Fruit of the Spirit with a 3 year old!

So I mentioned that I may not always blog about organizing and here's one of those times!  But I am just so excited because today I concluded my study with our 3 1/2 year old on the Fruit of the Spirit!  Whoo Hoo!!!  It took way longer than the 9 weeks I allotted!  Oh well...it was fun for Claire and hopefully something sticks!

When I started thinking about our summer {Yes, I realize it's fall now} and how we'd spend our time I knew I wanted some combination of spiritual, educational, physical, social, musical, charitable and fun & crafts!  I actually did come up with a list under each of those but that's another post!!  Anyway, under the spiritual heading.......well let's just say that inspiration came in the form of the day-to-day life and trials in "dealing with" the behaviors of a 3 year old!  Hummmm....enter Galatians 5:22-23.  Truth be told, I needed this more than anyone.

So here's what we did...We took 1 spirit and chose a craft and a bible verse to correspond with that fruit.  For instance, with gentleness, I got a green balloon, filled it with flour, attached a brown foam leaf, and drew a smiley face...it was smushy, soft "gentle" grape!  I know, I know it's kind of a stretch :)

So as I said for GENTLENESS, I chose a grape and 1 Peter 3:3-4.

For LOVE ~ strawberry and Deut. 6:5.

For PEACE ~ watermelon and Col. 3:15.

For JOY ~ pineapple and 2 John 4.

For KINDNESS ~ orange and Ephes. 4:32.

For GOODNESS ~ banana and 1 Tim. 4:4.

For FAITHFULNESS ~ 2 cherries bound by a stem and Heb. 11:1.

For PATIENCE ~ lemon and 1 Thess. 5:14.

For SELF-CONTROL ~ apples and Titus 2:12.

I soon realized I kind of had to keep the reading and talking brief and move quickly onto the craft. But, man, talk about a sponge - she did so great memorizing the verses!  She likes to go around saying "be kind to each other" and then the other day she could tell I was getting frustrated with her and she said "Mommy be patient with everyone" (1 Thess 5:14)!  Whoa...talk about stopping me in my tracks!

Bottom line... I just loved our time together (done while the baby napped) talking to her about Jesus and doing crafts :) 

Oh and btw...Yes, these pics depict a child wearing not much more than her pj's, a costume or her birthday suit...but that's just how we roll around here! Ha!