First Holy Communion Art
I taught Second Class for a few years so I picked up a few different ideas for Communion.
Paper Plate Chalices
You will start with this:
Paint the plate gold, then cut it in half.
Cut one of the halves in half again and discard one of the quarters.
Outline both pieces in black marker.
You should end up with this:
Cut one of the halves in half again and discard one of the quarters.
Outline both pieces in black marker.
You should end up with this:
Sellotape the two pieces together and your chalice is made!
You have a number of options for attaching a host.
You could use a plain white circle and glue it on or print off the child's photograph and place it onto the white circle.
I use old CDs and get the children to weave around the CD with white or cream wool.
You have a number of options for attaching a host.
You could use a plain white circle and glue it on or print off the child's photograph and place it onto the white circle.
I use old CDs and get the children to weave around the CD with white or cream wool.
If you decide to use the CD, as I did above, the putting together of it can be a bit tricky!
I use ribbon to tie it all together. I tie the ribbon to some wool on the back of the CD, leaving a little bit spare under where I've tied it on. I then staple the bits of ribbon onto the paper plate to keep it all together. In this way you can hang them off something. I usually write the children's names onto the plates and we use these to mark their seats in the church.
I use ribbon to tie it all together. I tie the ribbon to some wool on the back of the CD, leaving a little bit spare under where I've tied it on. I then staple the bits of ribbon onto the paper plate to keep it all together. In this way you can hang them off something. I usually write the children's names onto the plates and we use these to mark their seats in the church.
I write the names underneath the CD. I've just blurred out the child's name in this picture.
Crosses
While weaving the CDs like the one above, one of the children asked me why didn't they make the wool into a cross shape and I thought, not a bad idea!
I love using CDs as I think they look so well when the light catches them!
Stained Glass
Another idea that always works well for communion is doing a Stained Glass effect. There are a number of ways of doing this
(Images from Pinterest)
(Images from Pinterest)
There is a lot of work in them in cutting out all the shapes but they do look very well in the end.
The crosses are easier to do because you can use the sticky contact to make them.
The crosses are easier to do because you can use the sticky contact to make them.
You can also do a stained glass using string, cardboard, tin foil and permanent markers. I have done this as an art lesson but haven't used it for the Communion (yet!) I came across this idea first on Art Projects for Kids (Instructions in the link)
If you do decide to do this, get the strongest tin foil you can lay your hands on! The ordinary cheap stuff won't work it will keep ripping. Also, they recommend using Sharpies but you're unlikely to want to be spending that much money on it so use the Dealz version of them instead! I can't promise they'll last too long but they do the job nicely for a fraction of the price.
If you do decide to do this, get the strongest tin foil you can lay your hands on! The ordinary cheap stuff won't work it will keep ripping. Also, they recommend using Sharpies but you're unlikely to want to be spending that much money on it so use the Dealz version of them instead! I can't promise they'll last too long but they do the job nicely for a fraction of the price.
Murals
I absolutely love the murals that you can get on Art Projects for Kids. (Can you tell I visit that website fairly often!)
There are 49 pages in this mural of The Last Supper which I got the children to colour (with a little bit of guidance about which colour went where) and I stuck it all together after. It turned out really well!
I have also used this tree to form part of a display, not for the Communion but I think it has great potential to use for the communion as well e.g. leaves with the children's names.
These unfortunately are not free, they cost $5 each but I have bought a few of them and used them multiple times so I think they are well worth the money!
These are only a few ideas. There are many many more on Pinterest and Google! Good luck to everyone preparing for Communion!
I have also used this tree to form part of a display, not for the Communion but I think it has great potential to use for the communion as well e.g. leaves with the children's names.
These unfortunately are not free, they cost $5 each but I have bought a few of them and used them multiple times so I think they are well worth the money!
These are only a few ideas. There are many many more on Pinterest and Google! Good luck to everyone preparing for Communion!