Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Making sure that our kids get a good Catholic religious education is important. You may decide to accomplish this by taking your kids to CCD each Wednesday night, or by dropping them at Catholic school each morning. Whatever your system is, today I want to share with you just what the Catechism says about educating our children, because I consider it actually shocking. But first, a question. … [Read more...]
For the month of September, and I am so excited to bring you this free how to draw video for kids with the heart of Our Lady Of Sorrows! The whole month of September is dedicated to the Sorrowful Heart Of Mary, and the feast of Our Lady Of Sorrows specifically falls on September 15. This is a video for step by step how to draw a the Sorrowful Heart Of Mary. You can find all of my Our Lady Of … [Read more...]
The feast of Our Lady Of Mt. Carmel is coming up on July 16. We have been having a blast here learning new Mary feast days and stories, but we can't forget this well known Mary apparition as well! This particular feast day is super awesome because it includes Our Lady Of Mt. Carmel, St. Simon Stock, and also the sacramental of scapulars! You can find more fun July feast days to celebrate here. For … [Read more...]
Hi, everyone! Today I am continuing with my new "how-to-draw" series for Catholic kids, and I am very excited to present my first how to draw a Catholic Saint... St. Kateri! She is such a fun Saint because she is the first Native American Saint to be canonized by the Catholic church. She has a very inspiring story, so definitely check it out! Her feast day is coming up on July 14, so … [Read more...]
My kids just love to try different kinds of arts and crafts around here, and it's even more fun when you can make it yourself with ingredients you already have around the house! You can find all of my easy paint recipes for kids here. This puffy paint recipe is super easy, and the way it puffs and in instantly dry is a lot of fun! Today I will give you the puffy shaving cream paint recipe and give … [Read more...]
Catholics have more books in our Bible than the protestants, more chapters in some of our other books, and we number the Psalms differently than them as well- not to even mention different translations! Did you know Catholics even number the days of creation and the 10 commandments differently than protestants? Given the many differences between Catholic bibles and protestant ones, I wanted to … [Read more...]
Hello my little cupcakes! It's Friday, and you know what that means here at Catholic Icing... it's time for another Catholic Draw 'N Learn!! Today, I'm going to be showing you step by step how to draw the Vatican flag. I mean... how cool is it that Catholics have our very own country and flag?! Did you know that the Vatican flag is one of only 2 flags in the whole world that has the official … [Read more...]
I am still working on my Catholic how to draw series for Catholic kids and posting a video each Friday. Be sure to subscribe to the Catholic Icing YouTube channel so you don't miss them! You can find the list of ALL of my Catholic how to draw videos here. So in this video, I show kids how to draw a chalice, host, grapes, and also wheat. I thought this was perfect for this week for the feast … [Read more...]
The Sacred heart of Jesus and the Immaculate heart of Mary are beautiful and traditional devotions in the Catholic faith. I always have a special place in my heart for these devotions, and I want to share that love with my children. When we celebrate the Sacred and Immaculate heart feast days with our Catholic kids, they can learn about how perfectly Jesus and Mary love them! Days To … [Read more...]
So my new thing is that I'm posting a new Catholic how-to-draw video each Friday for Catholic kids on my YouTube channel. I'm super excited about it! With Trinity Sunday coming up fast, I thought drawing a Trinity shield would be perfect! I love the idea behind a Trinity shield because it shows exactly what the Trinity is. It helps me to understand it anyway. I made this particular Trinity … [Read more...]
