Using a craft to teach children about Moses and the burning bush will help them remember the story. Not only will the children be engaged in creating a burning bush, but possessing a craft helps bring the story to life so they retain what they learned. Parents can also use the craft to reinforce the lesson at home.
Draw bush-shaped pictures on green construction paper and cut them out. Provide each student with a bush. Cut strips of red and yellow tissue paper and give students glue. Have students crumble the yellow and red tissue paper and affix it to the bush with glue. The red and yellow tissue paper will look like flames.
Create stencils of bushes or allow students to draw a bush freehand. Supply paint brushes and paint and let children paint the bush green. When the green paint is dry, they can embellish the bush with orange and yellow paint to create flames.
This project is suitable for upper elementary students. Provide students with clay. Talk about the general rounded shape of a bush and the free-form appearance of flames. Let children create a bush with clay and then embellish it with flames. Children can glaze their creations and the teacher can fire them in a kiln. The clay burning bush projects can be used as paperweights.