Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
This is a fun craft for kids, easy to make, makes a good gift, and unlike many of the Christmas crafts (example:reindeer) floating around, and star points to the true meaning of Christmas... our Lord Jesus Christ! :-) This would also make an excellent craft for the epiphany! Materials Needed For Your Yarn Wrapped Star: Yarn: any color (Variegated yarn is fun) Popsicle sticks … [Read more...]
I created a printable book that is a special Christmas treasury for Catholic kids, and the pages are illustrated by your child and his or her handprints. :-) (For those of you familiar with my products, it's the Advent/Christmas counterpart to Holy Week In Handprints.) Each handprint picture is designed to be loads of fun, and easy to replicate! Even the youngest of children can … [Read more...]
It's almost St. Lucy day! This is a day that is traditionally celebrated in Sweden. Little girls dress up as St. Lucy in white dresses with red ribbons (that symbolize her purity and her martyrdom) and wreaths with candles in their hair. They serve Santa Lucia saffron buns, a sweet bread, also known "Lussekatter". Also in Sweden, there was a tradition there where boys dressed up as "star boys" in … [Read more...]
This Advent, keep your kids focused on the true meaning of the season by celebrating Saint feast days! These Advent Saint ornaments last through the whole Advent season, straight through Christmas and the Epiphany! This set of Advent Saint ornaments will help your kids celebrate Saint feast days through Advent, and keep the season focused on the true meaning... Christ! This is an instant … [Read more...]
It is my goal here at Catholic Icing to help you actually live your Catholic faith with your children- not to just fill your Pinterest boards with great ideas that never get utilized. These calendar stick ons are going to help you easily incorporte the liturgical year in November into your normal daily calendar. You can find all my resources on November feast days here. I am a mother, just … [Read more...]
Do you want to make the easiest king's cake in the world for Fat Tuesday this year? Well, I can tell you how to do that. You know, since I'm the queen of cutting corners in the kitchen. ;-) You can make this in less that 30 minutes total and be serving it to your kids! Go ahead and submit yourself for that mother of the year award now! So here's my super cute and easy king cake … [Read more...]
Happy Epiphany! (Ok, ok. I know in the USA they reschedule it to be on the closest Sunday, but traditionally, the Epiphany is on January 6th.) In any case, I've still been working on my Christian ABC's craft series, and we learned about "Kings" for the letter K, which seemed fitting to post on the Epiphany. :-) I love to make wearable crafts with preschoolers, because they love wearing … [Read more...]
Here's a round up of printable blessings to use during Advent and Christmas time. (I really did my best to round-up printable versions, because I think gathering around a computer doesn't have the same quaint feel to it. When you print these, be sure to add them to your Advent/Christmas planning binder so you don't ever have to look them up or print them again. None of these blessings were created … [Read more...]
Introducing, The Advent Christmas Planner! The ultimate resource for Catholic moms to plan for Advent, Christmas, Saint feast days, and more. If you like the keep the true meaning of the season in the forefront of your celebrations, and could use some organizational help to make it actually happen, this ebook is for you! "Lacy @ Catholic Icing has just released an Advent & Christmas … [Read more...]
The month of January is dedicated to the most holy name of Jesus, and has a lot of really fun feast days for Catholic families to celebrate! Of course it starts with New Year's day (the feast of Mary, the Mother of God) includes the Epiphany, and has some really awesome St. feast days too, so lets check out some ideas of days for you to celebrate with your family this year. For starters, … [Read more...]
