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April 20, 2011

Colorful Light Ray Cross

Colorful Light Ray Cross ~ Easter Cross Oil Pastel

We love creating all kinds of fun Easter crafts for kids.  This simple Easter Cross is a beautiful reminder of what Easter really means amongst all the egg hunting, bunnies and easter baskets.

Colorful Light Ray Cross ~ Easter Cross Oil Pastel Kids Art

Materials Needed:

  • White Card Stock
  • Blue Painters Tape
  • Oil Pastels
  • Water colors

Colorful Light Ray Cross ~ Easter Cross Oil Pastel Kids Art

Cut a cross shape out of any regular weight paper from your recycling bin. It will be discarded so it does not have to be pretty.
Place the cross on a scrap piece of paper and have the kids color the edges with oil pastels. A thick line works the best. I also encouraged my kiddos to use a variety of colors on each side.

Colorful Light Ray Cross ~ Easter Cross Oil Pastel Kids Art

Gently stick the cross to the card stock with a piece of painters tape. Using one finger rub the oil pastel off the cross onto the white card stock creating colorful rays. The smaller fingers in our preschool co-op had a bit of trouble with this step, but with encouragement and assistance they did a great job! Remove the cross to reveal a beautiful outline. So pretty!

Colorful Light Ray Cross ~ Easter Cross Oil Pastel Kids Art

The hill with grass was done with the same technique only using green shades of oil pastels.  Tape the hill down first they the cross to create depth.

Apply a light wash of watercolor to the sky and hill.  The oil pastels will resist the watercolor creating a beautiful finished piece.  I love it!

Colorful Light Ray Cross ~ Easter Cross Oil Pastel Kids Art

For more Easter inspiration, check out our:

Borax Easter Crystals

Paper Plate Sheep

Egg Carton Cross

Funny Bunny Faces Game

Paper Chicks for cutting practice

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  3. Melted Crayon Cross
  4. Easy Cross Craft for Kids
Posted in Kid Art and tagged Cross, Easter, Kid Art, Oil Pastels, Watercolors.

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31 thoughts on “Colorful Light Ray Cross”

  1. maggy red ted art on April 20, 2011 at 6:14 pm said:

    Wow! That looks fabulous! What a great technique! So effective and perfect for the Easter cross!

    Thank you for linking up to Kids Get Crafty!

    Maggy

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  2. Julia on April 20, 2011 at 8:16 pm said:

    Beautiful! We’ll have to try this next!

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  3. Donnie on April 21, 2011 at 2:45 am said:

    That is just beautiful and I know my grandkids would love to do that. Thanks.

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  4. Krissy @ B.Inspired on April 21, 2011 at 11:55 am said:

    I love this process. It’s so great for all ages. I used to use it when I taught middle school art! But I haven’t even tried it with my kiddos yet. Thanks for the reminder!

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  5. B Fryman on April 21, 2011 at 1:37 pm said:

    Great craft! I haven’t seen this technique before! Bookmarking this to do!!

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  6. Amanda H on April 21, 2011 at 10:57 pm said:

    This is a really neat idea!!! when I first saw this crafty item, I thought it was a tshirt. so you think this would work on a tshirt with the right kind of paint?

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  7. tammy on April 22, 2011 at 2:16 pm said:

    this is so pretty, great job.

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  8. Andrea on December 13, 2011 at 10:12 pm said:

    I absolutely LOVE this… Going to take it to the church kid’s bible school. Right now with it being Christmas… I think it would be AMAZING as well in green & red ??? Maybe with Christmas Trees in the background and A BIG STAR in the sky… Just a thought.

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  9. katherine marie on April 1, 2012 at 3:57 pm said:

    Incredible!! BEAUTIFUL!

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  11. Tristine on April 4, 2012 at 2:18 pm said:

    Love this! I’m going to try it with finger paints!

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    • Denise Keaton on February 22, 2013 at 12:55 pm said:

      Did you try the colored cross with finger paint and did it work?
      Thanks,
      Denise

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    • Lisa on February 23, 2013 at 7:15 am said:

      I was thinking of trying it with markers and then using a wet finger to smear out the marker.

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  15. Lilloc on February 26, 2013 at 3:45 pm said:

    Beautiful. I am sharing this idea in my blog with your link…

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  16. Kelly on March 1, 2013 at 11:03 am said:

    Do you think 4 and 5 year old could do this project? I teach Sunday School and I LOVE this idea, but want to make sure my students are able to do this.

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  17. Jelli on March 12, 2013 at 6:21 pm said:

    Love this idea! I might make one on canvas to hang in my living room. What a pretty way to celebrate Christ’s resurrection!

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  18. Trisha on March 16, 2013 at 9:18 am said:

    I love this idea….except our oil pastels won’t smudge at all?? Maybe we need to try a different type of pastels (we’re using the type that looks very similar to a crayon but is not pointed) or do we need to add a little water to make it smear??

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  20. Jennifer on March 23, 2013 at 4:35 pm said:

    I went out and got all the supplies and am going to do this with my class at church tomorrow. My water colors didn’t turn out as well. Yours looks very professional. Any tips on the watercolor part?

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  28. April on April 9, 2014 at 7:13 pm said:

    I tried this with colored chalk with sparkles and it gave the same effect. Instead of using their fingers to spread the chalk I would have the kids use a hard thistle brush because their fingerprints got everywhere with the chalk.

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  29. Davina on April 12, 2014 at 1:38 am said:

    Hi this is beautiful idea. Am going to use it with the kids to talk about Joseph with his technicolor coat forgiving his brothers and link in with Jesus forgiveness and love for us. Thank you.xx

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