The Last Supper Lesson for Kids

This free Last Supper lesson for kids teaches that Jesus showed us how to serve others, and He gave us the bread and the cup so we would remember Him. Jesus washed His disciples' feet and said, "I have given you an example" (John 13:15). He broke the bread and said, "This do in remembrance of me" (Luke 22:19). It comes in four age levels, each a separate printable teacher lesson, plus one take-home sheet for families. Pick the one that fits your class. Everything is in the order you teach it.

Choose your age level

• Preschool (ages 3–5), 20–30 minutes, 3 pages: a follow-me game with a pitcher, a short story with hand motions and repeat-after-me lines, three simple questions, a shortened memory verse ("Love one another; as I have loved you") with motions, a drawing and a helping job.
• Kindergarten to 2nd grade, 45 minutes, 4 pages: the Follow the Pitcher game, the story in simple words, five recall questions with answers, the Pass the Towel memory verse game, and a Busy Helpers action game.
• 3rd to 5th grade, 45–60 minutes, 5 pages: a greatest-job opening game, kids look up verses in their own Bibles during a fuller story (the passover, the towel and the basin, the bread and the cup, Judas, and "I am among you as he that serveth"), five thinking questions and three recall questions, and a Bible look-up race.
• Preteens (ages 11–12), 45–60 minutes, 4 pages: students read Luke 22:7–20 and John 13:1–17 out loud themselves, with Luke 22:24–27 and John 13:21–30, then discuss greatness, serving, being served and remembering Jesus. Six discussion questions, a journal page, and two memory verses (John 13:34 and John 13:15).

Lesson at a glance

• Bible passage: Luke 22:7–20 and John 13:1–17
• Main point: Jesus showed us how to serve others, and He gave us the bread and the cup so we would remember Him.
• Memory verse: John 13:34 (KJV), with John 13:15 added for preteens
• Ages: preschool to preteen, in four versions

Lesson outline (the same in every version)

1. Opening game: following the man with the pitcher to the upper room, or a game about who is "the greatest."
2. Bible story: Peter and John prepare the passover in a large upper room, Jesus washes the disciples' feet and gives them an example, He takes the bread and the cup and says, "This do in remembrance of me," and Judas goes out into the night. Every fact has its verse reference so you can check it.
3. Questions to ask: with answers, at the right level for each age.
4. Memory verse: a game or motions to help kids learn John 13:34.
5. What this means for us: serving like Jesus, the gospel (Acts 2:38), and a challenge for the week.
6. Activity: the Last Supper word search, crossword, maze, worksheet, the Last Supper craft, an action game, a Bible look-up race or a journal page, depending on the age.
7. Prayer.

Tips for teaching the Last Supper

• Read Luke 22:19 and John 13:14–15 straight from your Bible. They are the heart of the lesson: remember Jesus, and do as He has done.
• The lessons keep the Bible's own details: a man bearing a pitcher of water, a large upper room furnished, the towel and the bason, and Judas going out "and it was night." They tell Judas's part plainly and gently, with a short note for the questions kids ask.
• This is a lesson about what Jesus said and did. If kids ask about the Lord's supper or foot washing at your church, each lesson points them to their pastor. There is no pretend communion.
• Short on time? Do the story, three questions and the memory verse. That is a solid 25-minute lesson.