Fast Pray Give Coloring

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:

-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.

Check out these finished Fast Pray Give Coloring art pieces!