80 Biblically Based Children's Sermons
Object:
A small cardboard box partially filled with foreign coins.
After the children gather, I shake the small cardboard box I have brought. The distinctive noise that results cannot be mistaken. "What do you suppose I have in this box?" I ask the children.
"Money!" they answer with an air of excited anticipation.
"Yes, the box contains money," I agree. Then I open it and take out a quarter-sized coin made from copper. I hold it up for everyone to see and ask, "Is this a penny?"
"No," the children respond.
"But it's the same color as a penny," I protest. "Are you sure it's not a penny?"