Trigger
Craft
Game
Creative Snack
Object Lesson
Prayer

TRIGGER

Material
  • Lunch box
 
Steps
  • Ask the children: "Have you ever been really hungry but still shared your food with someone?"
  • Tell them briefly about the boy in the Bible who shared just five loaves and two fish with Jesus, even though it wasn’t much.

Discuss
Ask: "How do you think the boy felt to share his lunch with so many people hungry?"

CRAFT

Material
  • Paper lunch basket template
  • Cutouts of small fish and bread
  • Crayons
  • Glue
 
Steps
  • Give each child a paper lunch basket template.
  • Provide cutouts of small fish and bread for kids to color and glue into their basket.

Discuss
Explain this reminds us how the boy shared his small lunch with Jesus and God did a miracle.

GAME

Material
  • Paper fishes
  • Paper bread pieces
 
Steps
  • Give each child 2 paper fish and 5 paper bread pieces.
  • Each round, ask them to "share" 1 fish or 1 bread piece with a friend.
  • After sharing, encourage them to imagine Jesus multiplying what they shared to feed many.

Bonus
  • Timed Rounds: Set a timer (e.g., 30 seconds) for each child to decide quickly who to share with and pass 1 bread or fish. This encourages quick thinking and friendly urgency.
  • Limit Shares: Limit how many times each child can share (e.g., only 3 times in total). They must choose carefully to maximize the spread of their pieces.
  • Sharing Strategy: Encourage kids to share with children who have fewer pieces, creating a cooperative strategy to spread food evenly.

Discuss
Reflect on the power of sharing even little things.

CREATIVE SNACK

Material
  • Fish-shaped crackers
  • Mini bread rolls

Steps
  • Provide small fish-shaped crackers and mini bread rolls or crackers.

Discuss
  • While eating, remind kids how Jesus fed thousands with just a boy’s lunch.

OBJECT LESSON

Material
  • Lunchbox or basket
  • Fish and bread cutouts

Steps
  • Show an empty lunchbox or basket.
  • Ask: "What if this was the only lunch to feed thousands?"
  • Then add more fish and bread cutouts gradually to the basket.

Discuss
Explain that Jesus takes small gifts and fills them to do amazing things.
Thank you Heavenly Father, for using the boy’s lunch to feed so many. Help us to share what we have, even when it seems small. Please use our gifts to help others and to show Your love. In Jesus' name, amen.