Home Altar Supplies For Members

If you’re a Catholic Icing Monthly Member, you’re in the right place! Here are the elements you need for your altar. 

You can find out about the home altar monthly membership here if you’re not a member yet.

Shopping List

Home Altar Shopping List:

These are the things you will need to put together your home altar goodies. You will use these few items month after month on your home altar, just switching out your new printables, so they’re an investment. Almost everything on this list below can be found at the Dollar Tree, but I am including Amazon links for convenience.

The links may be affiliates, meaning that if you click through and purchase, I earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. 

•  Certificate frame (8.5×11 inches)
•  5×7 frame
•  Small dry erase marker
•  Plate stand or easel for holding a piece of paper
•  Vase and flowers for home altar (optional- I often use a stemless wine glass for a small amount of flowers) 
•  Tall skinny glass candle (for sure you can find these for 1-2 dollars locally)

Craft Supplies Needed For Assembly:

Wooden craft blocks -Optional, but highly recommended! The adorable Saint blocks will be in all of the upcoming packs for the next year, so I would invest in a set of them. I think the 1 1/2 inch blocks make for the cutest result for the Saint blocks! For the liturgical season cube and mysteries of the rosary cube, you may want to go with a 2 1/2 inch cube. I recommend you get 2 of the 2 1/2 inch cubes, and this pack of smaller blocks to use for the whole year. 

•  Mod Podge (they have small bottles of this at the Dollar Tree)
•  Paint brush (for spreading Mod Podge- I like these foam brushes)
•  Scissors
•  Glue stick (I highly suggest Elmer’s because they stick better than off brand.)
•  Tape
•  Paper (suggest for printing anything that goes in frames, the candle wrap, anything you’re going to decoupage, and the activity pages.)
•  Card stock (suggest for printing for paper cube building, the Saint spinner, Scripture cards, prayer triptych, perpetual calendar, stand up Saint craft, and anything being displayed on the plate stand.)

I strongly suggest adding these other things to your home altar as well:

•  Liturgical cloths to display the current color
•  Crucifix
•  Bible
•    Prayer book

Some of my own personal items:

Here are some of my favorites that I use at my house as well, but these things aren’t necessary.

• Cabinet– this is the exact surface I’m using for my home altar currently.
• Liturgical Cloths– these fit perfectly on the cabinet I’m using and come in many colors. (the 14×36 inch)
• Liturgical cube stand– people ask all the time where I got my liturgical cube stand… and it came with a moon shaped lamp I have! hahaha. Anywho click the link to find the same kind of stand. 

I will add to this list whenever I see fit! Hope these links helped you out!