Given that the month of January is dedicated to the holy name of Jesus, I thought this would be a perfect Catholic craft for this month! If this only looks like an abstract mess to you, trust me- the picture below actually says Jesus 4 times:
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I saw it right away. I was kind of surprised when you said it was an optical illusion.
This craft could probably be adapted to younger children if the popsicle sticks are assembled before hand and they are set to glue different colored papers or cellophane on to the back.
The yellow and purple are my favorite! Can’t wait to use this as one of my crafts from Christmas Break and we know Christmas is not over yet! Thank you!
I had to look twice at the black with multi-color sticks. I think using multiple colors for the sticks draws the eyes away from the background. Love it! Off to buiy craft sticks 🙂
i think it's really easy to read. my one son loves popsicles, so we have a lot of popsicle sticks around here
This is great….I hope to use this as our craft in our Kindergarden CCD class this month (Of course, the sticks all pre-ready). Love your website.
I could see it right away, but the black isn't as obvious. I actually like the way the black name is more "hidden" so I think I'd be drawn to doing it that way.
This is really neat and definitely a different sort of craft. Thank you!
I could read it right away. Though maybe not if there had been a lot of the multicolor sticks on black. For some reason that's the hardest to see, probably all of the colors. This is a cool idea!
The top two were instant for me and the other two I had to focus on to see it. Especially the multicolor one. I may try this one with my boys this weekend if time allows. It would also be good to file away for VBS
Such a snazzy craft and colorful expression of Our Lord's Holy Name!
I remember this as being very difficult to read in the one I saw as a child (made out of two different shades of wood)
But I couldn't make myself NOT see JESUS on these 🙁
This is sooooooooooo neat! 🙂
Definitely the multicolored one is the more difficult one to read. As for the others, the name of Jesus just pops right out at you! Interesting craft idea.
I love reading your blog, although I'm ashamed to admit I haven't actually found time to DO any of the crafts yet.
Love this! Adding a link to this craft to my site as a part of crafts from reused items (popsicle sticks)!
Well, I’ve seen decorations sorta like this ever since I was a little girl, but I never saw a Popsicle stick craft like it before I made mine. I don’t mind if anyone wants to order it. It would be nice to have pre-cut Popsicle sticks. Thanks for sharing this link- very interesting. 🙂
do you have the whole font or just the word jesus i was trying to find the whole font so i could make a few name tags with that font —-thanks
It’s not a font- I don’t have the complete alphabet. Sorry!
do you have any link where I might find the alphabet??
We did this craft this morning in my second grade faith formation class that I teach! I could see Jesus right away but I’ve been planning on doing this a while so I’ve checked out the site several times. Nice fun and quick craft! Thanks!
My 3rd grade sunday school class did this craft today and loved it! One student said it was the best craft ever! Thanks so much for sharing the idea!