Patience
“And we urge you, brothers, warn those who are idle, encourage the timid, help the weak, be patient with everyone.” 1 Thessalonians 5:14 NIV
As we continue on in our lessons on patience, today I created a craft that went along with a cute story I found online about a boy trying to make an apple tree grow. It took patience, time and care to make it work, and at points he was discouraged. Here is the story I read to my kids:
After reading the story, we made our own apple trees. It is a simple craft, appropriate for kids a variety of ages. It also is made with materials your probably have around your house, which makes it very mom friendly. It would also be a great craft to do with a bigger number of kids since you can use recycled materials to make it happen.
Materials Needed to Make Apple Tree Craft
- Paper Plate
- Empty Paper Towel Roll
- Green paint
- Paint Brush
- Red Paper
- Scissors
How to Make an Apple Tree Craft
I had the girls cut out “apples” out of red paper. They painted the paper plate green. While the paint was still wet, they stuck their “apples” onto the wet paint. After letting that dry, I cut a slit in a paper towel tube, and and they were able to slide the paper plate into the paper towel roll. I actually had to cut my plate a little too because it was a plate with a rim. This tree can be hung in your home as a reminder of patience. When the kids (or you for that matter) are demonstrating impatience, simply point to the tree as a reminder of the wonderful moral story you read about patience.
Confession: While working on this project I completely lost my patience with the kids.
Hi there!
I just found your blog and am so keen to spend some time here :).
I smiled a big smile at your confession at the end – that’s me through and through – doing crafts with the kids to have fun and teach and create – and then me losing my patience in the process! :):)
I look forward to reading further.
Georgia
I’m so glad you have stopped by and are enjoying the content of what we have going on here. Thank you for you thoughtful comments.
Hi there
I came across your website looking for activities to teach my children about Prophet Ayub (peace be upon him) who is Prophet Job (peace be upon him) I believe in the Bible (please correct me if I’m wrong). His immense patience is described in the Quran and I wanted to home in on this character trait with the kids. I find teaching them directly from the Holy Book has a huge blessing and they really take to it. I too like the kids to memorise certain verses from the Quran as they go along to build a connection with the Almighty, and to learn their faith directly from the source.
I really like some of your ideas to help teach patience – Thank you for sharing!
I’m so glad you are visiting my site for character development ideas. We have the same heart for that. I hope you have seen all of the character traits we focus on under my character development tab. It should become a great resource for you. As I know Muslims see Isa as a great prophet, I’m sure there are many scriptures that you will relate to that come from our Holy Book. I welcome you, and I hope that you will continue to comment and update me on the teaching that is happening with your kids.
I am not able to find the story that goes with this lesson.
Oh man. I’m not finding it either. I’m so sorry. I’ll try and update this post with a better lesson. Thanks for the heads up. I started this series so long ago, and it definitely needs some TLC. I’ve been working on updating things.
Hi Jodi!
I love the idea of this craft. I tried to click the link to read the story but it isn’t working. Do you have a a different link that I can use?
Thanks,
Racquel
Oh man. This was so long ago. I am wondering if I should just take this down. I’m looking on YouTube and can’t find it anymore. I’m in the process of updating my character-building series because I feel like it has good bones but needs some enhancement. This might be a post I just have to scrap and replace. Sorry! I hope you see my other lessons on patience to use. Thanks!