Ages 8–12

An entertaining village game in which the young warriors are sent to Jericho as scouts to solve tricky puzzles and gather important information about the city and its inhabitants.

Make fun pencil ornaments with pipe cleaners

On various topics, costume contests can be made with the children. The disguises are made from everyday materials such as newspaper and tape.

A great way to act out Bible stories or other stories in a devotional is with Playmobil.

In this article I give you some tips and ideas.

Here's how to make marshmallows yourself

Make an edible snake out of a sandwich.

The snake is suitable, for example, for:

-A jungle program / festival

-An animal / creation program

Make a heart-shaped pillow with fur fabric

The pillow fits e.g. to the topics: love (God loves you), friendship (e.g. to the story of David and Jonathan)

A book summary of the book "Robin Hood" by Howard Pyle.

Each of the 15 chapters is briefly summarized in key words.

The aim of the Technik-Sternli is to teach children age-appropriate Jungschart techniques.

The aim of the Technik-Sternli is to teach children age-appropriate Jungschart techniques. Relays are ideal for regularly refreshing all technical areas.

The aim of the Technik-Sternli is to teach children age-appropriate Jungschart techniques.

Two teams compete to bring Joseph's garment to Jacob.

A fun and engaging program, for several consecutive EPA afternoons, that allows us to follow the stories of the Bible under a magnifying glass and find the lesson in them

The idea of this EPA afternoon is to introduce the theme of detectives and to discover with the children the story of Joseph, drawing from it the lesson that even when God puts us in difficult situ

This concept was carried out as part of the Besj League Zone Zurich. It is suitable for children and young people aged 9-16 years.

The game gives participants the opportunity to explore the lands of Africa.

From salt dough you can make great tablets of the law. First, they look very real and second, Moses can break them in his anger. (Unfortunately, ours were broken before a photo was taken...)

Fancy a weekly game among the kids at camp?

On the English-language website http://www.freebibleimages.org/ you can find images from various Bible storie

This concept was carried out as part of the Besj League Zone Zurich. It is suitable for children and young people aged 9-16 years.

Implementation of the well-known game "On the road": the groups (forwarders) transport various goods between stations (towns) with wheelbarrows, ladder wagons...

As we are planning a trip to the local fire department with the Jungschar, I wanted to hold a devotion in the spirit of the unit program.

A diddly bow was originally an activity for farm kids. It was usually some stick, broomstick or the like, to which a tin can was attached and then a wire was stretched.

Gameplay: The Jungschärler get the order (eg Wanted poster as a start) to look for the lost sheep. They then go from post to post until they find the sheep.

Why do we tell?

It is important to us to awaken and develop the children's ability to experience.

The giant dinosaur from the ice

This game is suitable for teaching young children how to use and find their way around the Bible in a playful way.