Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I am super excited to announce that today is opening day for an all new online community for Catholic moms! It's called The Faith Weavers, A Community Of Catholic Moms Living The Liturgical Year. The name was chosen based on this post I wrote about weaving the faith into your every day lives with your kids. I am launching this group with a fantastic bunch of amazing Catholic mothers, … [Read more...]
All Saint's day is right around the corner, and this is a super fun day to celebrate with Catholic kids! Costumes, games, treats... what's not to love? I would consider costumes the most iconic part of celebrating All Saints' Day with kids, and over the years I have written a lot about Saint costumes! So here is a directory to easily navigate all my costume posts. You can find all of my All … [Read more...]
Do you want to celebrate the liturgical year at home, but you don't know where to start? Or maybe you don't even know what living liturgically means. Either way, you have come to the right place. So, what is the liturgical year? There's no reason to be confused or intimidated by this terminology. The liturgical year is just another way of saying church year or christian calendar. The term … [Read more...]
I took this post down because I wasn't sure that it was culturally sensitive. I don't think my particular creation of this costume was very authentic or paying the proper respects to the culture in which it originated. When we know better, we do better. Since then I have written this article on Celebrating The Day Of The Dead As Catholics that I think takes a much better look at the … [Read more...]
It's that time of year again, time to plan your All Saints' Day party! I love celebrating All Saints' Day with my kids! It is one of our favorite ways to live liturgically, and we look forward to it every year. I rounded up all of my Saint crafts, food ideas, costume tutorials, printables, and favorite All Saints' Day traditions in one place- this page! So let's take a look at some All Saints' Day … [Read more...]
Our family absolutely loves throwing tea parties for Catholic feast days and celebrations, and we super enjoyed this Epiphany tea party! I love creating tea parties that are symbolic and educational for the kids, yet totally fun and tasty. This tea party had all the things! If you want to check out all of our liturgical tea parties, click here. Now let's take a look at this Epiphany … [Read more...]
This year, we got invited to my sister-in-law's house for a St. Lucy day party after Mass, and I wanted to share the pictures with ya'll. You can find all of my resources for celebrating the feast day of St. Lucy here. We made a St. Lucy yarn doll Arriving at Aunt Teresa's house She made the girls St. Lucy crowns, and the boys star boy hats! My niece did the honors of passing out the … [Read more...]
So I've lived in places with excellent Catholic communities (such as Steubenville Ohio, and Northern Virginia) and I've lived in places with a far lesser Catholic presence (like South Carolina, where we currently live.) Although I still have an amazing virtual Catholic community, I don't really have Catholic friends that live here in town, but I decided not to let that stop me from celebrating All … [Read more...]
Last year our church decided to do an "All Saints Day Trunk or Treating" and it was so much fun! I wanted to share some ideas with you. Most of these ideas would also work for any All Saints Day party. 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 … [Read more...]
Our first annual Saint costume share was a success! Last week, I showed you my kid's Saint costumes, and invited you to share yours. Here are the costumes that got the most likes on facebook. First, we have Saint Pope John Paul II. He's standing with 2 martyred Swiss guards. This picture actually got shared on the official Swiss Guard facebook page! Linda shares a little bit of the costume … [Read more...]
