WATER PAINTING: Let children brush or finger paint a picture of today's lesson on a large poster board. Let children write parts of today's Bible verse on their painting after it dries(during class) and review the verse!

PETER on WATER: Give each child a ping pong ball to draw a face on with permanent marker and give them each a glass or small plastic bowl with water in it to float the ping pong ball. Write parts of the lesson or today's Bible verse on a slip of paper to glue or tape to the glass or bowl to take home to tell the story to someone else and to remind them to have FAITH!

BOAT BUILDING: Give each child a sponge and toothpics to stick in the sponge that will hold the sail-drawn pieces, etc. Float the sponge lightly on the water of a large bowl of water and talk about today's lesson and how Peter's Faith allowed him to get OUT of the boat and follow Jesus, until he took his eyes off of Jesus!

FAITH DRAWING: Let children work together for a chalk drawing of FAITH and believing (on one side of the chalk board for one team of children) and NON FAITH and doubt on the other side of the board. Give children ideas for their "drawings" such as happy or sad faces, Peter ON the water (FAITH) and Peter sinking (non-faith/doubt), FAITH=floater, DOUBT=sinker, etc! Title their drawings and let each team explain their drawings!

PICNIC AND/OR "WATER"MELON SNACKS: Just to keep with the theme of today's lesson on the water, let children enjoy some WATERmelon chunks and if they're doing that outside - they could see who can have the FAITH that "THEY" could spit the WATERmelon seeds the farthest!! WATER taffy could be another snack treat for the kids! This could be enjoyed on a blanket or at a picnic table like a picnic together while discussing today's story and FAITH!

ROLL OUT THE WATER: Roll out a LONG sheet of paper on a long table and let children make waves and blue water on the lower half of the paper. Draw a boat and Peter and Jesus and tell the story again while the children draw the pictures as the story is told. Write the Bible verse words in the waves.

Song:  "Walkin' on the Water"  by Charles Kirkpatrick