Prayer Garden Photos

OK found a few photos... and ran by church to take some pics of the alleyway (window well) garden area since I couldn't find those.

This is the garden -- the windows are to our Fellowship Hall. You can see the benches along the wall.

Mosaic Garden Benches

They are concrete benches - the kids used tiles and stained glass to make mosaic symbols on the top.

Below are photos looking down onto the top of the benches.

Bench #1 (above) - of the sun was done by our middle grades.

Bench #2 (above) - the younger kids did this Pray Bench. Not sure if you can tell, but to the right of the "Y" they used leaf shaped tiles to depict the garden.

Bench #3 (above) - pretty good representation of a garden. The older kids designed this one. These benches have been outside for 10+ years, so they have held up remarkably well.

Birdbath

This was actually designed to be a birdbath... but has since been turned into a flower pot saucer.

Birdbath view from "side" (above) -  It's made from a large clay saucer glued to an upside down pot. Writing says, "My peace I give to you."

Birdbath view from "top" (above) - the inside of the large clay saucer is where the kids created a mosaic of the Cross.

Stepping Stones

These were made by last year's confirmation class -- they never grouted them.

Cross Stepping Stone (above)

Butterfly Stepping Stone (above). The stepping stone (communion) on the right (above) -- was made by a real artist in the church as a gift.

Mosaic Flower Pots

Set up for the mosaic pots (pictured above).

Supplies: large clay pots with saucers. containers of round glass pebbles (flat on one-side), pencils, paper patterns for tracing shapes onto outside of pots, white glue, glue holders (plastic cups), glue brushes.

TIP: We've discovered that the little round glass pebbles are MUCH easier for kids to work with... and they do fine with the grouting. We encouraged them to choose simple shapes and talked about key symbols...

Completed pots... allow to dry 24 hours then grout.