With so many people trying to see jesus there was no way the friends carrying a stretcher could make it through the door.
Paralyzed man lowered through roof craft.
Make two small holes in the roof.
The picture of the man is from page 79 of the free lesson available from teachkids eu.
When they couldn t get near jesus they went to the roof and uncovered the roof.
When he returned to capernaum after some days it was reported that he was at home.
I created my diorama by inserting felt into a shoe box and then placing my flannel graph characters into the box.
Cut out the house and man on mat.
And these are the crafts created by the children.
Awesome he does amazing things.
And many were gathered together so that there was no more room not even at the door.
Tape 2 strips of wool on back of man.
And when they could not get near him because of the crowd they removed the roof above him and when they had made an opening they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay.
Diorama drama this story also lends itself well to a 3 d diorama dramatization in order to show the paralyzed man being lowered through the roof.
I made the paralyzed man and the bed according to the craft instructions found below.
Thread wool through holes in roof and tie.
It also underscores a bottom line lesson from the biblical record of the account.
Some men came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four of them.
The lesson is found in the preschooler section and is called little kids can know god through his miracles.
Man lowered through the roof.
Allow enough wool so the man can be lowered.
The bible tells us that the paralyzed man needed his friends to bring him to jesus.
We made a craft using a square envelope for the house.
When jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic son your sins are forgiven mark 2 3 5.
And they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men.
This week your child will create a paralyzed man lying on his mat with 4 ropes attached to remind them of the faith of this man and his friends as they lowered him through the roof to get to jesus.
Video 3 minutes 26 seconds of a teacher telling this story using simple paper props from youtube.
This is my version.
And he was preaching the word to them.
The activity highlights eight elements of this event.
Since they could not get him to jesus because of the crowd they made an opening in the roof above jesus and after digging through it lowered the mat the paralyzed man was lying on.
There were four men carrying a man that was paralyzed.
Jesus is our friend.
Glue flaps on house to make 3d.
Someone that is crippled and disabled they wanted to get close to jesus but the house was so full of people that they couldn t get to him.