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January 6, 2012 | Filed in: Crafts | by Amanda

Christmas Eve was almost 3 weeks ago. (Really?!) That means it’s been almost a month since I’ve done a craft, an activity or even talked (in more than every day conversation) about the Bible with my kids! So, I’m taking my own advice and I planned out a new series for the kids. And I hope you join us for this one because it’s gonna be SUPER!

That’s right, we’re doing a SUPER HERO series! And it’s based on 1 Timothy 4:12,

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young but set an example for the believers in speech, in life (or conduct), in love, in faith and in purity!”

When I was younger I didn’t understand this verse. Who cares if someone looks down on you? But as a mom, I can see it a little more clearly. I want my kids to not just “be kids” who disobey, can’t do stuff because they are too young or immature. I want my kids to be examples of Jesus working in them–examples to their peers and even to adults.

I want my kids to use SUPER speech, display FANTASTIC conduct, to have INCREDIBLE love, LIGHTNING FAST faith and MAGNIFICENT purity. And not so they can be some kind of model child, but an example of our real Hero, Jesus!

So, each week (or as close as I can come to it!), we’ll tackle one of the “qualifications” laid out in this verse. Next week we’ll begin with SPEECH. We’ll learn a verse about it, do some crafts or activities and at the end of the week earn a SUPER HERO BADGE! Jason at Buzzhive is designing some downloadable, printable badges for us to use! I can’t wait to show them to you!

To kick off our Super Hero series, the kids and I made Super Hero crests today. This is where we will be putting our badges as we earn them. And when we’ve earned all 5 badges, I’m going to attach these crests to a shirt or cape for them!

make your own crest

All you need is a piece of felt, some foam letters (70% off after Christmas!) and scissors.

1 timothy 4:12

Fold your felt in half. Then cut off one small corner. Using the new top corner, cut a new line to the top folded edge. When you open it up, it will look (almost) just like Superman’s crest!

Then I let the kids look through all the foam letters for their names. Apparently I need to work on Asa’s name because at first he had, “SAAS” on his crest. Finally, I convinced him to shorten it to ASA!

And here they are, my Super Lydia and Incredible Asa!

I hope you join us on our Super Hero adventure! I won’t be posting every single day but probably 2-3 activities per week. I’m praying this will be a fun time of hiding God’s Word in our hearts and planting seeds that will grow for eternity!

More super fun for you:
Super Hero Pinterest Board
Super Hero Cuffs with Philippians 4:13
Seeds of Courage‘s song, “Young” (1 Timothy 4:12) and the video!
Meet The Rizers also have a 1 Timothy 4:12 song!

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I love this! My daughter asked last night, “When are we going to do crafts again”. Ouch!

Oh, I love this – if you need more pix/inspiration – I’ve got a whole pinterest board dedicated to throwing Auggie a SuperHero party when he is two…yes, I’m insane and have my 9.5 month old’s first two birthday parties planned out!

http://pinterest.com/allemccloskey/superhero-party-2-years/

Alle, I have my kids’ birthdays planned till they are like 10.

Thanks for the link!
a

I know, you should have seen the kids faces today, “We’re making something?!!”

What a fun series!

I am REALLY excited about this series and can’t wait to follow along with you as I teach my 2 sons how to be TRUE Super Hero’s! You never cease to amaze me with your creative ideas that speak right to the heart of kids. Thank you soo much! Can’t wait!

Hey Amanda-
Hillsong Kids’ “Superhero” will be a great song for families to use with their little ones during this unit. Jesus is the ultimate Superhero!

fun idea.

Amanda, I’m so excited about this. We are getting ready to start a unit study on Courage and this will fit in beautifully, especially since my youngest guy is obsessed with super-heroes. I love the idea of pointing him to some real-life heroes and inspiring him to be one too!

Ooh, what a fun way to teach these verses! Looking forward to joining you.

This is awesome!!! I love this idea and my boys are going to LOVE it too. Thank you so much for sharing this. I am so excited about helping my boys learn that Jesus is our true super hero!

We loved Truth in the Tinsel and are so looking forward to this! Thank you so much for your creativity and generosity.
Thanks again,
Caterina

I LOVE THIS! Go Amanda! Oh, and your kids are getting soooo big! I follow pretty regularly, but it just hit me how big they are getting. Are mine getting that big too?!?!?! ha ha.

SUPER excited about this series! And a tad bit disappointed in the timing. My BFF was looking for SUPER hero ideas this past October. We have been trying to focus our home devotional themes based on the kiddo’s Halloween costumes!

http://raisingdeeproots.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/redeeming-halloween-the-noble-knight/

This would have been AWESOME!

Still SUPER excited though! Thanks as always for the inspiration!!

OH good, I’m not the only birthday planning freak

What a great idea! I love the look on Asa’s face!! Looks like he’s giggling! What a cutie!

I am so excited to join you for this unit. My children and I loved the “Truth in the Tinsel”. I’m not particularly crafty yet your ideas are so cute and simple that we all had fun (and success!
I was curious: do you have a supply list – maybe on a weekly basis? Unfortunately, my uncraftiness results in not having many of the items that may be common in other homes. Thanks again – this is such a blessing!

You’re so sweet! Glad you’re joining me.

Oooh, yeah! I forgot about that song. Here’s a link if anyone wants it:
http://amzn.to/x4JqHk

Perfect! Thanks, Heather!
a

Yay! Glad you’ll be doing it w/me!

Yay!

Thank you!
a

It goes by tooo fast, doesn’t it?!

Oooh, I love that! Devotions on the Halloween costumes. SO cool!

I don’t, Elizabeth! But I can tell you, I’m not going to buy anything–it will all be coming out of my craft closet! So, hopefully it will be stuff you have!

He’s hilarious. Seriously, he makes me laugh every day!

I think I’m going to hit up Michael’s after-Christmas sales today (per your suggestion). Thanks!

Thank you so much for this! I just recently found your website, and we did two of the advent activities… Not as many as I would have liked, but it was a start. Just yesterday, my almost 3 year old son said, “I want todo more of these!!” so, I am very excited about this super hero series!

[...] for the third time! I am going to take a step back from the Narrow Way though and start doing the How to Be a Super Hero series from Impress Your Kids. Since I have 2 boys at the top, I think they will get an absolute KICK out [...]

I’m so excited! My son loves pretending he’s a super hero and a super helper. This is perfect for him!

Yay! My kids love it, too. Today they were running around the house with their capes on.

[...] Glue your Super Hero crest to the back. I guess you could sew it, but you know me, glue and duct tape are my methods of [...]

Thanks for this series! I’m going to adapt it to use for children’s church over 5 weeks. Thank you!

[...] we did our Super Hero Crests last week, we listened to Seeds Family Worship’s Young song (which is just 1 Timothy 4:12 set [...]

[...] Glue your Super Hero crest to the back. I guess you could sew it, but you know me, glue and duct tape are my methods of [...]

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