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Kidmin Craft: Lion’s Den “No Stress” Stress Balls

Kidmin Craft: Lion’s Den “No Stress” Stress Balls

Daniel in the lion’s den is an amazing example for us in Scripture, especially when teaching kids. Daniel was exiled to Babylon when he was young. He was taught all the ways of Babylon and ended up on King Nebuchadnezzar’s good side early on all thanks to Daniel’s faith in the one true God. When King Darius came along, Daniel was still highly favored by the king. Unfortunately, there were some others who were quite jealous and tried to get rid of Daniel by tricking the king into signing an order that would not allow Daniel to pray to the one true God.

How might Daniel have been feeling during this time? Help kids really think about it. All Daniel had to do was hide when he prayed for the next 30 days. That’s not very long. Surely God would understand, right? This was a scary time because the consequences were painful—he’d be fed to a hungry lion’s den. But Daniel did not seem to worry. No stress! He remained faithful and prayed every day to God. You know the rest of the story. Although thrown into a hungry lion’s den, God sent an angel to protect him. Daniel was safe.
To get kids excited about Bible class this particular Sunday, we made stress balls. Well, I made the stress ball and they drew a lions head. I was not sure how “stress-free” class would be for my teachers with a bunch of kiddos trying to get flour into a balloon. The kids loved their lion’s den stress balls and it was a great time to talk to them about not worrying about the consequences. We need to do what is right all the time and let God handle the rest.
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