Palm Sunday is celebrated every year on Sunday preceding Easter, marking the beginning of Holy Week. In 2025, this anniversary falls on April 13 and commemorates Jesus’ entry to Jerusalem, his last days of earthly life, and the celebration of his passion, death and resurrection.
Among the most significant symbols of this day are the Olive rateswhich represent Peace and image of Jesusand palm brancheswhose sacredness has been rooted since ancient times. In the Greco-Roman traditionin fact, the palm was a symbol of victory and connection between the earthly and divine world.
When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem, the crowd agitated palm branches as a sign of reception. Today, both the palm branches and those of olive tree (most used in the West) symbolize Christ and the triumph of peace.
If this year, on the occasion of the Palm Sundayyou want to make some chore Here, here are some easy and nice DIY ideas to offer to children. Involving them in some creative project can be the right opportunity to explain to them the importance of peace.
DIY greeting card
The first job that we propose is a greeting card that can be made with a simple sheet of blue paper and a sheet of white paper. The protagonist in this case is the white dove with olive twig in the beak, another symbol of peace associated with Easter.
Garland with paper doves
This garland of paper doves is very simple to make: you are enough sheets of white and yellow paper, scissors and a thin string.
Ghirland with olive branches
You can help you children to make one Ghirland with olive branchesperfect to hang on the door on the occasion of Palm Sunday.
Heart with a sprig of olive and dove
Here is another DIY jobs in the name of peace very simple to make together with the children. You are enough a sheet of white cardboard, watercolors in the shade of the blue, brush, scissors, colored pen, glue and olive sprig.
Paper palm
If the children are older, try to make with them a magnificent paper palm following the simple instructions of this video tutorial.
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