HEART FLOWERS: Teacher will have hearts cut out in various colors. Children will place the hearts on a piece of construction paper with the tip of the hearts all facing inward to make the form of a flower. They can also draw the stem and place a heart on each side of the stem to look like a leaf. The middle of the "heart flower" can have a round circle with I LOVE YOU in one of the languages that the children learned. Children can color or decorate their "heart flower" while answering questions about our Bible Story today.

FEED MY LAMBS can: Using a vegetable can or orange juice can covered with construction paper, the children can glue on little cotton balls all over the can. Teacher can have little ears cut out (that say FEED MY LAMBS on one ear and I LOVE YOU LORD on the other ear) for child to glue on the top and little black split hooves to tape or glue on the bottom of the can and eyes to glue for the face. Children could use this decorated can to hold pencils or markers at SS or at home. (While glueing the cotton balls on the Lamb-can, discuss the story and answer questions)

LOVE GAME:  The teacher will tell the children that that throughout the class today, whenever he/she says PETER, they all say I LOVE YOU. This will help to insure that the children are paying attention. Explain why Jesus kept asking PETER if he loved him - because it isn't enough to SAY we love Him, but we need to SHOW our love for Jesus by showing our love for one another and caring for one another!!!

HEARTS to "Love You" - Draw 2 hearts on poster board or heavy construction paper for each child to cut out (or for younger children, the hearts can be cut out ahead of time).Cut a slit in one heart about 3/4 way up the middle from the bottom of that heart and a small cut from the top of the other heart so the one heart can be slipped over the other in the middle and will look like 3D. Use glitter glue to decorate the hearts and write I LOVE YOU in a different language.

LOVE treasure hunt: Give each child a white lunch bag on which they will draw colorful hearts and print the various languages for I LOVE YOU. Send the children on a LOVE (hearts) treasure hunt to gather all the hidden hearts they can find to put in their bags. (To make it more fair, you might send children two at a time to gather a specified number of hearts.)  Heart candy or cookies could be given in this bag at the end of class as a LOVE TREAT!

LOVE heart chain - Have the children cut out hearts and print the I LOVE YOU on each heart from other languages and then tape the hearts together to form a long heart chain on the classroom wall! You might choose to decorate some hearts with happy faces or the Bible verses.

LOVE HEART wreath - Cut the middle out of paper plates. Each child is given many hearts to glue around the side of the paper plate wreath to make a LOVE wreath to hang up in class or on the church bulletin board or at home to remind them of LOVE IN ANY LANGUAGE, as they print those love languages on the heart wreath.

OTHER CRAFT IDEAS:  Danielle's Place has numerous ideas for "sheep crafts."

Song:  "Oh, How I Love Jesus" Arr. by Charles Kirkpatrick

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