Craft a Monstrance with a Gold Doily

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 Activity and Craft

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...]

This Little Light of Mine Craft

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...]

Dollar Store Haul

I often find religious stuff at the Dollar Tree, and was inspired to bring you guys a "Dollar Store Haul" post (fashioned after Heather's posts at Dollar Store Crafts). So here are some Catholic things you can currently be stocking up on at the Dollar Tree. (Products do vary some from store to store). For those of you who don't already shop at the Dollar Tree, everything is $1. So you should … [Read more...]

Pro Life Activities for Kids

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...]

Christ the King Craft

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...]

Religious Snowflake Crafts

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...]

J E S U S Craft – Make an Optical Illusion

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...]

Holy Name of Jesus Song and 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 use 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 of … [Read more...]

Star Crafts For Celebrating The Epiphany With Kids

This year (2011) the epiphany is being officially celebrated on January 2, but the traditional day for the epiphany (and the end of the 12 days of Christmas) happens on January 6, so you still have some time to celebrate the epiphany with your kids. Try celebrating with stars! These fun yarn wrapped star ornaments are a ton of fun!   Make these Crispy Cheese Stars with Family Fun as a … [Read more...]