Last year we added the Jesus Tree to our Lenten family activities and greatly enjoyed it. Having daily lessons on Christ and his life very beautifully added to the season and made it more meaningful for our young children. Might I say, this project is not for the weary! The initial work is a good bit of effort--a little sacrifice for your Lenten journey. Every week I would set out to make that week's ornaments and find myself behind and rushing to make the ornament right up to the lesson. Now that I have a year under my belt, though, everything is made and we are ready to go with greater ease. The time invested is well worth it.
This site offers you all the materials for making the tree, patterns, scripture, etc. If only they'd make the ornaments for you! $21 is still a great price for having someone else gather your materials and deliver them to your front door.
And it's never too late to start. You could begin with the lessons and add the tree and ornaments later. It might be just what your family is looking for to spruce up this holy season of Lent. Many blessings.
8 comments:
I am jealous of this project already completed, now you get to enjoy the fruits of your labor!
I know that my kids would love this, though, so I should probably just do it.
I just bought this! Thanks for the link.
I would not recommend ordering this at this time. I just got a notice that it will not ship until March, and might take a week after that to arrive. So if you want this item for this lent, look elsewhere!
B-Mama,
I, like Red, rushed over to order one of these kits only to find that they're out of stock. I've searched high and low and can't find them anywhere else, so I've resolved to make my own using the more detailed pictures and matching readings found here:
http://showerofroses.blogspot.com/2008/01/from-jesse-tree-to-jesus-tree.html
Could you tell me, though, about how big the whole tree is and how big the little items are. For instance, about how tall and wide is the sheep or the walking on water image? I can't figure out just what size I should make everything. Thank you!
KC
Oops--I meant to actually link to this post, that shows the items on the tree for the first week (and the others can be seen by looking at the "Lent" category for any of you wanting to also try to do this yourself)!
http://showerofroses.blogspot.com/2008/01/jesus-tree-week-one.html
I just realize that you link to the same blog in your post, which I missed before. I really am not as unobservant as I am right now coming across! Sigh.
KC
KC, you'll be great going by sight--that's what I did last year. I would say my tree is approx. 3 ft. by 3 ft. The little ornaments are generally around 2in by 2 in. I often just followed the picture on the web and made it approximately the same size. Some were definitely smaller, though the smaller they were, the harder the detail was to make! Good luck!
Thank you, B-Mama!
KC
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