Posted on 4/6/16 (Moderator relocated)
Acts 27, 28: A Snake Bites Paul on Malta - Rock & Roll Snakes
I have had the children make "Rock 'n Roll Snakes" to help them remember the Acts 27 story of Paul's shipwreck, and Acts 28's continuation of that story where Paul is bitten by a snake on Malta and the people's reaction to him there.
What's a "rock 'n roll snake"? It involves painting with marbles!
Each child will get a narrow, but long piece of white poster board. The children will then draw a snake on the poster board using an elongated "S." Using Sharpies, direct the children to make scales on the snake using a series of circles, triangles and squiggle lines. After the scales have been drawn on the snakes, put the snakes into a narrow cardboard box (soda boxes work well) and add marbles that have been dipped into paint. The children will simulate the ocean's storm as they roll the box with the marbles over the snakes. Review the story of Paul on his ocean voyage to Malta.