Much of this grace week is going to be focused on Jesus and what he did for us on the cross. We can’t fully have grace with others until we really understand the grace that has been given to us. The message today is a very powerful visual example of how God freely forgives our sins through the blood of Jesus. His sacrificed has paid our debt.
Before I started this activity, I practiced with pens to make sure the colors chosen would work with the red cellophane. I chose a light pink, yellow and peach. Then, I had the girls brainstorm about some of the things God has told us not to do. We talked a little about how God sets His rules for a reason – to make our lives and the lives of others better. Abby got to writing down (with my spelling help) some of the sins we thought of. Next, a quick talk about Jesus dying for our sins, and then out comes the cellophane. I have them lay the cellophane over the sins and let the girls marvel as they disappear. This is a great visual for our sins being wiped away when we chose faith in Jesus.
This is such a creative way to teach children about the sacrifice God made for our sins. Thanks for linking up to Thinky Linky Thursday!
Lori @ Cachey Mama’s Classroom
Thanks, Lori. I hope you had a great Easter.
Where did you find red plastic wrap? I can’t find it. Is it something you can only find at Christmas time?
It’s red cellophane, not plastic wrap. That might help. Here is an affiliate link on Amazon: https://goo.gl/iiB7SU Have fun with it.
The Bible tells us that our sins are scarlet and not black as some teach. When you put the red cellophane over the red sins that’s a pic of Jesus’ blood taking away our scarlet sins. 🙂
🙂 It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Thanks for commenting.
Please let me know what kind of paper you used. I have red cellophane, Crayola light pink, yellow, and peach markers and white printer paper. I was not able to remove the marker from the paper by pressing the cellophane against the paper. Could you offer suggestions? Thank you
Hello Sara! I don’t think I described it very well. I probably need to go back and edit. The words don’t actually disappear from the paper. The tint of the red cellophane just makes it impossible to see the words through the cellophane. They can look around the world and see other things through the cellophane, but the words in those colors just seem to disappear as the cellophane is placed over them. I hope that helps.