Looking for fun and engaging Sunday School activities for kids? These crafts, games, and worship activities are great to include as part of Sunday School, children’s church, or mid-week gatherings.

These can be used to build relationships with God and each other, help kids get their wiggles out, and as additional activities if you have extra time. Many of these activities come from Wonder Ink, check it out for more ideas!

10 Fun and Engaging Sunday School Activities for Kids

1. Game: Freeze Dance

SUPPLIES: music, player

Play music and let the kids dance. When the music stops, kids freeze like statues. Whoever moves after the music stops is out. When the music starts again, kids continue dancing. Play until two kids are left and let them have a “dance-off.”

2. Craft: Mosaic Mountains

SUPPLIES: white paper (1 sheet per kid), glue, construction paper (various colors), markers, scissors (prep only)

This craft comes from a lesson about Moses talking with God on the mountain, but it works with any topic! Just change the mountain shape to any shape you wish.

Ahead of time, cut colored construction paper into small pieces.

Give each kid a sheet of white paper and have them draw a tall triangle. (For younger kids, draw a triangle on each paper ahead of time.) Distribute glue and pieces of colored paper. Let kids glue the pieces onto their triangle mountain, creating a mosaic. Then they can draw Moses on top of the mountain.

3. Game: The Floor is Lava Activity for Kids

SUPPLIES: painter’s tape, sheets of paper or plastic spots

Tape a line on the floor at one end of the room to mark off a “safe zone.” Mark off another safe zone at the other end of the room. The floor in between is lava. Lay out sheets of paper or plastic spots to create a path from one safe zone to the other. Let kids try to get across from one side to the other, stepping only on the papers or spots. If they touch the floor, they start over.

These can be used to build relationships with God and each other, help kids get their wiggles out, and as additional activities if you have extra time.

4. Game: Four Corners

SUPPLIES: sheets of paper (4), marker (prep only), painter’s tape

Ahead of time, number sheets of paper from 1–4. Tape each sheet to the wall in a different corner of the room.

Explain that you’ll name an activity. If kids really like that activity, they can run to corner 4. If they sort of like the activity, they can run to corner 3 or 2. If they dislike the activity, they can run to corner 1.

After each statement, help kids feel seen by recognizing who went where. Invite a few kids to share why they chose the corner they did.

Use the following activities, or list others that fit your group!

  • Reading a book
  • Cleaning my room
  • Playing basketball
  • Singing
  • Math
  • Playing video games
  • Being outside
  • Swimming

Leader Tip: Some kids may not be able to do all the above activities. Be sure to list activities that everyone in your group can relate to.

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5. Worship Response: Me and We

SUPPLIES: coloring utensils, paper (1 sheet per kid), painter’s tape, worship music and player (optional)

Distribute paper and coloring utensils. Invite kids to draw a self-portrait and include things they are interested in or good at, such as a basketball, a musical instrument, a heart for caring for others, a book, or math symbols. Consider playing music quietly in the background.

When they’re finished, encourage kids for their masterful artwork! Tape the self-portraits onto the wall, creating the shape of one large cross. Invite kids to sit on the floor near the cross. Remind them that God created each of us unique. He gave each of us different gifts and talents. But one thing we all have in common is Jesus. Jesus gave Himself on the cross and rose back to life again, so we all can have our sins—the wrong things we say and do—forgiven. Because of Jesus, we can come to God to praise Him and ask Him for what we need.

6. STEM Activity: Snap and Point

Have one kid sit with eyes closed. Stand behind him, explaining that you’ll snap your fingers and ask him to point to where the sound is coming from. Snap near each ear, then in front of and behind his head. Then carefully snap along a line that runs over the kid’s head, front to back, equidistant from each ear. Soon his guesses will become very inaccurate!

After this demonstration, explain that most people can’t pinpoint where a sound comes from if it reaches both ears at once. Let kids pair up and try the experiment. If they’re unable to snap, they can clap instead. Once kids have tried it, gather back together. Explain that sometimes when we’re led by our own ideas of what’s true or good, we’re led astray. But when we trust God’s Word and let Him lead, we know what He says is true!

7. Craft: God’s Care Sculptures

SUPPLIES: play dough (1 lump per kid), paper placemats (1 per kid)

Distribute play dough and placemats. Encourage kids to think of a way God shows His care for them. For example, if God cares for them by providing food, they can sculpt their favorite food. If God cares for them by giving certain people in their lives, they can sculpt those people. Or they can make a heart to show God loves them no matter what. As they create, encourage them to pray, thanking God for caring for them.

Once they’re finished, invite kids to walk around like they’re in a museum admiring everyone’s sculptures. If possible, invite families to visit the “museum” during pickup time.

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8. Game: The Best Tower

SUPPLIES: wooden stacking blocks, timer

Have kids form small groups. Give each group an equal number of blocks. When the time starts, they’ll have a certain number of minutes to build the best tower.

When time is up, examine each tower. Announce different winners for different categories (such as tallest tower, roundest tower, best teamwork, or most creative). Every group wins an award for something.

9. Worship Response: My Day With God Activity for Kids

SUPPLIES: sheets of paper (3), coloring utensils, notecards (3 per kid), tape

Ahead of time, use paper to create three headings: “Morning,” “Afternoon,” and “Night.” Tape each heading on the wall in a different part of the room.

Gather kids under the “Morning” heading. Ask them to name activities they do most mornings (such as eating breakfast, brushing teeth, or being in class or on the playground). Then give each kid a notecard. Ask them to choose one thing they do each morning and draw a picture of that activity. Then encourage them to prayerfully draw a reminder of God’s presence with them as they do that activity (such as a heart or cross, or they could draw Jesus doing the activity with them). Repeat this process as you move to the “Afternoon” and “Night” headings, giving kids a new notecard for each heading.

At the end of the activity, pray together and thank God for being with us. Ask Him to help us remember that He is always there and we can talk with Him wherever we are.

10. Game: Up and Down

The goal of this game is to NOT follow directions! Kids try to do the opposite of what you say. If you say “down,” kids stand up. If you say “up,” kids sit down. If you point left and say “left,” they step to the right. If you point right and say “right,” they step to the left. If kids do the wrong thing, they’re out. Alternatively, consider having kids do an action if they mess up, like spin around once, or shake their arms and legs to “wiggle it out.”

Leader Tip: If you have kids with limited mobility, consider having the group sit in chairs and point up, down, left, or right.

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