Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
That's right- a no-sew, no-fuss, super easy nun costume. Most of you can probably put this together with stuff you already have at home. You can find all of my All Saints' Day resources for kids here. Also, you should totally check out my All Saints' Day food labels! This is the perfect All Saints' Day party printable as it turns everyday kid snacks into symbols of the Saints, making … [Read more...]
St. Valentine is one of the most well known Catholic Saints, and the whole world is a fan of his feast day! How could they not be? It's a great day to celebrate. St. Valentine's feast day is known for feasting for sure! There's nothing better than eating some fun love themed treats on this day. You can find all of my resources for celebrating the feast day of St. Valentine here, but today, let's … [Read more...]
Check out all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. Catholic ABC's Week: 18 Letter of the week: M Theme: Monstrance Saint of the Week: Mother Teresa Craft: Monstrance Craft Supplies needed to complete this craft: Gold Doilies (Available in the cake decorating section of your local craft store. I got a package of 12 for about $2.50) Gold Paper (I bought just one sheet in … [Read more...]
Candlemas is a great feast day to celebrate with your kids while living the liturgical year! This post has a great craft and activity idea, but you may also like to check out my post with all of my Candlemas celebration and activity ideas here. Candlemas is coming up on February 2, which is the feast of the presentation of Jesus in the temple, and the traditional end of the Christmas … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 17 Letter of the week: L Theme: Light (This Little Light of Mine) Saint of the Week: St. Lucy (and btw, Lucy means "light") Craft: This Little Light of Mine Supplies needed to complete this craft: (All of these supplies are available at the Dollar Tree) Disposable Punch Cups Plastic Tea Lights (or real tea lights) Assorted colors of tissue paper … [Read more...]
With the National March for Life coming up in a few weeks, I've got pro-life stuff on the brain. I live in the DC area and would love to go to the march, but I always end up wimping out because I don't think I can handle my kids in the cold downtown all by myself. Still, we're going to be working on some pro-life crafts and such the week of the march, so I thought I would share some ideas with … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 16 Letter of the week: K Theme: King (Jesus is King or Christ the King) Saint of the Week: Blessed Kateri Craft: Jesus is King I knew I wanted to make "K" week about Jesus being king, but coming up with a craft was harder than I thought it would be! I wanted it to be a clearly religious king craft. There are already so many secular king crafts … [Read more...]
There are so many great snowflake crafts around, and if you can work some religion into craft time, I say "why not?". I'm sure you've all heard about the religious snowflake stuff. The basic principal is that no 2 snowflakes are the same, but they're all beautiful. God makes all of us different, and we are all special too. We have a great religious snowflake children's book called The Tiny … [Read more...]
Given that the month of January is dedicated to the holy name of Jesus, I thought this would be a perfect Catholic craft for this month! If this only looks like an abstract mess to you, trust me- the picture below actually says Jesus 4 times: Good news! I now have a full at-home VBS program for Catholic kids... Summer With The Sacred Heart! This vacation bible school program is … [Read more...]
The month of January is dedicated to the Holy Name of Jesus. I was thinking for a Holy Name of Jesus Song, you could try singing the "B-I-N-G-O" song only using these words: "There was a Virgin had a Son and Jesus was his name-o! J-E-S-U-S, J-E-S-U-S, J-E-S-U-S, and Jesus was his name-o!" Here are some more ideas for celebrating this month: Check out my how to draw video for the most holy name … [Read more...]
