Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas with Catholic kids is a great way to remember that the Christmas season keeps on going! We love to celebrate with food because it's fun, easy, everyone loves food, and afterward you don't have to figure out what to do with the "crafts" because there's nothing left- you ate it all! Lol. Also, me and the kids love to have small liturgical celebration "tea … [Read more...]
St. Basil's Feast Day is on Jan 2. St. Basil was a friend of the poor, and in an attempt to keep the wicked Emperor away, he convinced the rich men of the district to contribute all their jewels. When he presented them to the emperor's soldier, the soldier was so moved that he did not accept the jewels, and the people were saved. St. Basil did not know which jewels belonged to who, so he baked … [Read more...]
The Feast of the Holy Family is falling on December 27th this year. To read more about this day, click here. Here's a craft idea from Ramblings of a Crazy Woman. She gives detailed directions on how to make your own miniature holy family. That Artist Woman made Holy Family Plates with her class. Enjoy these little diy nativity crafts! … [Read more...]
Celebrating the 12 days of Christmas is a great way to keep the Christmas season going with Catholic kids when you're living the liturgical year. One of our favorite ways to celebrate feast days is with crafts, so I thought I would round up some craft ideas for celebrating the 12 days of Christmas (also known as the 12 days of light). Did you know that the popular song "The 12 Days Of Christmas" … [Read more...]
I just found these baby Jesus gingerbread cookies over on Cottage Blessings. I just had to feature them since they missed my Religious Christmas Cookies post! :-) … [Read more...]
St. John the Apostle has a feast day coming up right after Christmas. The sign of St. John is the eagle, so here are some cute eagle foods I have made! Eagle Marshmallow Pop If you want to make your own eagle marshmallow pop, here's what you'll need: Lollipop Sticks Large Marshmallows Dark Chocolate Chips White Gumdrops Shredded Coconut Almond Bark Black Food Color Paste Flower … [Read more...]
Here are some really neat Catholic Christmas Ornaments I have found around blog land: I found these Advent Saint Ornaments over on O Night Divine. These are a must see! Sweetness and Light made cute saint ornaments for a special Saint Christmas tree. It celebrates feast days from advent to the epiphany! Eileen on Him crafted Saints of the Season ornaments. Ten Kids and a Dog turned … [Read more...]
I think the "Happy Birthday Jesus" Cake is a simple and fun tradition for Christmas day to keep everything centered around what's really going on. Here are a few decorating examples to get your creative juices flowing :-) The baby Jesus on this cake is so sweet!Click for Source I love the angels on this one! Click for Source Sweet and Simple :-) Click for … [Read more...]
We already looked at religious Christmas cookies. Today, we're going to look at eatable nativity sets for your kids! :-) Here's an easy nativity lunch you can make for your kids. This year, try making agingerbread nativity set using these Fox Run Eighteen Piece Nativity Cookie Cutter Bake Set I also found this interesting cheese nativity... This smore nativity is … [Read more...]
A fairly common Christmas tradition amongst all Christians is to have a manger for Baby Jesus with a pile of straw. Every time your kids do a good deed, they get to add a piece of straw to the manger to make a soft bed for baby Jesus. I just found a great craft with a printable manger and baby Jesus so you can make one of your very own! *Updated to say* I now have a better round-up of manger … [Read more...]
