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Option 1: Hidden Kisses
Hershey’s Kisses (one per child)
Gather supplies. Hide Hershey’s Kisses around the room.
Have children search for a Hershey’s Kiss (one per child). Remind children that Judas’s kiss was not hidden. He betrayed Jesus with a kiss.
Option 2: Rooster Tag
blindfold
Gather supplies.
Choose one child to be the “Rooster,” and put a blindfold on him or her. Have the remaining children put their thumbs under their arms and strut around the room like a rooster repeatedly saying, “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” Have the Rooster use the children’s voices to find and tag someone. Whoever is tagged becomes the new Rooster. Remind children that Peter denied Jesus three times before the rooster crowed.
Option 1: Scatterball
ball
Gather supplies.
Have a leader hold a ball in the middle of the room. Have all children place a hand on the ball. (If the group is large, have another leader hold an additional ball.) When the leader shouts “Scatter,” all children must run away from the ball while the leader tosses the ball straight up in the air. When the ball drops to the floor, any child can grab it and yell “Freeze,” and everyone freezes. She is not allowed to run with the ball, but she can pivot on one foot to throw the ball at someone. If someone is hit by the ball, he is out and must sit where he was hit. Then everyone else repeats these steps with the new leader throwing. If someone catches the ball, the person who threw the ball is out and must sit, and the catcher is the new leader. The last child standing wins. Remind children that Jesus’s disciples scattered when he was arrested.
Option 2: Rooster Tag
blindfold
Gather supplies.
Choose one child to be the “Rooster” and put a blindfold on him or her. Have the remaining children put their thumbs under their arms and strut around the room like a rooster repeatedly saying, “Cock-a-doodle-doo!” Have the Rooster use the children’s voices to find and tag someone. Whoever is tagged becomes the new Rooster. Remind children that Peter denied Jesus three times before the rooster crowed.