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I know Easter is a little bit away yet, but Catherine and I are trying to roll out some suitable resources in good time.

This game is a simple PowerPoint “Concentration” game. Matching pairs of decorated eggs are lined up behind numbers. (Thanks PeHaa for the free use of your beautiful designs!)

We have found that children of all ages enjoy this style of game as the bright illustrations make it an attractive way to review your Bible lessons.

At present this is available only in PowerPoint format. But we realize that some of you may not have access to a projector. If you would like the visuals for this game in a printable format, we might be able to arrange that.

Visuals suitable for printing and laminating could be secured upright on a board, or used as a floor game for a small group of younger children.

If this is something you would like, click on the contact tab above for our email address and get in touch. We’d love to help if we can.

Full instructions are included in the file which you can download below.  If you do not have PowerPoint on your computer, this presentation will still run. It’s ideal for playing with a child in your family while at the computer!  Or maybe giving your own little grey cells a work-out!

Right-Click on the link and save to your own computer.

Download the Matching the Eggs PowerPoint review game

We supply the cakes and slices of pizza for you to download – sorry, they are printable but not eatable!

It’s easy to make

Print and cut out the goodies and laminate them or cover them with clear plastic. We recommend such protection because the kids love playing this game and months from now you will still have it looking as good as new.

Now make 2 round circles (“plates”) out of card, big enough to hold the pizza on one and cakes on the other.  Laminate these also. This provides a durable surface on which to attach the food items with Blu-Tac, Poster Putty or some other removable adhesive. You could also use shop-bought paper plates; some are very suitable because they have a laminated coating.

Mount the pizza onto one plate and the cakes onto the other. Then attach the loaded plates vertically to a board, so the children can enjoy seeing the progress of the game.

It’s fun to play

The team which answers the first Bible question chooses to “eat” the pizza or the cakes!  Each time a question is answered correctly ONE piece is removed from their plate.
The first team to clear their plate is the winner.

Although this is a very simple quiz it is ideal when time is short, e.g. when doing class-to-class visits in a school.  It is attractive, and appeals to kids of all ages.

To download the PDF, RIGHT-CLICK on the link below and save it to your computer hard drive.

The Pizza and Cake Review Game can be downloaded here.

You can make your Bible review games extra fun with this free downloadable game. Using two dice and some numbered laminated skittle images mounted on a board, you can play a game of 8-pin bowling with two teams.

If a team answered your review question correctly they throw the two dice. The numbers they throw determine which of their skittles or pins come off the board.

This game has been the cause of great excitement and a cliff-hanging finish! Sometime one team romps ahead and “knocks off” all their skittles except one. They are looking for the two dice numbers they need to make up that last number for the skittle. As each turn passes, and they do not find the right combination, the team that was so far behind is catching up. A great lesson on not giving up!

Incidentally, we found this worked well in schools, where teachers appreciated the children having a mental arithmetic work-out!

If you download this free add-on to your own review questions, you will find full instructions and printable skittles in a PDF.

FREE 8-Pin Bowling (Skittles) review Game

With all the snow and ice we have had lately (at least here in Scotland!) we thought it would be nice to upload our new Scuba Diving  review game.
It is a colourful way of boosting the level of the fun, because there are surprise bonuses to be won.
It all depends on whether the children pick an exotic fish, shells, or polluting rubbish!

• Ask a question on the Bible lesson. If a child answers correctly, they receive points for their team (say 50) and then they choose a number card to see how much of a bonus they get.
• Bonuses are collected by the child choosing a number, which is taken off, leaving the underwater item behind on the display board.
• Depending on what the item is, bonuses are added to the team’s score. No bonus is added if rubbish is found.
• Bonuses are suggested on the printout and you might like to cut out and laminate that card as a permanent reminder to you and for all to see as they play the review game. 
• The winner is the team with the most points after all the items have been revealed, or when time is up.

Full instructions, visuals and a suggested list of bonuses are included in the free download.

It is a hefty file (just over 2 mb) so we have zipped the files. You will need to extract them when you have downloaded the zip file.
If you are not sure how to do that, just let us know and we’ll send you an uncompressed file.

Right-click on the link below and then save the file to your computer.

The Scuba Diver review game: a free PDF download

Whether its pointing at someone and laughing at them, picking up litter, writing a thank you letter or drawing graffiti, most good or bad things we do involve our hands.
The review game Helping Hands or Hurting Hands explores these every-day choices kids have to make.
It’s free to download. Just print it, cut it and laminate it.
There are some scenarios suggested, but there is plenty of scope for you to develop it in a way that your kids can identify with.

We first made it to add a bit of zip to a review of the lesson of Moses – murdering an Egyptian then helping the shepherdesses. It would be equally useful to review Zachaeus – taking money, then giving it away.
You may think of other Bible lessons where this review game will emphasis a theme in your teaching.

It is easy to set up and play. The “hand” cards are mounted on a board using Blu-Tac or some other removeable method (eg. magnetic strip). Then you:

• Ask a question on the lesson. If a child answers correctly, they choose a hand card to see if they get a bonus.
• If the scenario on the back of their chosen item demonstrates helping hands, they score the bonus.
• Anyone choosing the hand which has the Helping Hands gold star logo scores a double bonus!

Right-click on the link below and then save it to your computer.

>> Helping Hands review game: free PDF download.

Catherine and I have just finished making a wee Powerpoint to help keep score in your review game. A very simple idea – the two teams have to light all five bulbs of the Christmas lights.

>> You can download it here.