Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
When celebrating St. Patrick's day with your family, it's important to remember that it is not just a holiday invented to sell lucky charms or go searching for pots of gold, but it is an actual feast day of a holy Saint... St. Patrick! A really great way to keep this in mind among your celebrations is to be sure to say some prayers. I hope you find some of these prayers for kids on St. Patrick's … [Read more...]
When celebrating Saint Patrick's day with Catholic kids, it's so easy to make sure you are celebrating the true meaning of this day and using the liturgical year as an opportunity to learn for your kids! I have several tips here to make celebrating as Catholics easy for families and fun for kids. Check out these ideas for celebrating St. Patrick's day with Catholic kids- all the resources you will … [Read more...]
We absolutely love to celebrate Saint Patrick's day and I like to try out different things each year! This year I wanted to try making some shamrocks from cinnamon rolls, and you know what? It worked great! I want to share with you all today exactly how to make these shamrocks yourself to help your kids understand the Trinity just like St. Patrick would have taught them. Supplies Needed … [Read more...]
Saint Patrick's day is right around the corner, and I wanted to share a free preschool pack with ya'll! :-) This Saint Patrick Pack includes: Coloring page with and without handwriting practice St. Patrick's Breastplate prayer coloring page Irish Blessing coloring page Download now! St. Patrick Pack The little guy on this coloring page is an image I pulled from my … [Read more...]
As the kids have gotten older, the kinds of crafts that we do have needed to shift. For instance, the pipe cleaner rosary has long since past lost its enchantment... ;-) So, I would like to introduce you to (drum roll please...) the DUCT TAPE SHAMROCK! :-D Supplies Needed: Duct Tape Scissors Ruler (optional) Toothpicks (optional) I'm going to recommend this … [Read more...]
I'm trying something a little bit new today... Here we go... And be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel! ;-) Ok, and for anyone who didn't care to watch the above video because videos aren't your thing, here it is in a nutshell... Many moons ago, I shared a video of a St. Patrick's Day song sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". And now that my kids are older, we are moving … [Read more...]
It's no secret that we love tea parties, and will throw one for nearly any occasion, so it's no shocker that we like to have them for St. Patrick's day! You can find all of our liturgical tea parties here, along with my tips for making tea parties extra fun for kids! I love tea parties because they can be as simple or as complicated as you want, and you can do them with … [Read more...]
This St. Patrick's day, why not honor St. Patrick with a craft that is actually of him? This printable stand up St. Patrick craft is fun to color, and so easy to assemble! If ya'll haven't seen my printable 3D Saint statues, you are going to love them! All you do is print, cut, and staple or tape! Also, the cutting is designed to be super easy, and I have an all new pack including a super cute St. … [Read more...]
We crafted shamrocks and added this printable to turn them into Trinity shamrocks. You just print 2 sided, fold, and open! Check it out. Each time that you fold the printable out, it reveals a new person of the Holy Trinity with a symbol, and it also reveals a prayer to them at the same time. Watch this shot play of the printable unfolding step by step. (Click picture to enlarge) This … [Read more...]
I thought for today's First Friday link-up, it would be fun to have a St. Patrick's Day theme! Scroll to the bottom of this post to see everyone's ideas and add your own links. As many of you already know, I have a St. Patrick's Day article out in Catholic Digest this month. I was really excited about the projects I got to share! There are directions in the article for making a shepherd's pie … [Read more...]
