Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
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...]
Whether you're at home, at acation bible school, in the classroom, or in church, music can really enhance worship for kids! "Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the lands!" Psalm 100: 1 See? We're only asked to make a joyful noise to the Lord, not a perfect one. ;-) Last year, I was signing up to help teach vacation bible school. I was hoping to help with crafts... but they already had … [Read more...]
Catholic ABC's A Hands-on Preschool Curriculum A Picture Book of the Mass Illustrated by the Masters (Coming Soon!!!) … [Read more...]
Sometimes Holy Thursday is also known as "Green Thursday" or even "Maundy Thursday", and it's a really important day to Christians! A lot of Biblical things occurred on this day, and there are a lot of awesome traditions to do for Holy Thursday with your kids while living the liturgical year at home with them. So let's take a look at these ideas for celebrating Holy Thursday with … [Read more...]
The giveaways are still open for entries! There were some technical problems early on yesterday, so if you receive the subscriber emails, you need to click to my actual website to enter the giveaways- you can't enter the giveaways straight from your email or your feed reader. Click here to enter the giveaways The winners will be announced on Friday! And don't forget about our First Friday linky … [Read more...]
Advent and Christmas are an amazing time of year! It's important to get the true meaning of these seasons across to kids, rather than getting lost in the secular shuffle. Catholic Icing is dedicated to helping mothers and educators do just that! Check out these ideas below, organized by category for your browsing convenience. :-) Be sure to check out my Advent Christmas Planner! The Advent … [Read more...]
January 1st is a Holy Day Of Obligation, which is the feast of Mary, Mother of God. Therefore, Catholics always attend Mass on New Year's Day. However, there are other things we Catholics can do to celebrate as well. :-) To celebrate the feast of Mary, Mother of God, check out this adorable craft! Also, here are some food ideas for celebrating. Also, ring in the New Year by choosing a … [Read more...]
Advent is a time of waiting. One fun way to wait for the coming of Our Savior's birthday is to set out our nativity sets, but hold back on placing Baby Jesus in the manger. Waiting patiently... On Christmas Eve, when the waiting is almost over and it's time to add Baby Jesus to the manger, you may as well make it a fun and meaningful family tradition! We do this by having a Baby Jesus Hunt! … [Read more...]
Today, I'm beginning a new series called the "5 Days of Christmas", and I'm concentrating on Wishing Jesus Happy Birthday. When you're keeping Christ in Christmas rather than getting secularly sidetracked, that's celebrating the true reason for the season- the birth of Our Savior! I think a great place to start preparing for Jesus' birthday is to put out a nativity set. I like to have a … [Read more...]
Hi! I'm Lacy. Founder and owner of Catholic Icing. I'm so glad that you're here! :-) I have been publishing on the internet since 2008 and professionally writing about living the liturgical year for over 12 years now. Here's a little "hello" video for those of you who like videos :-) @catholicicing Hi, I’m Lacy, the Catholic Icing lady. Nice to meet you! … [Read more...]
