Object Lesson - Christmas Ornament Gospel

Object Lesson
- Christmas
Ornament
Gospel
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The first Christmas ornaments
were fruits and nuts that were
placed on Christmas trees and
later eaten from the branches as
part of the Christmas feasting.
Over time other ornaments
were added that brightened up
the tree and added additional
meaning and significance such
as a star or an angel.

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Games using Christmas
Ornaments
NOTE: For these games the
term Christmas Ornament
refers to the round ball type
ornaments that are usually
painted to look metallic and
made of plastic. Originally
they were made of blown
glass but do not use the glass
ones for these games as they
will most definitely get broken.

Chopstick Christmas Tree –
You’ll need ornaments and one
pair of chopsticks per player.
Players must use the chopsticks
to pick up and place as many
ornaments as they can on a tree
in one minute.
Christmas Ornament Count –
Before you place your
ornaments on a Christmas tree,
count them. The person who
correctly guesses the number of
ornaments on the tree wins a
prize.

Christmas Ball Conveyor –
Each team chooses two people
to compete in this challenge.
They stand, facing each other,
at a distance to be determined
by how difficult you wish the
challenge to be. A ribbon is
wrapped around both players’
waists, creating a loop
surrounding them both.

The first player has a bowl with
Christmas ornaments on hooks
as well as a small Christmas
tree beside him. To play the
game, the first player hooks an
ornament on the ribbon. The
two players must then spin in
tandem in order to move the
ornament all the way around
the ribbon, ending up back with
the first player, who must then
hang it on the tree.

Christmas In The Balance –
(Adapted from Minute to Win It)
When the clock starts, two
youth from each team must first
place a yardstick on a vertically
standing wrapping paper tube.
When the yardstick is balanced
on the tube, the youth on each
team may then start hanging 5
ornaments of equal size and
weight, one at a time for each
person, simultaneously on each
end of the yardstick.

Once a youth has placed the
first ornament onto the
yardstick and released hands
from the ornament, neither
person is allowed to touch the
tube or yardstick or the game
is over. To complete the game,
the yardstick, tube and
ornaments must be
freestanding within the 60-
second time limit and must
remain that way for 3 seconds.

Deck the Balls – (adapted from
Minute to Win It) Two persons on
each team are given a wrapping
paper tube. When the clock
starts, the first person with the
tube on each team uses his or
her tube to suck the first
ornament from the start bowl
and transfer it to his or her
partner. That person then hangs
it on a tree (or on a string that
has been strung across the room
between two ladders).

If an ornament falls to the floor
or is touched with anything
other than the tube, that
ornament is out of play. To
complete the game, 3
ornaments must be successfully
transferred and hung on the
tree (or string) within the 60-
second time limit. All 3
ornaments must remain
hanging on the tree (or string)
together for 3 seconds.

Find the Christmas Ornaments –
Collect a variety of Christmas
Tree ornaments. Before you place
them on the tree, take a photo of
each. Place the photos on
separate cards. Players must
draw a card, and run to the tree
and collect the ornament on the
card. First team to complete a
certain number of cards wins. As
a variation, have the next person
on each team search for the
SAME ornament. First to find it
and retrieve it gets the points.
First team to certain number of
points wins.

Holiday Kiss – (Adapted from
Minute to Win It) a string is hung
horizontally across the room on
each end of the room. When the
clock starts, each pair of
contestants must use only their
lips to pick up an ornament from
the start string and transfer it to
the second string. If an ornament
falls, contestants may start with
another from the start string. To
complete the game, contestants
must transfer 3 ornaments, using
only their lips, and have them
hanging together on the end string
for at least 3 seconds. They have
one minute to complete the task.

Hot Christmas Ornament – With
everyone seated in a circle, pass
around a Christmas ornament.
When the music stops, whoever
holds it is out of the game.
Continue until there is only one
winner.
Ornament Pass – This is a classic
game that has been around for
ages. In the original game,
participants must pass an orange
down a line of participants using
only their chins. In our version
we replace the orange with a
round Christmas Ornament.

