Wild Card Extra
Creation 
Grades 3–4

Creation Camera Hunt
Kids use digital cameras to photograph creation as they remember that God's creation is all around us.

Spark Resources:
•    Spark Bibles

Supplies:
•    Digital cameras, one per group of kids
•    Computer or other digital photo display device

Set-up:
Become familiar with the operation of all equipment. Recruit additional volunteers if needed to leave the classroom safely. Inform the Christian Education Director of your plans prior to class time.

Instructions:
Gather the kids. Invite kids to read Genesis 2:1 on page 3 of their Spark Bibles. What did God create? (the heavens, the earth, and all their multitude) Does God's creation still exist today? (Yes.) Even things that people make – cars, houses, etc. – all begin with materials from God's creation. God's creation is all around us. Let's look for examples of God's creation.

1. Divide the class into groups of 3 or 4 kids.
2. Give each group a digital camera and show them how to use it.
3. God's creation comes in all different forms, places, and sizes. Your task is to find and photograph something very large that God created, something very small that God created, and something you find funny or interesting that God created.
4. Give groups any procedural instructions and send them on their hunt.
5. When groups return, display the photos for everyone to view.

Large and small, plain and interesting, God's creation is all around us.

If you have less time . . .
As a class, locate and identify items in creation (very large, very small, funny/interesting) without the cameras.

If you have more time . . .
Add more categories to the photo hunt (something brown, an animal, something the same height as you, etc.)