Games Zone
Kids
Love Games!
When you use games to teach, your teaching becomes more fun, and more effective. Get kids' minds and bodies involved in learning! The games here are not simply for the sake of play, but for creatively and effectively reaching and teaching kids for Jesus! Don't miss Karl Bastian's Tips for Leading Great Games! |
Level | Title | Topic | |
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Magnetic Letter Quiz
Quiz game requiring the answers to be spelled out on magnetic board with Magnetic Letters. Could be used as a Boys against Girls friendly competition game to reinforce a Bible Lesson. |
Teaching | ||
Marshmellow Race
Great way to expel some energ! Requires a bag of large marshmellows per team and a long stick per team to put the marshmellows on |
Indoor/Outdoor Relay Game | ||
Mastermind
This is a play on the gameshow Mastermind and deals with the biographies of Christians. Could easily use Bible People or stories for questions and answers. |
Teaching | ||
Memory Verse Mania
In this action game, the kids have to recite the memory verse while doing whatever action they draw out of a bag. Kids love it! |
Teaching | ||
Most Popular Game
Indoor, high activity level tag-type game for team competition |
Team Competition | ||
Musical Body Painting
Messy version of musicall chairs |
Messy Games | ||
Musical Chairs with a Twist
This is a game to encourage the children to memorize the Lord's Prayer. |
Lord's Prayer | ||
Musical Wardrobe
Best Dressed takes on new meaning in this twist on Musical Chairs. |
Creative Fun | ||
No Guessing Needed
A fun hands-on activity that demonstrates that guessing is not a sure thing - better to go with something dependable - God! |
Guessing | ||
Noodle Hockey
If you've got a swimming noodle and a box laying around your office you can make this game happen. |
Fun | ||
No-One-Out Musical Chairs
This is a great ice breaker as it encourages children to "get comfortable" with each other! |
Musical Chairs | ||
Nursery Champ Relay
Relay using Nursery Rhymes and actions. Ahead of time write or copy the following six descriptions on a slip of paper and place them in a paper bag. Child draws a description from the bag and does what it says. |
Fun | ||
Odd One Out
Have a selection of several types of balls available. (Tennis, squash, golf, football, pool, rugby) |
Teaching | ||
Ornamental Memory Game | Christmas | ||
Paper Clip Party Game
Be careful what you do and say, someone is waiting for you to make a mistake and steal your clips! |
Fun | ||
Party Games with Balloons
Friendly competition involving Balloon Fun |
Fun with Balloons | ||
Pass the Gift - Christmas Story
This is an old "parlor" game that is lots of fun. |
Christmas | ||
Pass-the-Can
Bible Memory Reward Game |
Teaching | ||
Pictoral Memory
Great for team work, memory, and energy burner. You will need Pre-drawn geometic designs, Blank paper, and Pencils |
Fun | ||
Play-Doh Christmas Game | Christmas | ||
Polar Sled Race
For this team competition, you'll need carpet squares or sleds. |
Fun | ||
Potato Poke
New Twist on Hot Potato. Requires one potato per group and one toothpick per child. |
Teamwork | ||
Puzzle Race
The kids love this game. I use it as an introduction to the new memory verse. It takes a little preparation, but it is worth it. |
Scripture Memory | ||
Rope-Knot Pull
Group participation is required in this rope pulling game! |
Group Activity | ||
Salvation Scramble
Scripture Recall with a new twist for class participation! |
Teaching | ||
Say That Verse
You will need Bible, Bubble Gum (Hard is Much More Fun), Scripture Verses on Slips of paper, container. |
Fun with Scriptures | ||
Scrambled Kids Memory Verse
Memory Verse Game |
Memory Verse | ||
Scripture Ball
Bible Verse Memory Game for two or more and all you need is a ball and a scripture verse to memorize. |
Teaching | ||
Scripture Match for Preschoolers
Great way for Preschoolers to learn scripture! You will need: different colored light-weight cardboard, simple shapes to use as templates, the word |
Teaching | ||
Shining Easter Egg Hunt
Spreading the light of Jesus using flashlights. |
Easter | ||
Shopping Maul
It is an excellent game to work a little energy out of your group. I listed this as a fun game but it also makes an excellent topic introduction for speaking about greed! Just play it once and you'll know why! We like to play this during the holidays! |
Fun | ||
Slap It
This game can be used in a variety of ways: to review a unit, to evaluate retention of a lesson, to offer situations for kids to give their reaction to ... anything that you are wanting to match a student with a question. |
Reinforcement | ||
Sowing and Reaping
Great idea for reinforcing BibleTeachings. |
Teaching | ||
Space Harvest
a chair for each player, a large assortment of stuff (marbles,Legos,we have even used magnets) |
Fun | ||
Spelling Blocks
Two teams have a spelling bee using children's alphabet blocks. Sound too intellectual? Just give it a try! |
Fun introductions | ||
Sticker Tag
A fun game of tag where everyone is "IT"! |
Games | ||
Straws and Q-tips
Skill game of friendly competition to see who can hit the box/pail with their Q-tip. Need 1 Q-tip and 1 straw per child. |
Friendly Competition | ||
Straws and Sweets
This is more of a reward for answering questions correctly but could be used for friendly competition. Requires small round candy (M&Ms), bowls, and straws |
Teaching | ||
Sumo Wrestling
The four children each wear their three tire tubes. The game plays like Sumo wrestling. The children have to pull their opponents out of the ring. Once out of the ring, the child is out. Soft helmets are recommended and add to the fun. |
Fun | ||
Sword Fighting
Fun game that reinforces memory workk as played. |
Memory Verse | ||
Teaspoon Water Relay
Game used to teach on Attitude, Forgiveness, and Worldly Distractions (depending on how it's played) |
Attitude/Forgiveness | ||
The Carpet Squeeze
The object is to get as many kids on the square as possible. Squeeze them on. |
Games | ||
The Grace Game
Grace is available and this game is a great way to illustrate the free gift of Grace. You will need a Hot Potato (bean bag) and cards with the word "Grace" written on them, 1 per player. |
Teaching | ||
The Hat Game
This is a zany game that can be used in boy/girl competition, my kids love it! All you need: many hats of different sizes,types and fun music |
Wild | ||
The Hulk (God's Power)
The goal is to set the highest record for catching a ball in 40 seconds while wearing increadible hulk hands! |
A fun opener for a lesson on power! | ||
The Letter Block Quiz | Teaching | ||
The LUV Chair
Sharing Good Thoughts about others is important and the "LUV" chair makes it happen. You need to get a "fun" chair for this game. |
Teaching | ||
The No Pinata Game
Are you tired of doing pinatas at your parties? Tired of the kids not all getting a turn to whack the pinata? Tired of the pinata not breaking even after 30 kids have gone? Then have I got a solution for you. The no pinata game. |
New Twist | ||
Three Scripture Memory Verse Games
When teaching Scripture memory verses during club or class time, you will want to let the children repeat the verse seven or eight times (after your teaching on the meaning and application of the verse) to help them remember it. But you will want to do it in a fun, exciting way. Here are three favorites of some of the methods that I use. |
Teaching | ||
Tic Tac Toe Bean Bag Toss
Kids will have lots of fun trying to get 3 bean bags in a row. |
Fun |