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PHONES DOWN Bible Activity Fun!
Perfect for kids ages 6 to 10, this book is jam-packed with Biblebased pencil-and-paper games to challenge and amuse, to entertain and educate.
Here are more than 100 crosswords, word searches, secret codes, fill-in-the-blanks, and picture fun pages, covering the entire Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Inside, you’ll find the following types of puzzles:
• Crosswords: Fill in the puzzle grid by answering the “across” and “down” clues. If you need help, verse references are provided.
• Word searches: In the puzzle grid, find and circle the bolded search words in the scripture—the words might run forward, backward, up, down, or on the diagonal.
• Decoders: For every two-digit number in the puzzle, find the correct letter in the decoder grid. The first number refers to the row (the numbers running down the left side of the grid). The second number indicates the column (the numbers running across the top of the grid). After you’ve determined all the letters and placed them in the puzzle, they’ll spell out an important verse.
• Acrostics: Read the definition in the left-hand column and write the word it describes in the right-hand column. Then place the coded letters from the right-hand column into the puzzle below to spell out a Bible verse.
• Picture fun: Solve a maze, connect the dots, finish the picture. . .and color them all!
If you’re looking for something fun to do, grab a pencil or pen and jump into Phones Down Bible Activity Fun!
NOTE:
This book quotes Bible verses from the King James Version, the New Life Version, and the Barbour Simplified KJV Bible. You can find the first two online at BibleGateway.com; the third is available at simplifiedkjv.com.
1. God’s First Creation
G enesis 1:1–27 nlv
God created everything from ____ (1:1) 24–12–1–7–5–9–3
The ____ were divided by an open space (1:6) 2–20–15–26–22–17 Plants and trees produce ____ (1:11) 10–19–23–4–27 ____ are found in the air (1:20)
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
3. Creation Week
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Across
1. On day ____, God created “Heaven”—or the sky (1:6–8)
4. On day ____, God rested (2:1–3)
5. What God did to create all things (1:3, 6, 9, and so on!)
7. On day ____, God created ocean animals and birds (1:20–23)
Down
2. On day ____, God created light (1:3–5)
3. When God created everything (1:1)
5. On day ____, God created land animals and humans (1:24–31)
6. All of God’s creation was _____ good (1:31)
4. The Seventh Day of Creation
3. They were completed on the seventh day (2:1)
6. What God did to the seventh day (2:3)
7. What God said the seventh day was (2:3)
1. Another word for “finished” (2:3)
2. “And [God] ______ on the seventh day” (2:2)
4. It was completed on the seventh day (2:1)
5. What God ended on the seventh day (2:2)
5. Adam, Eve, and th e Serpent
WORD SEARCH
6. The First Sin
G enesis 3:2–6 skjv
And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the garden, but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
And the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not surely die, for God knows that in the day you eat from it, then your eyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
WORD SEARCH
7. Trees of the Bible
Adam and Eve ate fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. What are some other trees noted in the Bible?
Fig (Deuteronomy 8:8)
Olive (Deuteronomy 6:11)
Cedar (1 Kings 5:6)
Sycamore (1 Kings 10:27)
Acacia (Exodus 36:20)
Oak (Judges 6:11)
All names from the New Life Version.
