Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I know I almost always post ideas of crafts for your kids, but lets not forget about doing something special for our hubbies on St. Valentine's Day! After all, he is the patron saint of Marriage and Love :-) If you haven't yet been to Jeanne Winter's blog- Inspiring Ideas, you need to! She does the most amazing Christian craft projects, and everything she makes is just beautiful! She made 2 … [Read more...]
Candles are very important for many reasons in the Catholic church. We have Baptism candles, Paschal candles, Easter candles, and Advent candles. We celebrate Candlemas (coming up February 2) and the feast of St. Blaise is coming up on February 3. On St. Blaise's feast day, we are blessed with beautiful candlesticks. To read more about St. Blaise, click here. Find some great … [Read more...]
What better way to finish up our prayer for Christian unity than with some Jesus fish crafts? :-) I have this super easy pipe cleaner Jesus fish craft for kids. I also have a chalk resist Jesus fish art project here. This toilet paper tube Jesus fish craft is super fun and easy! You can paint your own rocks as a craft. Just use acrylic paint. Find directions on how to … [Read more...]
Years ago my daughter made the Catholic liturgical color wheel craft that I have posted about in this article. It was so cute and useful that I decided to make a new printable version of the liturgical wheel for Catholic kids that is much simpler to put together, especially since the original version includes cutting out pictures from magazines, and those do not even exist anymore lol. If … [Read more...]
For anyone who hasn't checked their calendars, January 22 is the anniversary of Roe v Wade, and the date of the National March for Life! Here's an amazing pro life activity for your kids, friends, and the whole family to enjoy! If any of you haven't been to Amazing Grace's Blog yet, you just have to check it out! She's been a CCD teacher for 12 years, and her whole blog is devoted to Catholic … [Read more...]
This week is the week of prayer for Christian unity, so here are some crafts your kids can make to show their love for Christ, and focus on what we all have in common :-) Find directions on how to make these Gospel color bracelets, along with many other gospel crafts. Or make these cross necklaces! … [Read more...]
Here are some ways to help your kids celebrate the amazing gift of life! These would all be excellent activities for children expecting a new sibling. The most important thing for young children to understand is that a pregnant woman has a real living baby inside of her. Busy with Blessings did a really cool "Pennies for Life" fundraiser with her son.I love this child artwork from Teach Kids … [Read more...]
Here are some ideas for some religious fun you can have in the snow! The anniversary for Roe v. Wade and the national march for life are coming up at the end of this month, so I wanted to spend some time bringing you pro life content. After spending much time searching the internet for pro life activities and crafts to do with children, I discovered one of 2 things. A- there aren't any. Or B- … [Read more...]
I don't know where all of my readers live, but we have had our fair share of snow here in Virginia this year! Here are some ideas for some religious fun you can have in the snow! :-) Here's a snow grotto I found for Our Lady. Don't forget about snow angels! Here's some great ideas for fun in the snow. Here's a nativity snowman set I found on photobucket. Or maybe you'd … [Read more...]
St. Marguerite's Feast Day is coming up on January 12. She was French Canadian (she came over to Canada to teach religion and spent the rest of her life there). To read about her life, click here. To see some French Canadian ideas for celebrating this day, read on! Make this Canadian Flag Craft. Make crepes for breakfast. Or try making this French-Canadian Meat Pie Recipe … [Read more...]
