Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
My kids just love to try different kinds of arts and crafts around here, and it's even more fun when you can make it yourself with ingredients you already have around the house! You can find all of my easy paint recipes for kids here. This puffy paint recipe is super easy, and the way it puffs and in instantly dry is a lot of fun! Today I will give you the puffy shaving cream paint recipe and give … [Read more...]
Making flower crafts is such a great way to celebrate any number of feast days! They are perfect when celebrating our Mother Mary, during the entire Easter season, and even a meaningful way to celebrate St. Therese, the "Little Flower"! Whatever your occasion, I am sure you will find some fun, easy, and replicatable flower ideas here to do with your kids. So let's check out these fun flower craft … [Read more...]
One of the main ideas behind Catholic Icing has ALWAYS been to take the things we are already doing during the year, and twist them to keep the focus on God. And what do we do every Easter? Buy and consume tons of candy. So, why not point that candy at the true meaning of Easter? The resurrection! If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it. Anything you want to do it! Want … [Read more...]
We love to make "empty tomb rolls" each Holy Saturday to learn about the Easter story with the kids. I love how the marshmallows in the middle of these melt away to leave a hollow roll, just like the empty tomb on Easter morning! You can find all of my meaningful holy week recipes for kids here. Today I'm going to show you how to make resurrection rolls with biscuits! Biscuit … [Read more...]
Observing Lent in your family doesn't have to be hard or complicated. There are so many simple things that families can do to make Lent meaningful for the whole family. I especially love starting traditions that last year after year! You can find all of my Lenten resources for families here. Today let's look at 40 simple Lenten traditions for families that don't take much prep … [Read more...]
Welcome, Faith Weavers! If you're here, it should mean that you having my ultimate book in liturgical living, Weaving The Faith. This is a totally customizable and ever growing resource that keeps track of all of your specific liturgical year resources in one handy binder! And because it is ever growing, I will be posting more things to go inside at least several times per year. Keep checking back … [Read more...]
I have loved yarn dolls since I was a little girl, and this Christmas I was in the mood to make some with my kids to share this timeless craft with them! Here's the angel we made. Supplies Needed To Make A Yarn Doll: Yarn (about 30 Yards per doll. Perhaps a bit more for dolls with dresses, and a bit less for dolls with legs.) A book or piece of cardboard Scissors Supplies … [Read more...]
Many Catholic children around the world celebrate Saint Nicholas day! In the story of St. Nicholas, it is said that there were three poor girls that could not get married because they had no dowry, and St. Nicholas came and secretly left gold for all 3 girls at night in their shoes, which were drying by the fireplace. So the tradition of leaving out shoes to be filled with gifts was born of a … [Read more...]
Lent is a great liturgical season to observe with kids to help teach them about the church year. Lent is the 40 days the come before Easter, and it is a season of adding extra prayers, fasting, and almsgiving. There are many ways to celebrate (or observe) Lent with children, and this is my page that links out to all of the resources I have available to help you with this! I hope you find these … [Read more...]
This tea party is good to do for all 50 days of the Easter season! I consider this tea party kind of a counterpart to our traditional Lenten tea that we like to have. It's full of symbols for all the things that happened from Easter through Pentecost, and roughly follows the Stations of Light (AKA Stations of the Resurrection, Way of the Light, or Via Lucis) You can find all of our liturgical tea … [Read more...]
