Colouring Corner 12–13 KA! World 14–15 Your Space

Fantastic Football Colouring

It’s football time, so here’s a picture of a fantastic footballer saving a shot on goal to help you get in the FA Cup mood! Email your colourings to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk – make sure you write ‘Fantastic Football Colouring’ in the subject box and give us your full name, age and address. Alternatively you can post your colourings to: Your Space, Kids Alive! 101 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BN. One last reminder, if you’re sending by post remember to fill in your details below so we know who you are. We send a gift to every colouring we publish, so don’t miss out!

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Living a healthy and an active lifestyle and caring for your physical, mental and spiritual well-being. Marvellous Me

Over the next few weeks, we are going to be exploring just how wonderful you are! Psalm 139:14 (International Children’s Bible) says: ‘I praise you because you made me in an amazing and wonderful way. What you have done is wonderful. I know this very well.’ God created you and loves you, and he wants you to love yourself and others the way he does. So join us as we say, ‘Yay for you!’

Just Right!

Did you know that God created you exactly the way he wants you to be? It isn’t always easy, but you should try to love yourself and all the different things about you that make you unique.

No one is perfect – in fact, perfect is overrated! We all mess up sometimes and everyone has flaws – even grown-ups. That’s totally OK – you just have to do your best to look after yourself and others. Everyone has different skills and talents – what are some of yours? You can write them down or draw them here.

What is Body Image?

Body image is the way you feel about your body. This might be what you think or how you feel when you look in the mirror, or the way you picture yourself in your mind.

Sometimes you might feel that you aren’t good enough and you feel sad about yourself. But it’s important not to compare yourself to other people. Some of you are tall, some are short. You might have straight hair, curly hair, wavy hair – or no hair at all! Life would be pretty boring if everyone looked the same, thought the same, dressed the same, talked the same… you get the picture!

Bible Bubble

This week, we’re thinking about Ephesians 3:19, which says: ‘Christ’s love is greater than anyone can ever know, but I pray that you will be able to know that love. Then you can be filled with everything God has for you’ (Easy-to-Read Version).

Hopefully there are people in your life you love, and you know that they love you too. Even the person who loves you most in the world doesn’t love you as much as God does. The Kids Alive! team wants you to know how much God loves you. He even sent his son Jesus to die on a cross, so that the wrong things we do can be forgiven. When you know how much God loves you and accept him as your friend, he will be with you wherever you go.

Your Turn!

Use this box to create your self-portrait. You can include some of the things about yourself that are amazing and wonderful, including the special things you can do and your favourite parts of yourself.

Ffion

Age? 9. Favourite colour? Light purple. Favourite food? Pizza, hot dogs and Welsh cakes. Favourite sport? Swimming. Favourite bit of Kids Alive!? Reader Profile, colourings and looking at them. Favourite Bible story and why? Noah’s ark, because I love animals and he saves them. Favourite TV programme? Scooby Doo. What do you want to be when you’re older? A vet, artist, teacher or work in my dad’s café. Pets? I do not have any but I’d like a cat. Hobbies? Swimming, cooking and playing video games with my cousin. Tell us a joke. Why did the cow stop in the middle of the road? Because she wanted to show off her moo-ves and grooves! What special skill or talent do you have? I like doing kickboxing, gymnastics, swimming and ballet. Tell us something interesting about yourself. I have hyperextended arms. I move house every two years with the Army. [This is because one or both of Ffion’s parents serve in the British Army, so they move around as part of their job.] Is there anything else you would like to tell us? I’m living in Jersey, in the Channel Islands, for two years. I love it here!

Get In Touch

We love hearing from our readers and their leaders, so please email your news, colourings, reader profiles and anything else you’d like to share with us to: kidsalive@salvationarmy.org.uk. We’d especially like to know whether your church or Sunday school is doing something cool during this difficult time. So get in touch to let us know how you’re staying connected!

Name Corps / Church Favourite food Favourite colour

FavouriteTV programme Favourite bit of KIDS ALIVE!

Favourite Bible story

Why

If you’d like to star in our reader profile section we’d love to hear from you! Get a grown-up to send us an email using the address in the purple box above. Age Then we’ll Favourite sport send you the forms to complete.

Date of Birth

Hobbies

Pets What do you want to be when you’re older

Tell us a joke!

What special skill/talent do you have? Tell us something interesting about yourself?

Is there anything else you would like to tell us?

Cool Colourings

Here are some cool colourings that we received from our readers. Keep sending us your creations – we love seeing them!

Finley, age 8, and Phoebe, age 7, both coloured in Patch outside his festive home and sent it to us! Thanks to Isabelle, age 9, for this lovely colourful snowman!

Benji and Annaliese, ages 11 and 8, worked together to colour in Patch. We love the teamwork!