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Road to Emmaus Craft for Kids

An easy road to Emmaus craft for kids in three levels. Break the paper bread on the table at evening, as Jesus did in Luke 24:30–31. Free printable template.

Preschool–Grade 5

Road to Emmaus Craft for Kids
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Ages
Preschool (3–5), Early Elementary (K–2), Upper Elementary (3–5)
Time
15 to 30 minutes
Scripture
Luke 24:13–35
Bible story
The Road to Emmaus

What you need

  • The printed template (page 2), one per child (cardstock is sturdiest)
  • Crayons or markers in light yellow, gray, brown, orange, green and light brown
  • Scissors and a glue stick
  • The printed harder page (page 3), one per child, plus a yellow crayon (harder level)

Steps

  1. Color the card: the wall light yellow, the floor gray and the table brown. In the window, color the sky orange, the hills green and the road light brown. Color the rolled ends of the scroll light brown and leave its middle white.Color the card: the wall light yellow, the floor gray and the table brown. In the window, color the sky orange, the hills green and the road light brown. Color the rolled ends of the scroll light brown and leave its middle white.
  2. Color the two halves of the bread light brown.
  3. Cut out the card, the two halves of the bread and the verse strip on the dashed lines. Don't cut the short dashed line in the window; it is only for the harder level.
  4. Fold the tab on each half of the bread back on the dotted line.
  5. Put glue on the back of each tab. Press the tabs on the two dotted spots beside the scroll, so the two halves close over the scroll and make one whole loaf.
  6. Glue the verse strip on the back of the card. Read it together.
  7. Tell it: point to the road. Two of them walked to a village called Emmaus, and Jesus himself drew near and went with them, but their eyes were holden, so they did not know him (Luke 24:13–16). They said, "Abide with us: for it is toward evening" (24:29). He sat at meat with them, took bread, blessed it, and brake it (24:30): open the two halves of the bread. Their eyes were opened, and they knew him (24:31). Point to the scroll: "Did not our heart burn within us... while he opened to us the scriptures?" (24:32).Tell it: point to the road. Two of them walked to a village called Emmaus, and Jesus himself drew near and went with them, but their eyes were holden, so they did not know him (Luke 24:13–16). They said, "Abide with us: for it is toward evening" (24:29). He sat at meat with them, took bread, blessed it, and brake it (24:30): open the two halves of the bread. Their eyes were opened, and they knew him (24:31). Point to the scroll: "Did not our heart burn within us... while he opened to us the scriptures?" (24:32).

This road to Emmaus craft turns one printed page into the room at Emmaus at evening, where Jesus "took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them" (Luke 24:30). Kids color the evening sky and the road the two disciples walked, then break the paper bread on the table and find a scroll underneath, because "he opened to us the scriptures" (24:32). The memory verse, Luke 24:34, goes on the back.

The finished craft, easy and medium level

The finished craft, harder level

What it looks like finished: easy and medium (first photo) and harder (second photo).

Why this craft works

  • Cheap and simple: one printed page, a glue stick, crayons and scissors.
  • Kids break the bread: the two halves open just as the disciples' eyes were opened, "and they knew him" (Luke 24:31).
  • It teaches the story's point: Jesus is alive, and He opened the scriptures to them (24:27, 24:32). The harder level adds a sun that sets behind the hills, "toward evening" (24:29).
  • No one is drawn, and never Jesus: "he vanished out of their sight" (24:31).
  • It carries the verse home: Luke 24:34 (KJV), the memory verse for the whole set, is glued on the back of the card.

Three ways to make it

  • Easy (preschool, ages 3–5): you cut out the pieces and glue the bread on. Kids color and break the bread. No scissors.
  • Medium (grades K–2): the craft in the first photo. Kids color, cut out the pieces, fold the tabs and glue the bread.
  • Harder (grades 3–5): the craft in the second photo. Kids add a sun on a pull strip that sets behind the hills in the window (Luke 24:29).

Questions to ask

While kids work, ask where the two were going (Luke 24:13), who drew near (24:15), why they didn't know Him (24:16), when they knew Him (24:30–31), what they said about their hearts (24:32) and what they heard in Jerusalem (24:34). Then read Luke 24:34 together.

Tips for the classroom

For preschoolers, cut out the pieces and glue the bread on ahead of time, so all they do is color and break the bread. Cardstock makes the bread open and close best. For the harder level, cut the slits ahead of time.

Teaching the story first? Use the free road to Emmaus lesson and the word search.

Frequently asked questions

How do you make a simple road to Emmaus craft for preschoolers?

Cut out each child's card, the two halves of the bread and the verse strip ahead of time, and glue the bread on for them. Preschoolers color the card and the bread, then open the bread as you tell the story. It takes about 15 minutes with no cutting by the kids.

How much does this road to Emmaus craft cost?

Under 50 cents a child: one printed page, a glue stick and crayons you already have. The template is free to print. The harder level adds a second page.

What Bible verse goes with this craft?

Luke 24:34 (KJV), "Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon." It is the memory verse for the whole road to Emmaus set, and it is printed on the verse strip that kids glue on the back of the card.

How can older kids make this craft harder?

Use the harder level for grades 3–5. Kids add a paper sun from page 3 on a pull strip that slides down through a slit behind the hills in the window, because the disciples said, "Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent" (Luke 24:29).

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