I stopped in my tracks on Pinterest when I saw this photo the other day:
(I researched it and I believe it originated on the creator’s Facebook page and ended up on Pinterest. Thank you, Melissa Holt for the beautiful idea!)
I knew it would be on our list for Spring Break this week. Easter is still three weeks away, but as Christians we celebrate it every day, right?
Since I have three do-it-yourselfers at home and I’m a very wise mom, I knew that one Resurrection Garden would lead to sin (also known as sibling rivalry). So we created three mini Resurrection Gardens.
It was easy to make, everyone got to add their own touches and it cost pretty much the same as making one large one like the picture above.
Supplies Needed: We found all of ours at WalMart and averaged about $7.50 per mini garden.
- Terra cotta mini pot (tomb)
- Terra cotta small tray
- Small pebbles from Floral dept(one bag was plenty for three)
- Grass seed (we have enough left over for the bare patch in our yard)
- One small bag of potting soil
- Small twigs and Large rock (smaller than a child’s fist) from the yard
- Glue gun
- Spray water bottle
1. Place mini pot on the tray and add potting soil around it.
2. Pack soil in and on top of the mini pot, forming a small hill.
3. Add pebbles coming from the opening of the “tomb”
4. Place larger rock half covering the tomb
5. Sprinkle grass seed on the soil
6. Glue small twigs to form three crosses (hot glue works best)
7. Stick each cross into the “hill” behind the tomb
8. Spray soil lightly every day with water bottle
9. Watch and wait for new life (grass) to spring forth!
It’s a beautiful reminder that He is Risen!
Indeed.
Oh my! I totally love this idea, and I’m definitely going to do it. Thanks so much for sharing the idea!
I LOVE this!!! LoveLoveLove!!!
He is Risen Indeed!!!
Oh my goodness, I LOVE this project!
I host a weekly, week-long party called Inspire Me Monday. I would be thrilled if you shared this project at Create With Joy!
Have a fabulous week!
Create With Joy
http://create-with-joy.com
What a cute idea! Make me looking forward to visiting the real one!! (we are blessed to live only a 30 minute drive from it
)
Love that!!!! My 5 year old son would love this project- he gets so excited when he spots three crosses out in a field somewhere. Thanks for a neat project and a beautiful reminder that our Lord is risen!
I love this!!!!
This is a great project! I can’t wait to do this with my boys over spring break. Thank you for the step by step pictures too.
VERY CUTE idea!
Love it! Thanks for spelling out the instructions. Very helpful.
I was so touched when I saw the picture of this. I love it. I can’t wait to make one for our family and possibly a few friends, family members, and neighbors. Thank you for sharing.
Yay! When I saw this on interest (the original picture) I really wanted to make it, but didn’t feel very confident without instructions and pics. Now I think I will for sure do this with my boys. Thank you SO much!
Thank you so much for posting this! We are going to make one today for our granddaughters. They already have a 40 days of Lent tree which is really neat. This will be just the thing to complete that lesson.
would love to know about the 40 day lent tree
So, about how much did this cost you? I’m thinking of trying this, but I don’t really want to drag all three of my small children to lowe’s to find out that it’s kind of pricey.
Ok love love love this! Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful idea for my kids that we can do for Sunday school. I think I’m going to have one small one per family to save some money. It’s also something crafty i know wont end up in the trash in a month or thrown in the kitchen drawer. So excited for Resurrection Sunday!
This is awesome. I feel like this is something we could actually do. Maybe I’ll be fun mom next week (our spring break).
Love this! We’re moving to Italy tomorrow with Youth with a Mission and will have a very sunny new home. Can’t wait to build one of these gardens. Thanks, Kristen, for sharing!
This is so expressive and easy enough for a wanna be craft person to do, like me! Love it and can’t wait to do it
Just made this with my kids yesterday! Thanks for the great idea!!
Love this idea… we’re heading out this AM to purchase what we need for this… Kids seems excited! Should be great. Hopefully we’ll have grass and it will be completely grown in for Easter in a couple weeks.
Cass
just purchased our supplies today…going to put them together with our grandchildren (got the permission
of their parents!) in a couple of days…one for their home and one for ours. thank you for sharing this beautiful idea <3
My daughter and I just made ours today-I was totally inspired by your post! What a great way to help celebrate Easter~thanks!!
I love this and have shared it with others. Thank you for showing you Christianity in an over-commercialized society.
Wow! What a simple but powerful message our kids can make. Thanks for sharing this.
Ooooooooo — I LOVE this! Your version is darling, and I’m sure the kids take great pride in building their own. I pinned it and I’m totally doing this
Thanks so much and blessings to you during this precious season!
Krista
We’re making one today! I LOVE this idea! Another site I was looking at with the same idea also included instructions to wrap up a tiny doll with gauze and put it in the tomb on Good Friday and put the large stone over the opening. Then before the kids are up Easter morning, roll the stone away and take out the doll but leave the gauze. He is risen!!
So cute! And I love the fact that I already have everything in my garage! That rarely happens for me! Thanks!
LOVE THIS IDEA!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING.
We made ours today!!
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I love this! This is such great idea. I cannot wait until my daughter is old enough to understand.
Thanks for this awesome idea. The leader of our Children’s Ministry found this on your blog and we are making these today at Sunday School. What a fun outdoor craft for a sunny CA Sunday! Very appropriate for just around Easter!
Thanks and God Bless.
Thank you for sharing. I did thhis with my girls. It was a great project to do with them.
What a cute idea!!!
This is beautiful! Praise the Lord!!!!!
I love this! Thank you Jesus!
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I lived this idea. It is very cheap to do. It only cost me $13.00 and that was because I had to buy a glue gun and glue sticks. Everything else I needed I was able to get at the Dollar Store. I Love my resurrection garden!
so after getting all my materials I spent about 25 bucks for 1 but I did get a little larger terra cotta bottom and a lot larger mini pot I’m doing this with Sunday school and I wanted more room for the kids to be around if I wanted to buy more pots it wouldn’t be that much more because the most of your money goes to the big bag of soil in a big bag of seed what you don’t need that much I think I will wait till after spring and get some for next year on sale thank you so much and I’m so excited to do this craft with my kids today
We loved this idea, thank you for sharing!
We are going to feature a link to your blog on March 21st so our Facebook followers can enjoy this great idea!
If you want to check it out, here is a link to our page.
https://www.facebook.com/CatholicFamilyGifts
Thank you and God Bless!
Michaela
This is so pretty and tasteful for Easter! Love it!
Thanks for the inspiration. I spent my afternoon making a small version using, pea gravel, moss,etc collected in the neighborhood and a starter pot & suacer already in my gardening supplies. I’m super pleased with the way it turned out