THE DOVE AND
THE OLIVE BRANCH
(Reprinted with permission from Bible Story Crafts for Little Hands by Ruth Esrig Brinn, illustrated by Sally Springer, Kar-Ben Copies, 2000. To purchase a copy go to www.karben.com.)

What You Need:

sheet of thin cardboard
drinking straw
wire twist
hole punch, tape, markers
paste
green crayon or marker


What You Do:

1. Print this page, paste the picture of the dove below to the cardboard, and cut the cardboard along the outline of the dove.

2. Punch a hole for the mouth and put the wire twist through the mouth. Twist to fasten.

3. Cut out the small leaves below, color them green, and tape them to the twist.

4. Tape the straw to the back of the dove.