On this page you will find a selection of crafts for the seasons of the church year, for special days and themes, with an emphasis on recycled and environmentally-friendly crafts. Click on the link (right) to find crafts which tie in with the week-by-week lectionary lessons of Seasons of the Spirit.

These crafts have been produced by KUCA News in the SA Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia and are available free of charge. However, it would be appreciated if the source is acknowledged.

These crafts for special occasions are provided for you free:

Multi-themed crafts:

These puppet crafts have been designed for stories in the last 2 months of the Year B Lectionary, but they can be adapted to explore all sort of stories:

 Pop-up Puppet characters (131.32 kB)

 Matchbox Puppets (172 kB)

These Bible character finger puppets provide a simple way to let children explore and retell any Bible story. Simply photocopy and adapt for whatever story you are telling.  Bible people finger puppets (206.98 kB)

These crafts can be adapted or applied to lectionary themes as well as to special days like Father's and Mother's Day:

 Laundry Scoop Wheelbarrow gift (246.01 kB) : seeds and weeds parables, mustard seed, lilies of the field, gifts for keen gardeners...

 'I Love you' Hand (85.09 kB) : Bread, love, deafness and hearing, hands, Father's and Mother's Day...

Gift Crafts

for Carers Week, Mother's Day, Grandparents Day or any day when someone needs a lift

 After Dinner Mints and basket (159.4 kB)

 Carers week and craft (159.42 kB)

 Chocolate Spoons (50.21 kB)

 Cuppaccino Biscuits (152.22 kB)

 Foot Cream - a Mother's Day massage treat (129.01 kB)

 Friendship Kit (110.72 kB)

 Survival Kit (53.39 kB)

Environment-themed crafts

and crafts using recycled materials:

A caterpillar on a leaf provides the basis for a bookmark, fridge magnet, gift tags and a pot plant marker:  Caterpillar on a leaf (153.1 kB)

Recycled crafts for the theological theme: the first shall be last and the last first, new out of old, losing your life to find a new life... Applicable to lectionary readings on 13th September, 20th September and 11th October, 2009.

 First, last, old, new, recyled crafts (182.95 kB)

for Season of Creation, Earth Day, World Environment Day, World Habitat Day, Clean Up Australia Day and more...

 Earth Day Every Day (300.61 kB)

 Monster Rubbish Muncher (101.44 kB) 

International Year crafts: 

For the International Year of Astronomy:

 Make a starry bauble, or the planet Saturn from an old CD:  IY Astronomy crafts (346.62 kB) 

Celebrate the glory of the heavens with links to the psalms (8, 19):  The heavens are telling (123.95 kB)

Father's Day:

 Father's Day Crafts for pre-schoolers (91.56 kB)

 Father's Day Crafts_Handkerchief Shirt (169.64 kB)

 Recycled gift bags (144.26 kB)

 Certificate for Dad (92.1 kB)

 Recycled Gifts for a Keen Gardener (78.33 kB)

 Father's Day Crafts: gifts for Dad (133.26 kB)

Just for fun... 

(and fund-rasing) Footy Hat Crafts (257.96 kB) 

Copyright policy:

Unless otherwise stated, these crafts may be reproduced for use in Children's Ministry programs, events and Worship Services.