Flowers in the garden of your heart

"O Friend! In the garden of thy heart plant naught but the rose of love..."

Supplies:

Construction paper: cut into heart shapes large enough to paste flower cutouts onto

Print outs: of the rose coloring book pages

Coloring supplies to decorate the flowers

Glue sticks

Optional:

The kids went crazy over the colored glitter glue

Before beginning the project, be sure to review what the quote means and the importance of having love in the garden of your heart (as well as other virtues) as opposed to awful things like hate and jealousy.

(a more thorough suggestion for explaining this concept can be found in this activity)

Have the construction paper cut-outs ready to go when you begin the activity.

The kiddos decorate and beautify their flowers.

Help them cut out the flowers if needed.

Paste/plant in their heart-gardens.

Include the quote they're trying to memorize

And voila! Gorgeous roses of love in the garden of their hearts.

A special thank you to Aileen for organizing this activity!

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