An angel told Mary that she was to be the mother of Jesus. What a thrill it must have been. Use these ideas and activities to teach your preschoolers this lesson.

The ideas below may help you when teaching your preschoolers a lesson about the angel that visits Mary to tell her she would be the mother of Jesus. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own lesson.

Story Suggestion

Luke 1:26-38

Game Ideas

Telephone Game

Directions: Have the children sit in a line side-by-side. Start the game by whispering a message in the first child's ear. Tell each child to pass along the message that you recited and see if they will keep the message intact all the way down the line. It may make it easier for the children, if you divide them into two groups for a big class. Now let a child start a message and see what happens. Young children usually laugh a lot during this game.

Variation: Make telephones out of Styrofoam cups and string and have children work in pairs to see if they can give each other messages through their "phones."

Dot-to-Dot

Directions: Print the dot-to-dot picture below and have the children complete the picture and color it.

Snacks

A good snack for this lesson would be:

Angel Food Cake

Prepare an Angel Food cake using box directions. Add fresh strawberries, blueberries, or other fruit with whipped topping for a special treat.

Another good snack for this lesson would be:

Angel Macaroon Kisses

Allergy Alert: Recipe contains nuts

Ingredients:

• 1 Angel Food cake mix
• 1/2 c. strawberry flavored carbonated beverage
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups shredded coconut
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
3. In a large bowl, mix the cake, beverage, and extract. Beat with mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes.
4. Fold in cococun and walnuts.
5. Drop by teaspoon onto foil 2 inches apart.
6. Bake for 10 minutes or until light brown.

Variation: You can drizzle these with chocolate, if desired.

Art Center Ideas

An Angel Visits Mary Coloring Page

Print the coloring page below and let the children color with crayons.

Paper Plate Angel

Materials:

• Paper plate
• Pencil
• Scissors
• Stapler
• Crayons

Directions:

1. On the underside of a paper plate draw an angel's head in the center of the plate.
2. Cut away 1/3 of the paper plate where the top of the angel's head is drawn. Discard this piece that is cut off.
3. Decorate the rest of the plate with crayons, and give the angel eye's and hair with crayons.
4. Overlap the edges of the angel's skirt slightly and staple it into place.

Suggested Prayer (or use your own)

Thank you, God, for this time of year when Jesus Christ was born. May we always remember to keep Him near to our hearts and in our minds. Amen.

See the full list of Sunday School lesson ideas on both the Old Testament and the New Testament!