Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
This year many families will be celebrating Holy Week in their homes, and Holy Thursday is a big part of that! This is an important day in the liturgical year that can be amazing to celebrate with your kids. As we love to have liturgical teas, I thought, why not have a Christian Seder style tea party for Holy Thursday, and so that's what we did. I would love to share my Last Supper tea party menu … [Read more...]
When living the liturgical year with kids, holy week is a really big and excellent week to include! The most important thing is to help keep your family focused on the true meaning of this season, and remembering that this is the last week of Lent. Easter starts on Sunday, but to help hold off on Easter celebrating until the actual Easter season begins, you can try to get your family involved with … [Read more...]
During Lent, we like to have a Lent table where we can set objects that remind our family of the liturgical season. These kinds of tables can have multiple names such as prayer tables, or home altars. It doesn't have to be a table either- any surface will do, including a shelf. You can read my basic post about how to set up a home altar here. This is a simple tradition that can really keep your … [Read more...]
Ash Wednesday is the first day in the season of Lent. Lent can be observed by all Christians, and it is a beautiful way to remember Jesus' sacrifice for us and prepare us for the Easter season. During Lent, we remember the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert being tempted by the devil. We do extra prayers, fasting, and almsgiving during this season of Lent. Ash Wednesday has many traditions for … [Read more...]
I love coming up with fun and creative ways to celebrate the church year with kids, and February is full of fun Saint feast days to celebrate! Some of these feast days include St. Brigid, St. Bakhita, Our Lady of Lourdes, and also Saint Valentine! The month of February is also dedicated to the Holy Family, and is usually the month that Lent starts in. You can find all of my month to month post on … [Read more...]
I absolutely love having liturgical tea parties with my kids! Tea parties are so quick and easy to pull together. They can be fancy or they can be simple, but no matter what the kids always have an amazing time. Today I'm going to share with you all the liturgical teas I have posted so far, and you can keep checking back because I am always adding more. Also, be sure to check out all of my … [Read more...]
We are going to look at celebrating Pentecost with your Catholic kids by breaking down what happened on the first Pentecost. Sometimes looking at a break down of the different parts of the day we are celebrating helps to spark an idea for how to celebrate it. After all, the whole point of doing these fun celebration activities is so that our kids learn the meaning behind the feast day. :-) You can … [Read more...]
Observing Lent in your family doesn't have to be hard or complicated. There are so many simple things that families can do to make Lent meaningful for the whole family. I especially love starting traditions that last year after year! You can find all of my Lenten resources for families here. Today let's look at 40 simple Lenten traditions for families that don't take much prep … [Read more...]
In continuing with our series Passing on the Catholic Faith to Your Kids, I wanted to touch on setting up a home altar. When I first heard the term home altar, I felt a little scared. I didn't know what I was doing, and the idea of setting up an official "altar" felt out-of-my-league. Sometimes home altars are also referred to as family altars, prayer tables, or altar tables. Don't let these names … [Read more...]
An alphabet letter bag is a bag that's full of objects that start with one particular letter- your letter of the week! I use these when teaching preschool to go with my letter of the week format in Catholic ABC's. I used to make new ones each week, but after teaching preschool for 6 straight years, I made some permanent letter sounds bags to avoid scrambling the night before co-op each week, and … [Read more...]
