For this year's VBS, we created our own series and called it TLC: Trust, Loyalty, Commitment. We studied these Old Testament people: Gide...

Here's a free printable Queen Esther Coloring Page! Perfect for your Esther bible lesson. Plus find Esther activities and Esther crafts!

I decided to update my Esther lesson. Because of how I teach, I usually try to do a couple of fun lessons between Life of Jesus and Book...

This program portrays the biblical story of Esther. Learn how Esther went from living with her cousin Mordecai, to being the Queen of Persia! When trouble stirs, get dressed with her, pray with her, and attend the royal banquet as you learn how Esther's courage helped save God's people. Finally, see how Jesus had a plan for her and how He never left her side. It is best suited for children ages 0-5 to engage in and learn. The program lasts about an hour. Original program compiled by Jean Cooper

A brave woman could have remained silent, but she showed bravery by doing the right thing, which risked her life. Esther saves her people.

Printable Queen Esther Maze Just print this fun maze out for the kids do during Sunday school class or Children's Church. More bible Sunday school lessons, mazes, coloring pages, clipart, crafts, snacks for kids at Church House Collection.

Scripture Reference: Esther 1-10 Suggested Emphasis: The blessings God gives us should be used to help others. Memory Verse: There are different ways to serve, but all these ways are from the same …

Learn about the brave Queen Esther who trusted God. Free printable bible lesson including story, worksheets, coloring pages, crafts and more.

These Sunday School lesson activities will help you teach the stories of women of the Bible like Esther, Ruth, Mary & Martha, and Rahab.

Here's a free printable Queen Esther Coloring Page! Perfect for your Esther bible lesson. Plus find Esther activities and Esther crafts!

Esther is so much fun and there are so many different applications! Let's learn about a woman in the Bible called Esther. We can read all about Esther in the Old Testament book called Esther. There was a king named King Ahasuerus. He was having a great big feast (party or celebration). The feast lasted a long time! He invited his important people and servants to the feast. His queen was named Vashti. One day, the king was feeling happy and told some men to bring Queen Vashti to him, wearing her crown, so he could show his friends how beautiful she was. Queen Vashti refused to go to the king’s feast! You don't say no to the king! King Ahasuerus was so angry! The king's wise men told King Ahasuerus to make a new law. If the queen would not come to the king’s feast, then the king would give her royal position to someone else. He decided to find a new queen! All the beautiful women were gathered together and were brought before King Ahasuerus. King Ahasuerus liked Esther, and Esther was moved to the best place for the women in the palace. It took the women a whole year to get ready to go before King Ahasuerus! Once a woman went before the king, she couldn’t go before him again, unless HE called for her by name. Four years later, Esther went before the king again. The king loved her more than all the other women. King Ahasuerus put the crown on her head and made her the new queen. There was a man named Haman that talked the king into making a bad lad. The new law would hurt Esther and her people. When Esther learned about the law, she prayed and fasted (didn’t eat) for 3 days. Who did she pray to? God Then Esther went to see the king. Remember, people were not allowed to go to the king. He had to call for them. She was afraid but did the right thing for her people. The king held out his gold scepter and she touched the end of it. (I held out a scepter and let them touch it.) He told Esther that she could have up to half of his kingdom! But she just wanted to save her people. With Esther’s help, the law was changed, and her people were saved! Queen Esther was faithful to God, and she was well liked and considered great among the people. Lesson found in the Old Testament Book of Esther. I told the kids that we were doing something a little different for this lesson. We prayed, sang some songs, then they were allowed to eat a snack while I told the lesson. They all said they were hungry and thrilled to have food. I only bring in food when it applies to the lesson. I set the table with different crackers, Fruit Loops, cheeses, grapes and small bottled water. They enjoyed the 'feast'. I gave them beaded necklaces when we reviewed about Esther getting ready to see the king. They had their crown and the scepters I made. I made these a bit smaller than I usually do for my second grade classes. I bought the long dowel rods and cut them into 3 sticks. I glued these caps onto one end. I used this paint to make them gold and they loved them. I always give a speech about "It's not a sword or a stick. Do not hurt anyone with it." The review project I created for Esther is this scepter. You print (cardstock will work best) the one page color or black and white, cut and glue the ends together to make the scepter. The students will glue the pictures in order onto the scepter. (I put mine through a sticker maker and they put them on like a sticker.) There is a completed teacher's visual included also. Click here to print. I decided to create crowns for the king and queen lessons in this series. I kept them simple for preschool and because I will let them attach gems to them. This is an updated crown for this series. You can find the original below. They include color and black & white. Click here to download Queen Esther. Click here to download the above lesson. I totally changed this lesson when I was reviewing it just before class. What you read above is how I taught it. If you want the original shorter lesson, click below. Click here to download the original short lesson. Click here to download the updated visuals. All are not shown. There are over 50 visuals in the file and includes visuals for the whole book of Esther. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Click here to see more Esther ideas I used at home to study Esther. Click here to see Esther part 1 for early elementary. Click here to see Esther part 2 for early elementary.

