3. The Twelve Days of Christmas Plus
Years ago, a story circulated that “The Twelve Days of Christmas” was created centuries ago to teach the Bible to children who weren’t allowed to express their faith. Although that’s been proven to be a myth, the numbers one through 12 are significant in Scripture. This matching game pairs items in the song with something in the Bible that has the same number.
Each pair of items below corresponds to a number 1 through 12. Match the items with the number. Each number is used only once:
- Geese a-Laying, Days of Creation (6)
- Drummer’s Drumming, Points of the Apostles Creed (12)
- Partridge in a Pear Tree, True Gods (1)
- Golden Rings, OT Books of Law (5)
- Turtle Doves, Testaments in the Bible (2)
- Lords A-Leaping, Exodus Commandments (10)
- Maids A-Milking, Beatitudes (8)
- Swans A-Swimming, Gifts of the Holy Spirit (7)
- French Hens, Persons of the Trinity (3)
- Pipers Piping, Faithful Apostles (11)
- Ladies Dancing, Fruits of the Spirit (9)
- Calling Birds, New Testament Gospels (4)
4. Christmas Word Search
Create your own unique word search puzzles online by clicking here.
You can use whatever Christmas words you choose to create your own puzzle. I like using all my students’ names for an extra twist. Give a prize to the first person to find all the words.
I hope these quick Christmas games work as well for your youth group as they have for mine. Merry Christmas!
Richard Parker has been a student minister for more than 30 years. He wrote a three-volume set of Character Education curriculum for schools and has written Character, a year-long devotional book for students. Richard speaks at schools, churches, and conferences.