Ornament Catch – You’ll need an
8-foot-high ladder, (next to a
Christmas Tree makes nice photo
opportunities), a Christmas
stocking that has heavy wire in
the top rim to keep it open and
Round Christmas Ornaments
(plastic). Set up the ladder in the
middle of your meeting area and
place the stocking on the floor in
front of it. Line up the round
Christmas ornaments on the top
of the ladder. (Have some
spotters to brace the ladder and
make sure no one falls off.) Split
the youth group into pairs.

The first pair has one partner
kneel facing the ladder and
holding the stocking in his or her
mouth. The other partner must
climb the ladder so that his or
her face is even with the top of
the ladder where the five
ornaments are lined up. Make
sure they hold on firmly to the
ladder. The person on the ladder
blows the ornaments, one at a
time, off the ladder. The partner
with the stocking may freely
move about to catch the balls but
must remain kneeling and
continue holding the stocking in
his/her mouth.

The use of hands is NOT allowed.
The partners switch positions
and repeat the process. Keep
score. Give all the pairs a turn.
The winning pair is the one who
gets the most ornaments into the
stocking. If there’s a tie, have
your runners-up repeat the
process.
Ornament Race – Players race on
hands and knees while pushing
ornaments with their noses to
the finish line.

Ornament Roll – One Contestant
from each team must stand
behind a tree ornament holding a
gift box. When the clock starts,
each contestant may start
fanning the tree ornament with
the gift box. Contestant and gift
box may not touch the tree
ornament at any time or the
game is over. To complete the
game, contestant must get the
tree ornament in the designated
end zone area within the 60-
second time limit. The tree
ornament must come to a
complete stop without exiting
the designated end zone.

TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
• What are your favorite
ornaments on a
Christmas Tree?
• If you had to describe
yourself as a Christmas
ornament, what would
you choose and why?

MAKE IT SPIRITUAL
Use this as a presentation of the plan
of salvation for a Christmas
Children’s sermon or as a Christmas
Object Lesson.
For the object lesson portion of this
lesson you will need:
• Christmas Tree
• gold, red, white, and blue bulbs.
• A string of Christmas lights
• A star for the top of the tree
Place the items on the Christmas
tree according to the following order
and give the explanations for each as
you go along.

Gold Christmas Bulb
The Gold Christmas bulb reminds
us of Heaven which is filled with
the glory of God. The Bible tells us
that in Heaven, the streets of the
city are pure, clear gold-like glass
(Rev.21:21). God wants you to be
with Him in Heaven someday.
Christmas Tree
The green Christmas tree reminds
us of the new life, everlasting life,
we can receive from God. The
Bible tells us to “grow in grace in
the knowledge of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ” (II Peter
3:18).

Have you ever seen a BLACK
Christmas Bulb?
THERE IS NO Black Christmas
Bulb. Just like there is no black
Christmas bulb, there is one thing
that can never be in Heaven. That
is sin. Doing, or saying, or thinking
bad things is called sin. Sin is
anything that displeases God. Sin
has caused sorrow and sadness in
our world. God tells us in the
Bible that all have sinned (Romans
3:23). But just like there is no
black Christmas bulb, God doesn’t
allow sin in heaven.

Red Christmas Bulb
The Red Christmas Bulb shows
the way God made for you to
have your sins forgiven-taken
away. God loves you. He sent His
own Son, the Lord Jesus Christ,
from Heaven to take the
punishment for your sin (John
3:16). Jesus came into the world
to save us from punishment for
sin. He is called our Savior! “…the
blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son,
cleanses us from all sin” (I John
1:7).

White Christmas Bulb
The white Christmas bulb reminds
us that you can be made clean
from sin. When we sin, we can tell
god about our sin, and ask for
forgiveness and when we do his
blood washes away our sin and
makes us white as snow! (I John
1:9).
The Blue Christmas Bulb
The blue bulb is the same color as
water. Jesus, to show he was giving
his life to God was baptized in
water.

Christmas Lights
Jesus was born as a light of the
world. He came to bring us out of
darkness and into the light. Do
you want to walk in the light of
Jesus this Christmas?
A Silver or Gold Star
You can add a star at the top of
the Christmas tree as a reminder
that the Wisemen followed the
star looking for Jesus. Will you
seek Jesus this Christmas?

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