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Top 3 Indoor Sunday School Games for Rainy Days at Church

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These no prep indoor Sunday School games for rainy days will save your skin when the sermon goes long and the weather keeps you stuck inside. Your class will love these fun, active games! And because each game incorporates Scripture, children will also build their faith while they play. So make sure you have the game supplies ready for the next rainy day at church, so that you can use one of these easy no prep activity ideas for kids instead of being the helpless teacher who lets the class go wild. 😉

Indoor Sunday School games for rainy days - fun, no prep activities for kids to use at church

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You’re stuck in the classroom.

You’ve finished your planned Sunday School lesson and activities, and the sermon is going long.

You can’t go outside and kill a few minutes on the playground, because the weather is bad.

And you can’t think of any other things to do at church on rainy days!

The kids are starting to get loud. And wild. And out of control.

And you can feel that tingly feeling of panic rising in your chest.

You need some no-prep Sunday School games ASAP!

Ever been in that situation–worrying about what to do in Sunday School on rainy days? If you have, you know the desperate need for a few fun games to play at church on rainy days for kids.

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There’s something to be said for having a go-to list of fun church games for kids to play on a rainy day. Instead of your kids going crazy–and you starting to panic–you can face rainy days at church with confidence!

That’s why I’m sharing a list of my top 3 rainy day activities for kids to use in your Sunday School class.

indoor Sunday School games for rainy days at church for kids

3 Indoor Sunday School Games for Rainy Days

Here are a few great things about these three Sunday School games for kids:

  • No prep. Buy the materials now, while the sun is shining, and you’ll be instantly ready when you desperately need things to do on a rainy day at church!
  • Fun. Your kids will actually enjoy these fun games to play at church on rainy days. So YOU can breathe a sigh of relief and avoid catastrophe in your Sunday School classroom! 😉
  • Meaningful. I hate games that are just time-fillers (and kids do, too). These fantastic rainy day activities for kids are NOT meaningless time-fillers! Instead, each game is intentionally designed to help your kids remember biblical truth.

And here’s an at-a-glance list of these rainy day Sunday School activities for kids:

  1. 4-in-a-Row Review Game
  2. Beanbag Toss Review Game
  3. Dart Ball Review Game

Scroll down for playing instructions and ideas for how to tailor these fun activities to your Sunday School class! Or would you rather get the game instructions in one handy printable? Then simply click the image below:

Free printable game instructions for all 3 fun Bible review games - click to download!

1. 4-in-a-Row Review Game

Supplies Needed

Review questions. You can open up your lesson plan and make these up off the top of your head if you need to. If you’re using one of my lesson sets, I include review questions for every lesson in the Leader’s Guide.

A 4-in-a-row game frame and playing pieces. You can use the basic small frame, but I highly recommend a jumbo sized game frame for your Sunday School class. The large size will make it easier for everyone to see what’s going on in the game, which means you’ll have an easier time keeping your kids interested in the activity. There are several reviews for this jumbo 4-to-score game on Amazon that specifically mention how great it is for kids’ ministry! 😉 Your kids will love the novelty of it and most likely will beg to use it anytime you have a few extra minutes.

Game Instructions

Divide the class into two teams and assign each team a color. Explain that the objective is to get 4 of their color in a row–vertically, horizontally, or even diagonally–on the game frame. Teams will get a chance to place a game piece after correctly answering a review question.

Start by giving a review question to Team 1. If they answer correctly, they may place a game piece of their color.

Now give a question to Team 2. If they answer correctly, they may place a game piece of their color.

Give the question to the other team if the first team answers incorrectly. If the second team is able to answer correctly, they may place a game piece. Then you’ll go back to the first team with a new question. If the second team is unable to answer the question, tell them the answer. Then go back to the first team with a new question.

Play continues in the same way until one of the teams gets four pieces in a row.

2. Beanbag Toss Review Game

Supplies Needed

Review questions. You can open up your lesson plan and make these up off the top of your head if you need to. If you’re using one of my lesson sets, I include review questions for every lesson in the Leader’s Guide.

Colored beanbags. You may be able to find these at a local sports store, but I recommend ordering beanbags from Amazon because I can almost guarantee that you’ll be able to get a better price online. Make sure you get plenty of them. You’ll definitely want more than a few for this game.

