Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I was recently interviewed by Pat Gohn for her "Among Women" podcast. For anyone who might not know (and I promise you're not alone) a podcast is an online audio show- in this case an interview. So it's kinda like listening to talk radio. I'd like to get into more Catholic podcast listening since I could listen while cleaning my house and changing diapers. :-) If you'd like to hear my … [Read more...]
The 3 biggies during lent are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. This makes lent the perfect time to make a giving bank of some kind with your kids. If you'd like to craft an offering box like the one above, go to your local craft store and look in the section with all the little unfinished wooden things. You can get a little wooden or paper box to make your offering box. (You … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 23 Letter of the week: R Theme: Rosary Saint of the Week: St. Rose of Lima Craft: Easy Rosary We love to work on crafty stuff, and you can find all of my crafty rosary resources for kids here. This one decade rosary craft is super easy for kids of all ages! This would be a great Catholic craft for CCD or RE class, or any occasion really. October is an especially … [Read more...]
Check out all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. Find over 50 examples of First Communion Banners here. Either I was the last Catholic on the planet to hear of first communion banners or some of you also aren't familiar with this popular first communion tradition. Some parishes have all of their first communicants make banners. If this is the case at your church, you'll need to check … [Read more...]
Ok, it's really time to get our Lenten ducks in a row! Lent will be here before you know it!!! Here are some Lenten ideas for children from my archives: Bury the Alleluia Activities that span the length of Lent for kids Putting things away for lent Pretzels for Lent Printable Stations of the Cross for Kids Printable Lenten Calendar for Kids My Printable Lenten … [Read more...]
Faith & Family Live is having a "Mom's Day Away" on April 2 in Massachusetts, and I'm going!!! :-) Yay! I just purchased my ticket yesterday! There are going to be talks by Danielle Bean, Jennifer Fulwiler, and Rachel Balducci! There are going to be a ton of other Catholic bloggers there, too. You can see a list here. I'm really looking forward to this, and I'm hoping to make the trip child … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 22 Letter of the week: Q Theme: Queenship of Mary Saint of the Week: Mary, Queen of the Saints Craft: Queenship of Mary Sun catcher I know that Catholic ABC's usually runs on Wednesday, but today I have this post ready and I won't have today's post ready until tomorrow.... so I switched them around. :-) Also, the feast of the Queenship Of Mary is on August … [Read more...]
The feast of the Chair of St. Peter is coming up on February 22. You can read more about it here at Catholic Culture (a site that I love!). Here are some ideas for celebrating the feast of the Chair of St. Peter with kids. (Start by checking out some pictures of the Chair of St. Peter, then move on to some of these fun ideas!) This stained glass window craft from By Sun and … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 21 Letter of the week: P Theme: Prayer Saint of the Week: St. Peter Craft: Prayer Craft I was really torn about what the focus for "P" week should be, but ultimately decided on "prayer" because it's so important, and such a basic concept. :-) This is a craft Lydia made at our preschool co-op, and it has been a great tool to encourage us to pray … [Read more...]
This week at our house is "P" week. P will be for prayer, priest, pope, papal flag, and St. Peter! The feast of the chair of St. Peter is coming up next week on February 22, so even for those of you not learning about the alphabet this should be a useful idea! ;-) As a learning activity to teach my kids about St. Peter and the Papal flag, we made this kid-appealing version: As … [Read more...]
