Pottery Patience

Craft & sewing projects are a great way to teach patience.  I suggest painting a family project at a local pottery place like Pottery Schmottery.  One year all of my students painted pieces of the Nativity Scene. 

When you are doing a painting project, you have to be patient with planning your piece's colors, waiting for each color to dry, cleaning your brush, carefully painting each part & then allowing it to go through the kilning process.

There are some great object lessons associated with the kiln too!  Sometimes we encounter tough situations that test our patience, but they are like a kiln.  The more times we practice patience, the better we get at exhibiting it. The situations make us tougher & refine us into Christ's image! 

kids collage picture from The Pottery House in Matawan, NJ
kids pottery class picture from The Sawmill Pottery in Putnam, CT
plate picture/logo for Pottery Schmottery in Elkhart, IN