Stations of the Cross

Lent is at about the halfway point. Our zeal for the season and eagerness to sacrifice has lost some of its intensity, but we continue to prepare ourselves for Easter in little ways, like listening to Holy Heroes in the car on the way to school and making crafts to remind us of Jesus' sacrifice. One project that we recently finished was our Stations of the Cross "stained glass windows." 

There was a moderate amount of prepwork that went into these, but I just love them. 

First, I drew the silhouettes of each station (and frames) and cut them out on black cardstock. Then, I stuck the cutouts on contact paper, and the kids put tissue paper squares on the leftover sticky parts. 

I made sure to just do one at a time because I didn't want the kids to get tired of making their craft and then end up with sticky contact paper lying around. It took us a few days to do them all. 

Once they had covered all the gaps, I put another piece of contact paper on the opposite side, and voilá! Our very own stained glass window!

Here are all the stations, in order:

1. Jesus is condemned to die. 

2. Jesus takes up his cross. 

3. Jesus falls the first time.

4. Jesus meets his mother. 

5. Simon helps Jesus carry his cross. 

6. Veronica wipes Jesus' face. 

7. Jesus falls the second time. 

8. Jesus speaks to the women of Jerusalem. 

9. Jesus falls the third time. 

10. Jesus is stripped of his clothes. 

11. Jesus is nailed on the cross. 

12. Jesus dies on the cross. 

13. Jesus is taken down from the cross. 

14. Jesus is laid in the tomb. 

Now they are all hanging in my kitchen windows. May they remind us of Jesus' great love for us. 

Next up: Corporal Acts of Mercy