Sunday School Games
Most children look forward to game time in Sunday School. It can be simple and short, as long as it’s fun. Many teachers use this game time as a reward for good participation in the Bible lesson.
Choosing (or inventing) a good Bible game can even reinforce the lesson plan. Of course, games work great in children’s church or almost any children’s ministry setting.
This page links to some game ideas posts and also points out other helpful websites for finding church games. Please leave a comment at the bottom if you know of any other resources.
6 Easy Children's Game Ideas
Erase the Bible Verse Game
9 Classic Kids Game Ideas
Do You Really Know?
10 Tips for Better Games
Wheel of Fortune Bible
Minute To Win It Games
Books of the Bible Game Idea
5 Non-Competitive Game Ideas
Fruit of the Spirit game idea
Object Freeze Tag Game
3 Active Games for Ministry
Fruit of the Spirit Game Idea
4 Easy Preschool Game Ideas
5 More Bible Games
Kids M&M Gauntlet Game
Children's Encouragement Game
18 Parachute Game Ideas
Game ideas about trusting God
Messy Game Ideas for Kids
More Christian Game Ideas for Sunday School
- Encouragement Game for Sunday School: This is a simple game I’ve used to teach the kids about building up others. I first used it to help some of my foster children to use positive words – a great need!
- Fruit of the Spirit Game: Here is a fun activity game to help children remember this important Bible truth. It’s called “Upset Fruit Basket.” Here is another option using sidewalk chalk.
- “That’s Impossible” Game for Children’s Church: This basketball inspired game will teach kids they need Jesus’ help to obey the Bible.
- 5 Bible Memory Games for Children’s Bible Verses: Here are some options to help make learning Bible verses more engaging.
- Silent Football Game: This is a group game that might work better if you have some open space, but it could be modified to fit a Sunday School classroom.
- Kids Bible Trivia Game: Try these Bible knowledge questions to round out your Sunday School class.
- Post-It Note Games: Here are five creative activities for Sunday School using post-it notes. This is a life saver if you have dead time at the end of your Bible lesson.
- Games for Children’s Church: This is a post I wrote back in 2008 that links out to helpful websites that have children’s church games.
- Sunday School & Inside Games: This topic came up in our forums and some good ideas were passed around.
- 3 Active Games for Kids Church: Great for ice breakers or to burn off a little energy.
- 9 Classic Group Games for Children: These are tested and true options that kids will love.
Outside or Gym Friendly Games
- Object Freeze Tag Game: This is a fun spin on classic tag. With a few simple items you can make it work in your VBS or children’s ministry.
- VBS Game “Drip, Drip, Drop” is similar to duck, duck, goose — except with a wet sponge!
- Awana Game Idea “The M&M’s Gauntlet”
- Large Group Games for Children’s Ministry: This topic came up in our children’s ministry forums. This thread has several helpful ideas for games at church.
- Captain Midnight Game for Kids Ministry: This is a large group game that works best if you have a gym or outside area.
- Large Group Children’s Ministry Game: North-South-Central is a handy game when you have a large open space.
- Quiet Ball Game: Another fun game to try at church. This one is a big favorite for kids and it can be done without causing too much noise.
- Try these VBS games when you need a high-energy group game for your children’s ministry – plus they won’t break your budget.
Free Bible Games for Kids
Kids Sunday School Place: They have a large choice of children’s Bible games on their website. This is a membership site, but many of their excellent games are free.
Great Group Games Website: This page lists several of the standard kids ministry games, including sword drills and Bible story specific games.
You can also watch some of our Sunday School games on YouTube.
Share Your Sunday School Games
Do you have a favorite game in your children’s ministry? Then leave a comment below to share it. If possible describe how it’s played and any special items needed.
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Thank you for being there in times of need. Your materials have been of great help in coordinating of Sunday school teachers in my ministry. May the Lord bless and enlarge your coast of inspirations in Jesus name.
great website, God bless you for your efforts and burden for children ministry. I am working in Children Ministry for my Church. your website is really helpful.
Great web site. I have one added idea for you, after watching Gator Snot info. Don’t have time to order gator snot or need lots and lots of it ? We have found that you can also use Jello instead of gator snot. We buy the jello powder from a bulk store where we can get it by the pound. We make jello in gallon jugs (from water or milk cartons) The jugs can be cut open and dumped out for awesome fun. Fill up a plastic kids pool, add a bag of marbles. Kids have to get the marbles out with their toes. You can do all the other gator snot games, but just with jello. Love your site. I plan games for a group of 70 each week, so this is really helpful.
Wow! I’m impressed and I love this ministry. I was born again at the age of 11 and I met Christ through a fund dedicated to take children to the coast. And when we go to the coast we were ministered to and sang songs fro the Lord. That’s when I met Christ and understood what He was all about. I must confess that had it not been for a Childrens Minister or Ministry, I would have never known the Lord that early. Children’s Ministry works guys! it sustains the children’s hearts as they grow up to remind them of the first contact with the Lord if it happens they backslide or whatever problems they encounter in Christianity as time goes. I speak of what I know. I so desire to also go into this ministry as I love kids and enjoy their company. As much as I dont have kids of my own as yet, I believe that the Lord has given me the heart to be able to teach, educate and entertain all children to bring them to Christ. Amen.
