Children and Families - Scripture Union NZ

We want to help you ou t this Christmas Season. We have put toge ther a four part series of fabulous Ch ristmas ideas. Click here to read out first instalment ( Christmas Music) . T his blog post is dedicated to all things crafty!   Are you looking for a Nativity Sc ene craft? Look no further: Le t me begin with one of the most fabulous nativity scenes on o ffer. It's created right here in New Zealand! And it's free!  Check ou t the Strandz website for this and much much more: http://www.strandz.org.nz/advent--christmas.html Here's another nativity scene that took New Zealand by storm in 2015! It is a 3D model , that looks a little mine craft (if you don't get this reference don't worry, but it is a bit of a craze right now) , a little blokheadz.It is free to download. All you have to do is print i t out and fold it up. You can go straight to the source: mylittlehouse.com   Here's on e I made earlier... easy! I found double sided ta pe...

Want a simple idea to help families explore the Christmas story together?  Use the Jesus Storybook Bible and make either Advent bracelets or key rings to  help your families spend time together and explore the story of Christmas  at the same time. Just give each family a pack containing all they need, and  every day they can read the Bible story together and add the appropriate  bead to each child’s bracelet/key ring. WHAT TO DO Make up packs for each family. Each family will need a pack containing: ·        -   The Jesus Storybook Bible ( available from SUNZ for $19.99 ) ·       -    A copy of the bookmark on the side of this page. These can be downloaded from our website www.sunz.org.nz or click on this link to download them from our Dropbox folder . See the image below for an example of what the bookmark looks like. ·      -   An or...