Games Zone

This game is a blast but takes a bit of prep, and is very messy, so be prepared, and don't do this on carpet! Also, you must have a washable wall!

Why should children celebrate Saint Patrick's Day? This lesson includes his story, a PowerPoint lesson, and song that will give children a reason why this is an important holiday for the church. We can learn many lessons from the life of St. Patrick about listening to God, obedience, evangelism, and forgive others who treat us unkindly.  

Good review lesson. Children stuff sweatshirt with balloons if they answer correctly.

The Food Pantry Coordinator of our church wanted to assist needy families with Thanksgiving food baskets of love. To help collect items for this event, the teenagers went on a scavenger hunt to collect non-perishable food items and/or money donations.

This is a Thanksgiving version of the popular PIT game by Parker Brothers... and the kids will gobble it up!

Use this word search to teach children a verse about giving thanks.

A fun trivia game that can be used around Thanksgiving.

This is a good game to help get preschoolers (ages 3-5) quiet and ready for the next activity.

This Children's Ministry game goes great with a lesson about the Good Samaritan.

This is an entry level skit which requires three adults and very few props. While it was written for Valentine's Day, it can be performed at any time of the year. The skit is about what toys do after everyone leaves a toy store, but it's also about abstinence, i.e. waiting until you're married to have sex. It's done in a very innocent way - there is nothing sexual or romantic in this skit.

These simple thumbs up, or thumbs down cards can be used in any number of contexts to help visualize good ideas from bad ones.

This is a wonderful Children's Ministry Relay Game. Two teams race to see which team can Change the Babies Diapers!

A dart game in which you either win prizes or have a task to do.

Use this modified version of hopscotch to help teach memory verses

Simple game that helps kids work cooperatively to memorize a verse while engaging their large motor and laughter muscles. Fun for leaders too!

A set of Christmas-themed rebus puzzles.

Learn a Bible Verse While playing a game of Duck, Duck, Goose

Games are a key part of Children’s Ministry. I believe no kids service is complete without a well-planned intentional game. However, no game should just be a time-filler.