Object Lessons Zone

Getting children to understand spiritual truth is like threading a needle. In fact, it can be easier to get a camel through the eye of a needle...

I don't mean to string you along, or hem you in, but the point of this Zone is to thread together all of the object lessons we've knitted together on this site. So don't get all wound up! Just cut loose and tie these object lessons into the next yarn you teach. I know these puns are piercing, but like the man of the cloth said, "You reap what you sew!" Or sew they say!

See also: Why I Believe In Object Lessons by Barney Kinard

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Starter Going Around in Circles

This object lesson uses a threaded nut spinning inside a balloon to teach the lesson that when you complain you just spin in circles and don't solve anything. It is better to praise than to complain. 

Praising instead of complaining
Plus Good News Skittles Printable Gospel Tool for Kids

Try this creative idea using Skittles to share the good news of Jesus with your children. 

Creative Ideas, Gospel Presentation
Starter Goodbye Knots

A contest between two volunteers who untie knots off a rope is used to help teach why God is able to keep any promise he makes and where you can find those promises.

God's Promises
Starter Gospel Ornaments

Christmas trees with ornaments are all over during the Christmas Season. This object lesson takes five different colored ornaments and uses them to share the gospel message. That way, when children see ornaments on a tree, God can use it as a reminder to them of the gospel message. 

A Gospel presentation using Christmas Ornaments
Plus GPS (God Provides Salvation)

Just the way a GPS guides you to your destination, God provided everything we need to know to get to our Final Destination with Him.

Salvation
Plus His Name Endures Forever: An Object Lesson

An object lesson to use following worship to explain to kids how Jesus washes away our sins, yet he endures forever!

Worship Response, Object Lesson
Plus How a Helicopter Can Show God's Power

Using a remote-controlled helicoper, you can demonstrate how only God's genuine power can lead our lives in right ways.

God's Genuine Power vs. False Claims to Power
Starter How Strong Is Your Faith?

This is a science object lesson using water, salt, a 9-volt battery and paper clips to break the bond between hydrogen and oxygen atoms in water molecules. Even though the bonds of some atoms may be broken it doesn't have a real impact on the overall amount of water. When you go through trials and temptations and seek to handle them in your strength, it may seem to weaken your faith, but once you get your eyes back on Jesus, you'll find that it is still there.

Object Lesson - Faith
Plus How to Grow as a Child of God

Your growth as a Child of God is not measured in inches or years, but in the way we share our love.

ChristianLife
Starter How Well Can You Spell Your Name?

How easy is it to write your name? Should be fairly easy but this lesson complicates it and has a surprise ending for a volunteer.

Object Lesson: Trusting God
Plus I just can't see clearly

Great Object lesson teaching the kids that in this life we can't see clearly the things of God but one day we will see God face to face and things will be clear.

Christian life
Free Is Your Easter Hollow? Chocolate Rabbit Object Lesson

Is your Easter hollow? Show the kids in your ministry how to not feel empty this Easter. 

Easter Object Lesson
Free It Takes Two

Here is an object lesson to demonstrate the importance of believing in Jesus and confessing Him as Lord.

Prayer of Salvation
Plus It's all for God

Object lesson that teaches kids to work with diligence

Diligence, Serving God
Plus Jocks, Freaks and Geeks

Sticks and stones may break our bones... but words can hurt, too. 

Using kind words
Plus Kinds of Love

What kinds of love exist? How do we love others like God loves us? This Kinds of Love object lesson will help explain!

Object Lesson on Love
Plus Kitchen Science: Blowing Up A Balloon

Fun experiement that works as an Object Lesson and helps your kids learn about the Holy Spirit.

Holy Spirit, Science,
Plus Know the Real Thing

Teach kids about discerning if something is the truth as you take a look at how to detect conterfiet money.

Apologetics, Defending Our Faith
Plus Lesson: It's What's on the Inside That Counts

Inner beauty is more important to God than outer beauty.

Inner Beauty
Plus Let Us Pray--Bible Lesson for Children

This lesson is designed to teach children how to pray using The Lord’s Prayer. 

Lord's Prayer, Bible Lesson
Starter Levitating Matchstick

A puzzle is shown where one matchstick is standing up and a second stick is placed on top of a nickel and leaned against the standing stick. The puzzle is to figure out how to get the nickel out from under the leaning stick without touching either of the matches or the nickel.

