Tell children that they should move around the room until the leader calls out, “The floor is lava!” They will then have until the count of five to get both feet onto a safe spot. Anyone who is not on a safe spot after the count of five is out. Continue play until one child remains, removing “safe spots” as the number of children in the game gets smaller. Remind children to run to the safety found in God’s word to resist temptations.

Assign one child to be “It.” Begin a game of tag. A child is safe from being tagged when standing on a safe spot, but they may only stand on the safe spot for ten seconds before running again. If a child is tagged, he or she becomes “It.” Play continues as time allows. Remind children that resisting temptation is possible with prayer, God’s word, worship, and help from friends who love Jesus.

Divide children into teams, line them up by the pool noodles, and give them a set of “temptation” papers. The first child on each team takes a temptation paper, crumples it into a ball, and tries to hit the temptation into the trash can using the pool noodle. The child must keep trying until she gets it in. Once it lands in the trash can, she can hand the pool noodle to the next player, who repeats the process. The first team to hit all their temptations into the trash wins.

Set the cups right side up in a bowling pin formation about 15 feet from the starting line. Divide children into teams of two to three. Give each team a ball. On “Go” one person from each team rolls the ball to try to knock over his team’s Temptation cups without knocking down the Truth cup. He then retrieves the ball and hands it to the next player, who rolls next. If someone knocks down the Truth cup, that person must set all the cups back upright and start over. Play continues until a team knocks down all their Temptations cups without knocking down their Truth cup.