Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Today begins my series of crafts to go with fun, Christian children's songs! Today's song is about Jesus knocking, and is called "Behold, Behold". In this post, you'll find the lyrics to this song, easy guitar chords for playing the song, a free printable craft to go with it, and a YouTube video to teach you how to sing the song. It's one of my kid's favorites and they sing it all the time! It's … [Read more...]
Whether you're at home, at acation bible school, in the classroom, or in church, music can really enhance worship for kids! "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands!" Psalm 100: 1 See? We're only asked to make a joyful noise to the Lord, not a perfect one. ;-) Last year, I was signing up to help teach vacation bible school. I was hoping to help with crafts... but they already had … [Read more...]
We've been working on these Holy Spirit doves, just in time for Pentecost! They're really easy to make- my 6 year old loved this craft. You can stop at just a dove, or you can attach the gifts of the Holy Spirit to learn a little something extra. :-) This craft would be perfect for Baptisms, Confirmation, or anything else to do with the Holy Spirit- not just Pentecost. You can find all of my Holy … [Read more...]
If you hadn't guessed from total lack of blog posts, I had my baby! :-) Introducing Anabelle Lila! Purple Baby Names Did y'all know that I'm an absolute freak for purple? I love it! All of my girls have names related to the color purple. My first daughter's name is Lydia, who is the bringer of purple cloth in the bible. My second daughter's name is Violet- a little more obvious. Anabelle's … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipes for kids here! We've been working on some Dogwood flower crafts to go along with The Legend of the Dogwood Tree during this Easter season. Check out this dogwood flower cross craft! You can find all of my cross-crafts for kids here. Now let's make this awesome dogwood flower craft! These simple dogwood flowers were made out of … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipes for kids here! Have you heard the legend of the dogwood tree? It's a fun, religious story you can tell kids at Easter time. Since we celebrate the entire 50 days of the Easter season here, we like to include the legend of the dogwood flower! Note* I'm not saying this legend is true, I'm just saying it's a fun Easter story that my kids … [Read more...]
Find all of my Divine Mercy Ideas here. Divine Mercy Sunday is the Sunday after Easter, so if you're looking to pray a novena with your family, you start on Good Friday. Crafting this Divine Mercy Novena counter is a great way to get children involved in the novena process. :-) The idea to make a novena counter like this was submitted to me by Happy Catholic Home last year. You can see her … [Read more...]
Making Easter Story Cookies (Aka, resurrection cookies) is a fun way to celebrate the true meaning of Easter with your kids! It's become a beloved tradition at our house on Holy Saturday. Each ingredient for the cookies has a symbolism to the resurrection story, and the process of making the cookies all represents the resurrection and has coordinating Scripture! This post has full directions and a … [Read more...]
Sometimes when I am looking for fun religious snacks for my kids, I can't always find what I'm looking for. While in search for some fun Christ-centered Easter basket stuffers this year, I really wanted to include some fun and colorful crosses. We decided to try our hand at some diy cross pops, and they came out looking like beautiful stained glass! Turns out you can totally make your own candy … [Read more...]
I love to teach my kids the stories from the Bible in fun and hands on ways, especially during Holy Week! Holy Week leads up to the most important day for Christians, which is Easter! It begins with Palm Sunday, and I like to make sure this is a special and memorable day at our house. We made these Palm Sunday crafts with handprint palms, and footprint donkeys. So much fun! You can find all … [Read more...]
