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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All Access The True Gift of Christmas

Here is an object lesson that uses a Christmas present to demonstrate that Jesus is the best gift of Christmas!

Christmas Object Lesson
All Access Three Last Minute Christmas Lesson Ideas

Since the holidays are such a busy time, we all get behind in something. For this Christmas season, I wanted to provide you with three last minute Christmas lesson ideas to help you, if you are in need of a quick children’s ministry lesson!

Children's Ministry, Christmas Lessons
All Access Trinity object lesson

Trinity
Free Watch Where You Step!

Here is an object lesson to demonstrate how we need to follow God and watch where we step!

Following God
All Access Wedding Rings & Wedding Pictures

Being baptized is like wearing a wedding ring. It shows people who you belong to.

Baptism
All Access What Are You Thankful For?

Here is an object lesson for Thanksgiving to remind us how much we have to be thankful for!

Thankfulness
All Access What Kind of Fruit Did Adam and Eve Eat?

Does the Bible really say that? We should never assume we know what the Bible says. We need to read it, study it, and teach it properly!

Presumptions of What the Bible Says
Free What Weighs Us Down Object Lesson - Matthew 11:28

Use this object lesson to teach children how carrying the weigh of worry and sin can be a heavy burden. 

Peace, Rest
All Access You Can't Fool God

Christian Life
All Access Balloon Release (Give It To God)

The kids in our Elementary class wrote down their gifts, talents, and plans for their lives and stuck them to a helium filled balloon. They released the balloons into the sky, signifying that they were releasing their will for their life to God.

Gifts, Talents, God's Will
All Access Film Tube Rockets

Here is a fun outdoor object lesson to show the power of the Holy Spirit in one's life

Object Lesson, Idea Swap
All Access Jelly Donuts: It's the inside that matters

Don't judge a book by its cover, don't judge a donut by its outside, and don't judge a person, because God looks on the inside.

Heart, Judge, Inside
All Access Put Others First

This is a group activity that doubles as an object lesson, getting your kids to be artistic.

Golden Rule, Drawing
All Access Siri, what does my day look like?

Kids are encouraged to meet with God first thing in the morning to ask for encouragement for their day ahead.

Prayer in the morning
All Access The Big Picture

This is an object lesson or a group activity which will help explain that God sometimes has a different perspective than we do. Isaiah 55:9 "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts."

Perspective,
All Access The Ministries of Jesus

Families visit five different rooms in order to learn about the five ministries of Jesus: Prayer, Healing, Teaching, Feeding the Hungry, and Serving God.

The Ministries of Jesus
All Access Why I Believe In Object Lessons

This article explains the reasons why object lessons are important.

Object Lessons
All Access Heart-Rope Trick

A rope is hung from the center of a cutout wooden heart. By a couple of simple moves the rope is wound around the heart sides. When the heart is suspended by the rope and draped with a red scarf, it is easily released. The scarf is removed to show the heart freely hanging on the suspended rope.

Salvation
All Access Substitutionary Atonement?

Kids see a first hand example of how Jesus took our punishment for us.

Salvation
All Access .....But I paid for the whole thing!

Bible
All Access 3 Things You May Have Overlooked

A visual object lesson - the audience misses the obvious. Do we miss out on the most important thing in life?

Christian Life
All Access A Higher Law

Bible
All Access A Lemonade Recipe That Doesn't Work

Christian Life
All Access A Letter from God

Bible
All Access A Memory Feat

Other
All Access A perfect copy

God's desire for us is that we be a "copy" of Christ.

ChristianLife
All Access A Pumpkin Object Lesson

Christian Life
All Access A Ticket to Heaven?

Jesus
All Access All Things Work Together

God sometimes allows things to happen in our lives that may not be very "tasteful" or good, and He also allows good things to happen in our lives. It takes the bad and the good things together to make our life what God wants it to be.

ChristianLife
All Access Angels Unaware

Christian Life
All Access Anger Like a Volcano

A science experiment that illustrates how anger can grow and hurt others.

Anger, Speech, Self Control
All Access Are You a Soldier?

Christian Life
All Access Are you Fruity Enough?

Christian Life
All Access Are You Like a Fake Plant?

Christian Life
All Access Are you ready?

Jesus is coming back soon. Are you ready?

Jesus' Return
All Access Armor of God

This is a fun and creative way to help kids understand the importance of the armor of God and how it can protect us, even today.

Armor of God
All Access Ask a Friend

An object lesson that illustrates just how fast a Sunday school class can grow when the Word of God is shared.

Christian Life
All Access Ask and you shall receive.

A fun way of teaching children to ask God for their needs.

Asking God
All Access Be Holy

God sees all sin as equal.

ChristianLife
All Access Becoming Chocolate Milk

This is an illustration that presents the baptism of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost to kids in a very easy manner. Acts 2; 10:44-47

Holy Spirit Baptism
All Access Bible Story Madlibs

A humorous way to grab kids' attention in Bible stories.

ChristianLife
All Access Billy the Balloon

Christian Life
All Access Bitter to Sweet - Your Choice!

Other
All Access Bitterness into Blessings!

Demonstrates how we can make our circumstances work out for the good (and for the good of others).

Teaching
All Access Blanket of God's Presence

Use a blanket to help the children pray.

Prayer
All Access Blind Artist

Christian Life
All Access Blind Faith

Faith
All Access Body, Soul and Spirit

Salvation
All Access Breastplate of Rigtheousness

New Testament
All Access Bridge to Heaven

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