Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
The most important thing to me in raising my children is that I instill a life-long faith of God in them. After a lot of thought and observation of other Catholic families, I came up with a theory about weaving the Catholic faith into the lives of my children. This concept of mine from years ago actually turned into a full liturgical ebook, Weaving The Faith! This is the perfect resource for … [Read more...]
It's great that we pray with our kids at Mass, at bedtime, at rosary, and before we eat. However, no matter how many times a day we manage to pray with out kids, it's still important to teach them to pray independently. After all, we're not going to be there with them in the dorm room reminding them to say their bedtime prayers, are we? So I developed these prayer starters to help Lydia get … [Read more...]
The nativity of Mary is September 8 (9 months after the feast of the Immaculate Conception.) Although we've had more elaborate celebrations in the past, our family had a simple celebration this year. We made Mary a birthday cake! We made a simple angel food cake from a box mix, and drizzled it with some blue glaze (Our Lady's color.) I set out a Mary statue, and put 10 candles in the cake … [Read more...]
Kneeling is an important part of our faith, and is referenced in scripture many times. 1 Ephesians 3:14 "For this reason I kneel before the Father" Acts 9:40 "Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed." Kneeling is a sign of humbleness before God, and this is definitely something we want to teach to our kids! :-) I thought a kneeler would be a great addition to our home altar, and so … [Read more...]
Check out all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. Directly inspired by Angie's post of More than 40 First Communion Banner Examples, I took pictures of the First Communion Banners at our church last year. I'll start with a list of ideas to put on First Communion banners, then move onto the pictures. Your Name The Date of your First Holy Communion Other phrases (see … [Read more...]
First Holy Communion is a very important event for Catholics and some other Christians! It is one of the 7 Sacraments, and it is the 3rd one received after Baptism and First Reconciliation. You can see an overview of First Communion for Catholics here. Today, I want to share with you some first holy communion traditions to help make this day more meaningful and memorable for your whole … [Read more...]
On Easter Vigil this past weekend, my Daddy came into the Catholic Church! When I was 7 years old and received my First Holy Communion, I gave it up to my daddy and I prayed that someday he would become Catholic. I made this my tradition each week, offering up my Communion and saying a prayer for him. Ever week I continued this until I was 15, and I realized that I had been praying … [Read more...]
Find all of my peg doll resources here! Okay, these are the last of my Catholic peg dolls for now- check out our little altar servers! I love these little guys- they're my favorite! These are a little more complicated than the nun peg dolls or the priest peg dolls because to make them short, we actually sawed off the bottom of the pegs. Like, with an actual saw. I usually avoid using … [Read more...]
When I teach Catholic ABC's at our homeschool co-op, my class always finishes by putting together a prayer table and saying our Rosary prayers with our beginner Rosaries. Check out what goes on our prayer table. Here are the basics you'll need to put together your own prayer table: Table of some kind Cloth Standing crucifix Bible Vase/flowers Candle Any other … [Read more...]
Just a few day ago, I decided to do Operation Christmas Child with my kids this year, and I'm so glad we did! The drop off days for 2012 are Nov 12-19, so you still have plenty of time to do this with your kids! There are lots of ways to give around Christmas time, but there are several reasons that I really love Operation Christmas Child. The first reason is that these boxes go all over … [Read more...]
