Cross Crafts for Sunday School

How to Make Cross Crafts Including: Paper Mache and Wire Cross, Silver Duct Tape 3D Cross, Glowing Nativity Bible Cross, Plastic Canvas Cross, Nail Cross, Stained Glass Window Cross

 

New! Paper Mache and Wire Cross Craft for Kids

What you will need: Paper Mache Cross, wire that is thin enough to go through small beads, small beads, and acrylic paint.

How to make:

1. Paint the paper mache cross with acrylic paint and let it dry.

2. Decide on a design and then wrap wire around your cross and form it into shapes such as flowers, stars, swirls, etc. As you wrap add beads, buttons, and other decorative items to the wire.

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New! Silver Duct Tape 3D Cross Craft for Sunday School

What you will need: Fun foam shaped cross or fun foam pieces,Shurtape AF 912 aluminum duct tape (You can find this tape at a Lowe's or other home improvement store in the heating and air conditioning section. It costs about $7.00 for 120 yards. It is not Duck tape.), black acrylic paint, paper towels, gems, and utensils to engrave the tape. You can use a ballpoint pen, the end of a paint brush, and the tines of a fork.

How to make:

1. Cover the top of the fun foam cross with the duct tape, pressing it down and smoothing it out. (You can cut cross shapes from pieces of fun foam if you don't have a precut one.)

2. Press your utensils down into the tape to make shapes and designs.

4. When you are done with your design paint the entire surface of the cross with black acrylic paint. Let it dry for a few minutes, but not completely. Wipe the paint off the surface of the tape with a folded, damp paper towel. Press lightly so that you don't remove all the paint. You want the paint to remain in the indented areas so that the design shows up better. You do not have to add the black paint. (The cross on the right was done without the paint. The design is harder to see but still effective.)

5. Once the paint has dried thoroughly, you can wipe the surface again to make it shiny.

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Glowing Nativity Bible Cross Craft

What you will need: Bright yellow computer paper, oil (such as Canola oil or olive oil), paint brush, and paper towels.

How to make:

1. Print out the cross pattern (Large file or small file) onto bright yellow computer paper and cut it out. If you have a printer that has water soluble ink, print out the pattern onto white computer paper and then use a copy machine to copy the pattern onto yellow paper. (Printing Problems?)

2. Place a small amount of oil (1 teaspoon) into a cup. Use a paint brush to brush the oil over the back of the cross. When you have covered the entire cross with oil use paper towels to soak up any left over oil by pressing the cross pattern between to sheets of paper towels. The oil on the paper will make the paper translucent.

3. Tape the cross on a window. The images in the cross will seem to glow.

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Glowing "He Lives" Easter Cross Sunday School Craft

 

What you will need: Bright yellow computer paper, oil (such as canola oil or olive oil), paint brush, and paper towels.

How to make:

1. Print out the cross pattern onto bright yellow computer paper and cut it out.

(The pattern for this cross is available to members only.)

*If you have a printer that has water soluble ink, print out the pattern onto white computer paper and then use a copy machine to copy the pattern onto yellow paper. (*Inkjet printers are water soluable.)

2. Place a small amount of oil (1 teaspoon) into a cup. Use a paint brush to brush the oil over the back of the cross. When you have covered the entire cross with oil use paper towels to soak up any left over oil by pressing the cross pattern between to sheets of paper towels. The oil on the paper will make the paper translucent.

3. Tape the cross on a window. The images in the cross will seem to glow.

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Plastic Canvas Cross Bible Craft

What you will need: 7 mesh plastic canvas, 6mm ribbon to match, and pony beads to match.

How to make: Click here for the directions.

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Nail Cross Bible Craft

What you will need: 2" masonry nails, 2 1/2" masonry nails, and thin wire. (Tru-Value Hardware Store)

How to make:

1. Place the two 2 1/2" nails next to each other facing opposite directions.  Wrap the wire a couple or times around the nail about 1/3 of the way from the top.

2. Place the two 2" nails next to each other facing in opposite directions. Place them on top and across the the 2 1/2" nails and wrap the wire around the nails to form a cross.  Bring the wire up and around to the head of the nail at the top of the cross. 

3. Wrap the wire around the head and then form a loop with the wire.  Cut off the excess wire.

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Stained Glass Window Cross Bible Craft

Children of all ages will enjoy making this craft.

What you will need: Black construction paper, white typing paper, paper glue, crayons or markers, (Highlighter markers work very well.) and glitter glue (optional).
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How to make:

1. Print out the pattern. (Printing Problems?)

2. Use the pattern to cut the outer window shape and the cross from black construction. Cut the inner window shape from white typing paper.

3. Show the children how to fold up their white window shape at different angles making sure the crease the fold each time they fold it. They can unfold and then fold again at a different angle. 

4. Tell the children to keep folding and unfolding their paper until they can see that the patterns they created by folding the paper are about all the same size.

5. Have the children unfold their paper and trace the lines they created by folding the paper with a dark marker. Then have them color in the different shapes with markers and crayons.

6. When the children are done coloring glue the window shape on top of the bigger black window shape.  Glue the cross on top.

7. Your children may want to paint on glitter glue to finish.

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