Sandy Tales
Bible stories in sand
What are Sandy Tales?
Who makes the sand drawings?
How to use Sandy Tales?
What are Sandy Tales?
Sandy Tales are stories told through sand art. It is breathtakingly beautiful as you watch the stories unfold and are taken into the wonderful world of ancient Bible stories, prayers and songs. You can find more than 30 Sandy Tales on the Jesus.net YouTube channel.
Who makes the sand drawings?
Ever wondered who creates all these beautiful stories? Well, let's introduce you to our sand artist, Harm van Schaik.
He started a few years ago with drawing the first scenes in sand on a piece of wood, trying to tell the story of creation in a new way. Now, after millions of views of the Sandy Tales videos, he still tells all kinds of different Bible stories.
When he’s drawing one scene, he often changes something in the picture and the whole scene is transformed on your screen to something brand new. Every time you see it, you will be amazed. And touched.
How to use Sandy Tales?
In every story, treasures are hidden. You can use these stories to look for all these hidden treasures. Using stories is an ancient tradition on how to teach spiritual lessons: you don’t explain them directly, but in the stories, you can find the difficult choices that had to be made.
You can use all the created stories to talk about the old Bible stories. Use it in your family, in the classroom or Sunday school. For many of the stories, there are already ideas available on how to use it, creative assignments, downloads of materials, etc. will follow soon.
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Sandy Tales Reading Plans
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Martha and Mary
This reading plan introduces you to Martha and Mary. A visit from Jesus causes a lot of emotions between the two sisters. How will Jesus respond? And how would you?
Jonah
In this reading plan, you will discover the exceptional story of an angry prophet and the revelation that God offers him so much grace, more than Jonah likes.
Ascension Day
In this reading plan, you will discover more about the wealth and background of Ascension.