I love Palm Sunday! It begins the holiest week of the year, and starts with us celebrating Jesus' welcome into Jerusalem, where the people cheered, waved palms, and laid their coats at Jesus' feet. I'm always left thinking how the people in that crowd couldn't have known how difficult and sad the days ahead would be, or that the real rejoicing and celebrating was a week later, when Jesus gave us new life on that first Easter.
Here is an easy way for your kids to make a palm branch centerpiece for Palm Sunday. Thank you so much to our Religious Ed. Coordinator, Janet, who suggested this! We made this after our family Mass this past weekend, and it appealed to a wide variety of ages, as well as being simple enough for the very little ones. I just eyeballed the sizes of tissue paper, it does not need to be exact. This is what you'll need:
- Paper towel tube, cut in half (not pictured)
- Green tissue paper, cut into 12 3X3" squares
- Green tissue paper, cut into 1 6X6" squares
- Glue stick or craft glue
Run a line of glue or liberally apply the glue stick in a line halfway down the length of the tube.
Scrunch up a 3X3" piece of tissue paper, and stick it to the side of the tube, close to the top. Repeat this, going halfway down the tube. You should have room for 3 rows. Make another column, right next to the already completed one. This will add some fullness to your branch.
Leave a space (it will be the stem part of the branch) and then add 2 more columns, right next to each other.
To finish the centerpiece, put some glue around the top inside of the tube. Take the 6X6" piece of tissue paper and stuff it into the tube. Push it gently against the sides so that it sticks to the glue. You can always use another piece if you'd like it to be fuller.
Display the centerpiece on your table for Palm Sunday! (This is the demo I made.)
Happy Palm Sunday!
Carolyn
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