Joyfully Praise!

When teaching on Psalm 150 or any lesson involving praising the Lord, here is a fun (& noisy!) craft activity:

Praise cymbals 

Supplies Needed:

Aluminum pie pans (2 per child)

Fun Foam cut into 6X2" strips (2 per child)

Brads (2 per child)

I don't know what they're called, but those little circles you put on paper to reinforce the holes (4 per child)

Prepare Ahead:

Using a screwdriver or other sharp instrument, carefully poke holes in the center of the pie plates about 4 inches apart.  Flatten out any aluminum sticking up around the holes.  Cover both front and back of these holes with those little reinforcer thingy's (!), to protect fingers from being cut by the sharp aluminum.  Measure about 1 inch from either end of foam strips and mark with small x's.

In Class:

Students line up x's on foam strips with holes in pie plates and gently push brads through both, then bend in back to secure in place.  They may then put hands through these "handles" to where their palms are flat against the pie plates and the foam strips are over the back of their hands, and clang the plates together like cymbals.

Suggestion for use:

Guide the students in joyfully praising the Lord for all that He is and all that He does.  Spend some quiet time allowing the Holy Spirit to reveal to each student one thing for which they can praise Him, then go around the circle and have each student complete this statement:  “I praise You, God, because...”  Remind them to praise Him joyfully!  They may clang their cymbals 3 times after sharing their praise.  In addition you may want to play some upbeat praise music and allow the children to march around the room crashing their cymbals to the beat.


What fun craft ideas do you have to use in praising the Lord?