Activities
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Option 1: Touch and Find Relay
boxes, newspaper/paper, adhesive bandages
Gather supplies. Fill boxes with crumpled paper and adhesive bandages (one box per team; at least one bandage per child).
Divide children into teams and set boxes on the far end of the room. On “Go!” the first person on each team runs to his team’s box, reaches inside, finds a bandage without looking, sticks it to himself, and runs back to tag the next person. Remaining team members repeat the process. The first team to race all members wins. Remind children that Jesus is able to heal people’s bodies and hearts.
Option 2: Touch and Guess
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Choose five children to be “It” and have them stand in front of the room. Have remaining children sit at tables, close their eyes, put their heads down on the table, and put one thumb up. Have each of the five “Its” quietly press down the thumb of one person and then return to the front. The leader then calls, “If someone touched you, stand up.” Have the children who stand take turns guessing who touched them (one guess per child). If a child guesses correctly, she becomes “It” for the next round and the person who chose her sits down. If she guesses incorrectly, the person who chose her remains “It.” Remind children that Jesus knew who touched him because Jesus knows everything!
Option 1: Four Touch Ball
ball
Gather supplies.
Divide children into two teams and have them form two lines facing each other. Assign each child a number so that each team has a player with each number. Place a ball halfway between the teams. The leader calls out two numbers. The children assigned those numbers race to the ball and try to grab it first. As soon as someone has the ball, all children can move around the room. The person with the ball must toss it to a teammate before getting tagged by someone from the opposing team. To score a point, the team must complete four total tosses without being tagged. If the person holding the ball is tagged or the ball is dropped, no points are scored and a new round begins. The first team to three points wins.
Option 2: Touch and Guess
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Choose five children to be “It” and have them stand in front of the room. Have remaining children sit at tables, close their eyes, put their heads down on the table, and put one thumb up. Have each of the five “Its” quietly press down the thumb of one person and then return to the front. The leader then calls, “If someone touched you, stand up.” Have the children who stand take turns guessing who touched them (one guess per child). If a child guesses correctly, she becomes “It” for the next round and the person who chose her sits down. If she guesses incorrectly, the person who chose her remains “It.” Remind children that Jesus knew who touched him because Jesus knows everything!
