Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I will admit to jumping on a band-wagon here. I kept seeing costume after costume come through Pinterest with tutus, and I'm talking way beyond fairies and ballerinas. People are adding tutus to every kind of costume, and it's adorable! I've seen super heroes, pirates, clowns, peacocks, ...even fruit costumes that are all sporting tutus! When I saw this Indian costume with a tutu, I knew there was … [Read more...]
If your kids are dressing up for All Saints' Day, an angel can be a great costume! Easy for girls (just pair a white dress with some wings, and voila!) and an easy costume to talk boys into (since St. Michael wears armor and carries a sword.) My little Violet has asked to be an angel 2 years in a row now, and wings, of course, are vital to an angel costume. The wings were super easy to … [Read more...]
I took this post down because this version of this costume wasn't culturally sensitive. My particular creation of this costume was not authentic or paying the proper respects to the culture in which it originated. When we know better, we do better. I have seen in many places that the Indigenous community is insisting that dressing in a Native American costume at all is offensive to their … [Read more...]
Interestingly enough, one of the most common questions people ask me when they meet me in real life is "do your kids go trick-or-treating?" People want to know- is it ok to go trick-or-treating if you're Catholic? Is it ok to celebrate "Halloween" if you're in the "All Saints' Day" crowd? You can find all of my All Saints' Day resources for kids here. First of all, check out my post about what … [Read more...]
We are continuing our Bible Alphabet craft series, and this week with my preschoolers, we learned about Noah's Arc and made a craft of a Doves for the letter D. Supplies Needed: White (cheap) paper plates White feathers Clothes pins (2 per dove) Googily eyes (2 per dove) Orange marker School glue Hot glue Small Branches OR Brown pipe cleaners and green … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipies for kids here! We are continuing on our Bible Alphabet Crafts series, and this week we made crosses for the letter C. As I've mentioned before, my preschool class is very young (1 and 2 year olds) so I'm always looking for very simple things for them to do, and I came up with this: Supplies Needed: White Card Stock Blue … [Read more...]
As I mentioned before, when teaching Catholic kids the basic prayers, it is very important that kids are learning the correct words. We decided to include copy work of all the most common Catholic prayers in Lydia's First Communion Journal this year, so I made printable pages that are easy for kids to use. It's a great activity for teaching Catholic kids their prayers! I have all of them … [Read more...]
Check out my whole Bible Alphabet crafts series here, based on my original series Catholic Alphabet crafts found here. For the letter B this week at co-op, we learned about Moses and the Burning Bush. I always have trouble finding crafts that young preschools can actually do themselves. My class this year is made up of 1 and 2 year olds. I like to find something they can do because I like them … [Read more...]
I've already done the whole series of Catholic ABC crafts, however, this year at our homeschool co-op, I am teaching an interdenominational preschool class, so I'm having to re-vamp some of the lessons. I'm working on making lessons that go through the alphabet that can be used by all Christians. Even for Catholics, it's fun to make up some new crafts that are more Bible based. My own kids have … [Read more...]
This is a printable page I made that even small children can use to fill out basic information about any saint. You could also call this a Saint notebooking page or a Saint writing prompt. We called ours a mini-Saint report. Basically, you can print the blank page, and the student fills in the information on whatever saint they need to. Child Fills In: The Saint's name What … [Read more...]
