7. Outdoor Game: The Four Bases
Jesus’ Resurrection: Luke 24:1-12
Use Easter Sunday school games to review the day of Jesus’ resurrection.
You’ll need:
- a Bible,
- a rubber ball, and
- four bases.
Say: Jesus made it so we can be forgiven for the wrong things we do. Let’s play a game of kickball that reminds us of what the women experienced at Jesus’ resurrection.
Form two teams and play a traditional game of kickball. Except when runners reach the following bases, they’ll do these actions before moving to the next base.
- First: Run in place for 10 steps and pretend to carry a bundle of spices. (Luke 24:1)
- Second: Turn in a circle three times to show the women looked around for Jesus’ body. (Luke 24:2-3)
- Third: Fall to the ground and then jump up and cheer that Jesus is alive. (Luke 24:4-6a)
- Home: Count aloud to 11 to symbolize the disciples they told. (Luke 24:9)
Ask:
- How hard was it to remember all the steps? Read aloud Luke 24:6b-7.
- The women had also forgotten what would happen. They needed a reminder. What’s something you forget about Jesus sometimes?
- What’s something that’s easy for you to remember about Jesus?
8. Indoor Game: He Drew, She Drew
Jesus’ Resurrection: John 20:1-10
Use this game to read about the day of Jesus’ resurrection.
You’ll need:
- Bibles,
- one set of notecards stapled into a pack of eight for each child, and
- pencils.
Say: Let’s play a game to find out what happened after Mary found an empty tomb on Sunday morning. Lead kids to play Telephone Pictionary to cover each of the verses in John 20:2-10. Have kids form groups of eight, and give each person a notecard stack and a pencil. Assign each child in each group a different verse from John 20:2-10. If you don’t have even groups of eight, some kids can double up on verses.
Have all the kids look up their verses. They’ll write the verse address on a notecard and draw a picture to represent what happened in the verse. (Have kids who are doubling up draw a picture for two adjacent verses on one card.) After kids finish drawing, they’ll pass their stacks to the left in their groups. With the new stack, they’ll look at the picture and bend it over so it’s at the bottom of the stack. On the new top card, they’ll write about what they think was happening in the picture.
Next, kids pass their stacks to the left, and this time they’ll read what was written and then bend the card so it’s at the bottom of the stack. On the new top card, they’ll draw a picture to represent the sentence they just read. Continue this until the stacks get back to where they originated.
In their groups, have each child share the progression of drawings and sentences before reading the actual verse. Easter Sunday school games such as this one are both fun and meaningful!