Hi I work with children at my church and I think your lessons are very good and easy to follow.
thanks
Hey guys, if you use a projector and have internet access in your kids’ room, you can use my online games to teach verses and stuff. http://KidBuilder.net http://bibleblackbelt.com
God bless you for the wonderful work you are doing.Could you please help me with ‘the books of the Bible’ song?I saw one on line but I can’t read music so it was of no use to me.Thanks.
gracias por su ayuda a los niños les gusta mucho estos juegos y me dio la idea de ayudar al repaso de la lección con la rueda de la fortuna y eso los divierte mucho y así puedo ver cuanto han aprendido
I’m looking for some ideas that will help encourage kids to listen during class. Some kind of system that will reward them when they have been quiet in class. My pastors wife stepped down from teaching the Wednesday night class and asked if I would take her place. I’ve worked in the children’s ministry, but have never been asked to be a head of it. Thanks for your help! God bless!
BIG Bible Town is a new online game that immerses K-6 children in scripture-based Bible adventures. Our objective is to deliver a fun game experience that will help kids build Christian character by instilling Bible knowledge and Christian values that will serve kids for a lifetime.
The game is designed as a Christian alternative to secular juggernauts such as Club Penguin and NeoPets and includes all the gameplay features that make these games appeal to tens of millions of kids. Plus, we know the game is fun based on the rave reviews we have received from parents and kids. The key difference is that in BIG Bible Town, our mini-games are interactive recreations of Bible stories. So as kids play BIG Bible Town, they are also learning scripture and practicing Christian values.
You can see our intro movie and and get more info on the game at http://www.BigBibleTown.com. When you review our site, you will see that we have 24 Bible story games currently available inside BIG Bible Town. We have produced 95 Bible story games and will adding several of these to the site monthly over the next 24 months to form the most comprehensive collection of Bible education games available anywhere.
Thanks you so much for this site. I just started teaching the kids in my church today I didnt had much idea on what really to teach them but this site have giving me a whole lot of ideas.
My husband and I have recently started teaching Childrens Church. I was honestly lost and didnt even know how to plan a lesson. I love that this site helps me plan a lesson and break it down for my kids. I have children in my class that are autistic and mentally challenged. I have presented several lessons that I have gotten from this site and they really helped them understand and know the true meaning the Lord. Thank you so much for what you do and please keep it up!
I know that as long as there are people who love Jesus love to teach children ,This is a wonderful tools to equipt those that love to teach kids and let hem know about Jesus
I love Bible Games! I’m linking to a video I just posted that shows you how to play “Persistence Spoons”. I often use this Bible game when telling the story of Jacob wrestling the Angel in Genesis 32.
I like this game for a few reasons:
1) It’s Active (good when the kids are restless)
2) You don’t have to go buy anything at the store.
3) It works for younger kids AND the tricky “older child” age group
4) It has a very powerful Bible-Based message.
Hope you enjoy!
Hi,
Here is a game we played just recently. We just finished a series on the book of Exodus. Of course we can play the game as we likeAnd we wanted the kids to remember things, places, people etc.
Steps:
1.Write done the names of people on small sheets of paper without the knowledge of the kids
2. Stick one sheet of paper on each kid’s forehead. Make sure the kids don’t know by themselves what is written on the paper sheets (of course other kids can see and know what is on their friends’ foreheads)
3. Call out the kids one by one and let them stand(one at a time) so that the other friends can clearly see what is written
4. By now, the kids know what is written on their friends’ foreheads. Ask the kids to describe what is written on the forehead. The kid concerned has to figure out who/what he is based on his friends’ descriptions.
5. Later, you can ask the kids to share something about the persons/places etc written on their foreheads.
My Sunday school kids really enjoyed it.
Regards,
Taliakum
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Fantastic! Being a small church resources are hard and to be able to go to your website and find something is wonderful. This is something I have been looking for for years. Do you do video lessons to use for a class? At times I have been sick and couldn’t do a lesson and so we have just given a video for the kids to watch with a substitue. It would great if there was a resource to teach like they do the adults.
Thank you so much.
I agree that Bible games are an important tool in teaching children about the Bible. I have several free printable Bible games and a couple of free online Bible games on my website, http://www.grandmamouse.net.
Thank you for this website lesson on Sunday games and it will help me much to work with the kids in my sunday school in PNG….God bless you.
Idea for verse memorization (I’ve heard it called “How say you?”): Write down several zany ways of saying a verse each on a 1″ x 1″ card. Examples: “Like your falling off a mountain,” “while holding your tongue,” “Like Yoda,” “Like a sheep,” etc. Place them in a small gift bag or an empty tissue box. Pick a verse and then have the kids pass the bag, pick one, and say the verse that way. When each kid had a turn, you can pick another verse or just go around again with the same one. If you’re having trouble thinking of different ways to say it, the kids will be more than happy to make suggestions :-)
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I work with children in my church and think this material will help me.
I’ve been doing children’s ministry for 16+ plus years and sometimes the well runs dry! Thanks for this site and all the great ideas. The following game is simple but the children love it and I use it as a filler on those Sundays I have 10 minutes left. I call it the “Thankful Game”. I put sheets of all colors of construction paper on the floor in a circle. Make sure there’s at least one for each child. We start music and the children walk in a circle making sure to step on each sheet of paper. I close my eyes, stop the music and shout out a child’s name (making sure I include each of them at least once). They have to say something they are thankful for that is the color of the piece of paper they are standing on. They are very inventive: purple popsicles, orange sherbet, their favorite pink dress, red balloons….and it encourages thankfulness.
i am going to use this this Sunday .. thank u ..
it is very simple and encouraging…
Thanks so much for this wedsite it truly is a big help, keep it up a good work!! God bless
Thank you so much for all the material and examples that you have on your website.
Im was getting really frustrated because i was going to websites where if wanted information you had to paid. Your website has given me alot of insight on things that we need to do for our ministry.
Thanks again