Fruit of the Spirit Bags

 

 FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT BAGS

 

I made a set of these bags and filled them with small things to illustrate the Fruit of the Spirit. (Of course the search for additional items is ongoing.) The first set with lots of goodies in the bags were lost in our church fire. This is the replacement set.

Eventually I will have more items in each bag. For example, I "need" a mommy, daddy, pets, etc. in love bag. The search is fun. Really, how many people do you know who are looking for little objects to go in Fruit of the Spirit bags? Maybe you will be too. With that in mind, I am including a picture of the bags I have now in case you want to make your own.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOVE BAG

 Pick out any fabric that seems to be related to each Fruit of Spirit.

I put a few "Love" songs in for ready reminders.

Add small items and symbols that you can use to talk about each Fruit of the Spirit.

 

 

 

 

 

JOY BAG

 

These things are from garage sales, old toys I already had, Oriental Trading Company, etc. Be on the lookout!

I love that later, when the kids see some of these toys again somewhere else, they might be reminded of a Fruit of the Spirit.

 

 

PEACE BAG

 

Include symbols for the Fruit of the Spirit you are talking about. I tell students that the circle peach symbol is a chicken foot with a circle around it.

I describe Peace as being the opposite of fighting. To be peaceful, we might need to use some of the other Fruits of the Spirit.

 

 

PATIENCE BAG

 

I describe patience as being nice while you are waiting. When you go fishing you have to be very quiet and usually wait a long time before you catch a fish.

Around Christmas or before your birthday, you may see presents, but you have to wait nicely until it is time for you to open the presents.

I let kids hold things when I talk about the Fruit of the Spirit. One time a child opened a "present". LOL!

 

KINDNESS BAG

 

I don't have much for kindness anymore. I used to have a little bitty trash can and we talked about helping at home.

The wiggly eyes are to remind us to look for ways to be kind like the Paw Patrol.

 

 

 

 

GOODNESS BAG

I'm on the lookout for items for this bag! Your teaching tools get better with time.

I usually try to focus on one Fruit of the Spirit that has to do with our Bible story each week. We do sing the song each week tho so they will know all of them.

 

 

 

 

 

FAITHFULNESS BAG

 

I picked stars to illustrate faithfulness because they always come out at night. Sometimes we can't see them, but they are there.

Clifford the Big Red Dog can be counted on to be a good friend to Emily.

God never changes! We can depend on Him. God needs us to be dependable too by always loving Him.

 

 

GENTLENESS BAG

 

We talk about how gently a feather falls to the ground. I sweep a feather gently over students' heads and talk about how gentle the touch is.

You can talk about what IS NOT gentle too.

Things we need to be physically gentle with include: babies, eggs, pets, people. Could introduce FRAGILE to the conversation. Could talk about how we need to be gentle with the way we talk to people too.

SELF CONTROL BAG

Conversation #1: If Momma tells you NOT to throw the ball in the house, but you really, really want to but you still mind Momma, that's self control.

Conversation #2: (Could add a little bed to bag.) If Daddy tells you to go to bed and you do, right then, that is self control too. Self control is doing what you are supposed to even when you want to do something else.

Conversation #3: There's that present again. You really want to open it, but you don't because you know you are supposed to wait.