Crafting our Stations of the Cross

by | Mar 12, 2011 | Crafts, Lent, Stations of the Cross | 15 comments

Yesterday afternoon the kids and I finally started putting together the Stations of the Cross Grotto Kit that I purchased a couple years ago.  After taking everything out of the box, and seeing just how many popsicle sticks were included, I nearly packed it up for another year…   I’m so glad that I didn’t! 

We started with the first station, putting it together from start to finish… 

… including all the pretty little gemstones. 

After that, we decided to make the rest at the same time.   Each of the kids choose two stations to assemble, while I worked on the remaining five.   This really speeded up the process!    I did do all the cutting, but the kids were able to glue together the popsicle sticks, add the Station names and numbers, and help put the 3-D Dots for each layer of the beautiful pictures. 

We worked on them yesterday afternoon, and then again after dinner, finishing everything except for the gemstones before bedtime.   

The girls and I just finished adding the rest of the gemstones and I was hoping to post pictures, but for some reason I can’t get my digital card reader to work… (I’ve never had this problem, and I am hoping that I don’t need to buy a new one.)  I guess I will have to come back later to show you the finished results.  They turned out lovely! 

Update: You can see our completed Stations of the Cross Grottos here.


15 Comments

  1. Annette

    They're lovely!

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  2. Anne @ Building my Catholic Home

    Looks like they weren't so intimidating after all. Lots of little pieces, but they turned out lovely. That's a really neat project.

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  3. Unknown

    I made mine two years ago…they are really pretty.
    I clipped them to a ribbon (or was it fishing line?) over the double door frame of our dining room and they attracted alot of attention.
    How are you going to display them?

    I need to get those out on display for this Lent!

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  4. elm

    I, too, am wondering where you are going to put them up!?! I am sure you will find a most lovely place for their display in your home!

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  5. Anonymous

    great idea!

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  6. Anonymous

    What a beautifully completed project. Everyone did such a great job. It is very inspiring indeed!

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  7. Anonymous

    Beautiful! The children did such a wonderful job! This would add another step to already long project, but wouldn't they look distinguished if you could stain the popsicle sticks with a dark wood tone? –J.C.

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  8. Anonymous

    those are just lovely and a good reminder to me to snatch up some good projects for "later"! I don't think mine could manage that quite yet, but soon they will. God bless you.

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  9. Jessica Gordon

    We really enjoyed putting this kit together!

    As for how we are going to display them. . . Right now they are lined up on the windowsill and fit perfectly. I think I might just leave them there for now. We'll see.

    J.C. ~ My husband said the same thing! In fact, he suggested that we just skip the gemstones all together and stain the popsicle sticks, but at that point the kids and I had already put gemstones on the First Station, so it really wasn't an option.

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  10. Jen

    They look great, Jessica, and you are braver than I – – I didn't let the kids help when I made them a few years ago! Good job!!

    God Bless,
    Jennifer F.
    http://www.homespunluv.blogspot.com

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  11. Jenny

    These are great – how old do you think the children would need to be to do this craft project with minimal assistance from a parent?

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  12. Jessica Gordon

    The kit is recommended for children age 10 and up… or for children 6 and up with close parental supervision and guidance. My oldest boys were 9 and 10 when we made this last year and they still needed supervision. This year I think they would have been able to do it completely on their own. Hope that helps!

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  13. Anonymous

    LOVE LOVE This

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