Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
It's almost the 4th of July, and I am so excited to share these diy patriotic beads with you! Working with polymer clay is fun, especially for older kids and even adults! I think you would be surprised at what you can do. It's easier than it looks! Today I am going to show you how to make a polymer clay star bead, a striped bead, a jelly roll bead, and an American flag polymer clay … [Read more...]
Don't you call your priest "Father"? He can't have biological children of his own, so I think this is a nice time to show him some appreciation! :-) I came up with this craft for packaging your Father's Day gift to your priest. It's a sort of a counterpart to all the "necktie" stuff you see for regular Father's Day gifts. What you need to make your "Priest Necktie" White and Black felt or … [Read more...]
Honoring Mary is a beautiful devotion and a long tradition in the Catholic faith. She was the mother of Jesus, ever a virgin, and always said "yes" to our Lord! You can find all of my ideas on honoring Mary with kids here. Today I would like to share with you a bunch of Mary printables for kids, and more than half of them are totally free to download and print! I … [Read more...]
We like to keep a Catholic home altar and update it year-round with the liturgical year. You can find all of my ideas about how to honor Mary with kids in May here, and today we are going to talk about how to make a May altar for Mary. I started by laying down some blue fabric I had because blue is Mary's color. Then I added a floral wreath that I already had, and a Mary statue. … [Read more...]
May is the month of Mary. It is a tradition in the Catholic church to crown Mary with flowers during the month of May. It can be done at any time during the month, but May 1st (also known as "May Day") is a very popular day for it ;-) You can use real flowers, or make a crown from fake flowers. I have a post here all about how to plan your own May crowning. Today let's look at some May crowning … [Read more...]
Check out all of my First Communion Resources for Kids here. I've been finding some more first communion ideas around and couldn't help but share them with all of you! :-) Check out these gorgeous cookies from Bake at 350. (You can order a Chalice Cookie Cutter here - Chalice Cookie Cutter or Chalice and Host Cookie Cutter) Love these directions on Real Life at … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipes for kids here! If you've never heard of Resurrection Eggs, they are plastic Easter Eggs with different religious Easter symbols inside to help teach the Easter story to kids. Making my own resurrection eggs was one of the first religious activities I ever did at home. This is great even for young preschoolers! Here are the things I put … [Read more...]
