Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I love coming up with fun and creative ways to celebrate the church year with kids, and May is full of fun Saint feast days to celebrate! Some of these feast days include St. Joseph the Worker, Our Lady of Fatima, Blessed Imelda, St. Joan of Arc, St. Rita, and St. Simon Stock! The month of May is also dedicated to Our Lady, Mary. You can find all of my month-to-month posts on living … [Read more...]
There is nothing tricky or fancy about setting up a home altar. It's a simple thing to do and a beautiful way to live the liturgical year at your home. Here are some resources for you when designing your home altar. Printable Monthly Home Altar Packs Catholic Icing now offers a monthly membership program that includes printable home altars for each month! The home altar downloads … [Read more...]
Observing Lent in our home is a cherished tradition to our family and an important season for us as Catholics. Celebrating the faith with kids in meaningful and engaging ways is a passion of mine, and this printable Lenten calendar is one of the first things I drew to celebrate the liturgical year with my kids! This is by far the most downloaded resource from Catholic Icing, even after 12 years of … [Read more...]
For Violet's pre-k year, I wanted to include some one on one "cooking" time with me as our Charlotte Mason life skill/ handicraft for her. We're incorporating this into my Catholic ABC's curriculum by making alphabet snacks for the letter of the week! It was important to me that Violet could be very involved in the preparation of each snack. Therefore, the importance here was placed more … [Read more...]
Find all of my peg doll resources here! I recently took part in a Catholic Saint peg doll exchange, and it was awesome! We all painted 36 of the same Saint, then exchanged so we ended up with 36 different Saints. I am so excited about these little guys! Here's the complete set I ended up with: From left to right, top to bottom: St. Joan of Arc, St. Patrick, Blessed Imelda, St. … [Read more...]
There are several fun ways to get kids involved in novenas, and help your family remember to do them each day. One thing you can do is make a novena counter. You'll find an example of a Divine Mercy Novena counter (and how to build it) here. The basic idea is that something moves each day until you reach the "end" of your novena. Another thing you can do is add something each day of a novena. … [Read more...]
I think it's so cute when siblings (or friends) dress up as Saints who go together in groups or pairs! It's adorable, right? I know I've dressed my kids up as saints who go together, and I've seen my friends do it, so I wanted to make a list to help you brainstorm some ideas. So here it is- a list of Saints who were friends, family, or otherwise "go together". You can find all of my All Saints' … [Read more...]
All Saints Day costumes don't have to be complicated, and they can be fun and easy to put together! This list of girl Saint costumes is organized by type of Saint, has a link to each Saint, and tell what kind of props to consider adding to your costume to symbolize that Saint. Here's a list of All Saints' Day costume ideas for girls to get you started. You can find all of my All Saints' Day … [Read more...]
Coming up with ideas for All Saints Day costumes should be fun, not stressful! Don't make your kids skip the All Saints' Day party because you're afraid of coming up with costumes. You do NOT need to know how to sew to pull it off. This post includes more than 60 ideas for boy saint costumes! You can find all of my All Saints' Day resources for kids here. Also, you should totally check out … [Read more...]
Teaching my kids about the Saints in fun ways is one of my favorite things to do! Over the years, I have developed many activities for my children, so I have ideas that range from preschool kids to upper elementary. I hope you find many useful resources for teaching your kids about the Saints here! There is an alphabetical directory of all the Saints I have resources for at the bottom of this … [Read more...]
