Fun Joseph’s coat of many colors bible story craft for preschool

Happy Sunday!  I’m finishing up my last unit for my PreK Sunday School 2 Year Bundle and it feels. so. good!  I’m so excited to be ending this project with Joseph’s coat of many colors and the forgiveness story of the life of Joseph!

One of the preschool crafts we will be doing with Joseph’s colorful coat bible story unit is making our own colorful coats.  So, of course, I had to try it out with my little one first!  Here’s how we made our paper bag coat like Joseph’s coat of many colors!

Step 1: Cut it up!

All you will need for each colorful coat is a large brown grocery sack, scissors, glue, 1-2″ strips of different colors of construction paper, and a kid to wear the coat of many colors! When I tested this out with my kid, I didn’t even have to buy supplies. We had everything on had and ready to go. #winning

Cut a large hole in the bottom of a large paper sack.  This will be the hole for the head so it needs to be big enough for your kid’s head to fit comfortably.  If your kiddo has a big head like mine… just keep cutting! 🙂

On the sides, cut arm holes (about 5 inches in diameter).  Be sure to cut them close to the bottom of the bag where the head hole is.

TIP: Think about how you will help a preschool kid put this on. You will probably want them to raise their hands above their head as you slip the bag on them so it doesn’t tear… Arm holes close to the top of the coat (the bottom of the bag) will be the easiest for this scenario.

Last, cut strips of construction paper lengthwise in 1-2″ strips.  If you have regular construction paper, you will most likely need to do cut on the long edge like I’ve shown in my pictures.  If you have the longer construction paper, you can cut on the short edge with that size!

Now that the prep work is finished, you are ready for preschool kids to help you finish Joseph’s coat of many colors. 🙂

Step 2: Glue the Strips

The first thing to do when making Joseph’s coat of many colors with the kids is glue. Using a glue bottle, add the colorful strips one at a time horizontally or vertically (however your strip size works out for you)!

TEACHER TIP: I like to sit my preschoolers at the table with me and I use the glue bottle and put a line of glue on their coat and they add the strip. So, I’m constantly gluing and they are just worrying about the color strips. This not only helps it go more quickly, but it’s less messy. And, yes, I believe in the benefit of letting kids glue. But there’s a LOT of gluing on this project and you will be there all day long waiting for your 4 year old to do it all by themselves… or you will both be covered in glue!

Make sure you glue strips of paper to the front and the back!  We didn’t glue strips on the sides…

Confessions of an OCD Teacher Mom: I desperately wanted my child to glue the strips top down in rainbow order. He was. not. having. it. Bless it. It still makes my blood pressure rise looking at this photo without these strips in rainbow order… anyone else? Just me? MmmmK…. 🙂

Step 3: Wear Joseph’s Coat of Many Colors

Isn’t he just the cutest model?  Okay, maybe I’m biased, but Cooper loves his colorful coat and loves to pretend play in it now! I love the fact that this craft can be worn because preschool kids LOVE pretend play. And any chance to get them to role play the Bible story or enter that Bible world in their creative imaginations is a win for easily reinforcing the truths from this Bible story!

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