Willow (Ezekiel 17:5)
Palm (Psalm 92:12)
Broom (Psalm 120:4)
Almond (Jeremiah 1:11)
Chestnut (Ezekiel 31:8)
Juniper (1 Kings 19:4)
ACROSTIC
8. Building the Ark
G enesis 6:14–16, 22 skjv
“Make an ark of ______ wood” (6:14) 12–23–5–36–26–15
“You shall make ______ in the ark” (6:14) 29–10–40–17–8
“Pitch it inside and _______ with pitch” (6:14) 32–3–43–21–16–33–44
The ark’s height was to be thirty ______ (6:15) 19–4–22–37–42–14
The ark was to be _____hundred cubits long (6:15) 20–6–31–28–13
The ark’s breadth was to be _____ cubits (6:15) 39–2–18–27–41
“You shall make a ______ to the ark” (6:16) 24–38–1–9–30–35
“The door of the ark you _____ set in its side” (6:16) 11–34–7–25–45
52–41–43–22–55–35, 33–43–32 32–33–25 33–43–32 43–41–42–44–22 13–44–33–14–14 43–23–22 53–55–33–13–55.” 1 2 3 4 5 1 Q Z S L F 2 V T O M Y 3 X D A P R 4 I G N H J 5 B W C U E
ACROSTIC
12. At a Place Called Babel
G enesis 11:1–9 nlv
“Now the _____ earth used the same language” (11:1) 34–11–27–9–42
“Men. . ._____ a valley” (11:2) 6–25–17–44–31
“Let us make _____ and burn them” (11:3) 10–38–3–41–22–37
What the people wanted to build (11:4) 13–19–2–36 The ______ wanted to build a tower (11:4) 39–16–14–32–45–7
“Come, let Us go down and ___ up their language” (11:7) 28–15–46
They could not _________ each other (11:7) 33–40–8–12–43–4–26–18–23–29
“They stopped ________ the city” (11:8) 5–20–47–21–30–1–35–24
3. “Your name will be _______” (17:5)
5. “I will ____ My agreement between Me and you” (17:2)
7. “_____ will come from you” (17:6)
8. Abram “was ______-nine years old” when God spoke to him (17:1)
25–42–35 51–25–42–53–14–41–55–45, 44–55–51–22–52–35–55 25–55 24–22–35 23–25–55 35–21–45 21–11 25–42–35 21–53–14 22–33–55, 22–45–14 25–55 13–22–14–55 25–42–13 22 51–21–22–23 21–11 13–22–45–34 51–21–53–21–41–35. 1 2 3 4 5 1 F Q M D K 2 O A T W H 3 J V G Y S 4 R I P B N 5 C U L X E
15. Find Baby Moses’ Way to Pharaoh’s Daughter
16. Baby in a Basket
e xodus 2:5–10 nlv
Then the daughter of Pharaoh came to wash herself in the Nile Her young women walked beside the Nile. She saw the basket in the tall grass and sent the woman who served her to get it. She opened it and saw the child. The boy was crying. She had pity on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.” Then his sister said to Pharaoh’s daughter, “Should I go and call a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?” Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Go.” So the girl went and called the child’s mother. Then Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, “Take this child away and nurse him for me. And I will pay you.” So the woman took the child and nursed him. The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh’s daughter. And he became her son. She gave him the name Moses, saying, “Because I took him out of the water.”
3. Green hoppers that covered Egypt (8:2)
6. “And there was ________ in all the land of Egypt for three days” (10:22)
8. “The Lord poured ____ on the land of Egypt” (9:23)
9. Moses tossed up ashes that “became _____ on man and animal” (9:10) Down
1. “All the water in the Nile was turned into _____” (7:20)
2. Hungry, grasshopper-like bugs (10:4)
4. “And all the _____-born in the land of Egypt will die” (11:5)
5. “All the _______ of Egypt died” (9:6)
7. Disease-carrying bugs that filled Egypt (8:21)
18. Parting the Sea
e xodus 14:22 nlv
1 2 3 4 5 1 D U I O B 2 K G S N Q 3 H Y E V J 4 P L X C T 5 A R M W F
19. Miriam’s Song
e xodus 15:19–21 nlv
Egypt’s ruler whose horsemen went into the sea (15:19) 4–11–7–23–18–21–29
The Israelites walked on ____ land (15:19) 26–5–40
Miriam was a “woman who _____ for the Lord” (15:20) 8–32–27–6–13
The women were _______ (15:20) 9–24–31–1–22–3–28
The instrument being played (15:20) 2–20–15–30–10–39–33
Miriam’s brother’s name was _____ (15:20) 12–35–25–38–14
What the women did to Miriam (15:20) 34–16–36–17–3–37–19–41
20. Moses and th e Ten Commandments
21. The Day of Rest
e xodus 20:8–11 nlv
“Remember the Day of Rest, to keep it holy Six days you will do all your work. But the seventh day is a Day of Rest to the Lord your God. You, your son, your daughter, your male servant, your female servant, your cattle, or the traveler who stays with you, must not do any work on this day. For in six days the Lord made the heavens, the earth, the sea and all that is in them. And He rested on the seventh day. So the Lord gave honor to the Day of Rest and made it holy.”
