So, our family watched a few educational YouTube videos or short movies (like What’s in the Bible with Buck Denver?) a week, and maybe a family movie a few times a month. The rest of the time, we were screen free. It worked well for us.
Last year, I made a list of 100+ Screen Free Activities for Teens. Here’s a fun list of activities for your younger kids. These screen free activities are all tested and approved by my four kids.
150 Screen Free Activities for Kids
1. Learn about Creation with 90 puzzles and activities! Your 8-12 year old kids will study 40 Bible passages and 30 truths about God’s Creation. They’ll also learn how to use the inductive Bible study method! Bible Investigators: Creation is a whole lot of Bible study in a hands-on way kids will love!
2. Read a book. Find something your kids will love at the book indexes for ages 4-7, ages 8-12, middle school, and high school!
3. Settle down with one of these great Christian magazines for kids.
4. Keep a daily journal.
5. Learn more about the Bible with fun Bible study lapbooks!
6. Play a Bible card game.
7. Write to a pen pal.
8. Draw a picture.
9. Start a nature journal.
10. Learn about God’s hand in history with fun narrative and great illustrations in the Who What Why series.
11. Build something fun or historic with LEGOs.
12. Ride a bike, either on your block or on a local bike path.
13. Go swimming.
14. Collect and press leaves and flowers.
15. Learn about history with some fun, hands-on lapbooks.
16. Jump on a trampoline.
17. Ride a skateboard or scooter.
18. Practice shooting hoops. My boys loved hosting neighborhood pick-up games.
19. Paint with watercolors.
20. Practice daily Bible reading, prayer, and Scripture memorization with the Spiritual Disciplines Calendar.
21. Write a poem.
22. Learn to do a handstand or a cartwheel.
23. Play a board game.
24. Learn to play solitaire.
25. Learn Psalm 104:24 with this fun craft and Scripture copywork.
26. Put on a skit.
27. Make a Bible craft. Start with one of these from Thinking Kids!
28. Make popsicles with juice and cut fruit.
29. Write cards to your friends telling them what you love about them.
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30. Make sock puppets and decorate them with markers. Act out a Bible story.
31. Draw a picture of a favorite book character.
32. Memorize a Bible verse. Start with one of these fun memory card sets.
33. Learn Bible verses about the armor of God with this cute Write, Color, and Memorize set. And, check out additional sets here.
34. Learn how to make a simple meal.
35. Start a stamp collection.
36. Clean your room. For fun, try reorganizing your stuff or decorating with pictures you’ve drawn.
37. Put together a Bible reading chart to track your progress through the Bible. It’s part of the Bible Study Tool Kit.
38. Make a snowman. Be sure to take pictures!
39. Learn how to French braid hair.
40. Play with K’Nex. Build a historic building or vehicle.
41. Looking for a fun family read-aloud? Grab a copy of When Lightning Struck!: The Story of Martin Luther.
42. Make a city out of blocks.
43. Put together a floor puzzle.
44. Visit a waterfall.
45. Create a set of Bible stick puppets with free templates–then retell Bible stories! These are part of the Bible Study Tool Kit.
46. Do a challenging dot-to-dot.
47. Learn about history with these fun coloring books.
48. Look through an atlas and draw a continent or country.
49. Use the Daily Devotions Bible Verse Calendar to start a Bible-reading habit. You’ll learn about important topics, one month at a time!
50. Learn to use a pogo stick.
51. Visit a science museum.
52. Go for a walk someplace new as a family.
53. Learn about life in the womb with a fun book and a free companion pack.
54. Make a sandcastle or sand sculpture.
55. Have a snowball fight.
56. Draw a map of a fantasy world from a book–like Narnia.
57. Learn about history with fun crafts.
58. Learn to crochet.
59. Visit the residents of a retirement home.
60. Read a book to your parents or with your parents.
70. Create a These are part of the Bible Study Tool Kit. to help with your Bible reading. It’s a part of the Bible Study Tool Kit.
71. Do a chore for mom.
72. Build a dam in a creek. Stay with a parent around water.
73. Decorate a hat.
74. Create a visual reminder of the Days of Creation with this fun toilet paper roll craft.
75. Make a scrapbook.
76. Have a playdate.
77. Get a coin guide book and learn how to collect coins. Start by going through your loose change.
78. Use these printable Bible comic book templates to retell stories from the Bible in a fun way! These are part of the Bible Study Tool Kit.
79. Bake and decorate cookies or cupcakes.
80. Make and paint a birdhouse.
81. Build a playhouse with your mom or dad.
82. Remember that God’s love has been poured into your heart by the Holy Spirit with this fun heart lantern craft.
83. Plant some seeds and care for them.
84. Learn to weed. Help out an elderly neighbor.
85. Go to the zoo.
86. Learn all about the doctrine of Scripture with this free Facts about the Bible lapbook. It’s a part of the Bible Study Tool Kit.
