BABY MOSES IN THE RIVER
This is the first Passover craft I do with my kindergarten class each year, and they always love it. It’s a great craft to do once you’ve shared the Passover story because it highlights this life-changing moment for Moses. There are a lot of pieces and steps to it, but kids truly enjoy cutting the oval for the “water” and lots of little strips of cardstock for the “reeds,” drawing a little face on Baby Moses, and of course tucking him in with a cozy blanket! You can have your kiddos’ masterpieces on your seder table, and they’ll be so proud to show everyone what they’ve made, especially when you get to the Baby Moses part of the haggadah!
HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED:
-Paper plate (I used an oval plate, but a circle plate works fine, too)
-Paper for the "water” (I used blue printer paper)
-Optional: Oval Template PDF (or you could just draw an oval)
-Scissors
-Glue
-Wood peg doll or clothes pin
-Optional: watercolors or acrylic paint if you want Baby Moses to have a darker skin tone
-Small paper basket (I used a 1/4 lb. food tray)
-Fabric for the blanket
-Cardstock paper for the reeds (thicker paper works better for this and allows it to stand up)
-Optional: burlap to cover the basket
HERE’S WHAT YOU DO:
(1) Draw an oval on blue paper (or on white paper and you can color it blue), or open the Oval Template PDF and print out an oval. (2) Cut out the oval and glue it to the paper plate. (3) Cut several small strips of cardstock paper (about 1/4 inch wide by 2 inches tall) for the reeds. (4) Fold the bottom half inch of each strip and then put glue on the half-inch section and press it onto the blue paper (see photo for detail). (5) Continue gluing strips until you are happy with the amount of reeds. (6) If you want Baby Moses to have a darker skin tone, paint your peg doll the color you want and allow it to dry. (7) Draw a face on the peg doll. (8) Cut a small rectangle of fabric to make a blanket for Baby Moses. I used pinking shears to give it that jagged-edge look. (9) Optional: you can also cut small rectangles of burlap and glue it to the sides of the basket.
