Boils on the Egyptians and their animals:  (again, taped-on construction paper)

Don't you love Isaac's expression?  This is the face he gives me every time I read, "and Pharaoh's heart was made stubborn" (NIrV)

For gnats, I found a Youtube video of gnats buzzing around.

For flies, I taped bits of black construction paper on our "Egyptians".  They really didn't like the tape!

Today we began our re-enactment of the 10 plagues. For the water turning into blood, I secretly put a few drops of red food coloring in the bottom of a clear glass pitcher. Just before we read that portion of Scripture, I said "Hey, let's all go to the kitchen and get a drink before we act out today's story". Then I held the pitcher under the tap and (tada!) clear water turning red.

The boys were very surprised when they woke up this morning. I borrowed Lainie's idea for the plague of frogs. I didn't go quite as all out as she did - only about 1600 frogs. It was fun to booby-trap the doors so the "frogs" would fall on anyone who opened them. If no one was around, I would do it again for another surprise. I don't have iTunes, so I made a playlist at Youtube of frogs croaking and just replayed that over and over - we stopped at lunchtime. It really annoyed the boys, which was the idea. Afterwards, I used Lainie's points to discuss with them how the frogs could be like sin in their lives. It was a whole lot of fun (even though I was up till midnight scattering frogs!)

I took these photos halfway through my box of paper frogs, so they don't even show the full effect. They were everywhere! (which was the whole point, of course)

Moses and Aaron:

Magician/priest:

Pharaoh: