Have children stand on a piece of paper. Assign each child a fruit name: apple, orange, or grape. Have one child stand in the middle of the circle and call out one of the fruits. The caller and the children who were assigned that fruit must move to a different spot in the circle. The child who is unable to get a spot is the caller for the next round. If the caller yells “Fruit Basket Upset,” all children must find a new spot around the circle. Remind children God sent a famine to get the Israelites’ attention.

Divide the group into teams and give each team a spoon. The first person on each team crawls across the sheet to his or her team’s bowl of rice, spoons out some rice, carefully crawls back to his or her team’s jar, and dumps whatever rice is left on the spoon into the jar. The child then tags the next person in line to do the same thing. After all the children have raced, weigh each jar. The heaviest jar wins. Remind children God sent a famine to get the Israelites’ attention.

Choose two children to be the taggers. Distribute five soft balls to five children that are not taggers (if you have a large group, add more taggers and balls). Explain the taggers will try to tag the children, but they can only tag someone who is holding a ball. If someone holding a ball is about to be tagged, that person should pass the ball to someone else. If someone gets tagged while holding a ball, that person is out and must sit down. After a few minutes, choose two different taggers and allow those who have been tagged to reenter the game. Remind children that sometimes we think we won’t get caught in our sins, but God sees and punishes all sin.

Divide the group into teams and give each team a spoon. The first person on each team crawls across the sheet to his or her team’s bowl of rice, spoons out some rice, carefully crawls back to his or her team’s jar, and dumps whatever rice is left on the spoon into the jar. The child then tags the next person in line to do the same thing. After all the children have raced, weigh each jar. The heaviest jar wins. Remind children God sent a famine to get the Israelites’ attention.