The Scripture Lady loves creating Bible review games! Here is one called “Ezekiel’s Bones” to teach about Ezekiel.
“Ezekiel cried, ‘Dem dry Bones!” “Ezekiel cried, ‘Dem dry Bones!” “Ezekiel cried, ‘Dem dry Bones!” Now hear the Word of the Lord!
Have you ever heard this great old Gospel song? It is based on the story of Ezekiel found in Ezekiel 37: 1-6. It’s an amazing story and one that your children will love hearing. I created the game of “Ezekiel’s Bones” to help take the “scare” out of dying or death for my kids. The story of Ezekiel beholding a miraculous resurrection is only one of the many true stories you will find in the Bible of people being brought back to life. Play this Bible activity for kids to teach them more about God’s great miracles and how one day, all those who hope in the Lord, will also be resurrected and live in Heaven with Him forever.
Bible review games will help your children learn God’s Word in a fun way and for this one you will need to do the following:
This game requires some preparation, but your kids will be glad you took the time to put together such a fun game. First, you will want to prepare 2 identical* posters, one for each team. On one side, you will show a full skeleton of a man. On the other side will be a full body of a man. It will help if you can “line up” the bodies back to back, ie. the heads are back to back, the legs are back to back and so on. You will want to do this because you will be cutting each of the posters up into the following pieces: one head, two arm pieces, one chest piece, two thigh and hip bone pieces and finally two lower let pieces. You should have a total of 8 pieces for each poster. For a picture of what I did, click here: Image of game set up
* I gave each of the humans different colored shorts: blue for team one and red for team two.
Next, prepare a set 8 skull and cross bones cards for team one and 8 skull and cross bones cards for team two. I used blue cards for team one and red cards for team two. You also may want to create a title card for your game as shown in my picture in the above link.
Lastly, you will create 10 multiple choice quiz questions which I have written for you and can be found below. I backed all of these cards with a picture of a skeleton.
Be sure to laminate all your cards for long-term use.
Set Up: For this game, I use a pocket chart (approx. 28″ square). (You can find pocket charts at your local teacher supply store or online at www.orientaltrading.com) Place the title cards at the top of the chart, then fill that chart with all of the Quiz cards, skeleton side out. On a large board, such as a white board or chalk board, tape the 16 body pieces from the 2 posters up on the board to create 2 separate skeletons/humans. One team will try and “resurrect” the blue human and the other team will have the red human. Each piece should be able to be turned around when necessary, so you will also want to put a piece of tape on the human skeleton side as well. Instead of tape, you might try using that “tacky” stuff you can get at an office supply store. You just pinch off a little bit and it will stick to your cards. Lastly, place all 16 of the skull and cross bones cards in a bucket from which the kids will grab.
How to Play: Divide your children into 2 teams. Tell the children they are going to learn about some amazing miracles in the Bible. Continue saying: “Today’s miracles are all about people who were raised from the dead! One of these miracles was witnessed by the prophet Ezekiel. He saw a whole army of people come back to life!
To play our game, I will need 2 teams. On the back of each of my skeletons is a live human being that each team will try and “resurrect”. There are 8 pieces to each body. The first team who turns over the most body pieces will win. Team one will have this skeleton. (Point to the appropriate skeleton.) It’s live person has on red shorts. Team two will have this skeleton. It’s live person has on blue shorts.
One person from each team will get a chance to come up to the pocket chart and pick a skeleton Quiz card. I will give you a multiple choice quiz about a story of a resurrection in the Bible. If you answer correctly, you will then get to reach into my bucket and pull out a blue skeleton card or a red skeleton card. Which ever card you pick out, that is the team’s body that gets to reveal one of the body parts behind their skeleton. Remember, the team with most of their live body parts showing after all the questions have been read will be the winner. Get ready to play “Ezekiel’s Bones”!
If you’d like to add a little extra fun to your presentation of this game, you might want to teach your kids the song “Dry Bones”. Just “Google” it and you will come up with lots of choices. There are even lots of nice video choices. Always preview everything on the internet before showing it to your kids!
Multiple Choice Quizzes
1. 2 Kings 13: 20-21 tells an incredible story of Elisha after his death. Listen to these Scriptures:
Elisha died and was buried. Now Moabite raiders used to enter the country every spring. Once while some Israelites were burying a man, suddenly they saw a band of raiders; so they threw the man’s body into Elisha’s tomb. When the body touched Elisha’s bones, the man came to life and stood up on his feet.
