I have a very small group of kids that comes to sunday school. different ages range from 3-16, its so hard keeping sunday school fun and they learn something at the same time. i would like to give them a day of fun that saturday before easter anys suggestions i’m open thanks
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You could get those plastic eggs that let you put things inside, varying the value of the items, like money in some, candy in others.
Or you could dye eggs with religious symbols stenciled on them or maybe put stickers on them after dyeing them. You could have each family bring eggs to share for the Easter egg hunt.
I would make separate times for each age group so that pre-schoolers wouldn’t be competing with elementary school age, even if there’s only a half dozen in each group. Some of the h.s. students might want to help decorate eggs or to fill the plastic ones. They would probably enjoy hiding the eggs, too.
You could plan a family potluck at noon. People might bring potato salad, “deviled” eggs, sandwiches, & such. If people were eating together, it would be a good time to introduce any kids who are being baptised that year. You could either have a children’s choir sing or have a sing-along, giving everyone the words. I love sing-alongs & did as a kid, too.
Maybe you can think of something religious to do, like a Bible quiz with prizes.
I’ve played a “Bowling for Bunnies” game, too, with bunny-shaped bowling pins, a little plastic set. They have similar items right now at Big Lots. They can be set up on a long table. You can give prizes according to how many a person knocks down, with the prizes in a big basket. Let each person practice a few times before doing it for prizes.
It’s good to keep the little ones busy, too. That could be done with Easter-themed pictures & crayons on a table set aside for that. The only chance you have to entertain teens is to let them come up with ideas or to put them in charge of something. At least that’s what I think.
I also remember being an angel or in a children’s choir or something as a 5-yr-old & practicing the day before. I remember because there was a huge hail storm that day. Hope you have better weather. Enjoy!
Every Easter my husband and I hide clues all through our three acre yard for the grandchildren to hunt and find. We type up a clues list, i.e. “you can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink” which is the clue for finding an egg at the watering can on our deck. Some of the clues lead to an egg which has a “challenge” inside. They then have to perform the challenge (some little game, like who can chew ten sticks of gum and whistle in the shortest time). We usually have an adult with each group of children and each group has a different color egg assigned to it. The clues list is mixed up for each different group so that they aren’t all going in the same direction at the same time. The first group back at the finish line with all their eggs wins a small prize each. The winners of each challenge also get prizes. We usually have at least four challenges and twenty eggs for each group to find. Even our oldest (15 yrs) enjoys the game.