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Ruth activities for kids

February 26, 2014 Ticia 10 Comments

After Samson we skipped the rest of Judges, because if Samson is borderline appropriate for kids….  Let’s just say the rest is much much worse, and I would no longer be allowed to teach Sunday School if I covered them.  We skipped on to one of my favorite books of the Bible: Ruth, and the kids loved my Ruth activity for kids (I’d say Ruth activities for kids, but they just wanted to do the same one over and over again).

 

Ruth activities for kids

Rather than draw out the suspense, here it is:

Supplies for Ruth activities:

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Pom Poms*, empty cans or baskets, and space to move around in

Ruth activity for kids

As you can tell from the 1 sentence summary in the picture, I had the boys first drop the pom poms randomly around the yard.  The catch: just like Boaz’s servants were trying not to let Ruth see what they were doing, the boys had to be sneaky also.  After they’d started dropping them Princess hurried around picking up the “grain” on the ground.

After Princess had her turn as Ruth, then the boys of course wanted their turn finding the grain.  So an hour or so later we were done.  I’m not kidding on that hour of time.  We kept doing it over and over again.

So we never did any of the other Ruth activities.  I mean I found a fun craft, and coloring pages, and so much more.

But, in the end the question is: Do they know the story and why it’s important?

And I can say for sure yes, and it’s partially because one of their favorite Adventures in Odyssey episodes is the one about Ruth (from this set: Bible Eyewitness Collector’s Set*).  We never did get to see Duke and the Great Pie War* because our copy is lost somewhere in the nether that is our house.

 

Why is Ruth important?

Ruth 116

There are so many reasons why I think Ruth’s important, and I could probably write an entire series of posts just on Ruth, and still not have written all I think about her.  But here’s a quick list of reasons why I think she’s important.

  1. She’s part of David’s family line, and ultimately part of Jesus’ family line.
  2. Boaz is a type of Christ, and rescues Ruth from a poverty she could never get out of on her own.
  3. Ruth provides a great example for young women to follow.
  4. Boaz is a great example for young men.
  5. Ruth shows great devotion to her family.
  6. Ruth shows great faith and trust.
  7. The awesome verse I quoted up there.

One of my activities I need to do for myself was read through the book of Ruth and see how often it says “It just so happened,” or other variations on that theme.  Those are examples of God’s providence, His acting in secret.

 

Get your own Ruth family Bible study copy right here:

Ruth printable

More Ruth activities for kids

  • Duke and the Great Pie War*
  • Buck Denver Asks: What’s in the Bible? Volume Four – Battle for the Promised Land*
  • Bible Eyewitness Collector’s Set* (the Ruth episodes are some of my kids’ favorites, and they think they are hilarious)
  • in case you didn’t see up earlier in the post I linked to three more activities, but it feels weird to link again.

I’m super excited because this means another unit in our Family Bible study is done with the completion of Ruth, and we’ll now be moving on to [DA DU DA DAAAAAAAA, that’s a trumpet fanfare]: 1 and 2 Samuel.  I’m trying to think of a more interesting name for that unit…..  Any suggestions?  I gave up on the more interesting name.

 

Follow along as next week we learn about the Call of Samuel (I love this lesson for preschoolers).

 

Bible Judges, Old Testament

Comments

  1. Phyllis at All Things Beautiful says

    February 26, 2014 at 9:24 am

    Ruth is such a sweet lesson. Samuel is another favorite of mine, too. (Hence my middle son’s name.)

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 28, 2014 at 8:09 am

      He’s one of my favorites too. I remember going to that first lesson of Samuel over and over again when the kids were little.

  2. Lindsay @ BytesofMemory says

    February 26, 2014 at 2:07 pm

    What a fun activity!!! Sammy would love this! Once it warms up some here we are totally going to do that!

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 28, 2014 at 8:10 am

      Oh do and show me pictures, because I bet you’d get some great ones of him playing it.

  3. Natalie says

    February 26, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    Ruth story is one of my favorites. It also ends well, not a given in the Bible 🙂

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 28, 2014 at 8:10 am

      Definitely not a given 🙂

      I bet you also might feel some parallels with living in a different country like Ruth does.

  4. Claire says

    February 28, 2014 at 2:24 am

    I love Ruth also. It has always been very poignant to Gary and I, coming from different countries and cultures. When I first moved to Ireland I repeated the verse you used over and over. It truly was what got me through the difficult transitional phase.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      February 28, 2014 at 8:12 am

      Every now and then Jeff makes noises about moving to somewhere cold, and I’m sure if he did follow through on that I’d be saying that verse over and over again too.

  5. maryanne @ mama smiles says

    February 28, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    I like the story of Ruth. And I love Princess’s Biblical dress.

    Reply
    • Ticia says

      March 2, 2014 at 10:33 pm

      Thanks! It was a quick 5 minute outfit, I made several for the kids and then this week went by Salvation Army to pick up several oversized t-shirts to turn into tunics of sorts.

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