Cross and Flower Activity Easter Tradition

Cross and Flower Tradition

Cross and Flowers Easter Tradition This cross and flower activity has been a special tradition for my family for several years now. It is an easy DIY idea during Lent (the 40 days leading up to Easter), and teaches an important lesson about Christ’s righteousness and his work on the cross. Here are the directions:

Supplies:

Wooden pieces (3 crosses, 4 squares, and platform)
Spray Paint (I used a champagne color)
Glue gun
Ribbon (purple, black, and white)

Instructions:

1. Spray paint the wooden pieces and allow them to dry.

2. Use the square pieces as platforms for the crosses. Use two pieces for the middle cross to make it higher than the others. Glue them together, and allow to dry.

3. Place the crosses on a large platform if you choose, and drape with the purple ribbon for the beginning of Lent. You will change the color to black on Good Friday and then white on Easter Sunday (this is a popular tradition in liturgical churches and a great visual tool). You can visit our Easter Colors page to learn more about the significance of these colors.

4. Throughout Lent, kids (and adults) can place a flower on the cross whenever they do a good deed, or if they are fasting from something (sugar, computer time, etc.), they can place a flower on the cross when they are reminded of that thing. As the flowers wilt and die, I collect them in a jar.

5. When Easter Sunday arrives, I place fresh white lilies at the cross (see our Easter Lilies page for information on the symbolism of the lily). I use this opportunity to explain that our works (the wilted and dead flowers) are never enough to get us into heaven. Jesus’ life and death on the cross are the only perfect sacrifices (symbolized by the white lilies), and Jesus offers them on our behalf so that we can enter heaven!

Having put our faith in Jesus, we become God’s children, and we are blessed “in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ” (Ephesians 1:3). Once we accept this amazing gift of grace, our little jar of flowers isn’t just thrown out. God brings life to the sacrifices and deeds that we do in gratitude for what he has done for us. Since we are his children, God accepts our “gifts” and will even reward us for them in heaven.

To summarize, our works can NEVER earn heaven, only Jesus’ perfect life can do that. But, when we put our faith in Jesus, God not only accepts the perfect life of Jesus that was given on our behalf (and secures our place in heaven), but he helps us to follow him on earth — he will even reward us in heaven for our earthly sacrifices and deeds!

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