Fruits of the Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."

I used this verse for inspiration with our latest craft! These are all characteristics that I hope to possess as well as teach my children the importance of each.  I thought it was the perfect time to start talking about all of them! We incorporated this into our Fall apple crafts.

We started by painting apples:

First Mollye insisted on using the correct colors: red and green.

This quickly changed to pink and purple- every girl's favorites!

She loved the way that I painted the entire apple pink so she was determined to paint her "big apple all purple!" She did! I was so proud! I think one day she might have a decent artistic ability- something her mommy does not have.

Then we took the apples and wrote the Fruits of the Spirit on each. 

We strung them together for a finished banner.  This now resides above our kitchen sink.  Mollye and I both enjoy looking at her hard work! Plus it is a nice reminder to me of the qualities I want to demonstrate to my child, husband, school children, and everyone else I encounter.