Things You'll Need:
- Different types of crosses to trace (Roman, Celtic)
- Colored pencils
- Different-colored tissue paper
- Different-colored construction paper
- Different-colored sheets of foam
- Cardboard
- Foil
- Wood or sticks
- Acrylic paints
- Glue
- Markers
- Scissors
- Leather cord (optional)
- Magnet tape (optional)
- Hole punch and string (optional)
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Step 1
Help pre-school and elementary grade students trace around different types of crosses with a colored pencil. These can be labeled and colored in, if desired. Discuss the differences. The Celtic cross, for example, features a circle around the cross.
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Step 2
Let young ones tear tissue paper into tiny pieces and glue onto a clear outline of a cross until it is filled in with color. Stripes or patterns can also work.
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Step 3
Cut construction paper or foam into blocks or squares, which children can glue onto a clearly outlined cross to make a kind of "patchwork" cross.
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Step 4
Show kids how to cut cardboard into two rectangles, one shorter and one longer. Wrap these neatly in foil and glue together to form a cross. Now color the foil with markers for a stained glass effect.
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Step 5
Sand down two mini-planks (scrap wood)--one longer, one shorter--and glue together for a wooden project. When the cross is dry, let kids paint it if desired. Branches glued or bound together with leather cord can create a more natural look.










