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Use this children’s Sunday School on the eighth Beatitude to teach kids about the different forms of Christian persecution. Needed: Bibles, Faith vs. Fear cards, a world map, writing and drawing paper, crayons or colored pencil Intro Game: Despite All Obstacles  Set up an obstacle course with two mirror paths. Divide the students into two teams. One student from each team runs the obstacle course at a time while the other team members line up along the

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on being “salt” to teach kids the importance that Christians have in the world. Needed: Bibles, Salt Intro Activity: Acting It Out Divide students into groups of two or three. Have each group decide on and act out one way that they can help someone and convince them to believe in Jesus. Name some outreach activities that your church does if students need help thinking of something. Explain that sometimes, people

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on Christians being the light of the world to show kids how they can lead other people to Heaven. Needed: Bibles, flashlight, blindfolds, obstacles Intro Game: Jesus Our Light  Play a game of Red Light, Green Light with the change of turning the light on and off. Students run from one side of the room to the other when the lights are on. But when you turn the lights off, they

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson on Jesus’ command to teach children how to speak well to others. Needed: Bibles, various objects, “Joe” paper doll, tape, writing and drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game 1: Don’t Say It!  Have the students pair up. They take turns asking each other questions. The person answering, however, can’t use certain letters. For the first round, they might not be able to use words with the letter “s.” If

Teach children how to make room for Christ in their lives. Needed: Bibles, a paper doll for each student, crayons or colored pencils, scissors, construction paper, tape Intro Game: Resisting Temptation  Divide students into two teams for a slightly modified game of Red Rover. The teams line up facing each other on either side of your play area. They link hands with the students next to them. You’ll call the name of one of the students on

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson about not swearing to teach kids to keep their word. Needed: Bibles, cookies or other small prizes in paper bags or boxes Game: Promises, Promises Set a cookie or small prize in individual paper bags or under individual boxes. In this game show type activity, call one student contestant forward. They are the Prize Giver for the round. That student (the Prize Giver) can then choose two more student contestants to

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to be patient and forgiving. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads Intro Game: Don’t Hit Dodgeball  Divide students into two teams. They stand at opposite sides of your play area. Their goal is to not hit the other team while making the other team hit them. If someone throws and hits a member of the other team, they’re out. Meanwhile, members of the other team can dive

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to be sincere in their spirituality. Needed: Bibles, a random object Intro Game: Sneaky Giving Students sit or stand in a wide circle with their eyes closed. Choose one student to stand in the middle of the circle. They are the Giver. Hand them a random object to lay in front of one of the students in the circle. Their goal is to do so quietly so that

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. Needed: Telephone, Bibles, various objects Intro Game: Finding the Difference  Name three items that you can see. Two of them should be the same in a certain way (color, shape, material, etc.) and one should be different in that same way. The first student who calls out the difference gets to name the next three objects. Play as long as time permits.

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer. Needed: Bibles, various items, a loaf of store-bought bread Intro Game: How Did God Make It? Divide students into groups of two or three. Give each group an item from your home, from around the church, or from your classroom. Tell each group that they have to come up with the steps God used to make that item. Ask them to be

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to be generous. Needed: A bag of potatoes or another item to play Hot Potato with (you’ll need one for each student), a bunch of shirts or something else you have a lot of, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils, pennies Intro Game: 2x Hot Potato Have students stand in a circle. Give the potato to one child and have that student pass it to their right, around

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to focus on good and worthwhile things. Needed: Bibles, Treasures in Heaven Relay cards, a flashlight, gift boxes, (optional: picture or poster of a poor person or family), a potato or other object for each student, a die Intro Game: Treasures in Heaven Relay Divide students into two or more teams. All teams line up one side of the play area. On the other side is a

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about keeping God first. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads, money Intro Game: Monkeys in the Middle  Form students into three groups. Two groups stand on either side of your play area. The third group stands in the middle. The two groups on the end throw or rolls the balls (or paper wads) back and forth to each other. The third group tries to intercept them. When

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to not worry. Needed: Bibles, Faith vs. Fear cards, whiteboard or blackboard, stuffed or real bird (or a picture of a bird), flower Intro Game: Faith vs. Fear Print out or write the words Fear or Faith on a set of index cards. You should have an equal number of cards that say Faith as Fear. Divide students into two teams, and have the teams line up

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to not judge others. Needed: a wood board, decorative bags or boxes with dirt inside and a plain bag or box with cookies or another prize inside Intro Game: Looks Can be Deceiving part 1 Set out a series of decorative bags or boxes on a table. These bags all have dirt in them. Set one plain bag or box in a visible but inconspicuous location elsewhere

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about when to tell people about Jesus and when not to. Needed: Bibles, a rotten piece of food or a picture of rotten food and a fancy food item or a picture of fancy food, a can of dog food or a picture of dog food Intro Game: Disciple Tag Choose one student to be It. When they tag someone, that person links hands with them and joins

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about how to receive God’s blessings. Needed: Bibles, a gift box with a rock and a toy or stuffed snake inside, a healthy snack for all (I used individually packaged fruit cups), utensils for the snack, napkins (hide the napkins somewhere in your classroom beforehand) Intro Game: Mother, May I?  Choose one student to be Mother or Father. The rest of the students stand facing the Mother or

Use this children’s Sunday School on the Golden Rule to teach kids to treat others how they want to be treated. Needed: Bibles, something golden, masking tape Intro Game: Treasure Hunt  Hide something golden in your room and tells students that you’ve hidden golden treasure. When you say, “Go!” students look for it. The first one to find it gets to re-hide it while the others close their eyes and count to 10. Play until each student

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about following the narrow road to Heaven. Needed: Bibles, paper to make two paths, a snack or other prize Intro Game: Follow the Leader Choose a Leader. Students must follow the Leader in every way, going where they go and doing what they do. Play for a specified amount of time and then, choose a new Leader. Play until everyone has had a chance to be Leader or

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to be a real follower of Christ. Needed: Bibles, fruit and leaves and twigs, bowls, rotten fruit or a picture of rotten fruit, good fruit or a picture of good fruit Intro Game: Good Fruit Relay Divide students into two teams and have them line up at one side of the room. Give each team a bowl. At the other end of the room, place a bowl

Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to be like the man who built his house on the rock. Needed: Bibles, a pan, a cup of water, a large rock, some sand, two toy houses (I used Monopoly houses), trays of sand, trays of rocks, playing cards, a die Lesson Place the rock and a pile of sand in the pan with a house on top of each. Show the students the cup of

We can hope in the Lord no matter what! Includes a teaching guide and 2 games. Needed: Blankets or sheets or beach towels, various objects Game: Up and Down Give the students blankets, sheets, or beach towels to hold between them. You can break the students into teams or have them complete the following challenges together. Bounce an object 5, 10, and 20 times without dropping it. See how high they can bounce an object. Bounce more