Preschool Church Activities

Age appropriate church activities help young children retain more information from the lesson taught. Plan a variety of fun activities that encourage participation and movement. When children engage in such activities, they learn without even realizing it which results in lifelong memories and provides a foundation for lifelong learning.

Creation Puzzle

Allow the children to color a picture of a creation scene including Adam and Eve, the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, animals and plants. Then help the children glue the colored picture to a flat piece of thin cardboard. The teacher should cut out the picture so that it fits back together like a puzzle. The teacher might want to distribute several pictures of several different creation scenes for variety. Place the puzzle pieces into a zip loc bag and label the bag “Creation Puzzle”. Allow the children to swap puzzles and take turns putting them together.

Christian Themed Snow Globe

Ask parents to send in empty, clean baby food jars with lids. Purchase small plastic church themed figures from a Christian book store. Figures should be small enough to fit into a baby food jar. If locating church themed plastic figures becomes challenging, plan a lesson on God’s creation and how He created animals. It shouldn’t be too difficult to find small plastic animals. Help the children glue the figures onto the inside of the lid and allow the glue time to dry. Allow them to fill the jar with water and glitter. The teacher should line the inside rim of the lid with glue and help the children twist the lids onto the jars. The glue will seal the jars closed. Instruct the children to carefully shake the jars. Warn the children to be careful with the jars as they are made of glass and will break.

Gifts from God

God has given His children many gifts such as homes in which to live, the sun for warmth, food to eat, and families to love. Plan a Bible lesson to emphasize the gifts that God has given His children. Before the lesson, obtain objects to represent the gifts. For example, a toy figurine of a person might represent that God gave us friends, a bag of dirt might represent that God gave us land, and a few crayons might represent that God gave the gift of art. Provide several examples. Wrap the items in a gift box. Place the wrapped gifts on a table inside the classroom and ask each child to choose a gift as they enter the room. Tell them not to open it yet. Explain that inside each gift box is an item that represents a gift from God. Tell the children to open the gifts to reveal a gift from God. Help the children guess what gift from God that each item represents.