Today we have a Bible Craft: Jesus fed the 5000. Kids of all ages can learn about Jesus feeding a crowd of 5000 using only 2 fish and five loaves of bread. Sounds impossible, but nothing is impossible with God. Kids will be able to make a craft to go alongside the Bible story. Do this Bible craft at home, in the classroom, or Sunday school.

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Jesus Fed The 5000

This Bible craft will allow your child to explore paint, texture, make cute fishes, and bread, practice fine motor skills, and learn a Bible story. This Bible story is actually one of the many miracles Jesus performed before He was crucified.

Neat, huh? But whether you’re teaching your child at home, in the classroom, or at Sunday school, this craft is the perfect way to ensure the story is remembered.

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Supplies Needed To Make This Jesus Fed The 5000 Craft

White Paper
Acrylic Paint (We used an aquamarine, white, brown, and black)
Markers
Paintbrushes

How To Do This Jesus Fed the 5000 Craft

Step 1

Paint your hand and stamp it on the paper twice.

Step 2

Fill in the handprint with more paint and add a bottom fin.

Step 3

While the fish dries paint 5 loaves of bread.

Step 4

Add details to the fish. White eyes with a black dot, make a fin and outline the fins with a marker. Add black lines across the bread.

Optional:

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Add the Bible verse above the fish and bread.

Jesus Feeds The 5000 Bible Story

In case you aren’t familiar with the story you can find it in the Bible at:

Matthew 14:13-21
Mark 6:30-44
Luke 9:12-17
John 6:1-14

We used John 6:1-14 for this craft. The NIV version says:

6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), ²and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. ³Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. ⁴The Jewish Passover Festival was near.

⁵When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” ⁶He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do.

⁷Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages^[a] to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!”

⁸Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, ⁹“Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?”

¹⁰Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). ¹¹Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish.

¹²When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” ¹³So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten.

¹⁴After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”

Isn’t that amazing? He fed all those people and there was leftover! What a miracle!

How To Make This Jesus Feeds The 5000 Craft Your Own

Just like all our other crafts you can make this Bible craft your own by doing things like:

Add stickers to the fish
Use googly eyes for the fish
Add glitter for the scales
Use crayons, markers, or colored pencils instead of paint
Use a longer verse

Our Experience With This Bible Craft For Kids

I help run Sunday school at my local church and we often need crafts and printables. Well, we were learning about Jesus feeding the 5000 and I had to figure out a craft that kids preschool through 5th grade could do. This is what we did.

We of course had wet wipes and art aprons ready. We weren’t trying to ruin everyone’s Sunday best.

But the kids had a fun time and we had so many different colors of fish. I hope this helps you teach your child about the Bible.

Bible Craft For Kids: Jesus Feeds The Crowd

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Let's show everyone what Jesus fed the crowd with! He used 2 fish and 5 loaves of bread. So, let's make some fish and bread using our hands, paint, and markers!