Celebrating All Saints' Day!
I love this day. We celebrate with saints both living and dead the faith that we all so love. What a wonderful scene that makes. My husband preached on All Saints' Day this morning and he talked about a church that someone had attended where members of the congregation would call out a name and the whole assembly would respond, "Present!". After this happened several times, the person who was a newcomer to this church realized that they were calling out the names of people who were no longer among the living, but those who have passed to the other side.
Halloween, or "All Hallow's Eve!", started as the beginning of this Christian celebration of saints both living and dead. And, like so many things that Christians have assimilated into our traditions, the pagan tradition of Halloween which grew out of this has become a part of our children's childhood. On Halloween, the little ghosts and goblins go out to scare away evil spirits. All children know about Halloween, but they should also know about the Celebration of the day afterwards, All Saints' Day, when we commune with our brothers and sisters who have gone ahead of us in the faith.
So, we made our Saint Crowns...
On the line beneath the picture of the children holding hands, write the name of the child who is making the crown.
You could easily draw pictures of children holding hands, but I found just the picture I wanted at this site:
http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=picture+of+children+holding+hands&view=detailv2&&id=A20A1002811F6CF0E732399B79D652316BC58109&selectedIndex=131&ccid=k7No7YBT&simid=608047819454877602&thid=OIP.M93b368ed80531d747a7d20ffff9574b1o0&ajaxhist=0
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| This is all you need for this craft. The crown and some extra card stock to help make the crown. |
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