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Easter: Life of Jesus Cross

By Karen Cox | Affiliate Disclosure | Filed Under: Uncategorized

This is a cross the children can make after you have read many stories to them about the life and resurrection of Jesus.

Life of Jesus Cross: Easter Craft for Kids

Print the cross template onto cardstock to use as a pattern. Trace this cross pattern onto construction paper and cut it out (or have the children cut it out). Print the Life of Jesus Cards onto cardstock and cut out each piece (or have the children cut them out). The card that says “Life of Jesus” should go in the middle. The other cards surround it. Have children place their cards on the cross, then glue them. Ask children to retell the story of Jesus while pointing to each picture.

Life of Jesus Cross

This set of Life of Jesus cards can also be used as sequencing cards.

If you have a lot of students and want to cut costs, you don’t have to use cardstock , and you can print in grayscale and make copies if you don’t want to use color ink. The grayscale pictures do look nice when you glue them to colorful construction paper.

Download the Life of Jesus Printables

Cross Printable

Cross Printable

Download: Cross Pattern

Life of Jesus Picture Cards

Life of Jesus Printable

Download: Life of Jesus Cards

More Preschool Christian Easter Ideas can be found here!

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28 Comments Tagged With: Preschool

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  1. becki w. says

    March 27, 2011 at 10:07 pm

    i love this printable! but i have a quick question, which may sound stupid: how do i turn it into grayscale? i don’t see an option to do that while it’s in PDF form and when i copy it over to word the picture is small. by the time i enlarge it, the pictures are blurry – so i think i’m missing something! thanks for any help you can offer!

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    • Karen says

      March 27, 2011 at 10:55 pm

      Hi Becky, you don’t need to convert the PDF to any other form. If you’re using Windows, just click CTRL-P to print, then when your window comes up for printing, click “Preferences”. Then click the “Color” tab, then under “Color Options” check the box “Print in grayscale”. Different computers might be slightly different, but I think these instructions will work for most. For those who have a Mac, I’m sure a Google search will show some instructions for printing in grayscale.

      Reply
  2. Casey L says

    March 28, 2011 at 4:38 pm

    thank you thank you thank you for this its awesome and very practical

    Reply
  3. Christine says

    March 29, 2011 at 8:29 pm

    This is fantastic! My team teacher and I have been searching for a preschool-friendly Lenten activity to do with our students for a year now. In the past, we have done variations of the Stations, but felt it was just way too much for them. This is the answer to our quest. Thank you so much! I love your website, and your activities have really enriched our curriculum this year. Great job!

    Reply
    • Karen says

      March 29, 2011 at 11:58 pm

      Thanks so much, Casey & Christine!

      Reply
  4. Eilis says

    April 15, 2011 at 4:45 pm

    We made the Life of Jesus Cross today. We found and reviewed the stories in our Children’s Bible. I printed the crosses on card stock, had the kids cut them out and paint them with watercolor paints, then after some time to dry, the kids cut out the pictures and glued them on. I then ran them through my home Scotch brand laminator (heavier quality laminating than our school’s machine). When I laminated them, I left about 1/2 inch of clear laminating at the top of the cross so I wouldn’t have to punch a hole in the actual cross. I cut out the laminating in the same shape as the cross, punched a hole in the top, and added a ribbon loop. I am hoping they will be hung up at home. They are each very unique since since some kids painted them in squares like mosaics, others painted hearts or flowers. Beautiful results! Thanks Karen.

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    • Karen says

      April 15, 2011 at 4:56 pm

      Great idea, Eilis! (I have a Scotch laminator, too. Aren’t they great?!)

      Reply
  5. enass says

    December 16, 2012 at 5:37 pm

    good

    Reply
  6. Lynelle says

    February 15, 2013 at 10:56 pm

    You could also fold the cross up and make it into a box and tie it with ribbon. Then it’s like a present and when you open it up the present inside is Jesus and all He gave us through His life and the cross.

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    • Karen says

      February 17, 2013 at 11:43 pm

      Thanks for sharing, Lynelle! Sounds like a neat idea!

      Reply
  7. Mare says

    January 16, 2014 at 4:02 pm

    Hi Karen!
    I like Your ideas for teaching:)
    I work with children at church. Can i use Your materials for that purpose?
    Thank You.
    Greetings from Croatia šŸ™‚

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      January 16, 2014 at 7:20 pm

      Yes, that’s fine, thanks!

      Reply
  8. Ms. Michelle says

    February 10, 2014 at 8:58 am

    Thanks for sharing…..Love this!

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  9. MIchelle says

    April 2, 2014 at 5:15 pm

    Thank you SO much for this! It is perfect for our home school preschool class this Friday!
    God Bless!!!

    Reply
  10. Abby says

    April 5, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    I love this! I’m going to combine it with a lesson about Mexico and what they do for Semana Santa and glue tissue paper around the edges of the pictures, filling in the cross background. It’ll make it look like their sand drawings they do in Mexico!

    I was wondering if you had a non-colored version of the pictures? I would like them to color them. If not, I’ll have them color on the grey-scale version.

    Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      April 5, 2014 at 9:33 pm

      Hi Abby, I’m sorry, I don’t have those pictures in black and white. Glad you like the project!

      Reply
  11. Thao Huynh says

    April 14, 2014 at 4:02 am

    Thank you so much for sharing. In my country Vietnam. there’s not too many websites that help the Sunday school teachers. Thanks God that I found this website and I will use this Jesus life cross for my class next Sunday. Thank you once again.
    God bless!

    Reply
  12. Flora says

    April 15, 2014 at 6:52 am

    Greetings from Myanmar!
    Hi, I’ve been looking for a Christian crafts for Easter celebration. This would be perfect for the our children outreach. Thanks a lot. GBU

    Reply
  13. Heather says

    April 19, 2014 at 10:39 am

    I am using your cross template during my Church’s Easter Community Outreach event on April 19, 2014.

    Reply
  14. hanna says

    April 19, 2014 at 8:28 pm

    happy easter!!!

    thanks for your sharing the papers..

    from korea….^^

    Reply
  15. FELIX says

    December 29, 2015 at 1:12 am

    Hi Karen,
    Merry Christmas and Prosperous New Year 2016. I came across your children ministry materials and although I have not read many of it, I feel privileged to find access to these materials! Our children shall benefit a lot more next year and God bless your work.

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      January 5, 2016 at 8:39 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  16. Erica (Grandma) says

    March 9, 2016 at 7:00 am

    Thank you so much for the printables. I’m sending this to my grandson in Germany. What a blessing!

    Erica Hobbs (Grandma) in Alabama

    Reply
  17. Laura Beck says

    April 11, 2017 at 8:29 am

    Looks like such a great activity. Unfortunately it won’t download for me. It just goes to a black screen with no picture.

    Reply
    • Karen Cox says

      April 11, 2017 at 7:38 pm

      I’m sorry, Laura. Here’s my printing help page: https://www.prekinders.com/printing-problems/
      Most issues are solved by updating Adobe Reader.

      Reply
  18. Fiona says

    March 22, 2018 at 9:53 pm

    Love this, its perfect for my 3-4 year old Sunday School, thank you!

    Reply
  19. Fabiana says

    April 3, 2021 at 10:26 am

    Thanks a lot!!!
    Happy and blessed easter!!
    Fabiana
    from Brazil

    Reply
  20. LizD says

    April 1, 2022 at 9:58 am

    Thank you for sharing! Many blessings to you.

    Reply

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