Join “The Secret Service” — an irresistibly fun way to encourage kids to look out for the needs of others. Free printables, including Confidential Secret Service Mission Ideas. Encourage kids to express their creativity while building up others. Write and/or color cards for people who don’t often hear thank…
Create a whole parade of animals out of toilet paper tubes (tutorial here). Bible connections: Creation of the animals, Noah’s Ark. Make an ant farm—without the dirt! Black beans stand in for the ants in this simple craft you make with just four materials. Bible connections: Proverbs 5:6, how God cares for even…
Sometimes nothing beats a good old fashioned board game. Here are a few you might want to keep handy: Chutes & Ladders, Sorry!, and Scrabble Jr. With a little creativity, you can connect these games to the Biblical ideas you’re teaching. Get started with these ideas.…
A quick game of Guess Who? doubles as a class-bonding activity. Use it next time you have a few extra minutes to fill or want to help a new group of kids get to know each other. Here’s a game that requires absolutely NO supplies: gather your…
If your class is memorizing a Bible verse, you can’t beat the Pool Noodle game (no water required)! Kids burn off energy while memorizing that tricky list of Biblical books with Books of the Bible Hopscotch. Books of the Bible Fishing is a brilliant way to teach the different genres…