I’m really excited to introduce our Alvin from Bible games central today, who is going to share a fantastic game for the Miriam’s song – Parting of the Red Sea lesson.

Hi, My name is Alvin Gan and I am the father of three noisy (but lovely) teenagers and founder of 2 websites that provide creative evangelism and discipleship resources. This is one of the games from my site Bible Games Central. Bible Games Central is all about conveying Bible truths through games.

Fan a-way

All Ages

Small group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

Up to 4 players can play at a time. If you have more than 4 players, either take turns to play, or set up multiple sets and play in teams to compete against each other: Place a Hula hoop in the middle of the room. Place 20 ping pong balls inside the Hula hoop (2 different colors, 10 each). (Consider using fewer ping pong balls for younger children.) Give each player a paper plate to use as a fan. On “go”, work as a team to fan the ping pong balls. The goal is to separate the two colors with a “path” between them. If the ping pong balls are knocked outside of the Hula hoop, place them back in the middle and continue playing. Use this game to introduce the story of Moses and the parting of the Red Sea.

Head over to Bible Games Central for more bible games for kids that you can use to introduce popular bible stories. Great for Sunday School or other children’s ministry events, these bible games for children will bring an added dimension of fun and energy to your lesson. You may also want to check out their youth group games and bible games for adults as well.

Alvin’s other site is : Let The Little Children Come and specializes in unique child evangelism tools and resources to help convey the gospel message to children effectively – you may want to take a look there too.

Thank you so much Alvin for sharing your game with us today, it looks fantastic, and I’m excited to try it out myself.

While the parting of the Red Sea and the astonishing escape for the people are obviously key to this story, the games here also tie in to Miriam’s song. Choose the game best suited for your group and space.

Parachute seas

Under 7’s

Big group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

This simple parachute game is lovely for younger groups. After you’ve established positions around the parachute, use it to talk about how the seas move, big waves, small waves, controlled, random etc. Place a wooden board or line of heavy pillows down the middle of the parachute talk about how God’s powerful wind moved the waters so they couldn’t cover that part. Have the children walk through the waters – using adults to create walls of waves.

Catch the rhythm

All Ages

Any size group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Can be seated

Using instruments or by tapping, clapping and clicking, play this “follow the leader” pattern game. Start by having the children repeat a pattern, then say they can join in once they have the beat. Play a few times then select a pattern that ties in with a praise song the children know and start to sing. Tie into Miriam’s song and the women joining in.

Moving the water

Ages 7+

Any size group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Can be seated

God used a strong east wind, but your kids need to use straws or pipes to blow a pathway through their ‘sea’. Make a pile of small light balls (paper balls, table-tennis, ball-pit, or practice golf balls work well) or paper scraps if you are working on a table. Have the children make a clean pathway through. Can they make the pathway straight, curvy, turn a corner etc?

Musical statues

Under 7’s

Any size group

Requires setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

Miriam and Moses lead the people through the water with song (or at least in our retelling they do). Linking to music causing movement play this classic game.

Moving a nation

All Ages

Big group

No Setup time

Noisy game

Space needed

This simple race works by having each team take turns to run back through the sea to collect someone who can’t walk the distance themselves. Either do this as forming a human chain, or use pictures of those less-able, for the teams to collect, or items to represent them. At the end of the game, talk about how difficult it would have been to move the huge number of people with all their belongings through the sea in a single night.