DLTK's Bible Crafts for Kids
Apostle James Toilet Paper Roll Craft

Contributed by Leanne Guenther

Jesus met the brothers James and John for the first time near the sea of Galilee.  They were the sons of a fisherman named Zebedee (they helped their dad with his fishing -- they were actually fixing fishing nets when Jesus came across them).  Jesus invited them to join him and they did -- becoming "apostles" or "disciples" of Jesus.

This is a fun and simple color, cut and paste paper craft that uses a toilet paper roll as a base to give James a three dimensional effect. 

I gave James a seashell that he had found near the sea of Galilee (this is a common symbol for him to hold in statues and pictures).

Materials:

• printer
• paper
• scissors
• glue
• something to color with (B&W version)
• toilet paper roll

Craft Instructions:

• Print out the craft template of choice.
• Color the pieces of James if using the black and white template.
• Cut out the craft pieces. 
• Assemble the James craft:
  • Glue the large rectangular piece around the toilet paper roll
  • Glue the thinner rectangular piece around the center as a belt
  • Glue the head onto the top of the toilet paper roll
  • Glue the arms onto the sides of the toilet paper roll
  • Glue the shell into one of James' hands.
  • Glue the staff into the other hand.
  • Fold the feet along the dotted line and glue to give a 3 dimensional effect.

Templates:

• Close the template window after printing to return to this screen.
• Set page margins to zero if you have trouble fitting the template on one page (FILE, PAGE SETUP or FILE, PRINTER SETUP in most browsers).

Template     (color)   or   (B&W)

Printable version of these instructions