Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I love coming up with fun and creative ways to celebrate the church year with kids, and March is full of fun Saint feast days to celebrate! Some of these feast days include St. Patrick's Day, Saints Perpetua and Felicity, and includes a lot of Lenten days. The month of March is also dedicated to Saint Joseph. You can find all of my month-to-month posts on living liturgically here. Now let’s look … [Read more...]
I love having a home altar in our house and switching it up for the liturgical seasons. Lent is one of my favorite seasons to observe in the home, and I love putting together a Lenten home altar each year! I decided to see how affordably I could put together a Lenten home altar and I am super happy with how this "Lentscape" came together with just $10 worth of stuff from the Dollar Tree! Let me … [Read more...]
Did you know you can count down the days of Lent just like you can the days of Advent? You can even light a candle for each Sunday of Lent, of which there are 6! This is a part of my series about how to make a Lenten table display with $10 and the Dollar Tree. I will walk you through exactly how to make a Lenten candle display of your own, and how to use it with your family. Let's take a look at … [Read more...]
I am so excited to be putting together my Weaving the Faith binder, and I just couldn't wait to put together some Lent specific pages designed to be used with this system! This pack includes printable recipe pages, printalbe recipe cards, and meal planning pages that are all themed for Lent! There are also a few meal planning pages specific to Holy Week. There is also a page dedicated to helping … [Read more...]
King cake has been a dish that has been traditionally made and eaten on different Catholic feast days, including 3 Kings Day (the Epiphany) and also Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday). There is a baby Jesus hidden inside the cake, it is shaped like a crown, and now it generally features the New Orleans colors of purple, green, and yellow. These are also the symbolic colors of wealth and royalty! You can … [Read more...]
Brace yourself for the most comprehensive resource ever released by Catholic Icing! For almost a decade, you have been asking for Catholic Icing The Book, and y'all... this. is. it!!! I have been envisioning this book for 8 years now, and using a version of it at home myself even longer than that. Giddy doesn't even begin to describe how I feel in having finally pulled together this beautiful … [Read more...]
Collecting holy cards as a child is what started my love for the Saints. I love that through the internet, these kinds of things become so accessible to everyone! You can find all of my St. Valentine resources for kids here. Today I'm going to share with you a free printable Saint Valentine prayer card. It seems like the internet would just be flooded with printable holy cards, but I … [Read more...]
St. Valentine's day is more than an excuse to eat candy hearts and give out cards, it is the feast day of an amazing Saint! I would encourage Catholic families to stay focused on the true meaning of this fun feast day. You can find all of my resources for celebrating the feast day of St. Valentine here. Today I'm going to share 7 easy ways to celebrate St. Valentine's Day as … [Read more...]
Saint Brigid's crosses are a staple when celebrating the feast day of St. Brigid which happens each year on February 1. You can find tons of St. Brigid feast day resources here, but today I want to share St. Brigid's Cross poem with you, and even offer you a free printable! It is said that St. Brigid converted a dying pagan by fashioning a cross out of the only thing she had … [Read more...]
I made a video to help kids practice writing their alphabet letters A-Z. This is a helpful companion to my preschool book, Catholic ABC's, and you can find my other extra preschool resources here. This entire letter practice video lasts less than 5 minutes, and shows an actual hand writing the letters so kids can see how to correctly write them. The video also goes through the letter sounds while … [Read more...]
