Dramatic Pictures

Read your children the story of Moses and collecting manna in the desert. Briefly discuss manna and then give them paper, pencils, crayons and other art supplies. Tell them to write a new story involving manna that helps illustrates God’s love to his children. Encourage them to use their own life as an example in writing their story. They can then draw a series of pictures that illustrate their story. These can be done in a comic format, an illustrated book format or any other way they feel comfortable. Praise their artwork and storytelling abilities as they go. Send these home with them to show their parents or hang them up in the Sunday School classroom.

Manna Food

The Sunday School Teaching Resources website suggests cooking "manna" with your students. This lets you have a nice snack during Sunday School while you give a lesson about manna. Briefly discuss manna using biblical descriptions. Manna is described as sweet in the Bible, so your students will make a very sweet treat. Hand out soft flour tortillas to each of your students. Microwave these tortillas if possible to make them nice and soft. Give your kids honey, butter, cinnamon and sugar. Give them a spoon to place these ingredients on their tortillas. Let them mix the ingredients up in any way they see fit. Help them wrap up the tortillas to contain the ingredients. Give a detailed lesson about the importance of manna while they eat.

Clay Manna

Hand out white play dough or clay to each of your students after you have given them a lesson on manna. Tell them they are going to make manna for their friends and family members. They should make small, circular shaped pieces of clay. They can vary the size of the clay if they want, including larger clumps and smaller clay shapes. Give them paints to color the manna whatever color they like. They should also include reasons for giving out the manna painted onto the clay. For example, they could paint “for helping me out in class on Friday” on one of the pieces of manna. Each piece should be dedicated to a person. Let them hand out their manna in class or take them home.

Paper Plate Manna Collectors

Hand out paper plates, string, scissors, crayons, markers and other coloring art supplies to each student. Tell them they are going to make a manna collector. Each student should use the scissors to make a small hole on each side of the plate. They should then tie their string to each side to create a handle for their collector. Give them a few minutes to color the plate with biblical themed drawings, such as people collecting manna. Take the students outside after you are finished to “collect manna,” using natural objects such as pine cones, sticks and rocks. Bring these back in and place them in a basket called your “manna collection” basket.