More Bible Object Lessons for Kids
7. Water Into Wine
The miracles of Jesus show God’s amazing power at work. Remind kids that Jesus’ power is still at work today. This object lesson is great for teaching about the wedding at Cana. Jesus performed his first miracle there, turning water into wine. You’ll need:
- phenolphthalein
- sodium carbonate
- water
- 2 glasses
- stirring rod
Pour some sodium carbonate into the bottom of one glass. Then fill the other glass with water and add phenolphthalein. When you pour water into the empty glass containing the sodium carbonate, the water instantly turns red. Definitely an attention-getter!
As with all these object lessons, it pays to practice ahead of time. Also experiment to make sure you get the optimal impact. Read more about this object lesson.
8. Wonder Pad
I love the Wonder Pad. It’s an easy trick but a total attention-grabber. We’ve used this object lesson to show how we need God to make miracles happen. It’s also a great way to drive home the story of Samson. It demonstrates the difference between Samson with God and without His power. You can write on any sheets of paper in the Wonder Pad.
On the first sheet, write “with God.” On the next sheet, write “without God.” When you rip out the first sheet and hand it to a volunteer, he or she can rip it easily. Hand the child the next page. He or she won’t be able to rip it. Alternating pages have a special coating that makes it nearly impossible to tear with your hands.
Try this with two volunteers. Choose a smaller child for the rippable sheet and a bigger kid for others. It highlights the necessity of relying on God.
9. Lotta Bowl
Of all the children’s church object lessons on this list, this is by far the most expensive. For ones that cost extra like Lotta Bowl, I check first if any kidmin friends have one I can borrow. When we have some extra budget, this is fun to splurge on.
Lotta Bowl looks like a silver vase or urn. What you don’t see is that it’s hollow inside. Around the rim is a hole where you fill the inside with water. There’s also a hole in the inside basin. After you fill the hollow interior with water, the basin fills as well.
Simply place your finger on the hold around the rim and the basin stops filling with water. Pour it out in front of the kids. It looks empty. Turn it up, take your finger off the hold, and the basin refills. Pour it out again. Kids’ minds are blown. It’s a fun illusion to use when teaching on the loaves and fish, about how God provides.
10. Lemon Juice
One Easter, we wanted to demonstrate how Christ took our place on the cross. We wanted to emphasize that His suffering and death were for our benefit. So we started the Bible lesson with a game. Games are a great way to disguise an object lesson. Students don’t even realize they’re learning until they get a truth smackdown!
For this game, two kids competed to see who could drink a glass of lemon juice…without sugar. That’s right, no lemonade here. The first kid to drink the juice, or the one who drank the most in 30 seconds, won a piece of candy…for a friend. We actually let both contestants take candy to a friend but did not give contestants anything. They took a hit so a friend could be blessed. This is a powerful lesson that Christ’s sacrifice on the cross was for our benefit.
These are just a few simple children’s church object lessons. They can easily spur many more ideas and applications. What are your favorite easy object lessons for kids?
This article on children’s church object lessons originally appeared on equipkidmin.
