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The girls made this crown and cross the day before Ash Wednesday. The crown has toothpick “thorns” that they remove when they make any little sacrifice. Our hope is that all the toothpicks will be gone by Easter and we can paint the crown with beautiful colors to celebrate Christ rising from the dead. The small lumps next to the crown were also made by the girls with the extra dough. We decided they look like stones and will represent the stone in front of Jesus’ tomb. They couldn’t resist putting more toothpicks in their stones. More sacrifices to make! Therese made the large dough cross to decorate our prayer shelf. We are lighting a candle for each week of Lent. The pink ribbon is for Guadete Sunday.

Salt Dough Crown, Cross and Candles