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Indoor Christian Games for Bible School

Children in Bible school often look forward to making new friends and learning about their faith. Help them achieve both by planning Christian games that get them relating to each other and working as a team while learning about the Bible. Play indoor games that feature various levels of activity, depending on the energy level of your class.

Balloon Game
- Put a Bible school twist on a classic game by pumping up the volume on contemporary Christian pop tunes while the kids play the game--providing an end-of-the-game opportunity for the children to serve one another. Choose CDs by up-beat bands such as the Newsboys or Jump-Five. Divide the kids into teams for a balloon game in an open area. Let them bat at balloons with empty cardboard paper towel tubes, across a line of tape on the floor. Play the music while the teams try to bat the balloons over the line to the other team's side. Let them go for 10 minutes, then stop the music. The team with the most balloons on their side must serve snacks to the winning team that day. Remind the kids that Jesus valued the act of serving one another.
Musical Chairs
- Play musical chairs, set to lively Christian tunes. Before Bible school, prepare strips of paper containing the Bible verse, Matthew 19:30: "But many who are first will be last and many who are last will be first." Tape the paper strips to pieces of candy for game prizes. Set two rows of chairs back to back to each child can have a chair. Ask the kids to stand, remove one chair, then start the music. Have the kids walk in a line around the chairs. Tell the children to sit when the music stops. Stop the music. Give two pieces of candy to the child who is left standing. The child may eat one piece, and save the other to take home. Continue the game, removing one chair before beginning the music each time.
Bible Story Charades
- Play Bible story charades the last two or three days of Bible school, so children who might not have been familiar with Bible stories have had a chance to learn them. Write each child's name on a strip of paper, fold it and place it in a basket. Let the children draw names to find a partner. Choose a pair to go first. Whisper a Bible scenario such as "Noah's Ark" or "Jonah and the Great Fish" to them. Have the team silently act out the scenario as the other children attempt to guess the scenario. The child with the winning guess joins her partner as the next team to act out a charade.

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