Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids the symbolism of the Easter basket. Needed: Easter basket, Easter grass, chocolate coins or chocolate with some kind of shiny wrapping (Hershey’s Kisses, York Peppermint Patties, etc.), chicken or rooster-shaped candy (a chocolate rooster, or chick-shaped Peeps), a plastic egg with something inside of it, rolls of toilet paper, cones or … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about Jesus praying in the Garden, Judas’ betrayal, and Peter’s denial. Needed: Bibles, dice Intro Game: Traitor Among Us! Have students close their eyes. Explain that when you walk among them and tap one student on the shoulder, that student is the Traitor. When you tap them, they should look up … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children about what the sacrament means and how Jesus started it at the Last Supper. Needed: Bibles, a Communion set (It’s up to you whether your church will allow you to have Communion with the children. If not, simply show them the items used in Communion.) Intro Game: Traitor Among Us! Have … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach children about serving others. Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Good and Faithful Servant Tell the students that you’re going to play a game in which you’re the Master, and they’re your servants. You’re going to name something you want, and they have 15 seconds to bring you … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about both Jesus’ identity and the need to respect the church as a holy place. Needed: Bibles, construction paper, old clothes, balloons Worship Activity: Mini Church Service To help kids understand that the church is a holy place, take some time to walk through the elements of a church service. Do … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about giving Jesus our best. Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils, soft balls or paper wads Intro Game: What to Do with It? Divide students into groups of two or three. Tell each group to pretend that you gave them $20. Their job is to come up with the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about the power of Jesus in raising Lazarus (and us) from the dead. Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Activity: Acting It Out Divide students into groups of two or three. Give them a few minutes to think of their skit. Then, have each group act out what … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids that serving others is a way of serving Jesus. Needed: Bibles, dice, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Raising the Dice Divide students into two teams or more teams and give each time a six-sided die. The first student from each team runs up to a table and rolls … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids the importance of using their talents for God. Needed: Bibles, optional: chalkboard or whiteboard or paper to brainstorm ideas Lesson Ask students, What are some things that you’re good at? (Suggestions could include anything from being good at sports to being a good artist to being a good friend. Write at … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to impress upon kids the need to be ready when Jesus returns. Needed: Bibles, a way to play music Intro Game: What Time? Think of a time (example: 12:49 pm) and ask students to guess what time you’re thinking of. Whoever is closest then gets to think of a new time. Continue playing as … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to offer Jesus everything that they have. Needed: Bibles, a $20 bill or higher, two pennies, a lot of pennies and a bucket, cookies or other prizes Intro Game #1: Trading All We Have Scatter wads of paper all over the floor. Then, show students a cookie or some other sort … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids what it will be like when Jesus comes again. Needed: Bibles, a balloon Intro Game: Don’t Let it Fall! Gather students in a circle. As you toss a balloon up into the air in the middle of the circle, call one of the student’s names. That student must run to hit … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids that God wants us to tell everyone about Him. Needed: Bibles, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Receiving the Invitation Choose one student to be It. Then, have It turn around and choose one of the other students to be the Hostile. It then tries to tag all the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to be grateful and honor God for the gifts He gives us. Needed: Bibles, fruit or paper wads, paper wads, soft balls Intro Game #1 – Gathering the Harvest Divide students into two teams and have them line up at one side of the room. Give each team a bowl. At … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to obey the Lord both in word and in action. Needed: Bibles , Uno cards or Go Fish! cards or playing cards Intro Game: Listening to God Have students line up at one side of the room. The teacher gives instructions, saying “God Says” as in “Simon Says.” Make the motions … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids that it’s important to spend time with Jesus every day. Needed: Bibles Intro Game: Mary and Martha Marathon Have students line up in a row on one side of the room, facing you. When you yell “Martha!” students should run as fast as they can to the other side of the … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to be a good influence on others. Needed: Bibles, pennies or playing cards, something small to show children Intro Game: Tax Collector Tag Give each student two pennies or two playing cards. Then, choose 2-4 students to be Collectors. The Collectors are It. Their goal is to collect as many … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to serve others. Needed: Bibles, various items, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro Game: Good and Faithful Servant Tell the students that you’re going to play a game in which you’re the Master, and they’re your servants. You’re going to name something you want, and they have 15 seconds to … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids about God’s passion and grace. Needed: Bibles, boxes or paper bags, cookies or other small prizes, coins, drawing paper, crayons or colored pencils Intro 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 … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to keep God as the most important thing in their lives. Needed: Bibles, soft balls or paper wads, pennies Intro Game: Rotating Firsts Divide the students into two teams and play dodge ball with soft play balls or wads of waste paper. After 30 seconds, name one of the balls as … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids the importance of following the Bible and telling other people about God. Needed: Bibles Intro Activity: Acting It Out Divide students into groups of two or three. Give them a few minutes to think of their skit. Then, have each group act out what they think happens when someone dies. Lesson … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to show love to others. Needed: Bibles, blankets or sheets or beach towels, bandages, cups of water Intro 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. 1. … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids to forgive others. Needed: Bibles, Bible trivia questions, Forgiveness vs. Judgment cards Intro Game: Forgiven Much In this game show, you’ll divide your students into two teams. The first student from each team comes forward to answer a question. You’ll read the question, and listen for both of their answers. They … More Children’s Ministry Resources
Use this children’s Sunday School lesson to teach kids how to confront and forgive others. 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 … More Children’s Ministry Resources