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🤫 Quiet & Calm
Hot and Cold
One kid hunts for a hidden object while the group guides them with "warmer" and "colder."
AgesPre-K, K–2nd, 3rd–5thKids3-25Time5-15 minWhereIndoorEnergyCalm
Get ready
- Pick a small object everyone can recognize.
How to play
- Choose one seeker and have them step out of the room or cover their eyes.
- Another kid hides the object somewhere in the room while everyone watches.
- Bring the seeker back and let them start looking.
- As the seeker gets closer, the group says "warmer" or "hot." As they move away, the group says "colder" or "freezing."
- When the seeker finds it, they pick the next seeker and get to hide the object.
Tips & variations
- To keep it quiet, have the group whisper the clues or use thumbs up and thumbs down instead.
- For little ones, hide the object partly in sight.
📖 Bible connection
Jesus told about a woman who searched her whole house for one lost coin and celebrated when she found it. God searches for us like that, because each of us matters to Him (Luke 15:8-10).


