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! |
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Bible Balloons
The idea of the game is to keep the balloon in the air. Every time someone hits it, they must FIRST (or at the same time) name a person in the Bible. |
Teaching | ||
Bible Basketball
Ask the kids a Bible question. The first one to raise their hand gets to answer it. If they answer correctly, they get to shoot at the can with the nerf basketball. |
Fun Review | ||
Bible Mix Up
The object of this game is to have the lowest number of total cards picked by a team. Every pick counts as one, whether right or wrong. |
Teaching | ||
Bible Trivia
This is so basic but really works well with kids. With a bag of candy in one hand, take turns asking each section a review question. |
Teaching | ||
Bible Verse Action
The kids are the actual game pieces in this game. Each team gets creative as they come up with actions to fit the memory verse or verses. |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Add-On
Your students will compete against each other, either in teams or even as individuals as they try to fill-in the blank spaces in a Bible verse. The pressure is on as each key word is randomly chosen by the team members. |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Clothes Line Relay
Teams of children will run a relay to put a verse in order. They will run to acquire each word and then hang each word on a clothes line with clothes pins in the correct order. |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Eraser Game
The classic Bible verse memory activity - use a whiteboard, and eraser and a room full of kids. Add and erase words in a verse as the children repeat it over and over until it's memorized! |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Hopscotch
Using a hopscotch grid, you will add words to each of the squares so the children have to say each word or words in order as they hop through the grid. |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Hot Potato
Use a ball or a real potato to play hot potato! As the ball is tossed about, each word must be said individually and in order by the person catching the ball. If someone misses a word or drops the ball, they are out. |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Line Pass
Here's a quick and easy game to play: Teams compete by standing in line, passing the ball to each other all the way down the line and back again - all the time quoting the day's verse. |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Match
Here's the classic Match/Memory Game. Face down scripture flash cards must be matched with another set of face down flash cards that state the meaning of the verse. |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Ping-Pong
Two teams go back and forth quoting the scripture verse as a word or part of the verse is eliminated as each team takes it's turn. |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Pop
Your students will be poppin' with this game - really! Two or more teams run a relay to pop balloons and collect the verses inside. Put the verses in order and your team wins! |
Game | ||
Bible Verse Scramble
Here is a fast-action relay game in which each child must unscramble the day's scripture verse. |
Game | ||
Biblical Boredom Busters
Try these activities when your kids say they're bored. |
Games, Boredom Busters | ||
Blindfolded Race
A fun game to play in a medium to large size group. |
Games, Activities | ||
Board Games Gone BIG!
Plans for building a giant Connect Four game. |
Building Giant Board Games | ||
Books of the Bible Card Games
Looking for new ideas for teaching the books of the Bible to your class? These Books of the Bible Cards are a great way for kids to interact with and learn the books of the Bible. Includes instructions for 7 different games. |
Games, Books of the Bible | ||
Books of the Bible Race
This is a great tool for quizzing in a fun way as you are learning the books of the bible. |
Quizzing on Books of the Bible | ||
Bring the String
This is a great game to help children learn about each other. |
Icebreaker | ||
Bucket Shot Game
This game is modeled after Bozo's Grand Prize Game. On an eight-foot table, place five bright buckets. |
Fun Review | ||
Build A Wall
Here is a super-fun relay that involves the teams building a wall and knocking it down in order to win! |
Nehemiah | ||
Buzzer Review Game Resource
Fun buzzers for a review game. |
Review Game | ||
Candy Bible Verse Match-Up Game
Which candy coordinates with the Bible verses listed? |
Halloween Candy Game | ||
Catch the Current
Circle game with and "it" Electrifying game! |
Indoor Circle Game | ||
Charades
This game shows kids that not being able to talk is challenging! |
Game | ||
Christian Lyrics to the London Bridge Game
Have you ever played the London Bridge Game? These Christian versions of this children's game will not only be fun for your children, but will also help teach them about God! |
Children's Games | ||
Christmas "What Am I Thinking Of?" Game
A quick and easy Christmas themed game for use in your kidmin. |
Christmas Game | ||
Christmas I-Spy Printable Worksheets
Looking for a last minute activity for Christmas Eve Children's Service? Here is a fun printable worksheet you can use this week. |
Christmas Printables | ||
Christmas Party Game: Musical Gift Wrap
Use this game as a lesson intro, time filler, or just to have fun! |
Games, Christmas | ||
Church Bus Game Ideas
Engage kids with these great games for your bus ministry. |
Bus, Games | ||
Cookie Muncher
A fun idea for a hilarious game. Never a dull moment when you have kids, food and games. |
Fun | ||
Creating Creation
Here is a fun activity to help your little ones become more familiar with this wondrous time in earth’s history. |
Preschooler Game | ||
Creation Count
A Relay involving running and jumping and remembering each day of creation. |
Creation | ||
Creative Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
Have fun this Easter by changing up your egg hunt! |
Easter, Games | ||
Crowdbreaker Group Game
Good Game to play when kids need to burn off a little energy pre-service or as a fill-in game if service goes long. Our kids love this competition style game. |
Hula Hoop & Bubbles | ||
David Tries to Hide His Sin (Game)
An adaptation of David and Bathsheba to teach about hiding sin. |
Hiding from God | ||
Dead Sea Scroll Drop
Remember dropping a clothes pin into a jar? Here's the same idea using little pieces of paper made to look like scrolls. Easy to play and fun to do any time! |
Game | ||
Digging For Bait
If you want something sticky, icky, and messy, here it is! |
Just for Fun | ||
Digging for Worms
Ready for some fun? This game is great for special activities or camp. Requires: Three pie crusts, gummie worms, 1 gallon can of pudding, whipped cream, table |
Messy | ||
Do You Know? A Game Idea for Learning about God!
Moses once boldly said: "Show Me Your Glory!" If you want a game to introduce a lesson on Exodus 33:18, then "How Well Do You Know Your Sibling?" is the game for you! |
Games | ||
Domino Race
Are you ready for a fun and simple game that your kids will go crazy about? Here is one such game. You will need a bunch of dominoes. |
Teaching | ||
Don't Spend Your Dollar
This game works like hangman. Take turns between sides guessing a letter for the blanks. Whenever a letter is guessed correctly, fill in the blank with that letter. When a letter is guessed wrong, that team loses $.10. |
Fun | ||
Easiest Large Group Game Ever
This is probably the easiest large group game ever invented. If you can think of an easier one, please let me know in the comments. |
Games, Large Group | ||
Easter Memory Verse Egg Game
An easy fun Scripture Memory game for Easter! |
Scripture Memory | ||
Easy, Fun Interactive Bible Quizzes for Children's Church
A "high-tech" way to do reviews, quizzes, etc. in children's church, that brings kids and adult leaders together in a fun competition. |
Review Game Tool | ||
Elijah Frisbee Toss
The kids are trying to toss a frisbee at a designated target in the room. A great way to introduce the topic of Elijah and get the kids active at the same time. |
Elijah | ||
Elijah Passes the Baton Relay
Introduce the idea of Elijah and get the kids running as they run a relay and hand off batons to each other at the same time. |
Elijah | ||
Esther's Crown
In this game - the students get to have craft time and a game in the same moment. Teams of kids race to glue the jewels onto Esther's crown. |
Esther |