Future Filled With Hope: A KidMin Activity for MLK Jr. Day

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Do your students know that God has filled their future with hope? Use this meaningful kidmin activity with elementary and preteen kids ahead of the MLK Jr. holiday.

During the month of January, celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech” with children. For this activity, kids will create a classroom mural that portrays their hopes for future days and years. The project is based on Jeremiah 29:11, a Bible verse about the good plans that God has in store for his people.

Supplies you’ll need:

  • a roll of butcher paper
  • markers
  • a Bible

Future Filled With Hope

Talk with kids about the main points of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. If you have time, we highly recommend having children watch Dr. King’s entire speech. You can view this speech in its entirety here.

Read aloud Jeremiah 29:11. “‘For I know the plans I have for you,’ says the Lord. ‘They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope.’”

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