"Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark." Genesis 7:15
God told Noah there would be a flood that would cover the Earth. Noah and his family, who where faithful to God, helped in the species reintroduction or historical rewilding of the planet. However, ancient people did not understand this concept the way that we do today. They did not know about DNA in the way that modern people understand it now. So, they recorded events by faith which included the parts of those events that they understood from a limited perspective; just as children would do. This doesn't mean their records are untrue, it just means that the information recorded is in parts and pieces.
Children will have fun crafting handy-shaped monkeys, giraffes and pigs for Noah's remarkable ark! Pin or staple one pair from each child in the Sunday school on a bulletin board display outside your classroom if you'd like.
The following creatures are made by tracing around a child's hand on top of construction paper, cutting out the hand shape and gluing on addition body parts such as: tails, heads and ears for the monkeys, necks, ossicones and manes for the giraffes and the curly tails, hooves and snouts for the pigs.
Make two of each animals by using either handprints and paints or by drawing around the student's hands and cutting out construction paper handprints to decorate and turn into little monkeys, pigs or giraffes.
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| Two handy monkeys. Monkeys made with handprints. More About Monkeys. |
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| Two handy giraffes. Giraffes made using handprints or hand cut-outs. More about giraffes. |
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| Two handy pigs. Pigs made from handprints or cut-outs. More about pigs here. |
The web is full of these popular hand crafts in every animal imaginable. Include some of these along with my versions to expand your classroom menagerie:
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