Bible Games and fun

Make learning Bible stories fun by turning them into games. Here are a few that can be played almost anywhere with little or no supplies:

Bible Charades: One person thinks of a person in the Bible and using no words acts out or pantomimes  that character while everyone else tries to guess who the Bible character could be. The person who gets it right is the next person to chose a Bible character to act out.

Bible Twenty Questions: One person, called the answerer,  thinks of a character, place, or thing in the Bible. Everyone else, the questioners, tries to guess by asking only questions that can be answered with yes or no. No other questions are allowed. Keep a count of the number of questions asked. The object is to guess the character, place, or thing before you ask 20 questions.

For example, say the answerer is thinking of Goliath. He/She starts by saying “I’m thinking of a Bible character.”  The questioners begin asking questions such as “Is this character a man?” (Note, you can’t ask if it is “a man or woman” because that question couldn’t be answered with a yes or no.) Other appropriate questions might include:

• Is this character in the Old Testament?
• Is this character a “good guy?”
• Is this character young?
• Does this character wear a special kind of clothes?
• Is this character a king?

Bible Skits: Children enjoy acting. Let them create a Bible skit that focuses on a story you have read together. Bath robes are quick costumes for Bible costumes. Or for the Mom who sews, Bible costumes can be made quickly and easily with bargain fabrics.