Day Four
(click for a printable pdf)
God Made the Sun, Moon, and Stars
And God said, “Let bright lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. They will be signs to mark off the seasons, the days, and the years . . . For God made two great lights, the sun and the moon, to shine down upon the earth. The greater one, the sun, presides during the day; the lesser one, the moon, presides through the night. He also made the stars. God set these lights in the heavens to light the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. This all happened on the fourth day.
Genesis 1:14-19
Bible:
Say: “God made the sun for light in the day and the moon and stars for light at night. God is so powerful all He had to do was speak and they were made. This is what the Bible tells us: And God said, ‘Let bright lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. They will be signs to mark off the seasons, the days, and the years’ . . . For God made two great lights, the sun and the moon, to shine down upon the earth. The greater one, the sun, presides during the day; the lesser one, the moon, presides through the night. He also made the stars. God set these lights in the heavens to light the earth, to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. This all happened on the fourth day.”
Read about Day Four of Creation in a Bible story book
Activities:
Make a day time/night time picture like the one above or print the pdf.
Go here to find some basic info about the sun, moon, and stars
- Make sun prints by placing a colored piece of art paper in the sun and put a small shape such as a key, toy, or whatever on it. Come back a little later and the sun will have made a print of the shape on the paper. Sing: The Sun is in the Sky
- Go outside at night and look at the stars and moon. Sing: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star; God Has Put You Where You Are.
- Play with play dough on a black piece of art paper:
- Make a large round yellow ball for the sun.
- Make a smaller yellow ball for the moon and put indentions in it for craters.
- Make a crescent moon or other phases of it and talk about the fact that sometimes we can’t see all of the moon. (Click for another way to illustrate all the phases of the moon)
- Use a star cookie cutter and make stars.
- Cut sandwiches in shapes of sun, moon, and stars or make cookies in the shapes.
Prayer: Thank you, God, for the sun to light the day and the moon and stars to light the night.
Song: Sing the following words to God Made the Whole World by His Hands
God made the big, round sun to brighten the day.
He made the moon and the stars to light up the night.
God made the sun, moon, and stars by His hands.
He made the whole world by His hands.
