WATER PAINTING: Let children brush or finger paint a picture of today's lesson on a large poster board. Let children write parts of today's Bible verse on their painting after it dries(during class) and review the verse!

PETER on WATER: Give each child a ping pong ball to draw a face on with permanent marker and give them each a glass or small plastic bowl with water in it to float the ping pong ball. Write parts of the lesson or today's Bible verse on a slip of paper to glue or tape to the glass or bowl to take home to tell the story to someone else and to remind them to have FAITH!

BOAT BUILDING: Give each child a sponge and toothpics to stick in the sponge that will hold the sail-drawn pieces, etc. Float the sponge lightly on the water of a large bowl of water and talk about today's lesson and how Peter's Faith allowed him to get OUT of the boat and follow Jesus, until he took his eyes off of Jesus!

FAITH DRAWING: Let children work together for a chalk drawing of FAITH and believing (on one side of the chalk board for one team of children) and NON FAITH and doubt on the other side of the board. Give children ideas for their "drawings" such as happy or sad faces, Peter ON the water (FAITH) and Peter sinking (non-faith/doubt), FAITH=floater, DOUBT=sinker, etc! Title their drawings and let each team explain their drawings!

WATER WALKIN: Let children take off their shoes and socks and take turns placing their feet in a shallow pan of water and then the first child will walk on the floor or on the sidewalk and make foot prints. Then the next child will put their feet in the water and try to walk on the exact same footprints as the first child. Each child will follow after and see if they can walk on the same prints. If they happen to make a new print, then the children following can choose which foot prints they want to follow. Tell children that today we'll be talking about walkin on the water!

WATER RING RELAY: Children can divide into two teams. The teams will take turns running to the far side of the room and putting on a swim ring and run back to their team. The next player will be handed the swim ring and will put it on and then run to the far side of the room and take the swim ring off and run back to their team, where the next player will run to put on the swim ring and continue to play until all the players have run.

WATER BALLOON ART: If children are able to go outside, give each child a water balloon to throw and let it "splat". Then each child will be given sidewalk chalk to make their water mark into a picture of Joseph and the coat of many colors with adding arms, legs, the coat, etc. Let children quickly walk around to see everyone's water art!

WATER SQUIRT GUNS: Give each child a squirt gun (inexpensive guns at a dollar store) and buckets of water. Children can all write words from today's lesson with their squirt guns on the sidewalk or parking lot or paper that is taped to the side of the building, if desired. Bible words such as Faith, Peter, Lord, Jesus, doubt, etc. Let children tell something about their Water Words from today's lesson.

PICNIC AND/OR "WATER"MELON SNACKS: Just to keep with the theme of today's lesson on the water, let children enjoy some WATERmelon chunks and if they're doing that outside - they could see who can have the FAITH that "THEY" could spit the WATERmelon seeds the farthest!! WATER taffy could be another snack treat for the kids! This could be enjoyed on a blanket or at a picnic table like a picnic together while discussing today's story and FAITH!

ROLL OUT THE WATER: Roll out a LONG sheet of paper on a long table and let children make waves and blue water on the lower half of the paper. Draw a boat and Peter and Jesus and tell the story again while the children draw the pictures as the story is told. Write the Bible verse words in the waves.

Song:  "Walkin' on the Water"  by Charles Kirkpatrick