The Whole Armour of God

We are now officially in Volume 5! Yay!!!! Seems like it took forever! Well, we covered chapter 1 fairly fast so now we are in chapter 2- part of it deals with Rome and Roman History. My first thought was since it was near Halloween, I could easily find te boys some Roman costumes to play around in and to help with the lesson. Thankfully, the Lord guided my foot steps and I was able to find a sword, breastplate, and a shield at our local $1 store! Well, I really, really wanted them to also have a helmet- the Lord directed me to another $1 store and up high on a self- there they were! I am tall and you would have to be tall or standing on something to see them (love my height!) So, my two younger sons were able to get a whole outfit for $5 a piece. Not bad at all- and they LOVE playing with them! I was surprised! To make them look more Roman, I cut up a red blanket and tied it to the back of their breastplates. Here's a few pics:

The last one reminds me of the movie 300. Anyway, I figured while we had them dressed like Roman Soldiers, why not go ahead and cover the "Whole Armour of God".  It went perfectly with the lesson. We identified each piece in the scriptures and today I had them do a coloring page and a fill in the blank:

For older students: http://www.kidssundayschool.com/Gradeschool/Colorpages/9colorpage01.php

For younger students: http://www.coloring.ws/armor.htm

http://www.custom-counter.com/resim.php?resim=http%3A//www.prepaide.org/rbtbm/tga/Graphics/Armor.gif&title=armor%20of%20god%20picture%3A%20images

If you you need to improvise: http://www.professional-mothering.com/armor-of-god.html