Here is your quiz:
When the dead body touched Elisha’s bones, the body:
A. danced the dosey-do.
B. stood up on his feet.
C. remained dead.
2. I Kings 17: 17-24 tells the story of Elijah and the widow of Zarephath. The widow’s child became very ill and died. When Elijah found out, he took the boy in his arms and carried him up to the room and laid on top of him. He prayed for the boy and stretched himself out on the boy 3 times. The Lord God heard Elijah’s cry, and the boy came back to life.
Here is your quiz:
Elijah:
A. prayed 10 times before the boy came back to life.
B. played the violin at the boy’s funeral.
C. stretched out on top of the boy 3 times before the boy came back to life.
3. Ezekiel 37: 1-6 tells of an amazing story when the prophet Ezekiel was led by God to walk through a valley of bones. There were bones everywhere! God asked Ezekiel: “Can these bones live?” Ezekiel said that only God knew that. God then told Ezekiel to prophecy to the bones and say, “This is what the Sovereign Lord says…I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life…Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
Here is your quiz:
One day God led the prophet Ezekiel to:
A. walk a marathon.
B. walk and not grow weary.
C. walk in a valley of dead bones.
4. Did you know that right after Jesus died on the cross many holy people who had already died and were buried, came back to life? It’s true! Matthew 27: 51-53 says that after Jesus died…”the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.”
Here is your quiz:
After Jesus died on the cross:
A. many holy people came back to life.
B. many holy people went to McDonald’s for dinner.
C. many holy people started tearing down the temple curtain.
5. Luke 7: 11-16 tells this miraculous story…”Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.” Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!” The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. They were all filled with awe and praised God.”
Here is your quiz:
Jesus touched the coffin of the dead boy and said:
A. Get ready, set, Go!
B. Get up!
C. Get me a donut!
6. One sad day, Mary’s brother Lazarus died. Mary and her sister Martha were filled with grief and they buried their brother in a tomb. When Jesus found out about Lazarus, He wept and went to the tomb. He prayed to God and then called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” Lazarus “came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
Here is your quiz:
When Jesus found out about Lazarus, he:
A. slept.
B. didn’t care.
C. wept.
7. Acts 9: 36-42 tells of a much loved lady named Dorcas. The Bible says that Dorcas “was always doing good and helping others.” She often made clothes for people. One day, Dorcas became sick and died. The disciple Peter just happened to be preaching about Jesus in a nearby city and was summoned to help Dorcas. When he came to the room where Dorcas was laying he got down on his knees and prayed. Then he said, “(Dorcas), get up.” Dorcas opened her eyes! She was alive. “This became know all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.”
Here is your quiz:
The story of Dorcas became known all over Joppa and:
A. many people believed in the Lord.
B. many people thought Peter was crazy.
C. many people did the Hokey-Pokey.
8. Many of you already know that after Jesus died on the cross, He was buried for 3 days and then on the third day He rose from the dead and came back to life. But do all of you know that Jesus showed Himself to many, many people before He ascended to Heaven? Listen to this partial list: Jesus showed Himself to Mary Magdalene (Mk 16:9), to the eleven disciples (Lk. 24:36), to Peter (I Cor. 15:5), to 500 brothers of the faith
(I Cor. 15:6), and to James (I Cor. 15:7).
Here is your quiz:
Before Jesus ascended to Heaven, He:
A. visited Disneyland.
B. showed Himself to many people.
C. kept to Himself and didn’t see anyone.
9. 2 Kings 4: 32-37 tells the story of Elisha and the Shunammite woman whose son died. When he arrived at the boy’s house, Elisha prayed to the Lord. “Then he got on the bed and lay upon the boy, mouth to mouth, eyes to eyes, hands to hands. As he stretched himself out upon him, the boy’s body grew warm. Elisha turned away and walked back and forth in the room and then got on the bed and stretched out upon him once more. The boy sneezed seven times and opened his eyes.”
Here is your quiz:
Before the boy came back to life, :
A. he sneezed 7 times.
B. he sang the Sponge Bob theme song.
C. Elisha sneezed 7 times.
10. Mark 5: 21-43 tells the story of a synagogue ruler named Jairus. He came to Jesus one day and fell at His feet and told Jesus that his daughter was dying. So Jesus went with him. When Jesus arrived at the house, the little girl had already died. Everyone in the house was crying loudly, but Jesus said, “The child is not dead, but asleep.” Everyone laughed at Jesus when he said this. He then went into the girl and said, “Little girl, I say to you, get up.” Immediately, the girl stood up and walked around.”
Here is your quiz:
After Jesus told the little girl to get up, she:
A. got up and skipped rope.
B. stood up and walked around.
C. stayed on the bed and did not come back to life.
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