Fruit of the Spirit Lesson Plan

This is fairly popular subject to teach the kids, and it's common to link this topic to crafts ideas related to Fruits on  a Tree. However that linkage is quite weak because the kids idea of fruit is not quite the same as our idea of "bearing fruit" or manifestation of desirable qualities in a mature Christian.

I think it's important to teach kids about this characteristics God expects of us, but it would also help to explain how these are show in God's character. This also gives an opportunity to take examples from gospel or from Jesus life. Crafts are only a small but tangible part of it. The storytime and lesson time is very important.

Another approach is to think about each "fruit" and form a lesson or craft idea around each.

Love - something to do with hearts. Valentine craft ideas are cute. Here is a beautiful beaded heart ornament

Joy - What a great opportunity to have Christmas in July! Think of something about the joy of Christmas, the birth of Jesus. A Christmas star or another joyful ornament idea.

Peace - a dove, world peace, with Nature? with God? with Mankind.

Patience - To demonstrate patience it could be a task that requires details and a bit more time.

Kindness -  a helping hand. I saw a picture someone made. They traced their hand and cut it out like a tree trunk. They wrote words on green leaves, presumably the Fruit of the spirit.

Goodness - food?

Faithfulness - A story about God's faithfulness

Gentleness

Self control - thoughts on patience, God's character.