Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I have been publishing Bible crafts for kids now for over a decade, and decided it was finally time to organize them all! So hopefully this list helps you find and navigate all of my bible craft ideas and resources for kids. This is going to be listed by Bible story, and divided into Old Testament Bible crafts and New Testament bible crafts. So here we go! Bible crafts for kids. Old Testament … [Read more...]
Have you heard of the Jelly Bean Prayer? It's an adorable little poem where each jelly bean color stands for a different part of the Easter story. I love taking the parts of holidays that already exist and throwing a Christ-centered spin on them so that everything from the day points back on the true meaning of the season. It's kind of my favorite thing about Catholic Icing, actually, and who … [Read more...]
I've been seeing shaving cream "dyed" Easter eggs floating around the interwebs, and I've seen people making them on cookie sheets or in muffin tins. The thing is you have to keep the eggs kinda still so you get the swirly pattern, and you need the shaving cream on both sides, which is hard to do on a cookie sheet. So I came up with a solution... making them straight in your egg … [Read more...]
Do you want to celebrate a Christ-centered Easter with your kids and family this year, and you're looking for easy ideas to celebrate? Incorporating Jesus into the Easter season can be just as easy as any other kind of celebration! This is so fast and easy and a great way to center your Easter table around the true meaning of this day!!! I give you... the Jelly bean Easter egg … [Read more...]
One of the main ideas behind Catholic Icing has ALWAYS been to take the things we are already doing during the year, and twist them to keep the focus on God. And what do we do every Easter? Buy and consume tons of candy. So, why not point that candy at the true meaning of Easter? The resurrection! If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it. Anything you want to do it! Want … [Read more...]
We love to make "empty tomb rolls" each Holy Saturday to learn about the Easter story with the kids. I love how the marshmallows in the middle of these melt away to leave a hollow roll, just like the empty tomb on Easter morning! You can find all of my meaningful holy week recipes for kids here. Today I'm going to show you how to make resurrection rolls with biscuits! Biscuit … [Read more...]
I am super excited today to bring you this printable craft of St. Patrick and St. Brigid! Aren't they adorable together?! I'm actually starting to have quite a collection of these printable stand-up Saint crafts now! I have my ABC Saints, nativity set, resurrection set, and Saint Valentine. Check out my video about them here! And don't forget to subscribe to the Catholic Icing YouTube … [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...]
Hey ya'll! Looking for some resources for teaching kids about the Trinity? These will really help out with pre-school and early elementary kids! If you're teaching your kids about how to make The Sign Of The Cross, be sure to check out my 4 expert tips for teaching kids The Sign Of The Cross here! This free downloadable pack comes with multiple versions of everything, with and … [Read more...]
To encourage random extra good deeds and sacrifices for kids during Lent, I usually use a crown of thorns or a sacrifice beans. I absolutely love stuff like this! It's hands on, kids love little things they can move, they love seeing progress, and overall I have found these methods to be very effective. However, some parents don't want toothpicks drifting around that could be stepped on or … [Read more...]
