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Puppets bring Bible stories alive for little children.

I sent a letter to Sunday School parents inviting them to stay after church to help their children make puppets for the story, Daniel in the Lions' Den. I asked different children to read the story from the Bible while we made puppets out of old socks; brown, black, and white lunch bags; pipe cleaners; felt; yarn; and buttons. Alison made the angel. Joe, Corey, and Alexandra made lions. Corey made his lion toothless because he was a vegetarian lion. One tenth grader, Trevor, made a lion out of an athletic sock and used orange yarn for the mane. Donny made King Dairus. Emma, Casey, and some parents made the princes and Daniel.

After the puppets were made, the children practiced telling the story with the puppets. They were now making the story part of their lives rather than just a nodding acquaintance with hearing the story.

Now any class can use the puppets and practice telling the story to our children in the nursery. It gives the pupils an opportunity to share the story and help our young children learn and love Bible stories.

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