Joshua 6:1-27 tells the story of the great city of Jericho with walls so high and fortified that no adversary could break through. God called the Israelite leader Joshua to march around the city with the priests blowing their trumpets of ram’s horns in front of the ark of the covenant for six days. On the seventh day, they were to march around the city seven times and all of the Israelite people were to shout. When this happened, God told Joshua, the great walls of the city would come crashing down, and, in this way, the Lord would give the city over to His people.
Read this story with your child, or read the story from the children’s bible (HEREis the one we use), and then create this story for lunch!
Build walls using grapes sliced in half, laid flat side down onto the plate. Next, slice baby carrots in half lengthwise and lay a couple of them down to be the Israelites. Thinly slice the other half of the baby carrot and cut to shape for arms and legs. Complete the scene with some green celery grass below the city walls and add two small triangular slices of pineapple for the priest’s horns. A nice sun in the sky completes the picture.
(By the way, once I saw the photo, I realized that the Jericho guy looks like he’s smiling . . . oops! That was supposed to be a round mouth saying “oh no!”)
Once this lunch was complete and we retold the story, Grace “tore the walls down” as they fell in the story. She had fun with that!
Finally, I sliced up the “grass” below the city for her to dip into her peanut butter.
Variations:
Build the wall with other fruit like strawberries, bananas, or blueberries.
Use pineapple for the sun, or cheese for the trumpets.
Enjoy!
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