Thinking about God's Love: Paper Cut Heart Circle

This is a fairly easy and impressive looking paper cutting activity that can be used to explore any passage or story focussing on God's love. I especially love the fact that the hearts form both a circle and a star because those ideas lend themselves to thinking about God's love being all encompassing and never ending, and also draw attention to the star that leads to the baby who is the ultimate expression of God's love.

You will need: Scissors, a square of paper (mine was patterned on one side and blank on the other), a pen or pencil, a flat, hard surface.

Lay your paper square flat on a hard surface.

Fold the square in half...

...and in half again.

Open out the last fold you made. There will now be a line down the centre of the triangle.

Fold one side of the triangle to line up with the centre line.

Now fold the other side of the triangle over the top of that. Be aware that the folded sides will not be of an equal size, but don't worry! This is what will lead the different sized hearts. There are ways to make the size of the hearts equal but I am aiming for easiness and I don't mind 2 different sized hearts if the craft is easier!

On the top of the folded piece, draw a version of the above. Make sure your pencil or pen lines reach right to the edges.

Cut along the pencil/pen lines. If you turn over what you are left with, it will look like this. You can see the lengths are unequal. Again- don't worry!

Open your cutting out!

Talk About:

What shapes can you see?

Do the shapes remind you of any Bible stories?

What is love?

How do you think that God shows love?

How do you show love?

Prayer:

Thank God for all the people we love and who love us.

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