Off the Map Devos and a Kid’s Simple Map Craft

A special thanks to Family Christian Stores for sponsoring the giveaway located within this post, as well as sending the Devotions Off the Map book for me to review. 

I’m here with another fun kid’s craft today. I’m always glad to check out products from Family Christian Stores because they get the gears in my head turning for fun kids’ crafts. I was recently inspired by the Devotions Off the Map book to create a Kid’s Simple Map craft. This little project is easy, and I bet you already have most of the supplies in your craft stash. At first glance, it may seem almost too simple. But I always like crafts that spark conversation that I can redeem to a focus on spiritual matters and questions. For this craft, my daughter and I made it before we began the devotional book. We talked about maps in general, and it was a nice segue into the first devotional.

Here are the supplies that we used to complete this craft:

• Blank white paper
• Tan crayon
• Brown crayon
• Pencil
• Black marker
• Safety scissors
• Foam stickers

If you have a younger child, begin by using a pencil to lightly make dotted lines that lead to an “X.”

Now let the child color the paper with the tan crayon.

Let them use the black marker to trace the dotted lines and the “X.”

Have the child cut the map edges into rounded sides.

Then let the child color the edges the darker brown.

Now let them use the foam stickers to place around the map. My daughter found this step particularly fun, probably because of the silly variety of stickers that we have. She liked using the “nice” stickers for scenery, and she used the “mean” alien stickers as road blocks in the road to find the treasure.

Devotions Off the Map is a unique book because it focuses on a weekly devotion, rather than a daily one like many devotionals. It is packed full of color. The devotions are perfect for parents and children to do together, as well as families as a whole. There are five sections in the book: Prepping for Your Journey, Following Your Guide, Making Camp, Detours and Roadblocks, & Souvenirs from Your Journey. You’ll find 6 parts in each devotion. The outdoor scenes within the book led to many conversations about nature and being outside. We are only a few weeks into the devotions, but my daughter looks forward to them just as much as she does any other book or family time. My husband, who is a youth and children’s minister, also believes the book will be great to spark ideas for children’s church messages. This devotional is currently only available on Pre-Buy with a release date of 8/2/15.

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