Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
If you're looking for resources to live the Liturgical year at home with your family in January, you've come to the right place! You can find all of my liturgical year resources month by month here. Check out my new printable liturgical calendar for Catholics! This includes all your major feast days and liturgical seasons along with holy days of obligation, solemnities, liturgical colors, … [Read more...]
I always loved making yarn dolls when I was a kid! I think it's a super great craft for kids because it's easy to do, you can make them inexpensively, and you end up with a cute cuddly toy that is actually fun to play with and keep around. My kids went through a phase where they were obsessed with making yarn dolls, so I thought, why not twist that to point to the true meaning of Christmas by … [Read more...]
There are plenty of feast days to celebrate with Catholic kids during Advent to really enhance your time with your family and turn it towards the true meaning of the season. You can click each day (well, most of them anyway) to go to all of my resources about that feast day. You'll find tons of crafts, activities, printables, and more for celebrating these Advent Saint feast days! I guarantee that … [Read more...]
Advent is a great time to celebrate with kids! Sometimes it's hard to find good Advent crafts because the world just seems to move straight from Halloween to Christmas, but having an Advent wreath in our home is one of our favorite family traditions for living the liturgical year! I also love to take the time to make Advent wreath crafts with kids because when kids make it themselves, it becomes … [Read more...]
Well, hi there. You must be curious about the “Catholic Icing lady’s” divorce, or you wouldn’t be here. Perhaps you are contemplating (or are in the middle of) a divorce yourself and you’re looking to relate. Or perhaps you’ve been a reader for years, and you don’t understand how my life can seem so shiny online and then end up like... well like this. After all, wasn’t I the "perfect Catholic … [Read more...]
Hi, everyone! Today I am continuing with my new "how-to-draw" series for Catholic kids, and I am very excited to present my first how to draw a Catholic Saint... St. Kateri! She is such a fun Saint because she is the first Native American Saint to be canonized by the Catholic church. She has a very inspiring story, so definitely check it out! Her feast day is coming up on July 14, so … [Read more...]
The Sacred heart of Jesus and the Immaculate heart of Mary are beautiful and traditional devotions in the Catholic faith. I always have a special place in my heart for these devotions, and I want to share that love with my children. When we celebrate the Sacred and Immaculate heart feast days with our Catholic kids, they can learn about how perfectly Jesus and Mary love them! Days To … [Read more...]
These lists are meant to make shopping for VBS easier for you! You can print the list, then cross out what you don't need and circle what you do before shopping. These lists do not include all the small things you probably have around your house already such as paper, scissors, crayons, toothpicks, thumb tacks, glue sticks, and pencils. You can find the Summer With The Sacred Heart VBS … [Read more...]
Planning a Marian Coronation is not as hard as you might think, and a May crowing ceremony is a great way to recognize Mary as the Queen of Heaven and Earth! I'll start with the basics. The month of May is dedicated to Mary. It's traditional to have a May crowning on May 1 (also known as May Day) but you can do it any time during the month of May. You can find all of my ideas about how to honor … [Read more...]
I've been designing Catholic crafts for kids now for... well 13 years. Wow! I didn't realize exactly how many Mary crafts I have made over that time, but it's a lot! So I decided to make this one easy-to-navigate directory to help ya'll find them all. Definitely share and save this link- it will be updated when I come out with new Marian content for kids. You can find all of my ideas about how to … [Read more...]
