The Solomon’s Temple Craft is an easy activity to use in your homeschool and or Sunday School class. Preschoolers and young learners do well with tasks like coloring and gluing. Our craft allows teachers to review the story of Solomon building the temple while affording students the opportunity to complete a craft. It is a win-win activity!
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Solomon was a king of Israel known for his wisdom, wealth, and the building of the first Temple in Jerusalem. He succeeded his father, King David, and reigned during a period of peace and prosperity. Solomon requested wisdom from God, rather than wealth or power, which pleased God and resulted in him receiving both. He is renowned for constructing the Temple of Jerusalem, a monumental project that became the center of Israelite worship. Solomon’s reign was marked by peace and prosperity, but also by growing extravagance and the potential for idolatry due to his many foreign wives. Solomon is traditionally credited with authoring several books of the Bible, including Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs. Now that we have discussed some of Solomon’s backstory, let’s focus on his commitment to build God’s temple.
Our Solomon’s Temple Craft was created for a preschool Sunday School Class. However, I could see this being used for kids through 3rd grade. There were approximately 15 children in the class. After watching a short video provided by the church, I reviewed the lesson with the students. We focused on who Solomon was and what a temple is. Solomon built the temple so that God could dwell there and believers could have a place to worship God. Our Solomon’s Temple Craft makes teaching kids these concepts easy.
Many could argue that the ways in which we can worship God is countless. However, in the Solomon’s Temple Craft we will focus on 4 different ways in which we can worship God. I explain to the kids that the temple was built as a meeting place for God and believers. It is a special place meant for us to worship God. This craft incorporates the print-outs and two other pieces that can be cut out from construction paper: a red heart and a yellow door. During my review of the lesson, I used a pre-made craft like the one shown in the picture to show my kids what we would be making. We started by talking about the meaning of a temple and how a church is our temple.
There are four cut-outs on the second sheet. One is the “praying hands” symbol, representing prayer to God. The second is a boy singing to show that we can worship God through song. Thirdly, a Bible to represent the reading of God’s word. Lastly, I cut out red hearts to represent that loving others is a way to worship. On the side, I also included a picture of a family to represent fellowship with our church family. Yellow rectangles were also cut out of construction paper to represent the door of the temple and gold. Solomon wanted the temple to be a special place, so he had lots of things covered in gold within the temple. The yellow door reminds us that we must enter into a place of worship and that it is a sacred place. .
1.) Pray to God. In kid terms, talk to God about anything and everything. It is important to point out to your students that God is not only at church, but EVERYWHERE! We can talk to God in the bathtub, the car, and even on a swing!
2.) Sing praises to God! La la la la la…. This is a great time to throw in the song, “Jesus loves me!” or “My God is so BIG!”
3.) Read the Bible. The Bible is God’s words. Since I was working with preschoolers, this was a fantastic time to sing the “B-I-B-L-E” song.
4.) Last, but not least, LOVE OTHERS! This is an appropriate time to talk about how to show love and behavior that does not demonstrate love. Kicking our sibling or saying unkind words is not showing love to others.
At home, my kids color the craft first and then they cut out their own heart, rectangle, and craft pieces. Once they glue their pieces on the temple, it is time to hang it on the cork board. In a church setting, I have the craft pieces already cut out before class. The kids will color their temples and then I give them the pieces to glue on themselves or the other teachers and I put glue on their papers for the kids to stick their pieces to. It is a fun craft to create with younger students.
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