This program portrays the biblical story of Esther. Learn how Esther went from living with her cousin Mordecai, to being the Queen of Persia! When trouble stirs, get dressed with her, pray with her, and attend the royal banquet as you learn how Esther's courage helped save God's people. Finally, see how Jesus had a plan for her and how He never left her side. It is best suited for children ages 0-5 to engage in and learn. The program lasts about an hour. Original program compiled by Jean Cooper

Learn how to have a fun, Biblical Purim party! Celebrate Purim in your homeschool with these practical ideas that the whole family will enjoy. Learn how the courage, bravery, and patience of one girl, saved all of God's people. Let it point your homeschool to the God who provides for and protects His own!

Scripture Reference: Esther 1-10 Suggested Emphasis: The blessings God gives us should be used to help others. Memory Verse: There are different ways to serve, but all these ways are from the same …

I love teaching Esther! The kids really enjoy learning about her, too! Review: We started our study last week about Esther. She went before King Ahasuerus, and he loved her. Esther became his queen. Haman (the king's second in command) talked the king into making a new law that would kill Esther's people, the Jews! Lesson found in the book of Esther: The Jews mourned this new law, especially Mordecai. Queen Esther was very upset when she heard and sent one of her men to ask Mordecai why this happened. Mordecai explained everything and asked for Queen Esther to go before King Ahasuerus and plead with him for her people. Except that everyone knew that there was a law about going into the inner court to see the king. If King Ahasuerus did not hold out his scepter to you, you would die. Queen Esther had not been called to see the king for a month. Queen Esther told Mordecai to have all the Jews fast (not eat or drink) for three days. She would also do this with her maids. And then … she would go into the king, and if he didn’t hold out the scepter, she would die. On the third day, she put on her robes and when King Ahasuerus saw her, he held out his scepter! She went close to the scepter and touched it. Think about how she had to be feeling. Her heart had to be racing and she had to be scared, but she did it! King Ahasuerus asked her “What do you wish, Queen Esther? Anything you want, up to half of the kingdom, I will give to you.” She asked if the king and Haman would come to a banquet that she has made ready for today. King Ahasuerus called Haman to come quickly, and they went to the banquet. While they ate, King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther what her petition was. Queen Esther replied to King Ahasuerus that she would like them to come to a banquet again the next day. Haman went home that night and bragged to his wife and friends about his position with the king and his power. Haman told them about how Queen Esther had a banquet just for him and the king! But he told them “I just can’t stand to see that Jew, Mordecai, sitting at the king’s gate not bowing down to me.” Haman's wife and friends suggested that he build gallows and hang Mordecai on it. Haman liked the idea, so he started building it. That night, King Ahasuerus couldn’t sleep, so he had the records book brought to him. He read about Mordecai saving him from the two gate keepers that had planned to kill him. King Ahasuerus asked his servants what had been done as a thank you and they told him nothing. Haman had just come to the court, so King Ahasuerus told him to enter. The king asked Haman “What should be done to honor someone that helped the king?” Haman told King Ahasuerus that the person should be permitted to wear royal robes while riding on a horse that the king had ridden and wear a crown. Then, parade him around in the city telling everyone that “The king is honoring this man!” Haman thought this would be for him, but King Ahasuerus told Haman to find Mordecai and do this for him! Even worse, Haman was the one that had to lead the horse and tell everyone that this man (Mordecai) is being honored by King Ahasuerus! Haman was so upset! And then, right when Haman had finished showing off Mordecai, Haman was told to go to the next banquet with the king and queen. So again, during this banquet, King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther what she wanted, up to half of the