Fast Pray Give Coloring artwork, offers a spiritual focus and personal meaning to the three pillars of Lent. This project covers Common Core Standards for Religion for grades 3-5.
Grade Level
3rd, 4th, 5th grades. This project was created by 4th grade students.
Objective for Fast Pray Give Art
Students will create images that symbolize the three pillars of Lent, Fast Pray Give.
Time
4 – 30 min lessons
Materials
- Crayons or Colored Pencils
- Black Construction Paper – Tru-Ray – 103061 Sulphite Construction Paper, 12 x 18 Inches, Black, 50 Sheets – 054150
- Light Blue Construction paper – Tru-Ray Heavyweight Construction Paper, Sky Blue, 9″ x 12″, 50 Sheets
- Magenta construction paper – Pacon SunWorks Construction Paper, 9-Inches by 12-Inches, 50-Count, Magenta (6403)
- Violet construction paper – SunWorks Heavyweight Construction Paper, 9 x 12 Inches, Violet, 100 Sheets
- Metallic sharpie markers – Sharpie Metallic Permanent Markers, 3 Count
- White copy paper or white construction paper
- Scissors
- Glue stick
Inspiration/Artist
I made this project by using the pillars of Lent found on a variety of websites listed in the first step of this lesson.
Instruction with Questions
First
Here is a list of great resources to help teach kids the variety of meanings behind Prayer, Fasting and Alms Giving. These can be difficult to understand unless they have some real life context for how it can look in their everyday lives. You can print one of these resources out, show it on the overhead, or just use them to help guide a good discussion.
#1
Homegrowncatholics.blogspot.com also linked to http://stbrigidsacademy.blogspot.com/
There are four pages of ideas on her site! Here is one example…
#2
Words directly from Pope Francis on pietrafitness.com (which offers a Catholic focused fitness program)
#3
From Kurt Rahn on Tumblr:
#4
Words from Charisministries.blogspot.com
Fasting and Feasting
Lent should be more than a time of fasting.
It should also be a joyous season of feasting.
Lent is a time to fast from certain things and to feast on others.
It is a season to turn to God:
Fast from judging others; feast on the goodness in them.
Fast from emphasis on differences; feast on unity of all life.
Fast from apparent darkness; feast on the reality of light.
Fast from thoughts of illness; feast on the healing power of God.
Fast from words that pollute; feast on phrases that purify.
Fast from discontent: feast on gratitude.
Fast from anger; feast on patience.
Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism.
Fast from worry; feast on divine order.
Fast from complaining; feast on appreciation.
Fast from negatives: feast on affirmatives.
Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast on unceasing prayer.
Fast from hostility; feast on non-resistance.
Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness.
Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others.
Fast from personal anxiety; feast on eternal Truth.
Fast from discouragement; feast on hope.
Fast from facts that depress; feasts on truths that uplift.
Fast from lethargy; feast on enthusiasm.
Fast from suspicion; feast on truth.
Fast from thoughts that weaken; feast on promises that inspire.
Fast from shadows of sorrow; feast on the sunlight of serenity.
Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence.
Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that supports.
~William Arthur Ward
What will you fast from this Lent in order to more fully turn to God?
What will you feast on this Lent in order to more fully turn to God?
#5
From LooktoHimandBeRadiant.com
Second
Discuss ways that students can use images to symbolize the pillars of Lent. Pass out this handout of visual examples.
Third
Here is where you can decide how to deviate this project. I have done it a variety of ways.
For this example, pass out the words Fast Pray Give and ask students to color them in.
Fourth
Pre-cut 4-4.5″ squares with the three colors of construction paper.
Students create images on copy or construction paper that illustrate each of the three pillars. I recommend giving them a white paper with a “squared off” area that their image can fill. This will prevent them from drawing too small or too large. They will cut out their images and glue them into each construction color square. The squares are then glued to the black construction paper with the words glued below them.
Finally, using metallic sharpies, students label their black paper with the word Lent.
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