The Holy Trinity

Introduction

Watch a four-minute video, "St. Patrick's Bad Analogies".

Activity 1

Make triangles, squares, and line segments from toothpicks and playdough. Use them to make 3D shapes. Which is the strongest? What does that tell us about the Holy Trinity?

Activity 2

Make nine large equilateral triangles (skewers, out of cardboard, etc) and colour each corner: red, blue, and yellow. Try to put all these triangles into one large triangle. Then, try to make sure that each corner where the triangles meet has one of each colour. 

Lunch Snack

Make triangle food.

Activity 3

Make a trinity knot stained-glass suncatcher or a triskelion knot.

Activity 4

Learn the "Trinity Song" to the tune of Frère Jacques:
God the Father, God the Father,
God the Son, God the Son,
God the Holy Spirit, God the Holy Spirit,
Three in One, Three in One.