Faith Games for Children: 12 Fun Indoor Activities to Try

8. Off Balance

Form groups of four. Have one person stand on one foot in the middle of each group and try to balance as the other people in the group help the person balance. Then have the people in the group try to stop the person from balancing on one foot.

Afterward, ask: Which way was easier to balance-the first time or the second time? What did the people in the group do to help with balance? to knock the person off balance?

Say: Balance is a word people use to talk about when people are living by their priorities-by what’s important. And when someone’s life is balanced, they’re not overdoing things in one area and neglecting other areas.

Ask: What are some ways that people lose balance? When people like parents get out of balance, what does that make you feel like? When is a time your life was out of balance? How is this experience like or unlike the things in our lives that cause us to lose balance?

Say: The best way I know to stay balanced is to live by priorities. Listen to this verse that tells us what our first two priorities should be.

Read aloud Luke 10:27.

Have kids list their top-10 priorities, with these two first. Then have partners share with one another how they can stay balanced with those priorities.

Gary Lindsay
Hudson, Massachusetts