kingdom. Queen Esther told King Ahasuerus “If I have found favor with you, please spare me and my people.” The king asked her who would dare to do such a thing, and she told the king " The wicked man is Haman." King Ahasuerus was so angry, he went to the garden to think and while he was in the garden, Haman begged the Queen Esther to save him. Haman fell across the couch just when King Ahasuerus came back in and that made the king even angrier! King Ahasuerus shouted, “Now you will attack my queen also?” One of the servants saw the gallows and told King Ahasuerus they were being built for Mordecai, so the king said, “Hang Haman on it!” So, they hanged Haman instead! King Ahasuerus gave Mordecai his signet ring and gave him Haman’s position (remind them it was second in command after the king.) And Queen Esther once again went to see the king. King Ahasuerus held out his scepter and she explained about the law Haman had made about killing the Jews. King Ahasuerus told Mordecai to "Write out a new law and seal it with my signet ring so that no one else can change the law and save your people." And that document was sent out into all the provinces. And these things that happened were written in the king’s books and Queen Esther and Mordecai was well liked and considered great among the people. (Esther 10:3) I set up one wall to look like a palace. I covered a regular chair with blankets for the king & queen. I set up a table between the chairs (which is actually the plastic tub with Esther supplies in it) and covered that with fabric. I handed out necklaces and rings for Esther getting ready to see the king, and everyone took home a crown. I kept up the king & queen area but added tables for the banquet! There are tables with tablecloths, glasses and [gold] dishes to hold the feast that Esther might have had. Cheese, crackers, lots of fruit, water bottles, etc. They love anytime they get food in class! Watch for those allergies, though. We made the gold scepters for the king. Each student took one home with them! Click on the picture to see the original post with the directions with how to make these. Click here to download today's worksheet. Click here to see the worksheets for this quarter. Click here to download the updated visuals. All are not shown. There are over 50 visuals in the file and includes visuals for the whole book of Esther. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Bible verse: Esther 7:1 Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. Click here to see part 1 of Esther.

Instructions for making a throne room on a budget. Use for story of Esther, Daniel and any king.

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We love studying Esther! This is a set of Magnetic Board Visuals with a different twist! The directions are below. Cathy uses these visuals with a magnetic board. She cuts the pieces out, numbers them on the back, laminates them and adds thin magnets on the back. Put your title up first, then add and take away each visual as you teach the lesson. They can also be used as visuals alone, a flip chart, and/or a bulletin board. As you teach Esther, begin by adding the gold crown. These are numbered, and the first gold/yellow states "God". Add the purple next to it when talking about God not being mentioned in the book of Esther. Each gold crown has a word or words, and the matching numbered purple has an explanation for the lesson. Click here to download the visuals. Cathy Whitacre is a Christian, wife, mother, Nana, sister, and friend. Cathy and her husband Gerry worship with the New Hope church of Christ, in Bradyville, Tennessee. Family has been one of her crowning joys in life. Married to Gerry for over 47 years they have had many years of adventure and love. Her children and grandchildren have kept her busy and happy. Everywhere Cathy has lived from Ohio, Illinois, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee and more she has made dear friends who she considers family. Cathy has had the opportunity to participate in mission work for many years. She has had the privilege of speaking at Ladies Days, teaching Vacation Bible Schools, and conducting workshops in Jamaica, Scotland, New Zealand, and here in the United States. Cathy has been involved in teaching for over 50 years, from nursery to adults. Cathy feels that Christian Education is one of the greatest mission efforts we can be involved in, and the benefits are eternal.