God Works All Things Together for Good
Starter Lift Your Problems

This object lesson uses a balloon and a cup to illustrate how we can lift our problems to God. 

Praising God
Starter Light in the Darkness Object Lesson

Psalm 119:105 says God's word is a light unto our path. This object lesson uses an oil lamp or lantern to help explain the role the Holy Spirit has in helping us to understand and apply the bible to our lives.

The Bible
Plus Looking AHEAD! (A New Year's Devotional!)

A New Year's devotional or lesson that you can share with your kids.

Christian Life
Plus Looking on the Heart

Christian Life
Starter Magnets Attract

Use magnets as a visual aid to help the kids understand the importance of standing strong for God.

Standing Strong for God
Plus Missing the Mark

Other
Plus Missing the Mark

Christian Life
Starter My Dollar is Stuck

This object lesson uses a narrow necked bottle and a dollar bill to help show kids that God can do things that, to you, seem impossible.

Trusting God
Plus My Favorite Movie

Just like our favorite movie comes to an end, our lives come to an end also. If we know Jesus as our Savior there's no reason to be disappointed.

Death
Starter New Christian in Training

Comparing learning to live as a Christian to learning a team sport.

Discipleship
Plus New Year's Revolution!

Here is a New Year's Salvation Lesson illustrating that Jesus came to make a Revolution in our hearts!

Jesus, new year, new heart, salvation
Plus Noah's Ark Walk

A nighttime ark walk that will have kids glowing with excitement.

How Big Was Noah's Ark
Plus Numbers on the Dice

This object lesson uses dice to demonstrate how we need Jesus in order to get to heaven!

Object Lesson, Heaven
Starter Obedient Sauce Packet

This object lesson uses a simple sauce packet and bottle of water and a scientific principle to teach the importance of choosing to obey God rather than to go your way.

Obeying God
Free Object Lesson About the Kingdom of Heaven

Teaching kids about the kingdom of heaven? You can teach this as a two-part object lesson or present it as one.

Object Lesson, Kingdom of Heaven
Plus Object Lesson: Consequences Are Like Dominoes!

Teach your kids about the consequences of their choices through a fun object lesson using dominoes!

Consequences, Choices
Plus Object Lessons Can Make an Impact!

What is an object lesson? Here are several basic instructions that you need to know for giving one!

Object Lesson Instructions
Free Oreo Blitz

A fun game for the foodie in all of us ...

Games, Activities
Plus Paper Gospel Illusion for Easter

This is a great Gospel Illusion and Object Lesson for Easter to show how Jesus was killed and rose three days later! It uses a paper and pen to visually demonstrate this important truth.

Easter Object Lesson
Plus Plastic Army Men - Memorial Day Lesson

Remember all the men and women who have served our nation, some who even died serving the cause of freedom.

Teaching via Memorial Day
Plus Prepare the Way

God wants every boy and girl to tell people about Jesus and His great love. But before we can be a good witness, we need to clean up the sin on our lives.

Evangelism
Free Pretzel Object Lessons

Still a powerful teaching tool today, pretzels are the perfect object lesson/treat to share with your class that will teach them about prayer.  

Prayer
Starter Racing to the North Pole

Help the kids see we are all far from God's kingdom and need His forgiveness.  

Forgiveness, Grace, Salvation
Plus Red Light on Sin

Object lesson that integrates with the Gospel Message, showing how Jesus sees us as sinless.

Gospel, Sin, Restoration
Starter Reflecting God

This object lesson uses a driveway reflector to teach the kids the importance of living for Jesus and letting his light shine through you for others to see.

Living for Jesus
Plus Reminds Me of Jesus

Here is a Powerpoint presentation that gives several different object lessons, each illustrating a Christmas item and why it reminds us of Jesus!

Christmas Object Lessons
Starter Resting on the Word

With the help of a piece of a paper towel, you can get a paperclip to float on water and use it to help challenge the kids to memorize bible verses.

The Word of God
Starter Salty Speech

Using a saltshaker as an object lesson, this teaching emphasizes the importance of speaking wisely and graciously, as instructed in Colossians 4:6. 

Using Words Wisely
Plus Salvation Socks

Use different socks to help explain the way of salvation

Salvation, Repentance,
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