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You are here: Home / Crafts / Coin-Covered Cross – Paid In Full {Easter Craft}

Coin-Covered Cross – Paid In Full {Easter Craft}

March 19, 2012

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Wooden crosses are covered in coins – “Paid In Full” Easter Craft.

Coin_Covered_Cross

 Easter is less than three weeks away and the boys are getting so excited as I take out Easter baskets, plastic eggs, and other fun decorations. Easter crafts are so much fun and I love to involve Reece and Bryce in making our home beautiful and fun for Easter.
It’s easy to get caught up in the chocolate bunnies and egg hunts so I like to remind the boys early on about what we are REALLY celebrating – the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When Jesus died on that cross, he paid the penalty for all our sins and by doing so, he purchased eternal life for all who believe in him. These Coin-Covered Crosses are a beautiful way to illustrate the price he paid and the variations are endless. Because the coins are metallic, the Coin-Covered Cross looks so beautiful when the sun shines on it.

Materials Needed:
Copper paint (or your choice of metallic paint)
Wood cross (I ordered mine from Mr. Woody’s Etsy shop )
paint brush
coins (your choice)
glue

The first thing I did was raid my children’s piggy banks – literally. I was trying to find “pretty” pennies and those are apparently hard to come by in our house. This was an excellent opportunity for me to explain what this craft and Easter was all about to Reece and Bryce.

Next step was painting the crosses. You can paint them any color you want. I knew I was going to be using pennies, so I used a Martha Stewart copper metallic paint that worked beautifully.
They really only needed one coat but I had to wait for the first area to dry before I finished painting. Since this is multi-dimensional, should anyone be viewing it from the side it will look cohesive.

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The next step is to lay out your coins. Figure out if you want heads or tails showing, or both. If you want all of one type of coin or different colors.

Once you have the coins laid out you can start gluing them on. Having the cross painted allows you the option to not cover the entire surface should you desire.

I really liked the look of the copper pennies by themselves but you can add dimension and color by adding another layer of a different coin – I used nickels.

I think these turned out really beautiful and I love the symbolism.

 
 Paid In Full. I am so thankful for that.

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By Trish - Mom On Timeout March 19, 2012 Crafts, Easter, Easter Crafts, Holiday Crafts

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  1. Ruth says

    March 27, 2012 at 1:51 AM

    What a beautiful illustration! Will be making these with my little boy this week for sure!

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  2. Dixie n Dottie says

    March 26, 2012 at 7:03 PM

    What a great idea and so true! I am so glad that Jesus did pay it in full! What a wonderful and loving Saviour He is!!! Thanks for sharing your idea!
    http://dixie-n-dottie.blogspot.com/

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  3. cathy@my1929charmer says

    March 25, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    I so love the coin covered crosses, I favor the one with all the same copper pennies. It is great to have projects that are centered on our faith. Love it. Thanks for sharing your creative inspiration at Sunday’s Best!

    Reply
  4. Kathryn says

    March 25, 2012 at 2:32 AM

    These look great!

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  5. Anonymous says

    March 24, 2012 at 3:24 PM

    I’m going to do this as a 2 week project with my Sunday School class. I am going to take the first week to have the students clean the pennies and talk about how Jesus “cleans” us when we except Him as our Lord and Savior. The second week we will glue the pennies on. Thanks for this wonderful idea.
    I love it

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  6. Jackie H. says

    March 24, 2012 at 11:23 AM

    I LOVE these! I was thinking about doing some work with finding area by covering a cross with squares and counting the number of squares but I think we’re going to have to do this too. maybe some estimation? Let them guess how many coins it would take to cover. These are just so cool and so great to keep and talk about the meaning behind them.

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  7. Erika Dawson says

    March 24, 2012 at 7:26 AM

    LOVE this idea! This is one of the first “unique” activities I’ve seen this year!

    I’m doing a compilation of Easter activities for families and wondered if I could use one of your images (and link here, of course). Let me know….thanks!!

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    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      March 24, 2012 at 7:57 AM

      Thank you Erika! Sounds good to me 🙂

      Reply
  8. Julie@teachinggoodeaters says

    March 23, 2012 at 8:15 AM

    I love blogging because it makes me think about things that I would not have otherwise. This Easter I have seen multiple posts about focusing on the real meaning of Easter… it has really helped me to stay focused and to think more about where my family’s focus needs to be. This is such a beautiful idea (though I’m sure I’d have trouble finding shiny coins in my house!!)

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    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      March 23, 2012 at 12:40 PM

      I agree Julie! That’s what I love about blogging too – being inspired in every way imaginable! Hope you have a wonderful weekend 🙂

      Reply
  9. Jan@southernjunkin' says

    March 23, 2012 at 7:04 AM

    so appropriate! Thanks for sharing! Visiting from Bacon Time…

    Reply
  10. Alison @ Oopsey Daisy says

    March 22, 2012 at 8:22 PM

    I LOVE when the real meaning of Easter is mentioned, too! We don’t always see that in blogging land! 🙂 Very sweet idea. Thanks for sharing at oopsey daisy!

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  11. Becky says

    March 22, 2012 at 5:54 PM

    God bless you and your family. Totally awesome and rare these days to find the real meaning of Easter mentioned. I made the empty tomb planter for my granddaughters but I don’t think the grass is growing. You are all awfully talented

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    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      March 22, 2012 at 6:08 PM

      Thank you Becky and God bless you and yours 🙂

      Reply
    • michael says

      April 6, 2014 at 12:56 PM

      God bless you and your family. Totally awesome and rare these days to find the real meaning of Easter mentioned……………………if you want to be real about Easter, its a pagan holiday, melded into christianity. Easter is always the first sunday following the spring equinox. a pagan tradition. the Holy Bible tells of king Herod preparing to celebrate Easter when word of Jesus birth was brought to him. easter has absolutely nothing to do with Jesus until the council of nicaea… which picked what books went into the bible in the first place

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  12. Chessa @ Antsi-Pants says

    March 22, 2012 at 6:05 AM

    I love the message in this! thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  13. andie jaye says

    March 21, 2012 at 10:17 PM

    i love this! i love this! i love this! pinning it, sharing it on my blog fb page, and would love it if you linked it up to my tip-toe thru tuesday party!

    andie @ crayonfreckles

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  14. Anonymous says

    March 21, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    Beautiful! what size cross did you use? Do you hae the item# from Mr. Woody? what glue did you use? Also, pennies can be cleaned with mayonaise! THANKS! i dont have a blog spot so have to publish as anonymous. Robin

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    • Trish - Mom On Timeout says

      March 21, 2012 at 9:20 PM

      Hi Robin! I used 4X6 crosses from Mr. Woody is various styles. I ordered (25) 4 x 6 Inch Wooden Cross made from 1/2 MDF, (Styles C20, C6, and C2) there are lots of styles to choose from.
      I used a combination of tacky glue and hot glue and did not know that pennies can be cleaned with mayonnaise – brilliant! Hope this helps!

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    • Anonymous says

      March 31, 2012 at 7:56 AM

      Pennies can also be cleaned with 1/4 c vinegar & 1 tsp salt in a plastic or glass bowl. You just put them in there for a few minutes, & they come out clean.

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    • Anonymous says

      July 16, 2012 at 3:09 PM

      Soak pennies in Coke and they clean up real pretty.

      Reply
  15. Amanda says

    March 21, 2012 at 12:15 PM

    neat idea, would be great for a craft at church
    http://www.newlifeovernight.blogspot.com

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