You could easily do this with Zoom backgrounds too! Hide eggs in each room at the church (make sure you write down how many!), then snap a picture. I’ve also seen some churches hiding eggs around their children’s area, then recording a video walkthrough of their space and asking kids to write down the number of eggs they see in each room. Have an egg background pop up at random times throughout the service, and invite kids to count how many times it pops up or invite kids to complete a specific action when they see it. Virtual Egg Hunt: A great way to include an “egg hunt” in the middle of your Easter service.You can also play games before or after your lesson this way too! Check out an I Spy game here, and explore all of our screen-based, Zoom-friendly games here. Leave the image up behind you on the screen while you teach, and at different parts of the story, invite kids to “spy” the item you’re talking about on the screen behind you. Eye Spy: Create a background with a collage of various items (people, words, objects, etc.) from your Bible story + random items that have nothing to do with the story.

As you teach, change the background to match what you’re talking about to help keep kids engaged virtually.

Bible Story Images: Find pictures that fit your story or that include objects within the story.

You can easily change the background in the middle of your teaching to engage kids and involve them in the story! Zoom Background Teaching Ideas: Using virtual backgrounds on Zoom is not only fun, but you can also use this feature as a teaching tool. Did you know you can change your background on Zoom while hosting online kids church (how-to instructions below)? You can be teaching from outer space, under the sea, or even in front of the city of Jerusalem, and you don’t have to use the same background the entire time.

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