Crafts for Toddlers

• Help your child use the flat side of the crayon.Jupiterimages/Comstock/Getty Images
  
  Even toddlers can appreciate the story of the widow's mite and perform associated crafts. One craft is a coin rubbing that uses paper, coins and crayons. Peel any paper label off of the crayons and put the coins under a sheet of blank white paper. Use the side edge of the crayon to press over the paper and coins, picking up the pattern on the coins beneath.
  
  

Crafts for Older Children

• Teach older children who can use scissors safely to make a similar widow's mite craft using embossing foil, any disc shape and a wooden stylus. Have the children trace outline of the wooden disc onto two pieces of foil first. Then they decorate each side of their personal coin with a biblical theme. Once the children decorate both sides, press them together to create a custom coin craft that is unique to each child.
  
  

Advanced Crafts

• Decorate pottery with real widow's mites.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
  
  Teens and adults can make widow's mite crafts too. Purchase actual widow's mite coins at online auctions and use them to make unique jewelry or to embellish handmade boxes or pottery.