Moses and the 10 Plagues of Egypt activities

This is part 2 of our study of the plagues of Egypt in our Bible lessons, for part 1 head to Moses and the Plagues part 1 (original title, I know).  Both of these weeks are a big hit in our Sunday School class for different reasons.

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What I learn from the Passover and the 10 Plagues

We’ve reached the second part of the 10 plagues, and this is where it gets difficult, because of the Passover (a Christian Passover lesson).  It’s hard to understand how a GOOD God can allow the death of thousands of firstborn sons.

As I read it, there are two things that stand out to me.  One, a warning was given.  There were 9 plagues before this, and each time their leader, Pharaoh, went back on his word.  It’s a sad state of affairs, but often the people are punished for the sins of the leader (look at Enron, thousands of workers were hurt by the bad decisions of a few).  Second, I choose to believe some did listen to the warning.  It says several times in Exodus 11 and 12 they believed Moses, so if that is true, they may have done what he said to do.

But even so, there were many who died.  And it’s sad.  And I don’t understand it.  I can give you lots of theories and theological texts to talk about (I’d highly recommend watching Buck Denver Asks: What’s in the Bible? Volume Two – Let My People Go {affiliate link}, it gave the best explanation for these things that I’ve heard and it’s geared for young kids).

Anyways, let’s talk about Moses and the 10 Plagues activities, and what we did.

I’m sure I’ll be sharing pictures like this for a little bit because I love to watch them reading their Bibles.  It makes me so happy.  They still need a lot of help, but it makes me happy.

I’d been asked what Bible the kids have, and they have Adventure Bible for Early Readers, NIrV.  It’s got a larger print than usual and the NIrV is easier to read, there are a few things I disagree with (they’re a bit more explicit in their translation, “Adam had sex with his wife,” rather than “Adam knew his wife,” which can lead to ‘discussions’).

To see more info on that check out: Choosing a Bible for Your Kids.

We got some great discussions this week:

• was Pharaoh sorry when he said he was?
• why did the Israelites eat with their shoes on?
• what other times did God show his glory?  Very long discussion here.

Then we played some games.  The Egyptians wandered around in darkness while the Israelites could see just fine.  They kids really enjoyed being the blindfolded Egyptian trying to find the Israelite (a variation of blind man’s bluff).

Then we made a locust to go with the plauge of locusts (I’d wanted to do a snack with this, but forgot to get the materials, so this was my improv).

Instructions are in the printable, but I was amused by their innovations on my design, we only had red pipe cleaners, so the kids painted them brown, and then they mixed the paint to get a muddy green, they said “look more like a locust.”  Then Princess made a butterfly.

And then they got silly…………  Painting themselves.  This of course led to baths for all.  And my bathtub now is slightly brown from the mess.

The really funny thing is I thought of one more activity after the kids went to bed for the Plague of Hail, we didn’t complete it, but it’s in the printable.

As always click on the picture, or on Moses and the 10 Plagues part 2 to download your storybook.

Additional resources to use:

• Buck Denver Asks: What’s in the Bible? Volume Two – Let My People Go
• Classical Copywork Exodus.
• Bible Road Trip

For more ideas on Moses check out our Moses unit or see all of the ideas on the “Exodus” Pinterest board (It’s in quotes because there’s a bit more than Exodus on it).  Continue to follow along and see how much the Israelites complain.