The Lord’s Prayer For Kids + 5 Free Printables

In today’s post we focus on the Lord’s prayer for kids. This will be fun and resource filled guide to one of the most well-known prayers: The Lord’s Prayer for kids. So, whether you’re a parent, Sunday school or Sabbath School teacher this post is just for you. Jesus taught us this prayer to give us an example of how we can talk to God and it’s full of meaning, hope, and love.
In this post we’ll:

• Share the prayer in kid-friendly words
• Look at what each line means
• Share activities, crafts and games to make learning the Lord’s prayer for kids meaningful

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The Lord’s Prayer For Kids

Here is the Lord’s prayer for kids taken from Matthew 6: 9-13

 Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

 Give us this day our daily bread.

 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

Line-by-Line Meaning Of The Lord’s Prayer For Kids

Ever wondered how to explain Lord’s prayer to children? Well here is a simple line by line explanation of the Lord’s prayer for kids.

• “Our Father in Heaven” – God is like a perfect parent, and he’s all around us and in Heaven.
• “Hallowed by thy name” – God’s name is special. We should show respect to God’s name.
• “Thy kingdom come” – We hope the world becomes a place where God’s love, justice and peace shines through.
• “Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven” – We ask that what God wants to happen would happen on earth too; so people will be kind, loving, forgiving.
• “Give us this day our daily bread” – God, please help us with what we need today such as food, friendship, safety, forgiveness and love.
• “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors” – We’re sorry when we mess up, and we also forgive others when they mess up just the way God forgives us.
• “Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil” – Help us when things are hard, keep us safe from Satan and help us make good choices.
• “For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever, Amen” – This means that we have asked the all powerful God for what we need and we know he is able to do it all and we give him praise forever and it is so.

This video will also help to explain the Lord’s prayer for kids. You can also watch the entire ten day series based on the Lord’s prayer for kids on the YouTube channel.

Teaching The Lord’s Prayer For Kids

To help kids remember the Lord’s prayer here are some ideas you can do with kids to really help them live out the prayer and not just recite it.

• Color Wheel Craft: Use a printable “wheel” – each wedge has a line of the prayer, kids color it and spin it, saying one part at a time. You can find a color wheel craft here
• Order-Up Game: Write each line of the prayer on a strip of paper, scramble them, then challenge kids to put them in the correct order as a team.
• Prayer Hands or Door Hanger Craft: For younger children: trace their hands, write one line of the prayer on each finger, decorate, and use it as a reminder. Or make a door hanger with the full prayer. This video shows how to make prayer hands then you can simply write the Lord’s prayer for kids inside the prayer hands instead of another prayer.

• Role-Play / Skit: Let kids act out parts of the prayer — e.g., “Give us our daily bread” might be sharing food with a friend; “Forgive us our wrongs” could be a scene of saying sorry and forgiving. One person or group could act out the section of the prayer while the other group of persons guess what section of the prayer it is.
• Printable Worksheets & Colouring Pages: Fill-in-the-blanks, word matching, colouring pages that tie into the prayer help reinforce the meaning visually. You can find some here
• Discussion Time: Ask questions such as “Which part of the prayer do you like best?” or “How can we forgive someone this week?” or “What does ‘Your kingdom come’ look like in our school or home?”
• Let’s Pray Together: You can prayer together the Lord’s prayer as you do your daily activities
• Challenge for This Week: As you teach the Lord’s prayer for kids you could have a challenge where kids would have to memorize one line of the Lord’s Prayer each day of the week and make a small drawing of what that line means to you. They could then Share the drawing with a friend or family member.

The Lord’s Prayer For Kids Top Five Resources

Here are some great blogs and websites you use with your kids as you learn the Lord’s prayer.

1. Bible Activities for Kids website (that’s us) has great resources here.
2. Poet Prints Teaching Blog has a Bible lesson on The Lord’s Prayer for Kids . You will find those great activities here.
3. Bible Skills & Games Workshop Lessons and Ideas for the Lord’s Prayer. Here are some ideas for kids 8 to 12 to learn the Lord’s prayer.
4. For more Lord’s prayer for kids printables you can get a coloring sheet and a fill in the blank worksheet here.
5. This is a song you are absolutely going to love as you teach the Lord’s prayer for kids.

The Lord’s Prayer For Kids

I hope this post gave you some great ideas about how you can teach the Lord’s prayer for kids. Let us know which activity was your favorite in the comments below, we will be glad to hear your experience teaching the Lord’s prayer for kids. Until next time, keep praying and if you have kids who love coloring grab a copy of the Prayer coloring book, you will absolutely love it.