Hallelujah Buttons – A Fun Bible School Activity For Your Preschoolers

Isn’t it fun to shout “Hallelujah!” Praising the Lord with loving abandon is a wonderful experience. Preschoolers love to speak out loud, so why not teach them to shout for Jesus as they learn the super verse found in Isaiah 35:10 that says, “They will enter Zion with song. Eternal joy will crown their hearts. Heads. Joy and joy will overtake them and pain and sigh will flee. ” This verse speaks of the future of every child of God. The word Zion is often used as an alternate term for heaven, where the song of praise to God will abound and pain and sighing will be nonexistent. That deserves a “Hallelujah!” Here’s a fun Bible school activity to help your preschoolers learn this truth. I call it “Hallelujah Buttons”.

Here what you do:

For this game, you will need to prepare a “Hallelujah Button” for each child in your class. You can easily do this by taking paper plates and then writing “Hallelujah” with colors in the center. You will also need to prepare 4 copies of each of the following objects: a musical note, a crown, a smiley face, and a crying child with a line through it. I suggest you laminate them for long term use. Mix up the pictures and place them face down on a table or hang them on a wall from which the children will try to make combinations. Finally, prepare a scripture chart that includes smaller versions of the pictures along with words from the verse as suggested here:

They will enter Zion singing (Place musical note here).

Eternal joy will crown (place crown here) their heads

Joy and joy (place smiley face here) will get the better of you

And the pain and the sighs (place the “don’t cry” image here) will flee

You are now ready to play.

This is how it plays:

Have all of your children sit in the Indian style in a circle and place a “Hallelujah Button” in front of each of them. Have a child try to make a match by turning over 2 cards placed on the table. As the child does this, recite Isaiah 35:10 with all of your children while holding the scripture chart. After saying the verse, ask the class, “Did (Tabitha) make a match?” If the answer is “yes”, all the children should hit their “hallelujah buttons” while yelling “Hallelujah!” If no match was made, say “Or, better match next time.” Choose a new child to try to make another pair and play the game the same way each time until all the cards have been turned over.

Before playing this Bible school activity, you may want to introduce the lesson as follows:

On the count of three, I want everyone to shout, “Hallelujah!” (Wait for response.) Good job. Let’s say it over and over again. (Wait for the answer). Hallelujah means Praise the Lord and there is so much to praise God for or to be thankful for. We can be especially happy and grateful that one day we will be able to live in heaven with God forever. The sky will be filled with songs, joy and absolutely no tears. That’s what Isaiah 35:10 says. Let’s all say it together. First I will say a few words and then you repeat them after me. (Say the verse while showing the scripture chart.) Let’s play a fun game to help us learn more about this great Bible verse. It’s called “Hallelujah Buttons.”