Pump You Up

Time
15-20 minutes
Description
This object lesson teaches that God uses difficult times and circumstances to make us stronger. It’s a play off the Saturday Night Live skit on Hans and Franz, but the kids will not need to be familiar with the skit to enjoy the humor. It’s best if there are two leaders to do the [...]

Tell Two Friends

Time
15-20 minutes
Description
This object lesson helps kids understand the impact they each can have on the Kingdom if they will help to lead just a few people to Christ during their lifetime.

Materials

Beads (You can also use beans, rice, BBs – anything small that you can gather in [...]

Touch of the Master’s Hand

Time
10-15 minutes
Description
This object lesson teaches that God uses what the world hardly values. The touch of the Master’s hand makes all the difference in a person’s life. This lesson is inspired by the poem by Myra B. Welch (printed at the end of the lesson).

Materials
· A violin if you can borrow one. If not, then [...]

Radio Waves

Time
15-20 minutes
Description
This object lesson teaches about how both God and the devil are competing for our attention. It uses the metaphor of radio towers sending signals to a radio.

Materials

Old radio (doesn’t need to work)
Two wire hangers
Aluminum foil
Printouts [...]

Ripples

Time
20 minutes
Description
This object lesson teaches about the impact of our actions on others. It uses silly string and will make a huge mess, but it’s easy to clean up, and the kids will enjoy it.

Materials
· Enough cans of silly string (a.k.a., crazy string or crazy ribbon) for 6-8 children to have one.

Preparation
· Get the cans [...]

That’s Not Fair!

Time
10 minutes

Description
This object lesson helps kids to understand that unfair things happen to all of us. We can’t always change that, but we can change how we respond to what happens to us. If we look for the positive aspects, we might find that God has really blessed us through what originally looked unfair.
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Joseph Over Easy

Time
30 minutes (15 minutes for decorating the eggs and 15 for telling the story)
Description
This object lesson tells the story of Joseph in an unusual way – with eggs. It helps the kids to learn about using puns while presenting a lesson about the reasons why bad things sometimes happen to good people.

Materials
· Sixteen eggs
· Pot [...]

More Powerful Together

Time
20 minutes

Description
This object lesson helps children understand that Christians are more powerful when they work together and show love for one another. It’s important that we don’t quarrel with one another and destroy the unity that shows the world we are Jesus’ disciples.

Materials
· Two bills of paper currency (use the same denomination for both)
· [...]

Don’t Fumble Your Faith

Time
30 minutes (or longer, depending upon how many rounds of play you allow)

Description
This object lesson helps children understand how much faith it took for Abraham (called “Abram” at the time) to leave his family and friends to go where God sent him. This is a good outdoor activity that gets everyone involved. It is more [...]

Character Jenga

Time
15-20 minutes
Description
This object lesson teaches how important it is to maintain godly character by using the popular Jenga ® game from Hasbro.

Materials

Jenga ® game (or a similar game that is played with a block tower)
Label maker or permanent marker

Preparation

Using [...]