Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Happy feast of St. Joseph! I wanted to share with you our celebration for St. Joseph's feast day last year, but our desktop computer crashed, and I haven't yet been able to retrieve some of my pictures. (gasp!). So I don't have all of my pictures to show you, and I was going to skip posting about it all together, but it turns out my mom had taken a picture of the cake I made. :-) You can find all … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipies for kids here! This is one of my favorite crafts we've ever done, and is sure to become an Easter tradition in our home! You can make these simple crosses using leftover Easter egg dye. It's a craft celebrating the true meaning of Easter, and it's so much fun! You can find all of my cross crafts for kids here. Now let me show you how to … [Read more...]
Still chugging along with our Christian ABC crafts, and this week we were on the letter R. Guess what R is for? Rainbow! I think the Noah story is so great for kids, and so interesting! I love how it ends with hope in the form of a rainbow. You can find all of my Christian rainbow crafts for kids here. Now let's take a look at this rainbow bible craft that is perfect for Sunday … [Read more...]
We crafted shamrocks and added this printable to turn them into Trinity shamrocks. You just print 2 sided, fold, and open! Check it out. Each time that you fold the printable out, it reveals a new person of the Holy Trinity with a symbol, and it also reveals a prayer to them at the same time. Watch this shot play of the printable unfolding step by step. (Click picture to enlarge) This … [Read more...]
I have had so many requests to continue my calendar stick-ons, which is great, because that means you guys are using them. Yay! :-) You can read more about how to use the Liturgical Calendar stick-ons and why I’m creating them here. The quick version is: Print them and glue them onto your calendar with a glue stick. Only put on your calendar what you actually want on your calendar, … [Read more...]
Having a Lenten cross is very similar to having an Advent wreath. In fact, it's strikingly similar to having an Advent wreath. You put the candles on your table, and light one each week adding a new candle each Sunday during Lent until it's Easter time. While an Advent wreath is shaped in a circle, the candles at Lent are in the shape of a cross. I would like to insert here that this … [Read more...]
This is a great way to get kids involved with lent! Craft a crown of thorns, and then every time your child does a good deed or makes a sacrifice, he or she gets to remove one of the "thorns". Hopefully, you have all of the thorns removed by Easter. On Easter morning, the crown of thorns is converted into something beautiful! (You can either fill it with flowers, or turn it into a nest full … [Read more...]
Do you want to make the easiest king's cake in the world for Fat Tuesday this year? Well, I can tell you how to do that. You know, since I'm the queen of cutting corners in the kitchen. ;-) You can make this in less that 30 minutes total and be serving it to your kids! Go ahead and submit yourself for that mother of the year award now! So here's my super cute and easy king cake … [Read more...]
We have made colored Mardi Gras pancakes before, but last year, we really went all out! Given that we don't eat many sweets and treats during Lent, we filled our pancakes with chocolate chips, and covered them with butter, syrup, whipped cream, sprinkles- you name it! We made them the same way we always do by adding food color to the batter. Then we dropped chocolate chips into the pancakes once … [Read more...]
We are still preparing for Lydia's First Reconciliation at home, but Reconciliation is a Sacrament that we and our children should be receiving often. It's never the wrong time to be learning more about the Sacrament of Confession. This craft focuses on the "Treasures Of Reconciliation". I found it here, and thought it was an absolutely beautiful craft! I knew I had to make it with my kids. … [Read more...]
