Bible Skills Game: Grab a Book

Here’s another fun Bible skills game I’ve used recently in my 2nd grade Bible study group. The kids loved it. I hope your kids will, too.

GATHER:

• 2 Extender Arm Grabbers
• 2, 12 Count Muffin Tin
• 20 Plastic Ball Pit Balls
• 2 Gift bags or fun container to hold prepared balls
• Permanent Marker

  Prepare:

• On the bottom of two 12-count muffin tins, print the titles of the 10 divisions of the Bible. Include “OT” and “NT” for 12 separate titles. Print one division title per cup. (Option: Use muffin tin liners to print division titles instead of permanently printing on a muffin tin. Place the prepared liners into the tins).
• On separate pit balls print a book from each of the 10 divisions (make 2 sets).
• Place each set of prepared pit balls into separate gifts bags.
• Place prepared muffin tins and the extender arm grabbers on one end of the room and the prepared bag-o-books on the other.

Play:

• Divide the group into two teams.
• Assign each team to a muffin tin and line teams, single file, behind their team’s muffin tin.
• On “Go” player one will pick up the extender arm grabber, race to the bag-o-books, using the grabber retrieve a book, and race back to the team’s muffin tin.
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• Player one will determine the book retrieved and which division it represents and place the book in the correct labeled division tin. (Option: For younger kids allow teams to determine the division the retrieved book represents.)
• Once the book has been correctly placed, player two will receive the extender arm grabber and race to retrieve the next book.
• Continue play until all books have been retrieved and correctly placed.
• The team who retrieves and correctly places all 10 book balls first, wins!