Lent Art Project for class or church event.
I posted this photo of our Psalm 8 "When I look to the heavens" decoupaged jar, and it dawns on me that it could easily be redesigned as a "Lenten Journey Jar" with the symbol of a "path" on it, along with other Lenten symbols.
Inside the jar could be slips of paper with "things to do/pray today" or use it to collect some of those "40" ideas suggested here.
The shape of the plastic canister seen below also reminds me of a soda can. How interesting would it be to decoupage cans of drinking water for a Lenten Journey refreshment. Recall the angel provided Elijah jar of water and bread in the wilderness when he was running from Ahab heading for Horeb (1 Kings 19:5-18).
Add a message to the can and you also have something you can SHARE with church and family members (I like that "sharing aspect").
Decoupaging here simply means "gluing" pieces of tissue paper to a surface, such as a plastic jar. Mod-Podge brand glue is great for this and dries to the touch in 20 minutes and to a hard sheen in hours.
For our "jar" we purchased a case of see-through acrylic "cans" from Oriental Trading Co. You can find other plastic jars online.
The "journey" could be represented by a winding path made of different strips or colors of tissue. Notice that in our Psalm 8 jar above we added to pieces of tissue that look like people (and they are).
