Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Rosary Boxes - Ideas??

So, some of you may remember back when I made the Stations of the Cross Box for Caroline. In the same place where I got this idea, I saw mentioned the idea of making Rosary Boxes as well, but no detailed suggestions on how to do so. What they would consist of is a box for each of the four sets of Mysteries of the Rosary (or maybe one big box to sort through; I haven't decided yet). There are five cards for each set of Mysteries, which I plan to laminate. I want to pair an object with each card, something meaningful to symbolize each Mystery.

Here is what i have come up with so far:

Joyful Mysteries:
1st Joyful Mystery - The Annunciation (angel figurine)
2nd Joyful Mystery - The Visitation (???)
3rd Joyful Mystery - The Nativity (small manger, toy barn animal, star?)
4th Joyful Mystery - The Presentation (two small bird figurines for the turtledoves)
5th Joyful Mystery - The Finding in the Temple (???)

Luminous Mysteries:
1st Luminous Mystery: Baptism of Jesus (small seashell)
2nd Luminous Mystery: Wedding at Cana (wine glass wedding favor)
3rd Luminous Mystery: Transfiguration (???)
4th Luminous Mystery: Proclamation of the Kingdom (???)
5th Luminous Mystery: Institution of the Eucharist (host made of white cardboard, maybe fake grapes?)

Sorrowful Mysteries:
1st Sorrowful Mystery: Agony in the Garden (fake flowers?)
2nd Sorrowful Mystery: Scourging at the Pillar (small whip-like item?)
3rd Sorrowful Mystery: Crowning with Thorns (thorny branch from a rose bush)
4th Sorrowful Mystery: Carrying of the Cross (cross made of craft sticks)
5th Sorrowful Mystery: Jesus Dies on the Cross (a nail, maybe?)

Glorious Mysteries:
1st Glorious Mystery: Resurrection (a stone - rolled away from the tomb?)
2nd Glorious Mystery: Ascension (cotton balls - for clouds?)
3rd Glorious Mystery: Descent of the Holy Spirit (dove figurine)
4th Glorious Mystery: Assumption of Mary (???)
5th Glorious Mystery: Coronation of Mary (a little crown)

I would love to hear any ideas anyone might have for the symbols to include! Some of them have me stumped! Any suggestions?
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6 comments:

  1. mel10:35 PM

    Hmm...do you have one of those little babies that the right to life groups distribute? We have one that is supposed to be a 16 week old fetus. That would be neat for the Visitation. Shoot...that's all I've got. lol...

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  2. Erin11:06 PM

    Yes - that is an awesome idea!! We have one that is a baby at about 12 weeks... for some reason it is in with the bathtub toys right now, so I will have to sneak it out!

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  3. Tiny Actions9:10 AM

    Caroline will enjoy these. Okay, I pulled mine out and realized I can't find the master key, so this is based on memory...

    5th Joyful Mystery...teacher/priest vestment or stoll

    Proclamation of the Kingdom--Bible or gospel. I made a small bible out of construction paper with bible written on it.

    Transfiguration--make a tiny sun. I used one of those fuzzy pom-poms.

    1st sorrowful mystery--praying hands.

    1st glorious--small empty box.

    4th glorious mystery--I can't remember what we did with this...sorry I'm totally drawing a blank.

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  4. Erin9:19 AM

    Thanks, Sue! Those are great ideas! So have you made the Rosary boxes for your kids? I think you may have been the one who first gave me the link to the blog about the Stations box and these Rosary boxes a few years back!

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  5. Tiny Actions7:04 PM

    Yes, we've used the stations, resurrection, and rosary cards in the past. This year I printed off a second set and am using them as 3 part cards. The kiddos like having a choice in what they can do with the cards.

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  6. Lacy @ Catholic Icing10:21 AM

    This is really cool! Can't wait to see the completed results. Let me know if you post about it all finished. I'm currently working on a round up of rosary ideas for kids :-)

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