Lamanite Lemonites - Make Lemonites out of Lemons

Alma 23-27

The people of Ammon and the Lamanite conversion. 

Every year I get a ton of lemons from our lemon tree.

I literally had a wheelbarrow full of lemons.  I had made lemon juice.  I had made lemon candy.  I had made lemon squares.  I still had a ton of leftover lemons, so when I saw lemonites on the 

LDS Seminary Teacher Group page

I just HAD to do it!  I know that it's not as spiritual as most lessons, but once in a little while it's nice to do something fun.

Here's how we did it.

List of supplies:

colored feathers

pipe cleaners

small dixie cups

toothpicks

small marshmallows

adhesive googly eyes (I did not want to use a glue gun)

The adhesive googly eyes came in a package that I got at Walmart

 but here is a link on Amazon.

The students had a great time.

As the students made the Lemonites I gave the lesson.

I really tried to give it the twist of making something sweet out of something sour.  I made this handout to go with the lesson.  Each student was to write a way that they could make a sour problem into a sweet problem.  It's a way of looking at problems as a growth experience for our good.  

 I printed them out on yellow paper.

I had the students fill out the lemons with ideas.  

We put the lemons on our tree of life that I had on our bulletin board.

I also served them some lemonade

with some lemon squares

and even some lemon peel candy  

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