MAKING A CROSS WITH PALM SUNDAY PALMS


STEP 1:

Take one palm and remove the hard green edge. Split the palm down the middle and set one of the palms aside. Take the other palm and fold it in half so you can cut it with scissors or (use two full palms to make a larger cross). With these two pieces you want to form an L. The horizontal piece must extend to the left slightly beyond the vertical palm.



STEP 2:

Fold the excess horizontal palm over top of the vertical palm.



STEP 3:

Take the vertical palm and fold it behind the horizontal piece and then fold it in front of the horizontal piece. The vertical palm should be back where it started.



STEP 4:

Take the horizontal piece and fold it over the vertical palm and bring it back around. Make sure you slide the horizontal piece all the way through the base that we formed in step 3.



STEP 5:

Take one of the palm strands and form a loop. Slide the remaining part of the palm through the top of the base.



STEP 6:

Take the piece you just threaded through and form a loop. Slide the remaining part of the palm through the top of the base. You want to make sure that both loops are the same size.



STEP 7:

Take the other strand and form a loop. Slide the remaining part of the palm through the back of the base.



STEP 8:

Take the piece you just threaded through and form a loop. This loop will be longer than the other three, because it is the bottom of the cross. Slide the remaining part of the palm through the back of the base.



STEP 9:

Cut the excess portion from both strands.



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