Kids just love this OT Bible story for its quirkiness.
Quirky it may be, but it carries such great lessons that it is referred to 9
other times in the Bible (Numbers 31:8, Deuteronomy 23:4, Joshua 13:22, 24:9,
Nehemiah 13:2, Micah 6:5, 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 1:11 and Revelation 2:14). So I
feel it is a story worth teaching.
Balaam’s talking donkey also lends itself to drama. You can
act it out with as few as 3 people if you adapt it. So here is what you need:
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Angel costume (raid the Christmas costume box)
- Bag of money (can be a paper bag stuffed with newspaper with
$ symbols on it.)
- Sword (Try the Dollar Tree, especially at Halloween time. Any pirate sword will do, make your own if you
have to.)
- Wall - A large sheet of cardboard, like from an empty
appliance box. Place this “wall” about 2 to 2 ½ feet out from one of the real
walls in your room. This will be the narrow spot the donkey stops in (see picture below).
I adopted the drama for a cast of 3, but I actually wrote 7 parts in the attached drama. You can expand the drama for up to about 20 kids by having Balak send anywhere from 4 to 13 servants.
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here for the drama. Here are some screen shots from the drama we did:
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| Balak surveys the Israelites from the mountain top (a chair) |
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| Balak going to Balaam (it was actually a servant that went, but we adapted the script for 3 children). | |
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| The angel blocks Balaam's way and the donkey kneels down. |
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| Balaam gets stuck in between the walls when the angel blocks his way. |
How I made the walls:
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