87. Get a fish and care for it.
88. Visit a children’s museum.
89. Dig a hole in your backyard. (This was a favorite in our home.)
90. Learn the books of the Bible with this fun poster, and color in each book as you read it!
91. Fill your hole with water. (Another favorite.)
92. Put leaves and sticks in your water-filled hole. (Hours of fun!)
93. Make a boat and sail it on a creek or lake.
94. Take the My Field Trip and Travel Journal along with you as make fun day trips! Keep track of what you’ve seen and learned.
95. Cut pictures out of a magazine and make a collage. Be sure you have permission first!
96. Jump rope.
97. Listen to an audio adventure.
98. Decorate a family prayer box and use the card sets to help you pray for your loved ones, your community, your world, your community, to confess your sin, and to express gratitude.
99. Go sledding.
100. Play hide and seek.
101. Visit a mountain.
102. Learn more about what the Bible says about the Bible with this fun Write, Color, and Memorize set. It’s a part of the Bible Study Tool Kit.
103. Read a Bible story to a younger sibling.
104. Build a train track and play with the trains.
105. Go to the park. Try a new one for fun.
106. Study the 5 Solas with this fun, 7-day family Bible study.
107. Write a story.
108. Build a fort.
109. Have a water balloon fight.
110. Make these fun bear fruit bookmarks and learn more about John 15.
111. Go swing at a playground.
112. Play with PlayDoh.
113. Dress up in a costume and play pretend.
114. Put together this fun, devotional Truth about the Bible Banner and spend a month learning more about God’s Word. This is a part of the Bible Study Tool Kit.
115. Have a NERF battle.
116. Join a soccer team, or play soccer at the park with friends.
117. Do some of these fun Bible activities.
118. Make Resurrection rolls as a family, using these free Easter story recipe cards.
119. Build with Lincoln Logs.
120. Read through the Bible as a family.
121. Cook something in your play kitchen.
122. Keep track of all the books you’re reading, the ones you want to read, and learn about fiction and nonfiction with the My Book Log.
123. Take a family day-trip. Often, there are hidden fun things to do within an hour or two.
124. Play with a doll house.
125. Pretend fight with toy swords.
126. Build a LEGO empty tomb.
127. Learn to bird watch.
128. Make jewelry.
129. Climb a tree (if your mom or dad approves)!
130. Do these two Creation mini-lessons with a fun crossword and a word search!
131. Decorate a shirt. Our granddaughter loves her tie dye kit!
132. Play tag.
133. Visit a farm.
134. Learn about the books of the Bible with this fun bundle.
135. Play foosball.
136. Draw a comic book.
137. Decorate a walking stick.
138. Throw a Reformation Day party and make these fun, themed snacks.
139. Collect stickers.
140. Draw on your driveway or sidewalk with sidewalk chalk. Look out for cars!
141. Play in the sprinkler.
142. Celebrate God’s creation of the heavens with this fun bookmark craft.
143. Build an igloo.
144. Visit a creek–look for crawdads. Be sure to stay with a parent.
145. Go camping.
146. Build a Nativity scene!
147. Plant a bag of flower bulbs.
148. Plant a vegetable garden.
149. Find something to help with at your church, like weeding a flower bed or vacuuming a Sunday School room.
150. Learn the gospel with this cute poster and Bible verse card set. Then, practice saying the gospel so you are ready to share it.
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Puzzle-Based Independent Bible Study for Kids!
“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2, ESV
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- Observe: They pay attention to what they’re reading.
- Interpret: They figure out what the Bible means in that section.
- Apply: They decide how the truth of God’s Word impacts their life today.
There are a great many truths in life to be found—some interesting, some boring, and some that really matter. You can be the kind of investigator who spends time puzzling out important truth so that you can know all the knowable knowledge that God has given us. That’s right. God, the Creator of the Universe, gave you a great big letter from him to explore and study so that you can discover the truths that really matter to your life!”
Bible Investigators: Creation, (The Good Book Company, 2024), page 7
The Bible Investigators: Creation Bible study for kids, written by Danika Cooley and published by The Good Book Company, is 272-pages of learning, puzzles, and fun activities designed to help your kids become amazing independent Bible investigators–observing, interpreting, and applying God’s Word as they learn what the Bible teaches on a particular subject.
Bible Puzzles for Kids
Middle grade kids, aged 8-12, love puzzles. After all, their brains are just built for figuring things out and memorizing facts. Puzzles are a wonderful way to help kids develop logic skills and retain important information. And, the book is written in a fun, conversational tone your children are sure to love!
What types of puzzles and activities will you find in Bible Investigators?
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- Word Searches
- Crosswords
- Rebus Puzzles
- Dot-to-Dots
- Logic Puzzles
- Missing Letter Puzzles
- Cryptograms
- Word Sudoku
- Mazes
- How-to-Draw Pages
- Matching Pairs
- Word Scrambles
- Journal Pages
Every child is sure to find activities they’ll love!
Elementary-aged kids need hands-on middle grade resources that engage them and equip them to process important truths.
Bible Investigators is the perfect resource to teach your kids about an important biblical doctrine, while helping them apply God’s Word to their lives today.
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