or lines across from each other. Each child will BOUNCE the ball one time to another child and say ONE WORD of the key Bible verse and the next child will bounce the ball one time as well, and will say the next word of the Bible verse, until the entire verse has been recited. Continue to play as time allows. COTTON CLOUDS: Children can be given some bright blue paper and markers and cotton. They can draw big clouds and write THIS IS MY SON WHOM I LOVE. Glue cotton around the edges of the cloud. .
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