Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Lent 2009

2010 Update!

Here is the image scanned in and made into a PDF or JPG for you to print.

PDF Version

JPG Version (click the image below)

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Sadly, I haven't been keeping up with this blog as I had hoped. But today, I was inspired by this blog post, to create our own version of a Lent calendar!

I'm out of printer ink, so I had to get crafty. A crafty person, I am not! I'm pretty pleased with the results though. I used this image and sketched it out on heavy card stock, in pencil.



Next, I used this image, to give it the elements to make it look more like the traditional Agnus Dei symbol.



When I was satisfied, I went over it in a large black sharpie. It came out like this:



This was to be the template. Because I have 3 kids that have "me too!" syndrome. They all want a piece of the action. I used regular printer paper, and traced the template, put their names on it, and "Lent 2009" because I know I'll want to save these in their memory box.



There was no room for me to put the Lent calendar directly on the lamb. I decided to make a basic calendar and post it underneath. My 5yo will enjoy coloring each day purple. I marked his favorite devotion on there as well. Divine Mercy! The 5yo is really into reading calendars these days. By the end of Lent, I believe he'll be a pro.



The children will glue one cotton ball each day, on their lambs.

Thank you, to Karen Edmisten for this inspiration!

4 comments:

Karen Edmisten said...

I love your lambs -- they are beautiful!

Karen Edmisten said...

And I'm going to take exception to your "not crafty" characterization of yourself! :)

Lisa said...

Oh, Mel, what a great idea!

Lisa W

Melanie said...

thank you! maybe i'll try to scan it in and offer it as a pdf. if it works, i'll make another post.