One of my favorite stories of friendship in the Bible is the story of David and Jonathan. Jonathan’s father, King Saul, started off treating David as a son, but as he became more jealous he chose to try and kill him.
In the story, Jonathan promises to find out his father’s plans and then let David know by firing arrows into a field. They set up a code, and Jonathan goes to get the news from his Dad. Sadly, he finds out that David needs to run. After reading the story, we decided to make our own bows and arrows for a David and Jonathon craft.
Future Ticia 2024 is updating this post, with my original popsicle stick bow craft, and then later I’ll be adding in a new bow craft I found.
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David and Jonathan craft supplies:
On my 1 and 2 Samuel pinterest board, I have a link to make a bow out of a popsicle stick. I followed the directions pretty closely, with one major adaptation.
sawtooth craft sticks, q-tips, dental floss
David and Jonathan craft instructions:
I described this in great detail on my Gospel Archery post, but here’s a quick summary:
- Soak the popsicle sticks in water for several hours.
- Cut off about 9-12 inches of dental floss, and tie it to one end of the sawtooth popsicle stick.
- Carefully bend the stick, and then tie the floss to the other end of the stick and wait for it to dry.
The main thing I would add is to carefully and slowly bend the sticks. It doesn’t take much to make a “good bow,” but it is very easy to splinter them even after soaking for hours.
Sigh, past Ticia, why did you save all of these pictures so small?
Then take your q-tips and cut off one end to make “arrows.” Then let your kids have fun playing with their new “bow and arrow” set.
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