Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Saint Francis of Assisi is an amazing Saint and one of the most well known! If you have 2 Catholic statues in your yard, it's probably 1 Mary statue and one St. Francis statue. His feast day comes around every year on October 4. You can find more fun Saints and feasts to celebrate in October here. Now let's look at some fun ideas for celebrating St. Francis of Assisi with … [Read more...]
Since St. Francis is the patron Saint of animals, I decided this would be a great feast day to remember man's best friend! You can get the kids involved in this one and live the liturgical year in a way that Fido can celebrate with you. Today I'm going to share with you a super simple diy doggy biscuit recipe that only takes 6 simple ingredients that you probably already have at home! You can find … [Read more...]
I love coming up with fun and creative ways to celebrate the church year with kids, and October is full of fun Saint feast days to celebrate! Some of these feast days include St. Francis, St. Therese, and the feast day of the guardian angels! The month of October is also dedicated to the rosary. You can find all of my month to month post on living liturgically here. Now let's look at these … [Read more...]
The guardian angel feast day happens each year on October 2. This is a super fun feast day to celebrate with your family! This posts focuses specifically on resources that are good for learning about guardian angels, but you can find all of my angel activities for kids here. For today I'm going to share with you 10 ways to celebrate the feast day of Guardian Angels with your family. Teach … [Read more...]
There are so many great times to learn about and celebrate angels with kids! Angels are God's messengers, and they show up at many important events in the Bible, and also in the lives of the Saints. Today I want to share some ideas with you for teaching your kids about angels and share some fun activities such as printables, crafts, songs, and more! So let's take a look at all things angels for … [Read more...]
Angels are such a fun thing for Christian children of all denominations to learn about! You can find all of my fun angel resources for kids here. Today we are going to look at some angel arts and crafts for kids. Whatever your occasion, I am sure you will find some fun, easy, and replicatable angel ideas here to do with your kids. There are ideas here for all ages and abilities. Some of these … [Read more...]
The feast day of St. Michael and the Archangels comes around every year on September 29, and we just love to celebrate this day! Sometimes this day is called Michaelmas, and you can find all of my resources for celebrating Michaelmas with kids here. Since this day is traditionally celebrated by eating blackberries, I thought we would try making some easy smoothies. So fun! Let me show you how to … [Read more...]
St. Padre Pio has a feast day coming up on September 23. If I were to rank St. Padre Pio on a popularity scale from 1-10, I would give him a 10! He sure seems to be a 'crowd pleaser', and there's no question as to why if you know his story. I have a special post about how to celebrate Saint feast days at home with your kids, and you can find more Saints to celebrate in September here. Now let's … [Read more...]
Since St. Francis is the patron Saint of animals, we usually eat animal cracker on his feast day as an easy celebration idea. This year, I wanted to dress it up a bit and make a dunkaroo dip to go with them! You can find more resources for celebrating St. Francis' feast day here. Now let's take a look at this animal cracker dunkaroo dip recipe. I have some free printable Saint food … [Read more...]
When I was volunteering at Vacation Bible School over the Summer, my station met in the church, so we taught each group that came through how to genuflect and make the sign of the cross before entering. I was surprised at how many kids (up through 5th grade!) could not do these basic things correctly. We had to re-cap with each group every day that week before entering. Sometimes I think the … [Read more...]
