Multiplying Loaves and Fishes

In today's story, Jesus of Nazareth points out to his disciples that not everything requires a heavenly miracle - some things work better with a little human ingenuity! The disciples figure out how to multiply the loaves and fishes all by themselves. Now you can too!

-construction paper

-scissors

-pencil or pen

First, fold your construction paper back and forth like an accordion until you have four sections. I decided to use brown for my bread, but you can use whatever color you want.

Draw a loaf of bread on one side of your folded paper. Make sure the drawing touches both ends of the paper!

Now cut out the shape, but don't cut the sides! It won't unfold if you cut the sides.

Now you have one loaf of bread that turns into many! You can add details to your extra loaves.

Follow the same steps to make multiplying fish! I used blue for my fish, but your fish can be any color you like.

You can follow the same steps to make different multiplying shapes, too! And you can tape them together to make chains, if you like.