Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I want to welcome a guess blogger today to talk to you about how to paint acrylic designs onto Paschal candles for the home! You can read all about using Paschal Candles at home during Easter time here. Easter for me is a time of reflection, it's a really special time and place where I can go within myself and make that connection to God within and truly explore the spirit of Lent and … [Read more...]
I like to include some religious items in my children's basket each year, as I try to make as many aspects as possible point to the true meaning of Easter. I don't have infinite money to fill their baskets with expensive things, so I wanted to share some affordable ideas for making a Christian-focused Easter basket for your kids. Check out these ideas for finding religious Easter basket stuffer … [Read more...]
If you're looking for a Montessori-style, hands-on Catholic preschool curriculum, check out Catholic ABCs! Yesterday's stations of the cross eggs have 2 parts for us, even though either activity can stand on its own. My Catholic preschool class has been needing some new Montessori activities to do during the "works" portion of our class, so I put together stations of the cross file folder … [Read more...]
I've been trying to teach my kids about the Stations of the Cross this Lent, and it's going really well! I came up with these Stations of the Cross eggs, and I'm so excited about them!!! This is by far the best hands on way I have ever found to teach preschoolers how to pray the Stations of the Cross, and we use them year after year. You can find all of my Stations of the Cross resources for kids … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 25 Letter of the week: U Theme: Upper Room Saint of the Week: St. Ursula Craft: Upper Room Craft For the letter "U" this week, we are learning about the things that happened in the "Upper Room". This includes the Lord's Supper, and it just so happens that I already designed a craft for that! This craft is based on the famous painting by … [Read more...]
I wanted to find a fun way to teach my kids about rosary. I also wanted to have some visuals to teach them about all the different mysteries of the rosary, so we came up with these paper bag books. We love to work on crafty stuff, and you can find all of my crafty rosary resources for kids here. These were a lot of fun to make and I think they came out really cute! To make … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 24 Letter of the week: T Theme: Trinity Saint of the Week: St. Therese Craft: Trinity Shamrock Craft This week we are learning about the letter "T", and what better time to learn about the Trinity than for St. Patrick's Day?! I just love when the whole world is celebrating Catholic feast days! :-) For this craft, all you need is green fun foam, plastic … [Read more...]
As some of ya'll already know, my 5 year old daughter loves to craft! But my 2 year old son... not so much, actually. However, I have found that he seems to respond really well to music! I've been trying to work more music into our activities, so we made up a little song for St. Patrick that goes with our Saint Patrick puppets. :-) This can also go with my St. Patrick from the Alphabet … [Read more...]
It's a great idea to go over the Stations of the Cross with children during Lent. When we find ourselves traveling on Good Friday (to be with family on Easter) I always print a Stations of the Cross booklet to take with us so we can pray them on the drive. You can find out everything you ever needed to know about them at my Stations of the Cross 101 post here. Here are some printable stations … [Read more...]
Ya'll know I've been obsessed with making paper bag saint puppets, so today I bring you Saint Patrick! :-) The one above is made with just a lunch sized paper bag, paper, glue, and googly eyes. I drew on the crosses with a marker. Here's a picture of the pieces before they went together: His beard is shaped like a heart. I folded the paper in half and cut it out like … [Read more...]
