Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Check out all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. July is the month of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. Celebrating with the kids can be as easy as mixing up some red jello! You can get plastic wine glasses at the Dollar Tree. These were made for my little brother's first communion, so they also had marshmallow slice "hosts". Just pour in the jello into the wine … [Read more...]
The feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel's feast day is on July 16! This is a very cool feast day to celebrate with your family because well, not only are all the Mary days fun (yay!) but they seem extra special when they appear to a Saint, and in this case she appeared to St. Simon Stock. She also gave him the scapular, and that is a big deal in the Catholic faith! If you're looking for more fun ways … [Read more...]
The scapular is made from brown wool rectangles, and it's worn around the neck. It was given to St. Simon by Our Lady of Mt. Carmel. Our Lady Of Mt. Carmel's feast day is July 6, and you can find all my posts about living liturgically in July here. It's a sacramental with history dating back to the Old Testament, and Our Lady makes promises to those who wear it, including "Whoever dies wearing … [Read more...]
The Feast of Our Lady of Mr. Carmel is coming up on July 16. This is a super awesome feast day to celebrate with kids because you learn about St. Simon Stock, a Mary apparition, and also the scapular all at once! The name of Our Lady lends herself to all kinds of deliciousness as it is very similar to the word caramel. So I mean... don't we owe it to the world to eat caramel on this day? I think … [Read more...]
Before I started this blog, I didn't know that every month was the "month of something"- really, I didn't! But being Catholic is just so much cooler than I ever knew it was! Anyway, the month of July is the month of the Most Precious Blood. So I was trying to think of something that might be fun to celebrate, and I immediately thought of blood oranges! :-) Here are some fun Summer recipes you can … [Read more...]
It's almost the 4th of July, and I am so excited to share these diy patriotic beads with you! Working with polymer clay is fun, especially for older kids and even adults! I think you would be surprised at what you can do. It's easier than it looks! Today I am going to show you how to make a polymer clay star bead, a striped bead, a jelly roll bead, and an American flag polymer clay … [Read more...]
Have you heard of the Clay Rosary Girl? Well, her real name is Sarah and she's an amazing clay artist! She makes unique beads with Catholic symbols and pictures and then strings them into beautiful rosaries. It turns out she only lives an hour and a half away from me, so we decided to meet so she could teach me how to make beads! And you know what? She was a fellow stay-at-home mommy with adorable … [Read more...]
I ran across the idea of praying a patriotic rosary here, and I loved it! What a great idea with the 4th of July coming up! It would be fun to make some red white and blue rosaries with kids to go along with the idea! Here are a few ideas for praying for a patriotic rosary: 1st Decade: for the Executive Branch 2nd Decade: for the Supreme Court 3rd Decade: for Congress … [Read more...]
Taking your regular 4th of July decorations and crafts and making them Christian can be as simple as using some very well known phrases! You can also add in crosses or other religious symbols into your celebrating. Today, let's check out some ideas for making Christian 4th of July crafts. Some of the phrases you can use in your Christian 4th of July crafts include: "In God We Trust" … [Read more...]
I have fond memories of crafting God's Eyes as a child. I guess some Christian crafts just don't go out of style :-) They symbolize the all seeing eye of God. This craft is great for kids of a wide age span, and the materials are easy to come by! I was thinking that making some red white and blue God's Eyes (or Ojo de Dios) would be a fun activity for the 4th of July, followed by a prayer … [Read more...]
