Creations to Celebrate the Liturgical Year

• 12” x 18” felt rectangles—two purple, two white/gold, one green, and one red (at least one rectangle for each liturgical season)
• Construction paper and/or scraps of other colored felt
• Bibles
• Scissors
• Glue
• 12” dowel rods (one for each banner)
• Yarn or string

• Review the Liturgical Year.
• Brainstorm symbols that could be used to represent each of the seasons, such as the following:

Candle with evergreens (Advent)
Star or manger (Christmas)
Crown of thorns, cross, nails (Lent)
Butterfly, empty tomb (Easter)
Fire, dove, wind, or water (Pentecost)
Flowers, loaves and fishes (Ordinary Time)

• Explain to the children that they will be making a set of banners to be used throughout the year in your prayer center, based on the different seasons of the Liturgical Year.
• Divide the children into small groups and decide which liturgical season each group will represent. Distribute one large piece of felt of the appropriate color to each group.
• Ask each group to design a banner by using at least one of the above symbols and some part of a psalm suggested below for each season:

Advent—Psalm 72
Christmas—Psalm 24, Psalm 96, Psalm 98
Lent—Psalm 51, Psalm 130
Easter—Psalm 117, Psalm 118, Psalm 150
Pentecost—Psalm 104:1, 24, 29-30
Ordinary Time—Psalm 27, Psalm 34, Psalm 100

• Assist the children as needed to help them create their designs.
• To allow the banners to hang, fold down the top edges of the banners and glue them in place to make a one inch casing for the dowel rods. After the banners have dried, insert the rods and attach yarn or string to both ends.