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Option 1: Get Rid of Idols Game
statue/stuffed animal, music
Gather supplies.
Children should sit in a circle. Explain that the object represents an idol. When the music begins, they should gently pass the idol to the person beside them. When the music stops, the person holding the idol is out.
Option 2: God Not Idols Game
masking tape, music
Mark a line down the middle of the room with masking tape.
Have children stand on the line. Explain that one side represents worshiping God and the other side represents worshiping idols. When the music starts, they must hop back and forth over the line. When the music stops, they must freeze. If they are on the idol side, they are out. Play continues until you have a winner.
Option 1: Destroy the Idols
large plastic cups; small, soft ball (one per team); permanent marker
Gather supplies. Write Idol on each cup (ten cups per team).
Set the cups right-side up in a bowling pin formation about fifteen feet from the starting line. Divide children into teams of two to three. Give each team a ball. At “Go!” one person from each team rolls the ball down and tries to knock over their team’s cups (like bowling). They carefully retrieve the ball and hand it to the next player on their team. Play continues until all the “idols” are knocked down. The first team to knock them all down wins. To make it more challenging, add another cup to each team that says “God” and challenge the children to knock the other cups down without knocking down the “God” cup.
Option 2: God Not Idols Game
masking tape, music
Mark a line down the middle of the room with masking tape.
Have children stand on the line. Explain that one side represents worshiping God and the other side represents worshiping idols. When the music starts, they must hop back and forth over the line. When the music stops, they must freeze. If they are on the idol side, they are out. Play continues until you have a winner.