This Esther Bible lesson is for grades 1 & 2, but I have used it for K-5. For this lesson, I set up the room like the inside of a palace, and we act it out. Well, the kids act it out while I tell the Bible lesson. The lesson is found in the book of Esther. When King Ahasuerus (AKA Xerxes) had been king for three years, he had a feast for his officials and servants. He showed them how great his kingdom was. It lasted 180 days! When that feast was over, he had another feast that lasted 7 days. His queen, Queen Vashti, had a feast for the women in the royal palace. On the seventh day, the king was feeling happy and told some men to bring in Queen Vashti to him, wearing her crown, so he could show his friends how beautiful she was. The queen refused to go to the king, and he was angry! Nobody refuses the king! The king asked his wise men what he should do for this insult. They told him that she not only wronged the king, but the princes and the people. Her refusal would be known to all the women in the province, and they will look down on their husbands. They told the king to make a new decree. If the queen would not come to the king, then the king would give her royal position to another that deserves it more. So, the king sent out letters to the provinces in their own languages. The king’s servants gathered all the beautiful young women for the king to choose a new queen. Mordecai was raising his cousin (his uncle’s daughter Esther 2:7), Esther, because her parents had been killed. She was beautiful. She was taken with the other women for the king to see, and he liked her. He moved her to the best place for the women in the palace. But she did not tell the king about her people. Mordecai had told her not to mention that her family was Jewish. Every day Mordecai walked in front of where the women were so he could learn how Esther was. It took the women a whole year to get ready to go before the king! (KEY POINT))) Once a woman went before the king, she couldn’t go before him again, unless HE called for her by name. Now, in the seventh year (4 years later) of his reign, Esther gets to go before him again. The king loved her more than all the other women. (2:16) He put the crown on her head and made her the queen, instead of Vashti. He made a great feast and called it “Feast of Esther”. (Have the king crown Esther & give jewels and Esther sits in queen chair) After a time, when Mordecai was sitting out by the gate, he overheard two of the king’s doorkeepers talking. They were angry at the king and wanted to kill him. Mordecai told Queen Esther about this, and she told the king what Mordecai had told her. When an investigation was done, they were both hanged! (Key pointJ))) After that, Haman was made second in command to the king. When Haman walked in the king’s gate, everyone bowed to him…except for Mordecai. This made Haman so angry, and when he found out that Mordecai was a Jew, he decided to kill all the Jews! Haman talked the king into making a new decree to kill the Jews for not keeping the king’s laws. He said their laws were different and it wasn’t right to have their own laws. The king gave his signet ring to Haman so he could write a new decree which they sent out into the provinces. The Jews mourned this new law, especially Mordecai. Queen Esther was very upset when she heard and sent one of her men to ask Mordecai why this happened. Mordecai explained everything and asked for Queen Esther to go before the king and plead with him for her people. Except that everyone knew that there was a law about going into the inner court to see the king. If he did not hold out his scepter to you, you would die. Esther had not been called to see the king for a month. Queen Esther told Mordecai to have all the Jews to fast, not eat or drink, for three days. She would also do this with her maids. And then…she would go into the king, and if he didn’t hold out the scepter, she would die. (Have the queen go into see the king. King holds out scepter) On the third day, she put on her robes and when the king saw her, he held out his scepter! She went close to the scepter and touched it. Think about how she had to be feeling. Her heart had to be racing and she had to be scared, but she did it! The king said “What do you wish, Queen Esther? Anything you want, up to half of the kingdom, I will give to you.” She asked if the king and Haman would come to a banquet that she has made ready for today. The king called Haman to come quickly, and they went to the banquet. (Eat at banquet) While they ate, the king asked her what her petition was. She told him that she would like them to come to a banquet again the next day. (Pic of banquet.) (Haman needs to brag!) Haman went home that night and bragged to his wife and friends about his position with the king and his power. He told them about