Pattern #1:
Take a palm frond about 1/4 inch wide and 13 inches long.

1. Hold the frond horizontally
2. Bend the right end straight up from the center to form a right angle.
3. Fold this same top strip, from the center, back and down,up and over again, to form a square at the back. It will still be a right angle at this point.
4. Bring the left strip forward and fold over the center toward the right. Fold away from you and pull through the square at back, all the way.
5. Bend the top strip forward and put the end through the center square to make a shaft of desired length.
6. Fold left hand strip backward and put through the back square. This makes the left crossbar and should be in proportion to the shaft.
7. Fold the right strip back, put through the back square and fasten.

 Pattern #2
Take a palm frond about 1/2 inchwide and 13 inches and hold upright.

1. Fold the bottom up about 3 inches, away from you. Fold the top down away from you , to form the shaft of a cross of desired length. The top should overlap the bottom by about a half inch.
2. Twist the end around to the right and across the front of the shaft to make a crossbar in proportion to the length.
3. Fold the end around behind the shaft.
4. Bring the end from behind, under the center. Fold from the bottom right to the top left and under again from the bottom left to the top right.
5. Fasten the end through the back loops to lock.