The story of the Ten Plagues of Egypt is a powerful biblical narrative that teaches about God's might and His promise to deliver His people. This lesson plan provides a variety of activities, crafts, and worksheets to help children understand and remember this important story. Through interactive engagement, kids will step into the shoes of the Israelites and Egyptians, gaining a deeper appreciation for the events that led to the Exodus.
Lesson Overview
Prepare kids for an exciting learning journey and lead them to know that the God we worship is the one true God. Use this lesson to teach kids that if we truly believe in Him and want to enjoy His eternal blessings, we should obey Him.
- Card Swap: Swap cards with each other until everyone has 10 different plague cards.
- Video: Show kids a video on the Bible story.
- Israelites and Egyptians: Put kids in the shoes of the Israelites and Egyptians and lead them to know the one true God.
- Wriggly Snake Craft: Make a wriggly snake and learn more about the one true God who turned Moses’ staff into a snake!
- Simon Says: Will you do what Simon says?
- Snakes and Ladders: Color your own Snakes and Ladders game board and play the game with your family and friends.
Big Idea
Our God is the one true God.
Key Verse
Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it. Luke 11:28
Live it Out
We should obey the one true God.
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This Sunday School Lesson requires some advance preparation. For a consolidated summary of preparation, supplies and free printables required, please scroll to the bottom of this lesson.
1. Get Them Curious - Card Swap
In this game, each child will be given 10 random plague cards. They must swap cards with each other until everyone has 10 different plague cards.
Remember to download the Ten Plagues of Egypt Cards.
You will need to print 1 copy for each child.
- Cut out the cards from all the copies you printed and mix them up thoroughly.
- Randomly distribute 10 cards to each child. (Do not tell the kids that these are the 10 plagues of Egypt yet.)
- Kids must go around swapping cards with other groups until everyone has 10 different cards.
Discuss: Looking at the cards in your hand, can anyone guess the title of today’s Bible story?
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Say: Let’s watch a video on The Ten Plagues of Egypt.
Pray: Dear God, thank you for our game of Card Swap! Please help us learn more about you today and teach us how to live out today’s lesson! In Jesus’ name we pray, Amen.
2. Make it Stick - Israelites and Egyptians
Discuss: What Bible story did we just watch?
Show Slide 1 (Sunday School Lesson Title & Bible Reference):
Discuss: Who is Moses? Where was he born? Why did he run away from Egypt?
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Why did God tell Moses to return to Egypt?
Who is Pharaoh?
How did Pharoah treat the Israelites?
Say: Moses was an Israelite. He was born in Egypt and grew up there. But after making a big mistake (he killed an Egyptian), he ran away and went to live in Midian.
Pharaoh is the king of Egypt. He was mean to the Israelite people. He made them his slaves and treated them badly.
One day, God appeared to Moses from within a burning bush. God told Moses to go back to Egypt to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. God sent his brother Aaron to go with him.
Divide the class into 2 halves: Israelites and Egyptians.
Say: When I point to the Israelites, that half of the class must say together: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go!’”
When I point to the Egyptians, that half of the class must say together: “No, no, no! I will not let your people go!”
Have the kids practice saying their lines several times.
Say: Let’s continue with our story from where we left off earlier.
Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, as God had told them to.
They said to Pharaoh… (point to the Israelites)
And Pharaoh said… (point to the Egyptians)
Ask the “Egyptians”: Why do you think Pharaoh said “no”? Did Pharaoh know God?
(They made the Israelites work even harder. Exodus 6-9)
Ask the “Israelites”: How did the Israelites feel when this happened?
(They became discouraged and angry with Moses and Aaron. Exodus 5:21)
At this point in time, did the Israelites believe that God was really going to deliver them out of Egypt?
(No. They were discouraged.)
Say: Moses cried out to God, and God assured Moses that He would deliver the Israelites out of slavery.
God told Moses to go to Pharaoh again.
So Moses and Aaron went to the Pharaoh again and said… (point to the Israelites)
And Pharaoh again said… (point to the Egyptians)
Ask the “Israelites”: What was the first miracle that God told Moses to perform before Pharaoh?”
(God told Moses to throw the staff down, and it became a snake. Exodus 7:8-10)
Ask the “Egyptians”: What did Pharaoh do in response to this?
(Pharaoh summoned his wise men and sorcerers, who also threw down their staffs and they also became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs. Exodus 7:11-12)
Say: Pharaoh was not impressed with Moses, Aaron or God. He refused to let the Israelites go. But God was not done with him yet. God told Moses and Aaron to meet Pharaoh at the Nile River.
Have the everyone look at the 10 cards in their hands and hold up the card showing the first plague.
Ask the “Israelites”: Tell us about this first plague.
Say: After the first plague, Pharaoh still refused to let the Israelites go. So God sent 9 more plagues upon Egypt.
Have everyone look at the remaining 9 cards in their hands and arrange them in the sequence of the story.
When everyone is ready, show Slide 2 (Ten Plagues of Egypt):
Briefly talk about each plague.
Say: Because Pharaoh refused to let the Israelites go, God sent 10 plagues upon Egypt. Then Pharaoh finally let the Israelites go.
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