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Alphabetical Bible texts
Click here to go to a subcategory with activities and puzzles for 26 Bible texts, each starting with a different letter of the alphabet.
Memory games
Memory games are very nice for the younger ones, although older children often enjoy the game too.
Download the document with cards, and print the cards on cardstock. You can also print them on normal paper and glue them on cardstock afterwards. Cut the cards. You can laminate them for durability. The illustrations for the memory games are the copyright of Sweet Publishing and Free Bible Images. The illustrations are made available for free download under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, and are used with permission.
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30 Seconds game with Bible cards
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Do you know the 30 Seconds game? The goal of the game is—as a team—to guess five words which are written on cards, and which are described by one of the participants. And yes, you are supposed to guess the words within 30 seconds! Each word which you guessed correctly earns you a point.
The game on this website is based on the original 30 Seconds game, but is made with words and themes from the Bible and the church. Translated with permission from Bijbels Opvoeden. |
5 Second Rule game with Bible cards
The 5 Second Rule game is a word game which makes you think fast in order to give the right answers. The questions always follow the same format: Name 3 … The game below is based on this 5 Second Rule game. It is an educative game to increase or keep up your Bible knowledge!
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Board game: Paul's missionary journeys
This board game was developed by Bijbels Opvoeden, and translated and posted with permission. The board game includes questions about all three of Paul's missionary journeys.
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Quartet game: Ten Commandments
This is a quartet game about the Ten Commandments. There is an introduction set, and a set for each commandment (11 sets in total). This is a great game to review the meaning of each of the Ten Commandments with children.
Bijbels Opvoeden made this quartet game, and gave Take a Moment permission to post an English version.
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Bible games
Many families enjoy playing games. Are you looking for Bible games to play with your family, for example on Sundays? Below are some ideas!
Most of these games are taken from Bijbels Opvoeden, and posted with their permission. Take a Moment added some ideas or variations.
1. Chain of Bible names
The youngest child in the family may start by saying a name of a person in the Bible. The next person (go clockwise if you sit in a circle) says a name which starts with the last letter of the name that was first mentioned. This continues until nobody can come up with a new name anymore. How many names are in your chain?
Example: Nathanael, Levi, Ichabod, David, Daniel, Lydia, Abraham, Moses, Shiphrah, Hannah...
Variation 1: One person chooses the first name to start with. Set a timer. Everybody writes down their own chain. Who can come up with the longest chain?
2. Letter game
Choose a letter, and set a timer. Everybody tries to think of as many Biblical names as possible that start with that letter before the timer goes.
Variation 1: Give everybody a pen and paper to write the names down. Give points for every name that is written down. You could give 5 points for every name nobody else thought of, 2 points if two people have the same name, and 0 points if more than two people have that name.
Variation 2: Take turns saying a name. One person writes the names down. How many names can you come up with together?
Variation 3: Make the game a little more difficult by only writing down names of kings, or only names of prophets, or cities, etc.
Variation 4: Make a point system with different categories, for example: 5 points for names of kings, 4 points for names of women, 3 points for names of cities, 2 points for names of prophets, and 1 point for names that don't fit into any of these categories. Change the point system every time you play the game. Other possible categories are: names of men, names in the Old Testament, names in the New Testament, names of God-fearing people, names of godless/wicked people, names of people who are in the family tree of Christ, names of judges, etc.
3. Who Is It?
One participant chooses a person in the Bible, but keeps to himself who he has chosen. The other participants take turns asking a question to try to get to know more about this person. This has to be a question which can only be answered with yes or no.
Examples: Is it a man? Did he live in Bethlehem? Was he a prophet?
When it is your turn, and you think you know who it is, you can also ask the name of the person: Is it Abraham? However, encourage all participants to only guess the name of the person when they have some clues already, to prevent "random guessing".
When someone guessed the person, the next participant gets a turn to choose a person in the Bible. Continue until everyone had a turn choosing a person, or until you notice it is time to stop.
Variation 1: Instead of choosing a person in the Bible, choose a village or city in the Bible.
4. Bible history drawing game
One participant gets a set time to draw a Bible history. The other participants take turns guessing which history this is. When everyone received a turn guessing but nobody guessed right, the drawer can make an additional comment about one of the things he/she drew. When someone guessed the Bible history, the next participant gets a turn to draw.
Variation 1: Instead of drawing a Bible history, try to draw a person in the Bible. Objects or attributes can be drawn to help to identify the person. For example: If you draw Ruth, you could draw corn on a field. Or if you draw Peter, you could draw a rooster with it. Or if you draw Abraham, you can draw stars with it.
