Catholic Church

Parts of the Church

1. Sancutary
1. Fold a piece of cardstock in half.
2. Altar
1. Cut to slits in the fold and push through to make the table.
2. Cut white fabric for altar cloth.
3. Altar candles
1. Use 2 gold pipe cleaners for the candles
2. hot glue a gold sequin to the tops and then glue white pipe cleaners to the top for candles.
4. Sanctuary lamp
1. We used a red bead for the sanctuary lamp.
5. Tabernacle
1.  cut an opening in the wall with a knife.
2. glue a piece of gold paper on the flap
3. stick a sticker cross on the gold door
4. behind the tabernacle we glued a picture of the Eucharist with Jesus in it
6. Crucifix
1. Usually I have the kids make a cross out of small popsicle sticks and then have them draw Jesus on the front.
7. Stained glass window
1. We cut a hole into the wall of the sanctuary.
2. The kids then colored a piece of tranparency with permanent markers.