You’re In The Hot Seat: A Fun Game To Get To Know You For Sunday School

Children love to talk about themselves! They love to tell you what they like or don’t like. They like to tell you their favorite sport or their favorite dessert. So why not play this fun game to help the kids in your Sunday school class get to know each other better?

It’s called “You’re in the Hot Seat” and my kids love it!

Here’s what to do: Gather 3 lunch boxes or boxes and label one “A Godly Question,” another “A Question About You,” and the third “A Question You Would Rather.” Then take a stack of 3 x 5 index cards and come up with different questions to fit each topic. Here are several for each tag to help you get started:

a pious question

1. How can we pray for you?

2. What do you expect from Heaven?

3. Who is your favorite biblical character and why?

4. What would you do if you saw an angel?

5. What do you find great about God?

a question about you

1. What is your favorite dessert?

2. What is your favorite means of transportation?

3. What is the most exciting place you have been?

4. If you could be any animal, what would you be?

5. If you could go anywhere in the world or in the universe, where would you go?

One question, do you prefer?

1. Would you rather eat worms or spiders?

2. Would you rather be cold in Antarctica or hot in the desert?

3. Would you rather have your mom’s job or your dad’s job?

4. Would you rather build a skyscraper or a roller coaster?

5. Would you rather go to school in a clown suit or a diving suit?

Place each of the questions in the corresponding bags.

You are now ready to ask a child to come forward and sit in a chair. To make this activity more fun, you can cover the chair with something nifty like hot pads or chili material to show that it’s a “hot seat.” Ask the child to look in one of the bags and draw a question. Read the question aloud and have the child provide an answer. You can then ask him to choose another card from each of the other 2 bags or you can have another child pass his turn.

I release this game every two months. The kids really enjoy it and I hope yours do too!