5. Bible text game
Write or print a Bible text on a piece of paper. Cut the paper in pieces. Hide the pieces in the living room or kitchen. Make sure a little piece of each paper is still visible, in order to make the game not too difficult for children. Let your children find the pieces of paper. Once they found all the pieces, they can put the words of the text in the right order. Read the text with each other.
Variation 1: Cut the text in pieces and let your children put the text together, but skip hiding the pieces.
Variation 2: Take (part of) a Bible chapter, and print each verse on a separate piece of paper. Let your children put the verses in the correct order.
Most of these games are taken from Bijbels Opvoeden, and posted with their permission. Take a Moment added some ideas or variations.
1. Chain of Bible names
The youngest child in the family may start by saying a name of a person in the Bible. The next person (go clockwise if you sit in a circle) says a name which starts with the last letter of the name that was first mentioned. This continues until nobody can come up with a new name anymore. How many names are in your chain?
Example: Nathanael, Levi, Ichabod, David, Daniel, Lydia, Abraham, Moses, Shiphrah, Hannah...
Variation 1: One person chooses the first name to start with. Set a timer. Everybody writes down their own chain. Who can come up with the longest chain?
2. Letter game
Choose a letter, and set a timer. Everybody tries to think of as many Biblical names as possible that start with that letter before the timer goes.
Variation 1: Give everybody a pen and paper to write the names down. Give points for every name that is written down. You could give 5 points for every name nobody else thought of, 2 points if two people have the same name, and 0 points if more than two people have that name.
Variation 2: Take turns saying a name. One person writes the names down. How many names can you come up with together?
Variation 3: Make the game a little more difficult by only writing down names of kings, or only names of prophets, or cities, etc.
Variation 4: Make a point system with different categories, for example: 5 points for names of kings, 4 points for names of women, 3 points for names of cities, 2 points for names of prophets, and 1 point for names that don't fit into any of these categories. Change the point system every time you play the game. Other possible categories are: names of men, names in the Old Testament, names in the New Testament, names of God-fearing people, names of godless/wicked people, names of people who are in the family tree of Christ, names of judges, etc.
3. Who Is It?
One participant chooses a person in the Bible, but keeps to himself who he has chosen. The other participants take turns asking a question to try to get to know more about this person. This has to be a question which can only be answered with yes or no.
Examples: Is it a man? Did he live in Bethlehem? Was he a prophet?
When it is your turn, and you think you know who it is, you can also ask the name of the person: Is it Abraham? However, encourage all participants to only guess the name of the person when they have some clues already, to prevent "random guessing".
When someone guessed the person, the next participant gets a turn to choose a person in the Bible. Continue until everyone had a turn choosing a person, or until you notice it is time to stop.
Variation 1: Instead of choosing a person in the Bible, choose a village or city in the Bible.
4. Bible history drawing game
One participant gets a set time to draw a Bible history. The other participants take turns guessing which history this is. When everyone received a turn guessing but nobody guessed right, the drawer can make an additional comment about one of the things he/she drew. When someone guessed the Bible history, the next participant gets a turn to draw.
Variation 1: Instead of drawing a Bible history, try to draw a person in the Bible. Objects or attributes can be drawn to help to identify the person. For example: If you draw Ruth, you could draw corn on a field. Or if you draw Peter, you could draw a rooster with it. Or if you draw Abraham, you can draw stars with it.
5. Bible text game
Write or print a Bible text on a piece of paper. Cut the paper in pieces. Hide the pieces in the living room or kitchen. Make sure a little piece of each paper is still visible, in order to make the game not too difficult for children. Let your children find the pieces of paper. Once they found all the pieces, they can put the words of the text in the right order. Read the text with each other.
Variation 1: Cut the text in pieces and let your children put the text together, but skip hiding the pieces.
Variation 2: Take (part of) a Bible chapter, and print each verse on a separate piece of paper. Let your children put the verses in the correct order.
6. Biblical knowledge game
This is a game for children who can read and write already. Give every child a piece of paper and a pen, and let them write the numbers 1-10 underneath each other. Take turns calling out a letter. Write the letters, in the order in which they are called out, behind the numbers. Fold the letters back, so that you only see the numbers with an empty space behind it. Take turns calling a Biblical theme. Write this theme behind the numbers in the order in which they are called out. Everybody opens their paper all the way, and thinks of a name or object from the Bible that fits with each letter and Biblical theme. Example: See picture. |
Variation 1: Use a point system. For example: 2 points if nobody as had the same as you, 1 points if one other person had the same as you, and no points if two or more people had the same as you.
Variation 2: Instead of using Biblical themes, you could also uses themes from the Heidelberg Catechism, or from church history.
