Fruits of the Spirit - MSSS Bible Lesson

Fruits of the Spirit

Scripture Reference: Galatians 5:22-23
Illustrating the Story Keys for Kids offers a wide variety of devotions and stories that aid in the teaching of Bible lessons. Search by topic or by Bible reference. Bread of Life Ministries Curriculum - has a number of lessons one each of the fruits however more suitable for VBS than Bible class. Christianity Today Fruits of the Spirit - devotional activities. Kids Sunday School Place Known by our Fruits Known by our Fruits (Preschool Version) Patience Please Topical Index Love Joy Peace Patience Kindness Self Control MSSS Devotion The Patient Bird Sermons4Kids The Tater Family Don't forget to check out MSSS Bible Craft and Activities for Any Story for more ideas.
Colouring Pages/Activity Sheets abcteach Coloring Pages - scroll about half way down for fruit colouring pages DLTK-Kids Fruit Colouring Pages Some ideas for using fruit colouring pages: If you are dealing with each of the fruits of the spirit separately, associate each with a piece of fruit (see below for suggestions). Label the colouring page with the individual fruit of the spirit, print off to be coloured in. Save each picture to your hard drive and insert into a program such as MS Publisher. Reduce the size of each piece of fruit and label each with one of the fruits of the spirit. Print on stiff card. Have children colour and cut out each one and make into a mobile. From Calvary Chapel New Testament (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader). The Fruit of the Spirit Fruit of the Spirit Maze Some sites have user policies which restrict use of these colouring pages to personal or educational use. Please check the sites' policies if you wish to be using these pages outside of these purposes.
Crafts Childrensministry.com Spirit Fruit Parable on Growing - look at idea 5 for the Fruits of the Spirit Danielle's Place Fruits of the Spirit Cooking/ Recipes - a recipe for marzipan cookies with instructions on colouring them and making fruit cookies. DLTK-Kids - these have been created for alphabet practice but with a little imagination can be adapted as a craft for this lesson. Omit the letter and give each fruit a label of one of the fruits of the spirit or have each one holding a sign with the list of fruits. Awesome Apple Paper Craft Groovy Grapes Paper Craft Willie the Watermelon Paper Craft DLTK-Kids - Printable Crafts has a craft for a tree which could also be used as a basis for a craft. Print off tree and small pieces of fruit labelled with the fruits of the spirit (see above for fruit colouring pages) to put on tree. Alternatively, put symbols of each fruit of the spirit on the tree (see below). KinderArt Fruit Kabob Kreations - adapt by making each piece of fruit represent one of the fruits of the spirit (see below) and give each child a list to follow and create. Making Friends Fruit Faces - this paper craft could be used in a similar manner to the DLTK-Kids fruit crafts. Sunday School Crafts has two ideas Fruits of the Spirit - craft idea Fruits of the Spirit - bulletin board idea that could also be used as a craft.
Songs I've Got Peace Like A River
Other ideas Here are some ideas, crafts and stories that I had for illustrating each of the fruits. If you can think of anything better than I have come up with I'll be most glad to hear about it! Fruits for Fruits of the Spirit - I've tried to think of fruits to go with each of these - some are really obvious but others are there at my own discretion and taste! Remember these are quite arbitrary - you may think of better reasons to choose a particular fruit! Symbols - some of these are recognisable, some have been taken from symbols in heraldry.
Fruit of the Spirit	Symbol	Fruit Symbol	Suggested Crafts	Bible Stories
love	heart	strawberry (a fruit of love!)		Jesus Loves the Children Mary Shows Her Love for Jesus
joy	angel	orange (juicy - joy)	Angel Crafts	An Angel Comes to Mary Angels Visit Shepherds
peace	dove	watermelon (piece of!)	Bird Crafts	Jesus Calms the Storm
patience	camel/donkey	pear (simple alliteration)	Animal Crafts	Abraham Waits for a Son
kindness	gift	grapes (a fruit to be shared)		Dorcas The Shunamite Women
goodness	star	banana (not much can beat a banana!)	Heaven and Earth Crafts	Esther Daniel and His Three Friends
faithfulness	rainbow	cherry	A Rainbow Promise	A Rainbow Promise Ruth
gentleness	lamb	peach (softness)	Sheep/Lamb Crafts	Jesus the Good Shepherd
self-control	stop sign	apple (Eve in the Garden)		The First Sin