Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I love coming up with fun and creative ways to celebrate the church year with kids, and April is full of fun Saint feast days to celebrate! Some of these feast days include St. George, St. Gianna, and Our Lady of Africa! The month of April is also dedicated to both the Eucharist and the Holy Spirit. You can find all of my month to month post on living liturgically here. Now let’s look at these … [Read more...]
If you're looking for resources to live the Liturgical year at home with your family in January, you've come to the right place! You can find all of my liturgical year resources month by month here. Check out my new printable liturgical calendar for Catholics! This includes all your major feast days and liturgical seasons along with holy days of obligation, solemnities, liturgical colors, … [Read more...]
The month of October is dedicated to the rosary. Be sure you teach your kids about the rosary, and pray it more often this month with your children! Rosary Resources For Kids: Learning Your Rosary Prayers The "Write" Way ebook Easy rosary craft (all you need is pipe cleaners and beads!) Paper bag Rosary book- a different pull out page for each set of mysteries. Giant Rosary … [Read more...]
Divine Mercy Sunday is an excellent day to celebrate when celebrating the liturgical year with your kids! Although Divine Mercy Sunday is the second Sunday in the season of Easter (one week after Easter Sunday) this image of Jesus can be displayed and celebrated year round! So let's check it out: How to celebrate Divine Mercy Jesus with kids! Divine Mercy Sunday Cheat Sheet The best … [Read more...]
This year, I'm encouraging myself (and those around me) to go beyond the diet this year- what resolutions can we set to really improve ourselves where it matters the most? What is God calling you to do, who is is calling you to be, and what can you do to work towards that? Also, what resolutions can we set to serve others rather than ourselves? I spent some time in prayer last year … [Read more...]
Find all of my Divine Mercy Ideas here. Divine Mercy Sunday is the Sunday after Easter, so if you're looking to pray a novena with your family, you start on Good Friday. Crafting this Divine Mercy Novena counter is a great way to get children involved in the novena process. :-) The idea to make a novena counter like this was submitted to me by Happy Catholic Home last year. You can see her … [Read more...]
Divine Mercy Sunday is coming up soon! If you're not familiar with St. Faustina and the appearances of Jesus, I would encourage you to read up! It's a great story and devotion. The most obvious things to do to celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday would be to go to confession and pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. If you've got that all under control, be sure and check out some of these ideas. … [Read more...]
Divine Mercy Sunday is a great day to celebrate with Catholic kids when living the liturgical year at home! It is the second Sunday of Easter, and the divine mercy image is a beautiful image that lends itself to lots of fun activities for kids, and you can find all of my Divine Mercy Sunday activities for kids here. We love to make ice cream Sundaes! Divine Mercy Sunday is always the … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 9 Letter of the week: D Theme: Divine Mercy Jesus Saint of the Week: St. Denis Craft: Divine Mercy Jesus Statue This week we are learning about the letter "D" and Divine Mercy Jesus. Jesus appeared to St. Faustina, and asked her to have a painting made of this vision with the words "Jesus I Trust in You". The two rays represent Blood and … [Read more...]
In the longest ongoing project ever in Catholic Icing history, I finally present to you Meeting Jesus in the Eucharist, a First Holy Communion preparation curriculum for Catholic homeschool families. This is the most beautiful and complete product that Catholic Icing has ever released. I have been working on this program with my friend and co-author Theresa Schlenz since our oldest children … [Read more...]
