We did some awesome activities for Holy Week. I found some great ideas on the blogs called Catholic Icing and Catholic Inspired. For Palm Sunday, the kids made torn paper palm branches. I drew the outline of a palm branch on black paper and the kids tore pieces of green paper and glued them onto the black paper.
We also did this stations of the cross activity from Catholic Inspired.
We made this Communion craft when we talked about the Last Supper.
We talked about Veronica's veil and then the kids made their own version on a 4"x4" piece of muslin cloth.
On Holy Thursday, we talked about the washing of the feet and created this craft. We used our fists and fingerprints to make small feet.
We also made Resurrection Rolls on Holy Thursday.
Throughout the week, we worked on Holy Week in Fingerprints which I adapted from this activity on the Catholic Icing Blog. It turned out to be a cute keepsake for the parents.
We also made this Golgotha Scene for our classroom. I had the kids gather rocks, dirt, and sticks and then we placed them inside a clay saucer.
This is the finished project. It is still at out religion center in our classroom.
It was a busy week, but the kids learned a lot about Jesus' last few days.
Last week was Holy Week. I did a lot of activities with my students to help them learn about Holy Week. They did a writing activity, but I forgot to take a picture of it. The students had to draw a picture of one thing that happened to Jesus right before his crucifixion. Then, they had to write about what they drew.
After we learned about Palm Sunday, the students made this tear-and-glue palm leaf.
We also learned about the Veil of Veronica. The students made their own veils by drawing Jesus' head with the crown of thorns on a piece of muslin cloth. Some of the students added blood too.
On Wednesday afternoon, we had an Easter egg hunt. I filled about 240 eggs with toys that were donated by my students' families and then I scattered hid the eggs on our grass field. The students had a great time looking for eggs.
On Holy Thursday, the fourth and fifth graders reenacted the Washing of the Feet and the Last Supper for the whole school. My students were silent the whole time; they said it was just like what happened in the Bible.
I hope you had a faith filled Holy Week and a Happy Easter!
