Even More Yummy Bible Snacks
13. Mallow Sheep
Ingredients:
- Large and miniature marshmallows,
- white frosting,
- red licorice whips,
- Red Hots candies,
- plastic knives,
- and paper plates.
Give each child two large marshmallows for the sheep’s body and one marshmallow for the head. Use miniature marshmallows for legs and a tail. First, cut one miniature marshmallow in half vertically, and place one half on each side of the sheep’s head for ears. Then use frosting to connect all the marshmallows. Lastly, create the sheep’s eyes and mouth using Red Hots candies and licorice whips, attached with frosting.
Bible Connections: Young David, 1 Samuel 16; The Shepherds, Luke 2:8-20; The Lost Sheep, Luke 15:1-7; The Good Shepherd, Psalm 23 and John 10:7-16.
14. Spread the Word
Ingredients:
- Jam or cream cheese,
- bread or large crackers,
- alphabet cereal,
- plastic knives,
- bowls,
- and paper plates.
Pour alphabet cereal into bowls where kids can easily reach them. Then have kids spread jam or cream cheese on pieces of bread or large crackers on paper plates. You may need to help younger children with these Bible snacks. Then, depending on the Scripture you use, have kids use the alphabet cereal to spell simple words from the verse on their prepared bread slices or crackers.
Bible Connections: Call Him John, Luke 1:57-66; Name Him Jesus, Luke 1:26-33; I Have Called You by Name, Isaiah 43:1-5.
15. Banana Lights
Ingredients:
- Bananas,
- pineapple rings,
- maraschino cherries,
- paper plates,
- toothpicks,
- and a knife.
Create these fun banana “candles” with kids. To make each candle, place one half of a banana-pointed end up inside a pineapple ring. Then attach a maraschino cherry “flame” to the top of the banana with a toothpick.
Bible Connections: Be a Light, Matthew 5:14-16; Keeping Our Lamps Lit, Matthew 25:1-13.
16. Fruity Bandage
Ingredients:
- Fruit Roll-Ups fruit rolls,
- scissors appropriate for food,
- and forks.
First, have kids create fruity bandages by cutting one large rectangle with rounded corners from a Fruit Roll-Up snack. Then have kids cut a smaller rectangle for the bandage pad. Next, kids center the small rectangle on top of the larger one to make a “bandage.” Finally, poke air holes into the bandage with a fork.
Bible Connections: Healing of Paralytic, Mark 2:1-12; Healed Deaf Man, Mark 7:31-35; Healing of Blind Man, Mark 8:22-26; Healed Centurion’s Servant, Luke 7:1-10.
17. Cheese Blocks
Ingredients:
- Small cheese cubes,
- paper plates,
- and toothpicks.
Have kids use cheese cubes to build various structures from events in the Bible. Toothpicks inserted into the blocks help stabilize the structures, which can be gobbled up when kids are done constructing.
Bible Connections: Tower of Babel, Genesis 11:1-9; Wall of Jericho, Joshua 6:1-21; Building God’s Temple, 1 Kings 6:1-14; Elijah and the Burning Altar, 1 Kings 18:30-38; House Built on Rock, Matthew 7:24-27; Believers in Prison, Acts 16:16-34.
18. Crown Cake
Ingredients:
- Premade 9×13-inch sheet cake,
- 15×30-inch piece of cardboard,
- aluminum foil,
- yellow frosting,
- decorator’s sugar,
- assorted candies,
- plastic knives,
- plastic forks,
- and paper plates.
Carefully remove the cake from the cake pan. Then place it on an aluminum-covered cardboard base. Cut a zigzag down the center of the cake lengthwise. Then lay the two halves of the cake side by side with the zigzag edge at the top to create a crown shape.
Next, have kids frost the cake. Start with frosting between the two cake halves to hold them together. Once the entire cake is frosted, have kids decorate the crown with decorator’s sugar and assorted candies for jewels.
Bible Connections: Saul, 1 Samuel 10:9-27; David, 2 Samuel 5:1-5; Solomon, 1 Kings 1:11-40.
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This article by Doris Schuchard about Bible snacks originally appeared here.
