10 Commandments Activities for Elementary Age Kids

The 10 Commandments are part of the story of Moses and the Exodus. Judeo-Christian culture still adheres to the ethical standards of the Commandments and raises families according to them.


The 10 Commandments cannot be taught in public schools, so these activities are off-limits there. But for parents or Vacation Bible School instructors who want to teach kids about the importance of the 10 Commandments, here are a few easy ways to make this Old Testament lesson fun.

  1. 10 Commandments Dice Game

    • For this activity, you'll need to write each of the 10 commandments on 10 index cards (the numeral on one side of the card, the commandment on the other). Lay the cards down with the numerals facing up. Roll two die to determine which card to play (6 + 5 should represent commandment number 1, and 6+6 is wild). If the player can correctly recite the commandment for the number he rolls, then he wins that card. Whoever has the most cards when all 10 have been claimed is the winner.

    10 Commandments Racing

    • The larger you make this craft, the more fun kids will have with it.

      Cut out two tablets from posterboard and put them up on the wall. Written on the tablets should be the 10 Commandments, but with a few of the words missing (e.g., "You shall have no other ____ before me" could be written on the tablets). Glue magnet strips on the blanks of the tablets. Now cut out smaller pieces of cardboard paper and write the answers on them (so for commandment number 1, you would write "gods"). Glue a magnet strip to the back of each answer.

      To play the game, have your kids line up in two teams. Have them stand as far from the tablets as possible. With half of the answers with one team, and half with the other, have one child at a time race with one of the answers to the tablets. He must put the answer where he thinks it belongs, then run back and tag the next teammate in line.

      Keep going until one team has used all their answers. Whichever team finishes placing all their answers correctly first is the winner.

    Cut Out Signs

    • The 10 Commandments can be related to modern traffic signs. Cut 10 shapes of construction paper and urge the kids to create images that would go along with each commandment. So just as a "no parking" sign is a capital letter "P" with a red slash over it, a child could draw a stick figure trying to rob a bank with an "X" over it to illustrate the seventh commandment ("Thou shall not steal.").

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