Finding engaging ways to teach children about prayer can be a rewarding challenge. Incorporating crafts into lessons can make learning about prayer more interactive and memorable for kids.
Whether you’re planning an activity for your children at home, a Sunday School class, a homeschool group, or even for yourself, these creative prayer crafts for kids provide meaningful ways to reinforce the importance of prayer.
Here, we’ve gathered 21 fantastic prayer craft ideas for kids, ranging from simple and affordable to more involved projects. These options will help you choose an activity that fits your needs perfectly.
How to Choose the Right Prayer Craft for Kids
With countless craft ideas available, it’s essential to choose one that aligns with your goals and resources. Here are some factors to consider:
- Sound Theology: A cute craft might catch your eye, but ensure it aligns with biblical teachings. Especially in a church setting, it’s vital that the content supports a solid understanding of prayer. Seek guidance if unsure.
- Budget: Crafting can be fun, but costs can add up quickly. Determine your budget beforehand and look for free or inexpensive options to stay within your limits.
- Time: Consider how much time you have to prepare and complete the craft. This is especially important for group settings.
- Age-Appropriateness: Choose crafts suitable for the age and skill level of the children involved. Younger kids may need assistance or simpler activities.
- Durability: Reflect on whether the craft is likely to be kept or if it serves a short-term purpose. While temporary crafts can still be valuable, it’s worth considering when purchasing materials.
Once you’ve considered these factors, you’re ready to dive into these prayer craft ideas!
21 Creative Prayer Crafts for Kids
These ideas range from simple to detailed projects, offering a variety of options to fit your group’s needs.
Prayer Boards
Prayer boards transform a bulletin board into a place to display prayer requests, answered prayers, and Scripture. They’re a visually engaging way to encourage prayer.
Create your own with a small bulletin board, printable headers, and decorations. This can be achieved a variety of ways, including printable kits.
Here’s a picture of what a prayer board might look like. There are a lot of different aesthetics you can choose to make a prayer board your own.
Prayer boards can be simple yet meaningful crafts by using a printable kit for headers, titles, and other decorations to enhance a bulletin board.
There are printable kits in our Etsy shop that you can buy, including ones that have a more youthful look: the Shine Bright Edition and the Elementary Edition.Â
We’ll focus on some free resources from our Gumroad shop. The first is for a mini prayer board kit sampler.
This prayer board was made with a felt bulletin board from the Dollar Tree and a one page free printable Mini Prayer Board Kit Sampler from our Gumroad shop. (As well as some wooden push pins we had on hand.) The mini kit refers to the size of the bulletin board; the prayer board headers are sized for this very small bulletin board.
If you want more options for a smaller prayer board, you can buy the full kit here.
You can watch a video about making a mini prayer board on our YouTube channel.
For regular-sized bulletin boards, we also have some prayer board headers that are in a more fun font available for free.
If you want more options, visit the prayer printables section of our Etsy shop.
Looking for another option? Check out this prayer request board from Focus on the Family. It could be a really good option for a larger space, like a Sunday School classroom or a focus piece in your home.
Head over to their website for more instructions. They are rather detailed, so it might be one where you want to get ideas from it rather than follow the directions step-by-step.
Prayer Boxes
Prayer boxes offer a personal way to organize prayer requests. Kids can write requests on cards and place them in the box as a symbol of giving their concerns to God.
We have a whole article about prayer box ideas, but in summary, prayer boxes are a way to keep track of prayer requests, filling out prayer requests on cards so you can remember to pray for them. You can also add Bible verses and inspirational content to your box as well.
For a low budget craft, save various boxes and use this free download of prayer requests cards from our Gumroad store.
Or, pick up the full kit and have a few more options to add Bible verses to your index card boxes, mint boxes, or larger boxes.
If you want something different, take a look at these options.
The “Donut Worry” is a free printable you can add to your own container.
S & S blog has more examples of a Christian prayer craft for kids.
Other Popular Prayer Craft Ideas
Looking for other options? Choose from these meaningful crafts.
Prayer Journal/Prayer Book
This post on the Babywise site details how one mom helped her young child create a prayer journal in a spiral notebook.
Preschool Praise on Teachers Pay Teachers features this cute printable prayer journal for preschoolers.
Happy Housewife detailed how she made a prayer book with her preschooler.
This post talks about making a hand-shaped prayer book, and links to a free printable for the words for the book.
Prayer Jars
Prayer jars can be seen as a variation on a prayer box, as you put prayer requests in a container. But there seems to be more of an emphasis of using it as a way to get prayer ideas, putting in prayer prompts for important aspects of the Christian walk that might get overlooked.
This post on Paper Scissors Craft gives a list of prayer prompts to include in your prayer jar.
This looks like a prayer jar but is made with paper! This low-cost craft on Etsy from Gentle Mist Designs is a printable paper jar craft.
5-Finger Prayer Printables
Bible Study Printables highlights this method of prayer with these free helpful printables.
Intentionally Exploring on Teachers Pay Teachers has a low cost worksheet (or free version with less info) of a “Teach Me to Pray” Hand.
Prayer Craft Kits
When you’re short on time, especially preparing for a Sunday School class or other group activity, pre-made kits might be the right choice for you. Here are a few choices for prayer crafts for kids.
There are more prayer crafts for kids after this section, so keep reading!
This Family Prayer Jar Craft Kit could be a fun addition to a Vacation Bible School craft time or a Christian school classroom activity.
Teaching about the Lord’s Prayer? This bookmark kit could be a great choice.
Here’s another option for a prayer box, but this time, in a pre-made kit.
Other Prayer Crafts
One of the favorite ideas I saw was a Prayer Cross over at Easy Breezy Sunday School. It does require some planning ahead to gather the right size boxes and empty toilet paper rolls. (Though you can buy toilet paper rolls for crafts online!)
Sometimes you need a worksheet or coloring page instead of an elaborate craft. Take a look at these prayer activities.
This coloring page reviews the prayer acronym: Praise, Repent, Ask, Yield.
These printable prayer prompt cards are easy to color and put in a bag, box, or envelope.
This is another fun choice for a prayer coloring sheet.
Paper Scissors Craft highlights some prayer crafts for kids that are available on her website.
Encouraging Kids Through Prayer Crafts
Prayer crafts give children a tangible way to connect with their faith and develop a deeper understanding of prayer. From hands-on projects like prayer boards and boxes to simple coloring sheets, there’s a craft for every situation.
By choosing activities that suit your resources and the children’s needs, you can create a memorable and faith-filled experience.
Explore these 21 creative ideas to inspire kids and foster a lifelong habit of prayer!
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