The willingness of Rebekah to travel many days to a strange land to bind herself to a stranger, the notion of God providing and the love that flourished are all themes we draw out of this passage with these games.
Water the camels
Under 7’s
Any size group
Requires setup time
Noisy game
Space needed
The servant knew God had led him to Rebekah when she offered to water the camels. This simple relay race has the child moving ‘water’ from the well to the animals. Use a large bucket of water and a cup to move it. If you can’t get wet in your space, then use shredded blue paper.
Rebekah’s Shadow
All Ages
Small group
Requires setup time
Quiet game
Can be seated
This adaptation of a board game, uses the basic idea of matching the people to their shadows. Print the two pages and cut out the cards. Place all the cards face down over the rectangles, leaving the top rectangle uncovered. The player will turn one card in the hope it matches the shadow in the uncovered box. If it does, then place it face up on the box. If it does not match, place face down in the box containing the shadow you were looking for. This way, the cards move around the board until they are all matched. At the end of the game, identify the final shadow.
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Obstacle course
All Ages
Any size group
Requires setup time
Noisy game
Space needed
Make a simple obstacle course to mimic the servants’ journey. Put a doll or a picture of Rebekah at the end and have the child bring it back.
Behind the veil
All Ages
Small group
Requires setup time
Quiet game
Can be seated
This is a classic memory game using a tray full of objects and a towel (a veil for this story). The aim is to memorise the objects on the tray and then re-list them once the towel hides them. A good rule of thumb is to take the average age of the children for the number of objects. This game also works with snap cards.
Find Rebekah
All Ages
Any size group
Requires setup time
Noisy game
Space needed
This story lends itself well to a treasure hunt. Make a list of 10 items that the kids can find in your space – have the 10th be Rebekah. You can use a doll or a picture from the heroes post. Talk about if there was any logic in where you looked? What clues did you use?
