God Made Animals

Genesis 1:24-25, 30; Psalm 104:10-12, 17-18

The Bible tells us what God made. We learned that God made daytime and the sun that shines. God made the nighttime with the moon and the stars.

Then God made the water filled with all the things that live in the water. God made the sky and filled it with birds.

God also made the dry land and the many plants, like trees. God saw what He had made. It was very good.

But God wasn’t finished making things yet. God said, “Let there be all kinds of living creatures, or animals to live on the land.

Let there be livestock, animals that move along the ground, and wild animals.” And that is what happened. There were all kinds of animals! Animals appeared everywhere! There were big animals like the elephant and hippopotamus.

There were tiny animals like ants and flies.

God made livestock or farm animals. One type of livestock is a cow. A baby cow is a calf.

God made the many insects and animals that move along the ground. One was a worm.

God made wild animals to live in jungles, forests, and deserts. One of those animals was the lion.

God took care of the animals He had made—the livestock such as the calf, the small animals like the worm, and the wild animals like the lion. God provided food for them to eat and water for them to drink. God made different places for the different animals to live.

When He was done, God looked at everything He had made. And it was very good.

God showed us how powerful He is when He made animals. He is our great and mighty God!

Bible Paraphrase: God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. (God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day. Genesis 1:31 NIV)

Text Truth: God made animals.

Family Devotional

Read Psalm 104, a wonderful song of praise to God for His creation. This psalm helps us see that everything God made proclaims the goodness and power of God, the almighty Creator of heaven and earth.

Read Psalm 104 aloud as a prayer of praise and worship. As you teach your child about God's creation of animals, ask the Lord to help them understand how great He is.

Activities You Can Do at Home

Pictures of Pets

You’ll Need: magazines

• Look through the magazines to find pictures of pets and pictures of things pets need. 
• Make sure to point out that every pet needs different things. 
• Remind your child that God made the animals.

Talk About Animals

You’ll Need: your child’s stuffed animals

• Ask your child to Imitate the sound and movement each animal makes. 
• Help your child name What the animal likes to eat and where it might live. 
• Remind your child that God made the animals. 

Snack Time

You’ll Need: animal crackers

• Let your child enjoy the crackers as a snack. 
• Have your child name each animal, the sound it makes, and where it lives before eating the cracker. 
• Remind your child that God made the animals. 
• Say with your child the Bible paraphrase: “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31)

Make Animals

You’ll Need: play dough

• Give everyone some play dough to create an animal. 
• Let each person name his animal and tell what it does. 
• After everyone is finished creating, challenge each family member to create a living version of the animal. 
• Remind everyone that only God can create a real living animal. 
• Talk about the power of God’s creative work that we see in the animals and everything else God made. 
• Say with your child the Bible paraphrase: “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good.” (Genesis 1:31)

Thank God for Animals

• Thank God for being so powerful that He could create the world with His words. 
• Thank God for your favorite animal. 

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