Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to Young Jesus (Luke 2).

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

For each passage, there is a collectable card alongside high-quality character images and a colouring page. All other graphics are extra’s!

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To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout and scissors. You may want to use spacers (foam or cardboard), and a hole punch.

Colour if required, then onto cutting. Use a hole punch to start the kids cutting the space in the middle of the frame.

This craft will look as good as your cutting skills but is forgiving if you skirt around small details like the indents on the pillars.

Add foam spacers (or cardboard pieces) to the back of the large step piece first and position.

Next add the small step, this goes at the base, not in the middle.

Add a spacer to the back of Jesus and put him in the middle of the picture. This will ‘squash’ the top step.

Next, add the pillars, we do these last so we can move around the Jesus figure more easily.

Lastly, add spacers to the frame, then position.
(I found it better not to add any spacers to the crowd pieces.)

The scene is complete.

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A4 size
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To make this craft, you will need the 1-page template printout, scissors, and some paper glue.

Add any colour you want, then cut out the two rectangles.

Fold the long strip in half, blank sides touching.

Fold back each side, the folds should go along the dotted lines.

Add glue to the two inside sections.

Glue them together – doing this first will make the cutting easier.

Cut along the dotted lines to separate the middle three ‘flaps’

Glue this piece to the background. This will add stability.

Enjoy transforming young Jesus by adding wisdom, stature, and favour to see who he will fully become.

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The account of Young Jesus in the temple is a well-loved account of youthful contribution, but when it comes to games and activities, a question and answer session may not grab the kids’ attention so much. Here are a few activities that may let them get the wiggles out a bit more effectively.

This is part of a single lesson pack, all ready to print and go.

Finding Jesus

All Ages

Small group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

A ‘hide the thimble’ alternative. Using the hero’s post, print a small picture of the Jesus graphic and hide it in the room. Variants: play as rounds where Jesus is re-hidden, or you can print multiple copies and have each child find one.
Link to Mary and Joseph searching the city.

Shadow monsters

All Ages

Small group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

For this game, you need a setup that allows you to make shadows, a bright bulb at waist height etc and a camera. Have the kids team up with a partner and cast a shadow. Create monsters, kids with extra limbs or heads, antenna etc. Take a picture of each creation as it’s made. Talk about how we see shadows as both a sign of what is and what is to come.

Treasure Hunt

All Ages

Any size group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

Having a treasure hunt with clues links really well to this story. Jesus leaves a lot of clues as to what he is and will become, plus Mary and Joseph miss the obvious and spend days searching the city rather than recognise where a child of the divine would run to.

I’m coming to listen…

All Ages

Any size group

No Setup time

Quiet game

Can be seated

A variant of when I go to grandma’s this memory game is about asking Jesus questions. Sit in a circle and the first person says, “I am going to listen to Jesus and ask him (insert question)” remembering Jesus was a child, the questions can be as deep as ‘why do people suffer’ or as frivolous as ‘what is your favourite colour’. The second person then repeats “I am going to listen to Jesus and ask him (insert first person’s question) AND (insert their question)” This continues with the question list growing. Talk about how Jesus often used questions to get people to search deeper and while we don’t know all the answers now, one day the bible tells us that we will. (1 Corinthians 13:12)

One day, I’ll be…

Under 7’s

Any size group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Can be seated

Have the kids take turns to stand and say, “one day, I’ll be…” and then have everybody do actions to represent their chosen thing. For example, a fireman may mine hosing down a building, a chef could mix some batter etc. Remember this is a game and the rules of logic don’t apply, one day the child could be a lion or a tiny baby! Talk about how each child used their platform moment to influence the crowd.

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A few days earlier, the priest could barely move for people in the temple; the city had been bursting with life as every able Jew flooded Jerusalem’s streets. He liked that it was quieter now, just a few crowds sat in the shade at the edge of the huge courtyard, some leaning against the pillars. Passing nearby to one crowd, the priest moved closer to find out what was happening. Discussions like this were not common. A rabbi would stand or sit on a step and others would gather to hear the wisdom of the old master.

This group was different though. The place of the rabbi was filled not by an older man in the fine clothes of a teacher, but by a young boy only just old enough to be counted a man. The priest looked at the faces of those surrounding him with astonishment. Many of these men were important teachers, yet here the great sat beside the last of the Passover visitors, the holy and the ordinary mixing. While the youngster was the centre of attention, it was clear he was also the one asking questions, first to one Rabbi and then another. They were not simple questions, but questions that darted around scripture and drew together threads of huge ideas. When asked, the youngster spoke with a look of certainty on his face, and his knowledge revealed a wisdom greater than his years.

That night, the priest could not sleep for what he had heard. He woke before his household and rushed back to the temple in hopes of seeing the youngster once more. After circling the courtyard twice, he saw him arrive. Before the priest could move closer, a small crowd rushed up and the conversations continued. People came and went, faces changed, but for three days the boy sat and talked with whomever would join him.

As the shadows were lengthening on the third day, a young couple appeared at the doorway, their eyes searching with panic. The mother’s eyes [extra space] landed on the crowd, and the youngster paused mid-sentence to meet her gaze. “My parents have come,” he said simply and, standing up, walked through those seated towards the couple. In the silence that followed, everyone heard the voice of the mother rise up, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been worried searching for you.” Recognising the crowd was listening, the youngster spoke clearly in response, “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”

And they were gone. Try as the priest might, all he could find out is that the youngster’s name was Jesus, a popular and common name at the time. But the words that he had heard lived inside him like no other teaching had, and the way Jesus had called the temple ‘his fathers house’ made him look, eagerly, every year following, for the face in the Passover crowds.

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