Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Check out all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. Directly inspired by Angie's post of More than 40 First Communion Banner Examples, I took pictures of the First Communion Banners at our church last year. I'll start with a list of ideas to put on First Communion banners, then move onto the pictures. Your Name The Date of your First Holy Communion Other phrases (see … [Read more...]
First Holy Communion is a very important event for Catholics and some other Christians! It is one of the 7 Sacraments, and it is the 3rd one received after Baptism and First Reconciliation. You can see an overview of First Communion for Catholics here. Today, I want to share with you some first holy communion traditions to help make this day more meaningful and memorable for your whole … [Read more...]
On Easter Vigil this past weekend, my Daddy came into the Catholic Church! When I was 7 years old and received my First Holy Communion, I gave it up to my daddy and I prayed that someday he would become Catholic. I made this my tradition each week, offering up my Communion and saying a prayer for him. Ever week I continued this until I was 15, and I realized that I had been praying … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipes for kids here! Deviled eggs are a favorite around here, and we found a way to gussy them up a bit for Easter Sunday! Check out these colorful deviled eggs! Now I'm going to show you how to dye your own deviled eggs! It's super easy, and doesn't take that much extra time. Guess what? This recipe is now a part of my The … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipes for kids here! One of my favorite Lenten traditions to bring meaning to the season with my children is to have a crown of Thorns. Each time you do a good deed or make a Sacrifice, you get to pull out a thorn. Our crown is made from a grapevine wreath and toothpicks. Hopefully, by the end of Lent, the crown will be … [Read more...]
For extra fun at Easter, we like to make surprise rainbow resurrection rolls! These are rolls made with marshmallows in the middle. When the marshmallow melts away, an "empty tomb" is left in the middle of the roll, which is a fun way to bring religion into Easter for kids. Last year, we spiced it up a little and made rainbow resurrection rolls! You can find all of my holy week food ideas for kids … [Read more...]
What an exciting week we have had! Welcome, Pope Francis! My kids were so excited to see him come onto the balcony, and what a blessing that we were able to pray an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be along with the world! We were so excited, we wanted to turn the Pope puppets we've been making into Pope Francis puppets, and here he is! The templates for making these Pope puppets can be … [Read more...]
Well we all know what today is- the day we start anxiously awaiting white smoke! A new Pope is officially in the works. :-) I wanted to do some kind of Papal activity with the kids besides the paper bag puppet, and we decided to make Cardinal and Pope hats. You know that little hat that the Pope wears? Not the big miter one, the little one. It looks like a skull cap, or like a beanie. Well, … [Read more...]
I have been meaning to type up a post about this CD for years, so here goes! This Stations of the Cross CD from Holy Heroes is fantastic! I think every Catholic family with kids should have a copy. In fact, I think it's good even if you don't have kids. :-) This goes through all the Stations, and is extremely professional and well done! You can hear all the sounds in the background, such as … [Read more...]
I know there's some controversy over whether or not Christians should be having Seder meals and how authentic they should be, but I'd rather not debate that. If you don't want to have a Christian Seder, then please just don't read this post. You can find all of my holy week food ideas for kids here. On Holy Thursday a few years back, our family had a simple Christian Seder meal to remember … [Read more...]
