Peer Pressure Lesson for Sunday School and Children’s Ministry

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This peer pressure lesson will have lasting impacts on young learners. The Bible-based object lesson offers a vivid picture of what it’s like to face negative peer pressure and its influences.

For this peer pressure lesson, you’ll need a balloon, a black Sharpie marker, and an empty water bottle.

Beforehand, blow up the balloon. Then draw a face on it with a Sharpie marker. After the ink dries, deflate the balloon. Next, insert the balloon into the empty bottle. Pull the opening of the balloon over the mouth of the bottle. The balloon should be hanging inside the bottle.

Choose someone to help you with the demonstration. Pick someone who claims they can blow up a balloon. Give them the bottle and tell them to blow hard into the balloon so it inflates. No matter how hard they blow, the balloon will not inflate inside the bottle.

Peer Pressure Lesson for Sunday School

Peers are the people around us, including friends, classmates, and family members. And pressure is when we feel like people are forcing us to act a certain way.

Let’s say the balloon represents a person, and the bottle is peer pressure. No matter how hard you try, when you let yourself be surrounded by negative peer pressure—people trying to influence you to act certain ways—you can’t grow into the person God intended. The pressure stifles and chokes you. It keeps you from growing spiritually.

Next, remove the balloon from the bottle and let your assistant blow it up. The face on the balloon will appear.

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Tina Houserhttp://www.tinahouser.net
After 33 incredible years in children’s ministry within the local church, Tina is now part of the KidzMatter team as Executive Editor of KidzMatter Magazine and Senior Publications Director, writing the This iKnow kids’ church curriculum. With great enthusiasm, she gallivants all over the country to train those who share her passion for reaching kids for the Kingdom. Tina has authored 12 books, one of which is used as a textbook in some universities (but it’s not boring, really).

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