Daniel's other 3 friends...

Daniel didn't just have friends that survived the fiery furnace, he had some other friends as well… friends of the feline persuasion… that's right, the Lions, the ones that didn't eat him… Ok, to the purists I'll say "I know the lions weren't his friends, not sweet & happy felines"… But kids will appreciate these happy little lions, smiling because they're not hungry & have someone nice like Daniel to pet them…

I was asked to come up with a small, portable, inexpensive, and easy to assemble craft project… a craft that would be given to orphans in Ukraine… The group that's traveling over is planning on doing skits of Daniel & the Lion's Den for a few orphanages, and wanted small gifts to be given to the children… this is what I came up with…

I started with some simple & inexpensive items: felt, non-toxic glue, fabric paint, google-eyes…  Grabbed a few things I had lying around the house: scissors, sharpie, cookie cutter, lids, toothpicks… 


I picked some bright colors for the first lion, a purple body, green mane, orange eyes…

I got the body shape from the oval shaped lid, the mane shape from the cookie cutter, and the face & belly shape from the small round lid.  I used the sharpie to trace the shapes, then cut them out… a little glue, some fabric paint, and voila!!


For the second lion I picked colors that are popular in Ukraine (from their flag), a bright blue body & yellow mane, and then I gave it green eyes.

For the final lion I decided to stick with more traditional colors, a brown body & orange mane, and I gave him blue eyes.