Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
What an exciting week we have had! Welcome, Pope Francis! My kids were so excited to see him come onto the balcony, and what a blessing that we were able to pray an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be along with the world! We were so excited, we wanted to turn the Pope puppets we've been making into Pope Francis puppets, and here he is! The templates for making these Pope puppets can be … [Read more...]
Well we all know what today is- the day we start anxiously awaiting white smoke! A new Pope is officially in the works. :-) I wanted to do some kind of Papal activity with the kids besides the paper bag puppet, and we decided to make Cardinal and Pope hats. You know that little hat that the Pope wears? Not the big miter one, the little one. It looks like a skull cap, or like a beanie. Well, … [Read more...]
I have been meaning to type up a post about this CD for years, so here goes! This Stations of the Cross CD from Holy Heroes is fantastic! I think every Catholic family with kids should have a copy. In fact, I think it's good even if you don't have kids. :-) This goes through all the Stations, and is extremely professional and well done! You can hear all the sounds in the background, such as … [Read more...]
I know there's some controversy over whether or not Christians should be having Seder meals and how authentic they should be, but I'd rather not debate that. If you don't want to have a Christian Seder, then please just don't read this post. You can find all of my holy week food ideas for kids here. On Holy Thursday a few years back, our family had a simple Christian Seder meal to remember … [Read more...]
I am very excited to announce that A Picture Book of the Mass was updated just a little with my latest printing! I commissioned some artwork for new sit, stand, and kneel symbols. Aren't they awesome?! They are by Bernadette Dubois. If you're looking for a Catholic freelance artist, you can email her at Dubois {at} temple {dot} edu. I couldn't be happier with this project! They're a … [Read more...]
It's almost Lent! We're really big at our house on observing Lent, and then celebrating Easter. Burying the Alleluia is a great way to kick this off! Before I started this site, I never realized that Catholics don't say Alleluia or Gloria during Lent. It's so awesome to be more in tune with cool stuff like that! Now, when I'm at Mass following along in my Mass booklet, I can follow along with … [Read more...]
Find all of my peg doll resources here! Okay, these are the last of my Catholic peg dolls for now- check out our little altar servers! I love these little guys- they're my favorite! These are a little more complicated than the nun peg dolls or the priest peg dolls because to make them short, we actually sawed off the bottom of the pegs. Like, with an actual saw. I usually avoid using … [Read more...]
Find all of my peg doll resources here! This is a super cute and fun toy for Catholic kids. You don't have to special order expensive wooden peg doll parts to make these; you don't have to be a great painter to pull this off either. Trust me, you can craft these adorable Catholic peg people- you really can. And you know what? These fun little Nun dolls make great Mass toys for little … [Read more...]
When I teach Catholic ABC's at our homeschool co-op, my class always finishes by putting together a prayer table and saying our Rosary prayers with our beginner Rosaries. Check out what goes on our prayer table. Here are the basics you'll need to put together your own prayer table: Table of some kind Cloth Standing crucifix Bible Vase/flowers Candle Any other … [Read more...]
The month of January is dedicated to the most holy name of Jesus, and has a lot of really fun feast days for Catholic families to celebrate! Of course it starts with New Year's day (the feast of Mary, the Mother of God) includes the Epiphany, and has some really awesome St. feast days too, so lets check out some ideas of days for you to celebrate with your family this year. For starters, … [Read more...]
