A Ten Commandments Party ~ A Southern Belle in Missouri

06 August 2012

A Ten Commandments Party

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We have had such fun preparing for Jacob's Ten Commandments Birthday Party! He wanted to make sure that the importance of the story was not lost in the fun of celebrating. (I've mentioned he's a serious child, right?) We were so pleased that out of everything he could have chosen as a theme, this is what he wanted more than anything. And so, we set to work creating a party that was loaded with biblical teaching!

We wrapped the porch pillars in blue streamer to represent the two sides of the Red Sea. You can't get to the promised land without going through the Red Sea!

Exodus 14:21 "And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided."

We decorated the house to represent some of the most notable moments in the story of Moses receiving the Ten Commandments. We had the pillar of fire and clouds, the burning bush, the tablets of stone, and even Jethro's tent!

Exodus 13:21 "And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:"


Exodus 13:21 "And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:"

Exodus 3:2 "And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed."


Deuteronomy 10:4 "And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me."

Numbers 20:11 "And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also."

For the cake we decided to make Mount Sinai. It was ambitious, but I am pleased with how it turned out.

Exodus 34:29 "And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him."

And you can't have a Ten Commandments themed party without a Golden Calf pinata!

Exodus 32:2 "They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt"

Jacob really wanted to be sure that everyone knew the story of Moses, so we made note cards with the Bible references for each decoration and menu item.