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Little Donkey's Big Day (Palm Sunday
)
~ Palm Sunday is the sixth and final Sunday during Lent and it marks
the beginning of Holy Week
~ For Christians Palm Sunday is a day to commemorate Jesus journey to
Jerusalem.
~ Jesus's path was decorated with palm branches, which is a symbol of
victory
~ today palms and palm decorations are made and blessed as a reminder
of Jesus' journey.
~ Palm weaving is one of the techniques used
~ it is an art fom that takes palms and manipulates them to create various
designs following a weaving pattern
HELPFUL HINT for Palm Weaving with palm
weaving fronds
~ If the palms weaving fronds begin to dry out refresh them by soaking
them in water.
~ Take them out and shake well to remove the excess water.
~ Place the fresh palm weaving fronds a plastic bag and store in a refrigerator
or a cool place, to keep them pliable and easy to bend.
~ You can also re-use dried palms by boiling them in water to soften
-keep them moist while you are weaving.