Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Having a Lenten cross is very similar to having an Advent wreath. In fact, it's strikingly similar to having an Advent wreath. You put the candles on your table, and light one each week adding a new candle each Sunday during Lent until it's Easter time. While an Advent wreath is shaped in a circle, the candles at Lent are in the shape of a cross. I would like to insert here that this … [Read more...]
This is a great way to get kids involved with lent! Craft a crown of thorns, and then every time your child does a good deed or makes a sacrifice, he or she gets to remove one of the "thorns". Hopefully, you have all of the thorns removed by Easter. On Easter morning, the crown of thorns is converted into something beautiful! (You can either fill it with flowers, or turn it into a nest full … [Read more...]
I'm still working on our interdenominational Christian ABC crafts for my homeschool co-op, and it's time for the letter Q. Now, Q is a tricky letter to come up with a craft for, (in Catholic ABC's we make a Queen Mary craft) but my friend Stacy helped me out with an idea that goes with Q, and works well for St. Valentine's feast day as well. Supplies Needed: Q tips Red and pink … [Read more...]
We're still plugging along with our Christian ABC's series, and I needed a Bible craft for the letter "O". I decided to make a craft that goes along with a Christian song! (Pretend I'm singing this to you now, Ok?) "Open the eyes of my heart, Lord, open the eyes of my heart. I want to see you.... I want to see you!" How was my singing voice? ;-) Supplies Needed: Construction paper (red … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipes for kids here! One of my favorite Lenten traditions to bring meaning to the season with my children is to have a crown of Thorns. Each time you do a good deed or make a Sacrifice, you get to pull out a thorn. Our crown is made from a grapevine wreath and toothpicks. Hopefully, by the end of Lent, the crown will be … [Read more...]
It's almost Lent! We're really big at our house on observing Lent, and then celebrating Easter. Burying the Alleluia is a great way to kick this off! Before I started this site, I never realized that Catholics don't say Alleluia or Gloria during Lent. It's so awesome to be more in tune with cool stuff like that! Now, when I'm at Mass following along in my Mass booklet, I can follow along with … [Read more...]
I recently got a fabulous email from a reader, Alexandra Montano, with this adorable Lenten song for kids! She's been using it with her Catholic ABC program. She said it was ok to share it with all of you here, so I typed it up in a downloadable version you can print for free! :-) Download the Lent Song for Kids Here! It's to the tune of "Frere Jacques" (in English, "Are You Sleeping" or … [Read more...]
We made this super easy Lenten lunch last Friday, and the kids really loved it! It's amazing how 30 seconds of work can dazzle kids. This would be a perfect, simple lunch to serve on Good Friday (or Ash Wednesday, or any Friday during Lent really). You can find all of my holy week food ideas for kids here. This could not have been easier to do. Make your kids some peanutbutter sandwiches- … [Read more...]
Lent and Advent are both a time of waiting. Hence the same liturgical color- purple. I'm not going to get into any deep Lenten theology here (because that's not my 'thing') but I am going to plead my case for holding off on Easter celebrations with your family until Lent is totally over. The season of Lent lasts 40 days. These are the 40 days that Jesus was in the desert. He was hungry, and … [Read more...]
I've seen an idea floating around on various websites about collecting food for the poor during Lent. What you do is, put a box somewhere in your kitchen, and every day during Lent, add an item from your pantry to the box. Your kids can help with this, and this can help teach kids about both fasting and almsgiving for Lent! At the end of Lent, take the food you've collected to a food pantry … [Read more...]
