Last Supper Placemats (for younger children)

We've preserved this art project idea here from a lesson that we retired. We really liked the idea of creating something that can become part of the family's dinner table during Holy Week.

The basic "placemat" can be as simple as paper or foam paper, or as artsy as a piece of loose-weave burlap, and then affix symbols and keywords from the story.

Using loose weave burlap, the students can use a crochet hook to weave/sew in scraps of cloth and yarn to create a scene, or object (like a cup), or a symbol (like a foot) found in the Last Supperstory, and a keyword such as "Remember."

Using foam "paper," students can cut and glue symbols and write on the foam.  "Stamps" could also be found/created and used with an ink pad to apply symbols and words to the foam. Burlap can also be stamped though you'll want to use something like an acrylic paint rather than ink to get it to show up on the burlap.