Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Whether you're teaching kids about the Holy Spirit because Pentecost is right around the corner, because you have a baptism coming up, or just because it's a good idea to teach kids about all of the persons in the Holy Trinity, this is a fun an effective way to learn about the gifts of the Holy Spirit! This download includes all 7 gifts of the Holy Spirit as listed in the Catechism of the … [Read more...]
When choosing resources to teach kids about the fruits of the Holy Spirit, you have to be sure that they're Catholic so that they include all 12 fruits (rather than only 9). I recently came out with this song to teach Catholic kids the fruits of the Spirit, and now I came out with this printable to go along with it! :-) Download your Fruits of the Spirit Craft now! It's just $2! This … [Read more...]
Ya'll... finally!!! Here is a CATHOLIC fruits of the Holy Spirit song for kids!!! You have to be careful when you're teaching your kids about the fruits of the Holy Spirit, because the protestants have only 9, and we as Catholics learn all 12. So when you search for fruits of the Spirit resources for kids, 99% of the activities, coloring pages, etc that you find is an incomplete list. I've … [Read more...]
We are going to look at celebrating Pentecost with your Catholic kids by breaking down what happened on the first Pentecost. Sometimes looking at a break down of the different parts of the day we are celebrating helps to spark an idea for how to celebrate it. After all, the whole point of doing these fun celebration activities is so that our kids learn the meaning behind the feast day. :-) You can … [Read more...]
Planning a Marian Coronation is not as hard as you might think, and a May crowing ceremony is a great way to recognize Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth! I'll start with the basics. The month of May is dedicated to Mary. It's traditional to have a May crowning on May 1 (also known as May Day) but you can do it any time during the month of May. You can find all of my ideas about how to honor … [Read more...]
I've been designing Catholic crafts for kids now for... well 13 years. Wow! I didn't realize exactly how many Mary crafts I have made over that time, but it's a lot! So I decided to make this one easy-to-navigate directory to help ya'll find them all. Definitely share and save this link- it will be updated when I come out with new Marian content for kids. You can find all of my ideas about how to … [Read more...]
Making flower crafts is such a great way to celebrate any number of feast days! They are perfect when celebrating our Mother Mary, during the entire Easter season, and even a meaningful way to celebrate St. Therese, the "Little Flower"! Whatever your occasion, I am sure you will find some fun, easy, and replicatable flower ideas here to do with your kids. So let's check out these fun flower craft … [Read more...]
I've been having requests to start posting my Art lessons here from when we used to homeschool, and I thought that was a great idea! Here is the directory to all of my art lessons. I'll be filling it in as I post them. Today we are going to look at these impressionistic (pointillism) color wheels! The kids had a great time with these! These are perfect for this time of year as we are … [Read more...]
I just love the miracle of the spinning sun and I find that youth find it very interesting for 2 reasons. First, a coloring spinning dancing sun in the sky is just a really fun idea and children love to imagine the wonder of this! Secondly, it was witnessed by around 70K people, and reported in real newspapers all over the world at the time that it happened! So that's pretty awesome! Today … [Read more...]
So St. Thereses' feast day is October 1, HOWEVER... her canonization day is May 17. We love celebrating St. Therese in our home, and you can find all of my St. Therese resources for kids here. Today we are going to look at these little flower cookies for St. Therese. Personally, we already have a lot of Liturgical celebrations that are important to us during October such as … [Read more...]
