God is a Jealous God

This was a bit of a complicated story, but it turned out well. We used a very paraphrased version of Ezekiel 16, as follows:

Through His prophet Ezekiel, God told this story to Israel	Start with boy and girl holding (dirty) baby doll
"When I chose you, you were like a baby that had been rejected by its parents.	they throw the doll on the floor
I picked you up, and washed you	have one child wash the baby in a pan of water
I gave you clothes to wear	another child dresses it
and took care of you until you grew up.	exchange the baby doll for a (naked) Barbie doll
Since I'd always loved you, I took you as my wife.	one child dresses Barbie in a wedding outfit
I gave you beautiful jewelry,	another child puts necklace and bracelets made of foil on Barbie
and satisfied you with abundant food.	another gives her a basket of food
We had children together	and brings the baby doll back out
We had a wonderful life, didn't we?	(ask all)
We should have, but how did you treat me? You took the jewelry I gave you, and used it to make idols for yourselves.	one child takes off the jewelry and gives it to another, who sets up a foil-wrapped doll ("idol") in return
You took the food I provided it, and offered it to your idols.	another takes the basket of food and puts it in front of the idol
You even offered them the children we had together!	another puts the baby in front of the idol
Was it right of you to treat me like that?	(ask all)
I treated you as my own daughter, and as my wife, but you didn't love me; you went after other gods instead. How could I help but be jealous?!
Well, if you don't want me, then you don't have to have me, I said. When your enemies attack you, I won't bother you with my help.	one child takes a sword and "beats" Barbie
So your enemies did attack. They beat you and stripped off your clothes and left you just as badly off as the first time I ever saw you.	another takes off Barbie's dress and throws her on the floor
But, you know—if I didn't love you in the first place, I wouldn't have been jealous, would I?	(ask all)
And so, after you had been through all this, and were willing to call to me again, I took you back, and restored to you all that was yours—clothing, jewels, food & wine.	one child puts new clothes on Barbie, another puts some new jewelry on and presents a second basket of food.
I hope you will never forget that I really love you. And I also hope you will remember that all I want is for you to love me back."	one child cuddles the Barbie and comforts it.

I think this worked because we didn't try and act it out; one
person read the story while another helped the children do the various activities. It slowed things down and got the kids doing practical tasks. Si Wa Hon was chosen to bathe the baby and he apparently thought it was about the most fun things he'd ever done!

For our game, we "dressed babies" in teams. Bruce (my husband) and I were the babies, complete with towel diapers.

For a craft, since God gave His people so many gifts, we wrapped gifts—Christmas gifts for them to give their siblings.

Bible study was from Proverbs 6:32-35, about how terrible adultery is, and how jealous it makes a husband. The point was to discuss how God wants to be married to us. If we are not, then it isn't shameful to be "married" to idols—even if it does mean you don't get any of the benefits of being married to God. (Such as forgiveness of sin & eternal life). It was good to be able to make this point, that we are not trying to criticize our unbelievers for worshipping their idols. We only want to offer them something better. It seemed to go well, thank the Lord.