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Review Game: How to Use Your Bible

By Lindsey | May 12, 2011 | Games | 1 Comment

We recently finished the “How to Use My Bible” unit from Discipleland, which I highly recommend. We played a little review game, jeopardy style at the end of the unit. I’ve posted the questions here in case your looking for a review game of your own!

Books of the Bible

100 Q: How many books are there in the Bible? A: 66
200 Q: Name 5 book of the Bible. A: Answers will vary.
300 Q: Name where this book is found: Numbers (Old Testament), Mark (New), Ephesians (New), Joshua (Old), 2 Chronicles (Old), Acts (New)
400 Q: Say 15 books of the Bible in order. A: Varies
500 Q: Recite all the books in either the Old or New Testament

Cool Bible Tools

100 Q: Name one cool Bible tool A: Altas, Concordance, Dictionary, Devotional, Translation, etc.
200 Q: Where can you find a list of all the books in the Bible? A: Table of Contents
300 Q: What is one way to remember some cool Bible tools? (A, B, C, D) (A = Atlas; B= Bible translations; C = Concordance, and D = Dictionary)
400 Q: Use a cool Bible tool and look up the following question: What does the Bible say about sheep or shepherds?
500 Q: Use a cool Bible tool and look up the following: Where can you find verses with the word repent in it? What does “repent” mean?

Using My Bible

100 Q: True or False? The Bible is like an instruction manual. A: True!
200 Q: How often should you read your Bible? A: Everyday!
300 Q: What is a quiet time? A: A time to prayer and read the Bible by yourself.
400 Q: Look up the verse Luke 11:28 and read it to the class.
500 Q: Look up these verses: Psalm 119:11, Proverbs 3:5-6

Other Stuff

100 Q: Who wrote the Bible? A: God, using men.
200 Q: What does 2 Timothy 3:16 say? A: Either have kids look up verse or quote it.
300 Q: What does Worship Mean? A: To honor someone. Q: What does praise mean? A: To thank someone.
400 Q: How are we like plants? A: A tree needs soil to keep it grounded (we need a church); a tree needs water to nourish it (we need the Bible); a tree needs sun for power (we need prayer).
500 Q: The Bible is like a letter from a friend. Who is the friend? Why should we open the letter? A: God is the friend, and we should open it because it might say something important, or to keep in touch with God.

Hope it helps!

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Monday Minute to Win it: Mother’s Day Face-off

By Lindsey | May 9, 2011 | Games, Minute to Win It | Comments Off

In Episode #24 (Season 2) of this hit NBC game show, two mother-daughter teams will face off to win the million! This episode worked a little differently: first team to win four games banks $50,000 and goes on for the chance at the million. Let’s see what kind of games we can snag for children’s and youth ministry or some family fun nights!

Temper Tantrum

Check out Last Beauty Standing for the full instructions on this one. A funny one to watch for sure!

Moving On Up

This is the first I’ve seen this game, and it looks perfect for a group competition. Player must move the red cup (which starts at the bottom of a 50 cup stack) to the top of the stack by taking cups off the top and putting them below the red one. Check out the video for a full explanation. These players had to alternate hands, but you could nix that rule for children’s ministry (and you might want to reduce the number of cups too!) This was a tight race!!

Face the Cookie

Check out the Kids Try This at Home post for the explanation to this classic game. This is a huge hit with kids. When we played this last week with the kids at church, everyone was begging to be a contestant!

Noodling Around

Check out the video to see how to play. Might be good for older kids, but it might be too tough for the little ones (unless you changed it to 2-3 Penne pastas)

This was a fun one to watch! Catch it on hulu in the next few days (or anytime if you have Hulu Plus). Hope you can use some of the games. See you next time!

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Monday Minute to Win It: Law and Order

By Lindsey | May 2, 2011 | Games, Minute to Win It | Comments Off

There’s some great games in this episode (Season 2, episode 23) of NBC’s Minute to Win It. Use them for some family fun or in your Children’s and Youth Ministries.

Tilt a Cup

Similar to the original game found in the Summer Edition post. However, in this episode, the two contestants play as a team, with one bouncing the ball and the other catching in a cup.

Disco Drop

Player leans over a pencil (held solidly in place) and drops CD’s until one lands on the pencil. This guy nailed in 15 seconds, using only 6 CD’s! Might be a little tougher for kids, but sounds like a great idea for youth groups.

Marbles Grande

Check out the video for instructions. This can be played as a team or with just one player and fewer red ping pong balls.

