Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Are you looking to celebrate Pentecost with your Catholic kids? Well you have come to the right place! This "tongues of fire" craft is scriptural, liturgical, and super fun! In my experience, kids always love wearable crafts. This is pretty easy to make, too, so it's a win win. ;-) You can find all of my Holy Spirit resources for kids here. You can find all of my Pentecost resources … [Read more...]
Find all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. This week in my co-op class, we made this host and chalice craft, my younger class made these handprint Monstrance crafts. They came out so cute! This would be a great craft for First Communion. Supplies Needed for Monstrance Craft: 1/2 piece of poster board pencil yellow crayon or marker washable yellow paint white … [Read more...]
Find all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. While we were learning about positive and negative space, I snuck in this host and chalice craft in my older class (kindergarten and up). This would be a great craft for First Communion! Did you pay attention to the negative space? The black should look like 2 faces facing each other. We traced the kid's shadows to achieve this look, … [Read more...]
Find all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. Today, we're hosting a First Communion link up, where you get to share your First Communion posts! It's going to be open through the entire Easter season, so share your posts as you write them. :-) This is the finale of the First Communion Promenade series, and you can read the other posts in the series here: First Communion … [Read more...]
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...]
