Paper plate pockets make handy storage bags for prayers or scripture verses. Simply cut a paper plate in half and stack the two parts together and staple the edges. Decorate with markers, crayons or stickers and tie on a yarn handle for easy carrying.
Stories such as Noah's Ark provide inspiration to make a paper plate boat. Cut a plate in half. Stack and staple the two halves together to make the hull, and color it as you wish. Cut out and color a variety of paper people and animals. Insert them into the pocket, letting them stick out of the top of the boat. Use the craft as a visual to retell the story.
Your can illustrate battle stories such as David and Goliath, Joshua and the Battle of Jericho or the Armor of God with a shield craft. Decorate a paper plate with symbols of spiritual victory such as the cross, a lion, a descending dove or the sign of the fish using paper cutouts or markers. Staple or tape a paper strip on the back for a handle. Display as a reminder to rely on God for victory in hard times.
Bible accounts of angelic visitors such as the stories of Joshua, Gideon or the Christmas story call for angel crafts. Cut a white paper plate in half. Fold the two corners of one piece down to the lower center for the body. Glue the body to the other plate half for wings. From construction paper or another medium, cut out a skin tone-colored circle for a head and a slightly larger yellow circle for a halo. Glue the head on the halo, draw a face on the angel and glue the whole piece to the top center point of the body. Use yarn for hair and decorate with shiny stars.
Celebrate creation with a flower or sun craft. Cut out paper flower petals or sun rays, glue them around the edge of a paper plate and color the center. Staple to a long green paper stem and leaves to complete a flower.
Lion and lamb crafts go well with Daniel in the Lion's Den or Good Shepherd stories. Draw a lion or lamb face in the center of a paper plate and glue a mane of yellow and orange yarn or a wooly lamb's coat of cotton balls around the edge.
The story of Jonah and the Whale or the disciples fishing give you an excuse to make fish or whale crafts. Trim two paper plates into matching whale or fish shapes, and color and staple them together along one edge. Stuff the inside with newspaper for a 3-D effect, then staple the other edges to seal. Punch a hole in the top and tie a yarn loop through it for a hanger.