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Friday Faith-Filled Family Fun Blog: the Story of Joseph in Egypt

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on Friday, 05 August 2011 in faith and fun

The Friday faith-filled family fun blog is a series of weekly posts with fun activities based around Bible stories. Today's activities go with the story of Joseph in Egypt.

Our family loves having "family fun nights," and some of those fun nights happen to be Bible fun nights. This summer I used the same concept, but we invited some friends over for a fun-filled Bible study. I know, "fun-filled" and "Bible study" don't usually go in the same sentence—but maybe they should! My boys are having a blast with their friends, and they are learning about the Bible at the same time.

For this fun Bible study, we learned about Joseph, particularly the part of the story when Joseph interpreted the Pharoah's dreams, and the Pharoah put Joseph in a place of power and responsibility. I found out what the boys already knew about the story of Joseph, we read Genesis 41, took a fun quiz and talked about the passage. Mind you, these are young boys (ages five to barely eight), but they were actually engaged in the story! But to keep them engaged, we added some fun elements to the evening.

Pyramid building:

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This story is one set in Egypt—so we had some Egyptian fun! The boys worked together to build a pyramid (using recently purchased club packs of paper towels and toilet paper).

Egyptian dinner:

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Okay, so I couldn't get these wiggly guys to pose for a good picture, but you get the idea. They ate sitting on the floor and enjoyed some Egyptian delicacies (dates, figs, grapes, flat bread, tomatoes, chicken kebobs). To my dismay (and my husband's delight), most chose the pbj option over the chicken kebobs, but they enjoyed the other items.

Mummy wrapping contest:

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I know, the story of Joseph doesn't talk about Egyptian mummies. However, when we talk about Egypt, my kids always think about mummies. So we had a mummy-wrapping contest—very fun!

We also watched the movie Joseph - King of Dreams.  All in all, it was a very fun evening.  And in the midst of it all, we learned a little bit more how God worked in the life of Joseph.

Are you looking for more fun and easy activities for kids, including faith-based ones? Take a look at my new book Let the Adventure Begin! Theme Nights for Families with Young Children (available on Amazon in both paperback book and Kindle versions). It includes more ideas, activities and resources for a Noah's ark theme, as well as 55 other family fun night themes. And stop by next Friday for another Bible story and activity!


 

 

Thanks for visiting my site!

My name is Laurie, and I am the author of the Family Theme Night Blog and two books (Let the Adventure Begin: Theme nights for Families with Young Children, and Memory Making Meals: Fun & Easy Family Dinners). I am also the mom of two boys, Drew (age 8) and Stephen (age 6). As a family, we have been doing family fun nights based around different themes since the boys were four and not quite two. I have put together lots of fun, easy and inexpensive ideas. We have enjoyed the adventure, and I want share these activities and resources with you!

More about me:

The boring stuff (my “credentials”):

I’m a graduate of Wheaton College (IL) and Nazareth College (NY) with degrees in elementary education and TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Before becoming a mom, I loved the challenge of teaching in the Rochester City School District.



The fun stuff:

• I love to travel (although I’ve traded European adventures for camping trips and amusement park visits).

• I consider swiss chocolate paired with a novel to be absolute bliss.

• I think hiking and geocaching with my family is a blast (until the boys get tired and cranky, but the first part of the hike is always fabulous!).

• My ideal getaway is a quaint bed and breakfast enjoyed with my wonderful husband.

• I actually love watching football and look forward to setting up my fantasy team every year (although it is a bit of a drag to be a Bills fan these days).

• I’m a huge Anne of Green Gables fan—I even convinced my husband to take me to PEI for our honeymoon!

• Besides planning and writing about our family theme nights, I enjoy teaching Sunday School and coaching an Odyssey of the Mind team.

• I love experimenting in the kitchen.

• I really do treasure every moment I spend with my family—especially our family fun nights!
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