Nutstacker

In this episode, players must work as a team, alternatively stacking 10 metal nuts on top of each other to win. Besides the open opportunity for players to blame each other for losing, this might actually be a better way to play this game since each player has some time to get their next nut ready while the other stacks. This power-house team did lose two lives on this game, but I think it’s still worth a try with your kids (just use fewer nuts).

Office Tennis

Check out the instructions in the Minute to Win It Office Edition post. Might be a little tough for younger kids, but preteens and teens should be able to handle it.

That’s it for now, folks. Now, grab your stop watch and go have some fun!

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Monday Minute to Win It: Kids Try This At Home

By Lindsey | April 25, 2011 | Games, Minute to Win It | 1 Comment

On this episode (Season 2, Episode 22), a number of contestants compete for the big money! Check out these games for your family time fun or children’s ministry!

Spare Me

Contestant must drop a marble down a pool noodle, sending it rolling across the floor and knocking down 10 upright markers (which are 16 feet away). Even though this was a level one game, both contestants seemed to have a really hard time with it, losing all three lives right off the bat! Might want to move those markers closer for children’s ministry!

Sticky Balls

In this challenge, the contestant must roll marbles across a flat surface in an attempt to get them to stick to double sided tape at the end of the table. Too slow, the marble won’t make it. Too fast, the marble will fall off the table. This would be especially good for older kids or youth.

Face the Cookie

This is a classic Minute to Win It game we haven’t seen in awhile. Both contestants have a cookie that they need to move from the forehead to the mouth using only their facial muscles. They slammed this one out, and quick! Of course, kids should love this one since it involves Oreos!

Puddle Jumper

Check out the video below for instructions. This looks like a fun game for kids, as long as they don’t get any crazy ideas with the cups of water!

Egg Roll

Using a pizza box, the contestant must fan three eggs from a starting line to a red box across the playing arena. Click on the game title for a youtube instruction video.

That’s it for now!

Have fun playing!

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Best Board Games

By Lindsey | April 19, 2011 | Games, Parents | 1 Comment

We all know about the classic board games: Monopoly, Scrabble, Candy Land, Trouble, and Uno. Some never get old, and some…. do. Since you’ve got a whole week to explore some new family fun activities, why not grab some unconventional board games and give them a try?

What If We Don’t Like the Game?

Games can be pretty pricey these days, and you want to know that your family is going to actually enjoy the game before making the investment. Makes sense to me. The trouble is, you don’t always get a good grasp of the game based on the Amazon description or the details on the back of the box. Allow me to introduce you to Hayden, a kid who is crazy about board games!

Hayden has recorded over seventy episodes of “Games with Hayden” detailing what is included, what ages the game is best suited for, what skills you’ll need (or improve on!) and how the game is played. If you’ve even seen Tony unpack a VBS kit, you’ve got the general idea. On Hayden’s website, you can search by categories like: Children, Family, Strategy and more. Check it out!

As for me, here’s some non-classic games I’d recommend for you and your family:

Preschool/Pre-readers:

eeBoo “I Never Forget a Face” Memory Game

Hisss Card Game

Elementary Age

Blokus Classics Game

Chicken Cha Cha Cha

Tell Me a Story- Fairytale Mixups Educational Creative Story Cards

Zooloretto (might be a little advanced, check out Hayden’s take)

Preteen and Up

Repeat Pete

Payday

Apples to Apples Junior – The Game of Crazy Comparisons!

Monopoly Electronic Banking Edition (never count out money again!)

Adults

Apples to Apples

The Settlers of Catan

The Game of Things

What about you?

What are you favorite family games? Leave a comment and let other readers know!

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Monday Minute to Win It: Lakers in the Circle

By Lindsey | March 28, 2011 | Games, Minute to Win It | Comments Off

In Episode 18 of Season Two, the L.A. Lakers make an appearance on the Minute to Win it Show. These basketball stars bring lots of energy with them to the show. Here’s some great games you can play on family fun night or use in your Children’s Ministry:

Nice Build:

Contestants work as a team to build a pyramid out of 15 reams of copy paper. Not too bad. You could make it even easier using cereal boxes (just try to make them all the same size!)

Whipper Snapper:

Contestant uses a towel attached the floor to whip a ping pong ball across the room and into a trash basket. Might be a little tough to secure the towel to the ground, depending on where you’re playing. Duct tape perhaps?

Speed Eraser:

This game is explained in the Office Edition games. In this episode, each contestant has six glasses to fill.

That’s it for this episode. There were some tough games for these basketball stars. Too tough for kids, I’m afraid. Stay tuned for more game ideas next week!

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