Gift= DIFFERENT SIGHT

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You will need scissors, scalpel (optional), thick card, pencil, craft glue or double sided tape, printout, printout or wooden shape of Zacchaeus, and green tissue paper.

Prepare the template first first. print onto thick paper, and transfer the pattern onto card either with tracing paper or by cutting it out and tracing round. this template will make all the trees so make sure you are happy with it, be careful with the slots down the tree trunk.Arrange your shape onto your card so as to get the maximum tree shapes per side. you need two tree templates per child, or three if you wish to get fancy!

Each tree only needs to have one slot, not two, so they can slide together, just remember to count so you don’t end up with odd tree shapes that don’t fit. if you want to do three pieces to a tree ( if you are using floppy card) then cut the slots a little longer on the first two pieces and cut both slots a little shorter for the middle piece. I was keen not to use glue so that i would have instantly dry trees, so i covered my outer branches, both sides, with thin strips of double sided tape. this really works well but craft glue is fine too.

Now we need to prepare the leaves. Fold the tissue paper into multiple layers, cut off a strip and cut out a leaf shape about 2cm long, you’ll instantly have lots. Cutting the leaf on the fold makes it harder to separate and so I would not recommend doing so this time. I also mixed two shades of green and a sheet of yellow to give my leaves some character.

Now for the fun bit…. peel off the tape back or apply the glue and get sticking. finish one side before the other and let the leaves overlap the edges…liberally. your tree will come to life very quickly. The finished tree just needs a Zacchaeus, i managed to get some wooden cutouts for this activity which we coloured with felt tip pens, but a printout on thin card would suffice

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Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to Zacchaeus (Luke 19)- (English and Serbian)
Each hero’s page set contains a high quality graphic of the character, a take home bible card and a colouring page.
 
The images are displayed small here, click on the image you wish to have, then save the image that loads.
(Please note : these images have no watermark but are not copyright free, they are only intended for classroom use)
 

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This could be used as a discussion starter, a game, a craft or a worksheet. Jesus helped Zacchaeus to see the word differently, and that’s what this activity is all about. It’s diversity of uses means I could have placed it in many sections but as there is no worksheet I’ve placed it here in ‘Direct’.
 

 
This is a colour exclusion exercise. Jesus didn’t make the world round Zacchaeus change, nor did he heal him of his bad vision, rather he made him see that different things matter. The glasses will dull all red objects and make green objects stand out more. The image of the tree is covered in red, pink, and orange pictures, but with the glasses on only the green objects will stand out.

To make the glasses cut out the frames from thin card, and attach to the lenses with craft glue. As I worked on A4 sheets of red plastic I then had to cut the frames out again, but you may only have to trim. Then cut two lengths of ribbon or cord, or one piece of elastic and attach it to the edges of the glasses with double sided tape or equivalent.

Show them the image of a tree first, they may spot some of the hidden items, most children will see the green items easier than the red ones even at this stage, don’t worry if that happens.

– If this is a game try asking them to find specific items. You could give one team glasses and the others not, or repeat the game with glasses.

– If you are having a discussion talk about how we don’t always see what matteres then hand out the ready made glasses, talk about how God changes our perspective.

– If this is a craft activity stick up the image on the wall as far away from the craft table as possible and get the kids to make their glasses and when wearing them to look at the picture again.

– If this is instead of a worksheet then combine all three, make a single pair of demonstration glasses and perhaps give out red and green pencils and challenge the kids to hide messages for each other.

The PDF of the tree image and glasses pattern can be downloaded by clicking HERE.

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For this lesson I have 2 play posts. one is a specially modified game of eye spy. This one is the more usual collection of games. The games link with the themes; Vision, hiding, and sharing

Hide and seek – Traditionally it’s one of those games everyone knows, and if you have the space it’s great to play. I’d make sure you have a signal to say the game has ended. It ties in to the idea of Zacchaeus being hidden in the tree.
 

Boxed Limited view – you need a few cardboard boxes for this one. Punch a few small holes in the sides and then place a mystery object in the box. By shaking and peering through the holes the child has to identify the object.
 

Bucket logic – this is a simple logic problem great for older kids that can be found on the worksheet for Mary’s perfume. You need a large container of water and two different size containers – but not measuring jugs. You also need either scales or a measuring rod to determine the correct amount. Read the worksheet for more details. Don’t worry about being too exact with the measurements just add the capacity of the two containers together and divide by 2.
 

Unique 5 – this is a simple game for young children. Tell the children that they are all unique, and that that’s the way God made us. Children can be cruel about people being different and we don’t want to make that worse. The object of this game is to find 5 ways each child is unique, if you have a really large group split them in to smaller groups of it will take forever! When a child finds 5 things they don’t share with anyone else in the group then they receive a prize (a small sweet or biscuit is the usual choice)
 

Parachute limited view – a quiet parachute game. Sit round the parachute with your knees bent to the sky and your toes facing inwards. this should create a low canopy which a child can crawl under. place objects on the parachute and see if you can get the child to identify them. the children sitting around the edges will try and prevent this by moving the item or blocking the view from the middle hole.
 

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