My Kids Built This LEGO Stations of the Cross!

If you will indulge me a moment of Catholic parental pride in this Holy Week, check out this amazing LEGO Stations of the Cross that my children (8, 6, 5, and 3 years old) managed to not only creatively scrounge together using the various assortment of LEGO sets that we own, but also managed to complete this ambitious project with no parental intervention of any kind.

This is truly a Holy Week miracle, as group initiatives like this are rarely seen through to completion and even more rarely carried out peacefully and cooperatively. Usually they either each end up having to do their own version of whatever they’re working on, or the entire project gets abandoned with at least one kid in tears.

So without further ado, I present the LEGO Stations of the Cross!

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1. Jesus is condemned to death.

   

2. Jesus carries his cross.

   

3. Jesus falls for the first time.

   

4. Jesus meets his mother.

   

5. Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus carry the cross.

   

6. Veronica wipes Jesus' face.

   

7. Jesus falls for the second time.

   

8. Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem.

   

9. Jesus falls for the third time.

   

10. Jesus is stripped of his garments.

    

11. Jesus is nailed to the cross.

    

12. Jesus dies on the cross.

    

13. Jesus is taken down from the cross.
    (my son was quite proud of the continuity of Mary’s costume between scenes)

    

14. Jesus is placed in the tomb.

    

15. Jesus is risen!

    

16. Happy Easter!
    (my daughter called this “Birth of the Easter Bunny”)

    

They were so proud of their creation that we prayed the Stations together with their set and made plans to do the same with my family and my in-laws. I can’t get over some of the creativity (a tire for the stone at the tomb and the stripped garments are two of my favorites), as well as some of the details (the sponge at the crucifixion?! that was added by my 4-year-old!) that apparently they heard about in religion class. Don’t let anyone tell you that Catholic schools aren’t properly catechizing!

I am blessed to share this holy season and our Catholic traditions with my children, and I don’t take that privilege for granted.

If you have kids and are looking for a fun way to engage them in the faith, please check out Juice Box by Spirit Juice Studios. They have a LEGO Stations of the Cross video that obviously inspired my kids and an endless supply of new weekly videos on a variety of Catholic topics presented for young attention spans.

I pray that everyone reading this has a blessed Triduum and a holy, happy Easter. God bless you!