Baby Moses activities

Our Sunday School class finally moved out of Genesis with Joseph being reunited with his family, and now we’re finally moving on to Exodus and Moses.  Specifically today, baby Moses activities.

 

What I learn from baby Moses and how he grows up

Moses is a story I love, for several reasons, one of which we’ll get into today.  If you look at Moses, it’s a clear example of God putting the person in the right situation to do the job he’s appointed to do, much as Joseph was.  Moses was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter, so he knew ALL of the court traditions, and the intrigue, and the politics, but he was also Hebrew.  He murdered someone, and became an outcast to Egyptian society, so he could feel some of the Hebrews pain.

Let’s take a moment and go back to Moses in the river.  First we learn his family loved him a lot, they hid him for months, and when they could hide him no longer they set their daughter to watch over him.  Unlike what we see in Prince of Egypt, Moses was guarded and watched over (though I do love that song a lot), but that song shows the love his family felt.  We also get to see a bit of a foreshadowing of Jesus in this story.  Moses alone was saved when Pharaoh killed all of those other children, and only Jesus was saved when Herod killed all of those other poor children over a thousand years later.  I find all of this fascinating.

 

So, with all that it’s no wonder I had a slew of baby Moses activities, and I only was able to do about 3 of them.  Insert sad Ticia face here.

 

Baby Moses lesson activities

Well, you can’t learn about the plight of the Jews in Egypt without experiencing some of it.  Or, you can’t if it’s summer and it’s warm enough to do this activity:  I made them make bricks.

 

First I made the girls carry buckets of water, since this was last week and it was just the girls then, I opted for a smaller bucket.  As it was Princess was quite sure I was torturing her with this activity.  Which did get the point across carrying water to make mud is hard.

 

In some ways just having the girls worked really well, because they really weren’t enjoying getting muddy, and the biting flies that were attracted to the muddy water.  So it truly let them know how miserable making bricks was.  Bible Class Creations had an idea about making bricks, that I’ll try when this topic is revisited in a few weeks.

 

I think this picture of a muddy Princess perfectly sums up their feelings on being forced to make bricks.

 

The next activity was more up the girls’ alley, making a peg doll baby Moses!

 

I was going to be all methodical and get all of these great pictures of the process, but I was too busy painting and having fun.  So, here’s Princess trimming the basket all level.

 

Painting her egg boat, and the dolls.  Can you tell she’s over the top tired?

 

And finally playing with the sets we’d all made.  They loved it.  What’s not to like about playing with peg dolls?

Want to get the story book with all of the activities, discussion questions, and more ideas than I did here?  Just click on the picture below.

 

Baby Moses activities, yet more ideas

People love to do stuff with this story (and I don’t blame them), so here’s some more cool ideas

{Links marked with * are affiliate links}

• Baby Moses storybook and discussion questions
• Buck Denver Asks: What’s in the Bible? Volume Two – Let My People Go*
• VeggieTales – Moe & The Big Exit*
• Prince of Egypt & Joseph: King of Dreams (Double Feature)*
• Israelites make bricks
• Baby Moses activities (lots of activities including a printable game)
• Baby Moses handprint craft

 

 

Continue the story as Moses sees a burning bush and talks to it.  Or follow the entire story on the Moses Unit page.