Prophet Nuh had an Ark - 30 Day Craft Challenge

Prophet Nuh had an Ark - 30 Day Craft Challenge

Salam visitors, I can't believe its Day 8 of our challenge. Today's craft is a combination of storytelling, painting and imaginative play! Here's a great way to introduce or remind our children about the story of Prophet Nuh (peace be upon him). We watched a short video clip narrating his story, and then we set off to make our own ark! After completing our ships, the boys had a great time playing with their toy animals, pretending to load them all into their ships. If you're looking for something to occupy them for a while - here's your craft!

Find out at the very end of this blog to see if the boats will float around in water! What's your guess?

 Once again, the supply list is simple, and prep time is minimal. Take a look bellow and hopefully you can do this activity with your munchkins. If you do end up completing this activity, please post pictures on Instagram and tag me @WishfulWaufa - take care and enjoy!

Materials:

• An egg carton with 6 compartments - the top part removed 
• Plastic straws, or wooden spools
• Paint
• Paintbrushes
• Scissors
• Paper for the sails
• Pencil
• Optional - single hole punch

Check out this YouTube video to see how we made the craft: Here

Steps: 

1. Paint the egg carton - let the kids get creative with the colours!
2. Set craft aside and allow paint to dry
3. Make the sails - cut trapezoid shapes (one large and one small) 
4. Use your single hole punch to make two holes in the sails - one at the top and one at the bottom
5. Cut one of your straws a bit shorter and slide it through the small sail
6. Slide the other straw through the large sail
7. Insert the sails into two of the middle sections of your egg carton (see below) - You may have to make a hole with your pencil in order to do this
8. Once the boat is dry - go ahead and allow your child to play with it. 
9. Bring out some toy animals and see their imagination in action - talk about Prophet Nuh at this point as well. 
10. If you're able to - fill a large tub with water and see if your boats will float - we still have to do this part!

Here are the supplies you'll need

Start painting - Hani chose blue and red 

Hadi chose green and white

Draw trapezoid shapes - one large one small and cut one of your straws shorter as well

Use your hole punch or scissors to make holes like this

Slide the straws through

Insert the sail like so

And the shorter one in front

Here's what they looked like

They are ready to set sail!

Hadi and Hani began to load up all the animals

We've got a giant caterpillar in there too!

And they were all saved from the flood!

The end!

Yes! They do float - another way for your children to enjoy this activity!

I hope you enjoyed today's craft! We definitely had a blast. I'll update the blog if we end up testing the waters with the boats. Please leave a comment below and tell me if you had success with this activity! All the best in this Holy Month and always.