Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
When you're celebrating the liturgical year with your kids, you can think of the season of Lent a lot like you do Advent. It's a long season of preparation, and we need to get ready for Easter. I like to do activities with kids that last the length of the season, so it's important to prepare before Ash Wednesday ahead of time so you're ready to go! Although I will add here that it's never too late … [Read more...]
Ok, it's really time to get our Lenten ducks in a row! Lent will be here before you know it!!! Here are some Lenten ideas for children from my archives: Bury the Alleluia Activities that span the length of Lent for kids Putting things away for lent Pretzels for Lent Printable Stations of the Cross for Kids Printable Lenten Calendar for Kids My Printable Lenten … [Read more...]
I often find religious stuff at the Dollar Tree, and was inspired to bring you guys a "Dollar Store Haul" post (fashioned after Heather's posts at Dollar Store Crafts). So here are some Catholic things you can currently be stocking up on at the Dollar Tree. (Products do vary some from store to store). For those of you who don't already shop at the Dollar Tree, everything is $1. So you should … [Read more...]
Hymns & Songs Sing, My Tongue, the Savior’s Glory / Pange Lingua Gloriosi O Sacrament Most Holy Adoro Te Devote Catholic Icing Resources Last Supper Craft True Presence Printable Craft About the Stations of the Cross Stations of the Cross Crafts & Activities for Kids Recommended Books Stories of the Blessed Sacrament by Francine Bay Heavenly Hosts: … [Read more...]
Who doesn't love printables? (Well, other than your ink cartridge ;-) Lol! These are some great activities for Holy Week, and many of these will work well for in the car for any of you who are traveling! Over at Catholic Mom, find cross word puzzles and word searches for Holy Thurday, Good Friday, and Easter (among other things!) I love this Holy Week activity for kids! You … [Read more...]
Holy Week is a super important time to keep the true focus of the year with Christian kids! Beginning on Palm Sunday and running through Spy Wednesday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, & Holy Saturday- you don't want to miss any of these important events when making plans with your kids for the week. You can find all of my Holy Week resources for families here. Today, let's take a look at these … [Read more...]
So I've been working on some more crafts for holy week, and this is a craft where you make your own version of Veronica's veil after she wipes the face of Jesus. St. Veronica's feast day is July 12, and you can find all my posts about living liturgically in July here. It's done using a faux batik technique for kids. Here's the completed craft: Supplies Needed: White scrap … [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...]
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha is an amazing Saint and is the first Native American Saint ever to be canonized by the Catholic Church. There are really very few Saints from the Americas at all. Her feast day in the United States comes around each year on July 14. When celebrating the liturgical year at home, you do not want to miss teaching your kids about St. Kateri! You can read here about how to … [Read more...]
Today I want to talk about some Catholic VBS ideas for Catholic churches looking to have an awesome and wholly Catholic vacation bible school program available for their parishioners. Many parishes end up creating their own programs, as one of my past churches did. Today we are going to look at some vbs theme ideas and resources that would be specific for Catholic churches planning their own VBS. … [Read more...]
