SNOW ANGELS: If there is snow, take a quick trip to the snow and let the children lay down and make a snow angel and head back to class to talk about angels!

ANGELS IN A JAR GAME: Teacher can have small plastic or paper angels made or purchased and have children kneel on a chair and attempt to drop as many angels into the jar on the floor. Discussion about angels watching over each child following the game!

COOKIE ANGELS: Make angel cut-out cookies for children to decorate and while frosting their cookies and decorating, talk about what the children know about angels.

ANGEL, ANGEL WHERE'S YOUR HALO GAME: One of the children could be given a pair of cardboard-decorated angel wings to wear as "IT". Other children will be in a circle around the "Angel IT" and will pass a little halo (with garland, etc) around BEHIND their backs. When the teacher says, ANGEL, ANGEL, WHERE'S YOUR HALO, the children will stop passing the halo and "IT" will try to guess WHO has the halo? If the ANGEL guesses, then that person will be the next ANGEL and the game can continue!

ANGEL MUSICAL CHAIRS: Play this game like the regular musical chairs, but have ONE chair decorated with angel wings or with garland, etc. When the music stops, the child that is sitting on the ANGEL chair will be out and one chair removed and the game will continue.

PIN THE HALO ON THE ANGEL:  This can be played like PIN THE TAIL ON THE DONKEY but children will take turns pinning the halo on an angel and talking about how Angels protect us. SING "Angels watching over me".

ANGEL ORNAMENT or WALL HANGING: Give each child a white paper doilie. Fold the doilie in half and then half again to make the "dress" of the angel. Use chenille wire to make the angel head and hook into the "dress'. Add a little tinsel or garland on the head part to decorate.

ANGEL ART - Cookie cutter ANGELS:  Can be drawn on construction paper and children can either decorate several angels on their paper or cut the angels out and glue onto another poster to decorate with glitter, sequins, gel pens, etc. TITLE the poster ANGELS WATCHING OVER ME!

PLAY-ACT STORY: Children could play-act the story while the teacher reads about Herod, Mary, Joseph and the Angels. Teacher could also have the children in the story speak the parts. This might be fun for the children to take their "Play" to another class to share quickly.

ANGEL LAYERED BIRTHDAY CAKE: Make a birthday cake for Jesus and have an ANGEL on the top of the cake. Make a 3 layered cake - bottom layer could be chocolate to represent our sins; middle layer could be RED for Jesus' blood that washed our sins away; 3rd layer can be green for our Christian growth after knowing Jesus as Savior.

ANGEL POSTER:   Give children a typed-out paper with Psalm 91: 11-12 (Message) and let children glue that onto a traced angel on construction paper and decorate the edges of their poster to make a pretty border. OR... children can glue the verses on a piece of construction paper and let children draw angels around the edges.

Song:  "Angels Watching Over Me" - Black Spiritual

Lead Sheet (PDF) - Vocal part and text

Piano Accompaniment (MP3) Right click and save to your computer.

This song is in the public domain and may be downloaded and reproduced for religious or educational use by churches, schools, home schoolers, and other non-profit organizations.