Colored bins in an angled stand. It’s important that the bins be large enough and angled properly so that your kids can toss the beanbags into them during the game. I recommend this fantastic color-coded organizational stand from Amazon. It’s absolutely perfect for this activity. Plus, it’s small enough to fit in any classroom and you can use it to store other supplies when you aren’t playing with it, so your classroom will be less cluttered, too!

Tape. This isn’t required, but I’d suggest using tape to mark a “firing line.” That way the kids won’t tend to creep closer and closer to the bins as they’re tossing. You can use regular masking tape or duct tape, but it will mark your floor. I always recommend this type of tape because it always comes up easily and it doesn’t leave any marks on your floor!

A whistle. You can always just use your voice, but I’ve found that when my kids get excited and active, it’s easier to use a whistle to signify the end of a turn.

Game Instructions

Set up the bins in their stand against a wall. Mark a “firing line” several feet away with tape. Scatter the beanbags around the room behind the firing line.

Divide the kids into two teams and assign each team a color. Explain that the objective is to have more beanbags of your color in the correct colored bins than any other team. If you accidentally toss your color into the wrong bin, that counts as a negative score against your team.

Start by giving a question to Team 1. If they answer incorrectly, simply give them a new question. If they correctly answer the question, they may begin collecting beanbags of their OWN color and attempting to toss them into the correct bins. They must NOT cross the firing line at any time. And they may NOT toss other teams’ colors. A child who attempts to toss another team’s beanbags will not be allowed to toss any beanbags for a few minutes.

While they are tossing, give a question to Team 2. If they answer incorrectly, give them a new question. As soon as they can answer a question correctly, blow the whistle. This signifies that Team 1 must immediately stop tossing and come to you for review questions. Team 2, meanwhile, may begin collecting their own color of beanbags and start tossing them.

As soon as Team 1 correctly answers a question, blow the whistle again to signal that Team 2 must come back to you for a question.

The game ends when 1) there are no more beanbags behind the firing line to toss, 2) you run out of time, or 3) you have no more questions to ask. Blow the whistle to signal the end of the game. Count up the beanbags that are correctly in each colored bin. Give one point for each. Give a negative point for each beanbag that landed in the wrong colored bin. Tally up the points to discover which team won!

3. Dart Ball Review Game

Supplies Needed

Review questions. You can open up your lesson plan and make these up off the top of your head if you need to. If you’re using one of my lesson sets, I include review questions for every lesson in the Leader’s Guide.

Dart ball board and balls. I recommend this dart ball board from S&S Worldwide. S&S is my go-to source for everything related to kids’ ministry. I’ve used their materials at camps, Bible clubs, and more. And I’ve always been totally happy with their products. I think this particular dart ball board is an innovative (and safer!) version of regular darts, and I highly recommend it for use in your Sunday School class. It’s flat enough that storage will be no problem, and you can whip it out when you need to fill a few extra minutes. The balls and board are specially designed so that the balls will stick to the board easily (great for kids).

Tape. Use this to mark a “firing line.” You can use masking tape or duct tape, but as always I recommend this particular type of tape because it comes up easily and won’t leave marks on your floor.

Game Instructions

Divide the kids into two teams. Explain that the objective of the game is to score the most points by successfully landing balls on the dart ball board. Different areas of the dart board are worth more points.

Start by giving Team 1 a question. If they correctly answer, their first player may try to toss a ball onto the dart ball board from behind the firing line.

Give the question to Team 2 if Team 1 answers incorrectly. If Team 2 can answer it, they may send their first player to toss a ball onto the dart board. If they can’t, they miss the opportunity for an extra toss.

Now give Team 2 their question. If they can answer it correctly, they may send a player to toss a ball. If not, the question goes to Team 1.

Play continues until you have finished all your questions or time runs out. Make sure that the kids take turns tossing the balls onto the dart ball board. At the end of the game, add up all the points that each team scored to determine which team won.

Skip the panic attack with these fun indoor Sunday School games for rainy days!

And there you have it–my top 3 rainy day activities for kids that you can use at church.

Now don’t wait until your stuck in a classroom full of antsy, crazy kids on a rainy day. Instead, print out these game instructions and order these supplies NOW, so that you’re abundantly prepared the next time it rains on a Sunday. 😉

And have fun “passing the faith along” to your kiddoes!


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