{"id":1064,"date":"2009-02-12T10:56:45","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T18:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.makeplaydough.com\/blog\/1064\/lambs-and-shepherds-old-testament\/"},"modified":"2014-06-30T23:15:48","modified_gmt":"2014-06-30T23:15:48","slug":"lambs-and-shepherds-old-testament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1064\/lambs-and-shepherds-old-testament","title":{"rendered":"Lambs and Shepherds: Old Testament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-snk-default wp-image-17090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/55b2594780fab1c303183d56_640_lamb-550x370.jpg\" alt=\"Two Lambs\" width=\"550\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/55b2594780fab1c303183d56_640_lamb-550x370.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/55b2594780fab1c303183d56_640_lamb-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/55b2594780fab1c303183d56_640_lamb-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/55b2594780fab1c303183d56_640_lamb-250x168.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/55b2594780fab1c303183d56_640_lamb.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One big theme throughout the bible is that of Jesus Christ being the &#8220;Lamb of God&#8221; or the &#8220;Good Shepherd.&#8221; There are a lot of animal crafts that go along with lambs and shepherds that kids can have a great time making. Here are some ideas for using lambs and Shepherds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decorating a lamb with cotton balls is an easy craft that kids can make on their own.<\/li>\n<li>Gluing pieces of black paper for ears and eyes to a ball of cotton<\/li>\n<li>Lamb hand prints<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are just few of the ideas you can use when it comes to making Old Testament bible crafts. An easy way to figure out what kinds of crafts to use is thinking about themes and stories that run throughout the bible. 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