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A John 3:16 Craft for Kids

Mar 4, 2021 | Children's Ministry, God, Kids, Scripture

John 3:16 is one of the most well known and reassuring verses in the Bible.

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
John 3:16 (NIV)

The following is a little craft I threw together back in 2010 for my wife to use with her kids in her Wednesday night Awana Cubbies class (ages 3 and 4). To this day, it remains one of the most popular posts ever on this site.

The verse for the week was John 3:16, so I made a cross with pictures they could color before constructing the craft. You can click on the picture below or this link for a pdf version of the craft.

10 Comments

Pat on February 6, 2012 at 6:51 pm

I really like this craft and plan to use it for our religion classes. I’ll need to make 160 of these boxes forms and cut them out for the little ones, but I think it will be worth he effort. God bless you for sharing this craft with us unartistic craft people.
Dana on March 15, 2012 at 12:05 pm

Thank you so much for this. I am doing John 3:16 with our youth group on Saturday. I needed a craft that was quick and painless and your craft popped up in my search. Thank you so much this is so helpful and sums everything up perfectly.
Hannah on April 26, 2012 at 10:50 pm

Thank you so much for being the source of blessing for many young parents and Bible teachers for little ones! May God bless your house church abundantly!
Vickie Jones on July 18, 2012 at 10:16 pm

Thanks, I’m a Cubbie Director and just googled John 3:16 crafts and found this, I have enough time before I start back to school (46 year old college student) t get these copied and cut out before AWANA starts down here.
James Steer on April 10, 2014 at 5:09 am

Thanks, but the link seems to be broken…
- jill pena on August 11, 2014 at 10:01 pm
  
  Yes, it is. Any way to fix it?
  - Wayne on November 17, 2014 at 4:37 pm
    
    All fixed. Sorry, I think it broke in the upgrade!
Arlene De Boer on October 27, 2014 at 11:56 am

Thank you, Wayne for sharing! Lord bless you and your family!
imee on October 3, 2015 at 10:07 am

Thank you for sharing. I will use this for the kids in the village outreach. God bless you and your ministry!
Lourdes on July 28, 2016 at 9:51 am

Thank you, was looking for a art craft to do with my summer school children in Mexico, and you came up first. Thank you God bless you and your family