Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I wanted to do a Rosary craft with my preschool co-op class, and my brain instantly thought of the pipe cleaner Rosary craft. While that craft is awesome for preschoolers, I was in the mood for something more special. You can find all of my ideas about how to honor Mary with kids in May here, and today we are going to craft a rosary hanger with kids. Although these were made by … [Read more...]
If you're looking for Catholic craft ideas for kids, you've come to the right place! I founded Catholic Icing in 2009 after becoming frustrated at the lack of Catholic ideas for children online, and have been posting crafts, recipes, and hands-on ideas ever since! It is my mission to bring Christian fun to families on the internet for free, and I am always working on adding to my library of … [Read more...]
Catholic ABCs Preschool Curriculum: Exciting Update! The well-loved preschool curriculum, Catholic ABCs, has been converted to an online curriculum! The new program, which is a partnership with Angie Kauffman from Real Life at Home, was launched on August 8, 2022. It is a greatly expanded and improved version of the old Catholic ABCs book. Catholic ABCs is a hand-on curriculum … [Read more...]
This year, our parish didn't have the money for a fancy vacation bible school curriculum, AND we have no parish life center or classrooms. And you know what? We didn't let that stop us from throwing an awesome vacation bible school program for our kids! Volunteers came together, wrote their own program this year, and creatively used the space we had available, and it was fabulous! It started with … [Read more...]
Check out all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. April is the month dedicated to the Holy Eucharist! We've been learning about the mass and Eucharist around here, plus I've been teaching my kids about adoration, so this is perfect for us! :-) My daughter has been pretty fascinated by monstrances ever since "M" week around here, so we recently crafted these … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 25 Letter of the week: U Theme: Upper Room Saint of the Week: St. Ursula Craft: Upper Room Craft For the letter "U" this week, we are learning about the things that happened in the "Upper Room". This includes the Lord's Supper, and it just so happens that I already designed a craft for that! This craft is based on the famous painting by … [Read more...]
I wanted to find a fun way to teach my kids about rosary. I also wanted to have some visuals to teach them about all the different mysteries of the rosary, so we came up with these paper bag books. We love to work on crafty stuff, and you can find all of my crafty rosary resources for kids here. These were a lot of fun to make and I think they came out really cute! To make … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 24 Letter of the week: T Theme: Trinity Saint of the Week: St. Therese Craft: Trinity Shamrock Craft This week we are learning about the letter "T", and what better time to learn about the Trinity than for St. Patrick's Day?! I just love when the whole world is celebrating Catholic feast days! :-) For this craft, all you need is green fun foam, plastic … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 24 Letter of the week: S Theme: Saints Saint of the Week: St. Sebastian Craft: Saint Collage Craft This craft is soooo easy to do! Just fold some paper in half, cut out a heart, glue it down, and trace around it with a marker. Then write "Saints, Our Heavenly Family". Have the kids cut out and glue down pictures of the saints in the heart. You can use holy cards, print … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's Week: 21 Letter of the week: P Theme: Prayer Saint of the Week: St. Peter Craft: Prayer Craft I was really torn about what the focus for "P" week should be, but ultimately decided on "prayer" because it's so important, and such a basic concept. :-) This is a craft Lydia made at our preschool co-op, and it has been a great tool to encourage us to pray … [Read more...]
