Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette Feast Day Ideas

The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is February 11, and the feast day of St. Bernadette is April 16. Our Lady of Lourdes appeared to St. Bernadette at the grotto many times. To read about the story, click here. For ideas on celebrating this truly remarkable feast days, read on!

 
You can make your own grotto out of rice krispy treats as a super fun way to celebrate this day! Find full directions here. 
Our Lady of Lourdes Rice Krispie Grotto
 
Also check out the printable St. Bernadette craft for kids that’s from my Saint Alphabet Pack.
 
Eat some pretzel sticks or rods to represent the firewood that St. Bernadette was collecting when Our Lady of Lourdes first appeared to her! St. Bernadette is also included in my printable stand up Saint crafts to label the pretzel sticks as well. 🙂
 
 
We also like to display our feast day treats with our hand printed peg dolls. Here is our St. Bernadette!
 
Make a grotto craft– also a ton of fun!
Grotto Craft
 
Make a holy water bottle necklace for kids to have their own holy water- like Bernadette found at the spring. 🙂
make a holy water bottle necklace
 
If you’re looking for more ideas, check out my other resources on how to honor Mary with kids.

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