7. Bible questions jar
Take an empty jar, and make little cards from paper. Write a Bible question on each card. The children can also help with this, and think of Bible questions. If you have a Bible game at home with question cards, you can use those cards as well.
Example questions: Who was Israel's first king? Which prophet foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem? Where was Paul headed when God stopped him on his way? Which Psalm starts with: "The Lord is my shepherd"? Why did Elimelech and Naomi go to Moab?
Put the cards upside down in the jar. The participants take turns grabbing a card from the jar. If the participant knows the answer to the question, he/she can keep the card. If he/she doesn't, the card goes back into the jar.
Variation 1: To add some competition: at the end of the game, count which participants has the most cards.
Variation 2: Write a certain number of points on each question card. When a question is answered correctly, the participant receives that amount of points. Keep track of the points for each participant.
8. Bible story picture box
This is a game for younger children, who are not able to read yet.
Take an empty (shoe) box, and photocopy pictures from children's Bibles. You can also use Bible colouring pictures (see Helpful Links for links to websites with Bible colouring pictures), or pictures from the Free Bible Images website.
The participants take turns grabbing a picture from the box. They tell who is on the picture, or what Bible story the picture is about.
8. Bible cards-on-the-table
Note: The idea for this game is taken from the Dutch game "Kaarten op tafel": a game with question cards to get to know each other better. This game has nothing to do playing cards.
This is a game for children who can read already.
Make, buy, or print some cards with Bible texts on them. Lay the stack of cards upside down on the table.
The participants take turns grabbing a card from the stack. They look at the card, and tell what they think or what they feel when they read the Bible text and see the picture with it. They can also say what questions they have when they read the text.
Decide beforehand whether other participants are allowed to react to what is being said, or not.
Variation 1: This is a variation for children who are not able to read. Let the children tell what they think the picture tells us about God and the Bible. This only works when the Bible cards have pictures on them as well.
Variation 2: Instead of using Biblical themes, you could also uses themes from the Heidelberg Catechism, or from church history.
7. Bible questions jar
Take an empty jar, and make little cards from paper. Write a Bible question on each card. The children can also help with this, and think of Bible questions. If you have a Bible game at home with question cards, you can use those cards as well.
Example questions: Who was Israel's first king? Which prophet foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem? Where was Paul headed when God stopped him on his way? Which Psalm starts with: "The Lord is my shepherd"? Why did Elimelech and Naomi go to Moab?
Put the cards upside down in the jar. The participants take turns grabbing a card from the jar. If the participant knows the answer to the question, he/she can keep the card. If he/she doesn't, the card goes back into the jar.
Variation 1: To add some competition: at the end of the game, count which participants has the most cards.
Variation 2: Write a certain number of points on each question card. When a question is answered correctly, the participant receives that amount of points. Keep track of the points for each participant.
8. Bible story picture box
This is a game for younger children, who are not able to read yet.
Take an empty (shoe) box, and photocopy pictures from children's Bibles. You can also use Bible colouring pictures (see Helpful Links for links to websites with Bible colouring pictures), or pictures from the Free Bible Images website.
The participants take turns grabbing a picture from the box. They tell who is on the picture, or what Bible story the picture is about.
8. Bible cards-on-the-table
Note: The idea for this game is taken from the Dutch game "Kaarten op tafel": a game with question cards to get to know each other better. This game has nothing to do playing cards.
This is a game for children who can read already.
Make, buy, or print some cards with Bible texts on them. Lay the stack of cards upside down on the table.
The participants take turns grabbing a card from the stack. They look at the card, and tell what they think or what they feel when they read the Bible text and see the picture with it. They can also say what questions they have when they read the text.
Decide beforehand whether other participants are allowed to react to what is being said, or not.
Variation 1: This is a variation for children who are not able to read. Let the children tell what they think the picture tells us about God and the Bible. This only works when the Bible cards have pictures on them as well.
Thanksgiving jar / Count your blessings (New Year's Eve activity)
Find a jar (any canning jar will do). In the week leading up to Thanksgiving, let everyone in the family add one note to the jar every day with something he/she is thankful for. On Thanksgiving day, you can empty out the jar and read all the notes with each other. It is good to think with each other about the many reasons we have to be thankful!
This activity can also be done around New Year's Eve. In the week leading up to New Year's Eve, let everyone in the family add one note to the jar every day with a blessing received that year. On New Year's Eve, you can empty out the jar and read all the notes with each other. Count your blessings! |
Board game: The Prodigal Son
This is a board game about the prodigal son. It is a great way to review this parable with your child(ren)! You can download the game board, the cards, and detailed instructions below.
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Click here to download the black and white version of the game board, which you can colour yourself (external link).
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