Ikebana...sort of

Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging. (yes, more Japanese art!) My church does something similar on Easter. There is a big wooden cross covered with Spanish moss, chicken wire, and leaves. Us youth group kids are given bobby pins, and when people bring in flowers, we pin them on the cross! And this year, people really did BRING IN THE FLOWERS!!! We just about ran out of room on the cross! (room and bobby pins) We had tulips, daffodils, and lots, LOTS more. One woman brought in at least a dozen white roses! When our pastor lifted the cross onto its base, a few flowers fell off!


(the arranging part in flower arranging happens on this cross when you have to find ways to artistically group the flowers!)