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Keeping Your Lenten Promises With Kids- A Lenten Resolution Printable

What should you give up for Lent, and how do you get your kids to participate? I believe that children of all ages are able to make a sacrifice of some kind for the 40 days of Lent. This is when we remember and reflect on the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert with nothing. This year, to help encourage kids and families to make and keep these resolutions for the length of Lent, I have … [Read more...]

40 Simple Lenten Traditions For Families {With Little To No Prep Work}

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...]

Saint Valentine’s Day With Catholic Kids- Printable Pack

I was thinking about St. Valentine's Day coming up, and I couldn't believe that I don't have St. Valentine in my Alphabet Saint pack! So I decided to make a separate pack for 'ol St. Valentine. This download was free for a limited time, but is now a paid-for download. It is $2 for the whole pack, and I hope you and your little ones enjoy it! The Saint Valentine Pack is 8 pages. It … [Read more...]

Saint Valentine’s Day Countdown Craft

So a few years back, I designed a scripture countdown chain with one love bible verse for each of the 14 days in February counting down to the feast of St. Valentine, and now, it's even better! :-) This craft is printable, and easy to assemble. Each day in February you just tear off one link and read the scripture about love with your children. That's it! A fun and easy way to … [Read more...]

What To Give Up For Lent: The Ultimate List Of Ideas From Over 100 Catholic Moms!!!

I want to start out by saying that rather than just thinking of what to "give up" for Lent, you should also think of what you can "take up" during Lent. The idea is to try adding more prayer, fasting, and almsgiving to your life during the Lenten season. (When we "give something up", that falls under "fasting".) Sacrifice through fasting is important because during Lent, we are reflecting … [Read more...]

Observing Lent: Do Sundays and Special Celebration Days “Count”?

We have a large community here at Catholic Icing, so I know I'm right when I assume that some of you have kids with a birthday on Ash Wednesday, or on a Friday during this Lent. Or maybe there is a graduation celebration, a wedding, or something else coming up and the timing was out of your control. Someone reading this right now has been stressed out wondering what to do about that. So … [Read more...]

Lenten Activities For Children

Lent is a great liturgical season to observe with kids to help teach them about the church year. Lent is the 40 days the come before Easter, and it is a season of adding extra prayers, fasting, and almsgiving. There are many ways to celebrate (or observe) Lent with children, and this is my page that links out to all of the resources I have available to help you with this! I hope you find these … [Read more...]

V is for Valentine (Catholic Craft For Preschoolers)

Catholic ABC's Week: 26 Letter of the week: V Theme: Valentine (Patron Saint Of Love) Saint of the Week: St. Veronica Craft: St. Valentine printable stand up craft This is a pritnable stand up Saint craft. It's available in my St. Valentine printable pack here.  This craft is so easy! All you do it print the Saint on card stock (although regular paper can work as well), … [Read more...]

Symbolic Lenten Tea For Kids- A Menu And Scripture Readings

For those of you who have seen my symbolic passion story lunch, this is going to look very familiar. As we've gotten into poetry teas, we turned this one into a tea party as well. (Can I just say again how much I love having weekly tea parties with my kids?!) Love it! You can find all of our liturgical tea parties here, along with my tips for making tea parties extra fun for kids. Now let's check … [Read more...]

Saint Valentine’s Day Poetry Tea {A Simple Way To Celebrate}

Each week, we have a "poetry tea." I need to write a post about it sometime, but essentially, we just have tea with lunch and take turns reading poetry while we eat. We've been doing this for a couple of years now, and absolutely love it! You can find all of our liturgical tea parties here, along with my tips for making tea parties extra fun for kids! I usually keep it simple, but sometimes get … [Read more...]