Maze Activity

A Surprise Guest: Trace routes from the sycamore-fig tree to Zacchaeus’s home.

Give each child a copy of the maze and a pencil. Your mission is to find three paths for Jesus and Zacchaeus to travel from the Sycamore-fig tree to Zacchaeus’s home. One is a short path, one is a medium path, and one is a long path.

Tell the children they may begin. Lead a discussion using the questions below as the children complete the activity. They may color the picture after tracing the routes.

1. Can anyone remember how Chris and Joy were able to rise above the crowd? Gizmo lifted them up with his telescoping arms.

2. How do you think Zacchaeus felt as he walked with Jesus to his home? Excited, nervous, scared, proud, happy, guilty or ashamed of his sin, unworthy, etc.

3. What do you think your reaction might have been if you were part of the crowd that day? Angry, shocked, amazed, upset, confused.

4. Can you think of another time that Jesus went to a tax collector’s home to share a meal? He went to (Levi) Matthew’s home.

Have the children share the three routes that they found. Zacchaeus’s life was changed the day that he encountered Jesus. Anyone who accepts Jesus as their Lord and Savior begins a new life and will never be the same!