Kid Favorite Elijah and the Ravens Game

We just started a brand new unit from our preschool Sunday School curriculum.

Elijah!

I love the Elijah Bible story and the idea that his life teaches us that God will never leave us! Plus, this preschool Bible unit includes the most fun Elijah and the Ravens game!

Our first week started with the story of God sending ravens to feed Elijah. I love how this story illustrates how God cares about all of our needs and takes care of us. It’s a great story for even the youngest kids to begin understanding that God takes care of us and He will never leave us. I think this is because the story is so great… and it includes FOOD…which people of ALL ages can relate to! 🙂 

Here’s a look at how we set up this Elijah and the ravens game in our preschool Sunday School class and how we played.

Setting Up the Elijah and the Ravens Game

What You’ll Need

• Elijah head template
• Feed Elijah sign (copied on red cardstock)
• 3 Bread templates
• 2 Raven templates
• Blank white cardstock
• Small crackers or bread pieces
• Something to prop the game on like a box or chair
• Scissors

To set the Elijah and the Ravens game up, I cut out Elijah’s head, the “Feed Elijah” sign that I copied on red cardstock, and the bread and ravens…all of these templates are included in the Elijah Bible story for kids unit.

Then, I glued Elijah’s cut out head to a white piece of cardstock and cut out the hole for the mouth.  I used some mini Ritz crackers as the “bread” when I tested this out with my own kiddo.  But when we did this in class last Sunday, I forgot to bring the crackers so I grabbed croutons from our church kitchen…. which I actually think I liked better because they are harder to break–plus it doesn’t have peanut butter in it for those nut allergy babies!

To set up the Elijah and the ravens game, I just propped the Elijah face cardstock page on a storage box and leaned it against the wall when I tested this out with my own kiddo, Cooper.

During our preschool Sunday School class, I decided to use a chair to lean the Elijah poster against, and I liked this better because it was the perfect height for preschoolers to throw the crackers.

How To Play

When we played this Elijah and the ravens game, my preschoolers sat in a line behind player one.  Each player got 3 crackers to throw to try and feed Elijah.  After their 3 pieces were thrown, they went to the end of the line and let the next person play.

We played this Elijah and the ravens game altogether as a group after our Bible lesson Elijah and the ravens.   It was a HUGE hit and they begged to keep playing!

As we played, we reviewed the Bible story of Elijah and the ravens. I repeated the big idea that God will never leave us and He always provides.

A good game should just be played once! So, we will also continue to leave this game set up as an exploration station throughout the entire Elijah Bible story unit for the preschool kids to explore on their own during the first 15 minutes of our Sunday School class!

Where Can I Find This Elijah Bible Unit

You can find all of the materials and the 6 week unit to go along with this game in this Elijah Preschool Unit, which is part of my preschool Sunday School curriculum.