b'AC TI V IT YFlipping for Lent1. Read Luke 15:11, 2024 or read5. Now have the children turn the the Featured Story on pagespaper over so that the folds are 16201621 in The Catholicface down. Instruct them to take Childrens Bible together. each pointed corner and make a tight fold towards the center of the 2. Gather the following items: onesquare. The children should have square sheet of white paper fora perfect square. Keeping the fold each child (the larger the square,facing them, instruct the children to the larger the flip game), and afold the square in half so there are pencil or marker for each childtwo open flaps facing up. Now have (Note: The paper must be exactlythem turn the folded paper over square for this game to work.) to see the other two open flaps.3. Brainstorm with the children,6. On the top flaps, ask the children asking how we can live our faithto write words associated with and grow closer to Jesus duringLent (for example: Lent, forty, Lent. What special somethingJesus, cross). For the flip game, can we do for someone else?they choose a word and spell it as they move their fingers for each letter. Inside the top flaps, 4. Distribute a square sheet of paperthe children write numbers 1 to each child. As you demonstratethrough 8. In the game, they the following folds, ask the childrenwill choose a number and move to do the same with their squarestheir fingers for that amount.of paper. Placing the square on the desk, fold the paper by taking7. Direct the children to refer to the two corners that are closestthe list of ideas gathered at the and joining the pointed corners inbrainstorming session. Have them the center of the square. Explainchoose eight different ways they that pressing down the fold willwant to live and grow in their make a tight fold. Do the samefaith during Lent. Instruct them with the other two corners. to write these ideas on the eight inside hidden triangle flaps.14 Inspire!Volume 3//Winter 2020'