how Queen Esther had a banquet just for him and the king! But he told them “I just can’t stand to see that Jew, Mordecai, sitting at the king’s gate not bowing down to me.” Haman's wife and friends suggested that he build gallows and hang Mordecai on it. He liked that idea, so he started building it. That night, King Ahasuerus couldn’t sleep, so he had the records book brought to him. He read about Mordecai saving him from the two gate keepers plans to kill him. The king asked his servants what had been done as a thank you and they told him nothing. Haman had just come to the court, so King Ahasuerus told him to enter. The king asked Haman: “What should be done to honor someone that helped the king?” Haman told the king that he should wear royal robes on a horse that the king has ridden and wear a crown. Then parade him around in the city telling everyone that “The king is honoring this man!” (Haman leads Mordecai and is NOT happy) Haman thought this would be for him, but the king told him to go get Mordecai and do this for Mordecai! Even worse, Haman was the one that had to lead the horse and tell everyone that this man is being honored by the king! Haman was so upset! And then, right when he had finished showing off Mordecai, Haman was told to go to the next banquet with the king and queen. During this second banquet, the king asked Queen Esther what she wanted, up to half of the kingdom. She told the king “If I have found favor with you, to spare me and my people.” The king asked her who would dare to do such a thing, and she said the wicked man is Haman. (Pic of finger pointing at Haman.) (Have king step away & have Haman begging Esther.) The king was so angry, he went to the garden to think and while he was there, Haman begged the queen to save him. He fell across the couch just when the king came back in and that made him even angrier! He shouted, “Now you will attack the queen too?” One of the servants saw the gallows and told the king they were being built for Mordecai, so the king said, “Hang Haman on it!” So, they hanged Haman instead! The king gave Mordecai his signet ring and gave him Haman’s position (remind them it was second in command after the king.) (King gave ring to Mordecai.) And Queen Esther once again went to see the king. He held out his scepter and she explained about the law Haman had made about killing the Jews. He told Mordecai to write out a new law and seal it with the king’s signet ring that no one else can change and save your people. And that document was sent out into all the provinces. Key point))) And these things that happened were written in the king’s books and Queen Esther and Mordecai was well liked and considered great among the people. (King writes in an old book and a ‘letter’ is sent out.) I used the Disney princess background on one wall, set up the king & queen chairs and the table with rings and cheap beaded necklaces for the students to use and take home. I also made wood scepters and painted them gold (in orange pot on the left) for them to take home (see end of lesson). I also had crown for them to use, and paper crowns for them to take home. The other side of the room was set up for the feast. A table with tablecloth, glass and [gold] dishes to hold the feast that Esther might have had. Cheese, crackers, lots of fruit, drink boxes, etc. They love anytime they get food in class! Watch for those allergies, though. The red in the lesson below, is for the students to do. Before starting the lesson, I gave the students a paper with a scroll on it and said: Write down a law that you would make if you were a king or queen. (Set aside.) You can download the scroll here. At the end of the of the lesson (if there is time), I ask them to write another law that if they were king or queen they would make, and it should be for the good of the people. One of the items for the students to take home is scepters. This is what I used: 5/8" wood doll pin stand 5/8" wood doll pin head 1/2" wood dowel rod I use Aleene's Tacky Glue for all my craft/hobby projects. You can see from the photo how I put the pieces together to form the end. After the glue dried, I painted them gold. Super easy and lots of fun for the kids! Bible verse: Esther 2:17 Click here to download the updated visuals. All are not shown. There are over 50 visuals in the file and includes visuals for the whole book of Esther. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.

this craft for the story of Mordecai (Esther 2) is a little tube viewer, It's part of a whole lesson and series covering the book of Esther.

Use this Esther Bible lesson to teach children that God gives us faith and courage to handle any situation when we trust entirely on Him.

Make your own super simple finger puppets to tell the story of Esther... supporting material available onsite.