Past "Raising Spiritual Children" Projects

No-Sew Friendship Dolls: Easy to Make "No-Sew" Dolls that Teach about "Unity in Diversity". The dolls are made out of rolled strips of paper and can be dressed in all types of diverse costumes. Parents and teachers can make these dolls very detailed to give as gifts or to decorate a classroom in an international theme. Children ages 8-12 can make them with very little assistance, and younger children can make them with adult help.

Puffy Pictures: Children can transform their drawings into large pillows or small little gifts.

Prayer and Virtue Cards: A fun way for your child to learn memorization skills. They can be used at spiritual gatherings like Feast or everyday at bedtime. Make a few at a time and create a collection which can be passed along from child to child.

"World Traveling" Teddy: Send your Toy on a Global Adventure! An exciting project for one child to do, or for an entire classroom of children. A teddybear is suggested, but I don't see why other types of stuffed animals couldn't be substituted. The basic idea is that the bear is like a "message in a bottle" that is thrown into the ocean, but in this case will be carried from place to place by travelers to distant lands.

Seasonal Bookmarks: Easy-to-Make for Gifts or Special Occasions. These are great to make all year round, just change the natural elements to reflect the seasons. You can even have the children write a seasonal poem, prayer, or phrase on each side before decorating.

3 Quick Ideas: A game to teach about studying sacred text; an artsy bathtime tip; and an introspective project that even adults would enjoy-- creating a Personal Timeline".

Ayyám-í-Ha Fun: Celebrate, Decorate, & Perform a Service Project. Instructions for easy holiday decorating, a fun game you can play anywhere even in the car, and a "cookie share".

Jewelry Crafts: Create Ayyám-í-Ha and Valentine's Day Jewelry or Refrigerator Magnets. Ideas for best friends and 9-pointed stars.

"My Own Storytime" I & II: Ideas to Spark Young Writer's Imaginations. The first two installments of "My Own Storytime," a collection of ideas to inspire you and your child to create your own stories and books. If your child is too young to write the story down themselves, tape record them reciting the tale and write or type it for them afterwards.

Náw-Rúz Handprints & Pledge: Interactive Craft Project. Your child or class compose their own New Year's pledge (resolution) and then decorate with handprints.

Global Citizenship Awareness: These activities are for children, families, and communities to help foster the consciousness of the globe/planet earth, and from there can begin conversations about what Baha'u'llah means by world citizenship, and the oneness of humanity.

Reduce-Reuse-Recycle: Sticker Pins, a quick craft for all ages. This is the first in a series of ideas focusing on the transformation of items that might normally be discarded.

Alphabet Poem: Kids can create a personalized poem that lists an alphabet full of the strongest attributes of their friend or loved one.

Hidden Words Matching Game: A visual game matching nouns from The Hidden Words by Bahá'u'lláh. The primary objective of the game is for the children to match a quote with an appropriate object displayed on a table or in the classroom area.

My Own Storytime III and IV: Two more ideas for very young writers which combine words and images.

Declaration of the Báb Maze: Help Mulla Husayn find the House of the Bab in Shiraz.

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