Esther

Kids and Sunday School Resources

Projects and Activities

• Students Interview Esther - Dress up as Esther and let the students interview you to better understand the story. This activity includes interview questions you can print out for your students.
• A Video Story of Esther - Three 11-year-old girls wrote a script of a modern day reporter interviewing Esther and her husband, the King. They gathered information from the book of Esther, the Apocrypha version of Esther that includes her prayers, and other resource books on Esther and the customs in those days of King Ahasuerus, her husband.

Fun and Games

• Coloring Page - Esther Speaks to the King
• Esther: The Queen Who Saved Israel - Read the story of Esther and then find your way through the maze
• Find the Difference, Queen Esther Saves Her People - Queen Esther talks to the king. Find what is different in the two pictures
• Find the Difference: Esther - Esther is being crowned queen how many differences can you find between the two pictures
• How Many Provinces? - How many provinces were there in the kingdom of Ahasuerus
• In Prison - Answer questions about the two men who plotted to kill the king
• Key Question - Name the wicked man in the book of Esther who hated Jews
• Queen Esther's Palace - Color the picture of Esther's bedroom to match the description from chapter 1:6
• What is Esther's Other Name - Answer questions and fill in the letters to discover Esther's other name

Read a Story

Esther
Read Esther

• Esther... who helped her people (preschool children)
• Esther Saves the Day (younger children)
• The Beautiful Girl Who Became a Queen (older children/teens)
• How Queen Esther Saved the Lives of Her People (older children/teens)
• Why a Proud Man Planned to Destroy all the Jews (older children/teens)
• Discussion Questions

Listen to a Story

• Esther - (told by Mary Jane Chaignot)