My kids have always loved crafting these little rosaries and it’s a hit every time I make them with the kids at homeschool co-op or Religious Education class! They’re so easy, and the materials are super affordable, so even if you’re crafting rosaries in a large group it’s easy to afford to make them with every kid. This is a fun new version of the easy rosary craft that is shaped like a Sacred or Immaculate heart, making it perfect for all sorts of occasions, including St. Valentine’s day! Let me show you how to make these easy Sacred and Immaculate Heart Rosaries- A Fun Catholic Craft!
You can either call these One Decade Rosaries, or you can call them Chaplets. Either way, they’re really fun and easy to make!
Good news! I now have a full at-home VBS program for Catholic kids… Summer With The Sacred Heart! This vacation bible school program is chock full of fun crafts and activities for all kids ages preschool through teens. Get your program now!
Supplies Needed:
- Scissors
- Red Pipe Cleaners
- Pink Pipe Cleaners
- Pony Beads in reds and pinks
- Sacred Heart Medal (optional, but you can find my directions for diy molds and religious medals here)
- Crucifix (optional, but you can purchase them cheap in bulk from Autom)
You can get Saint medals really cheap at local Catholic Shops. If they’re out of Sacred Heart medals (because you know– it’s a popular one) then look for a Scapular Medal. He’s usually on the back of there. If you’re really lucky, you’ll find medals that have the Sacred heart of Jesus on the front and the Immaculate Heart of Mary on the back.
If you only have one medal, no problem! Check out this post to see how to make a mold and craft as many as you need! This is a lot of fun for kids of all ages. Lydia used a crucifix that she molded herself for the end of her rosary.
To make this craft, take your pipe cleaner and add 10 of your beads. Twist the pipe cleaner closed, and snip off a section at the end. Put your Sacred Heart medal along with your “Our Father” bead, then twist the extra piece of pipe cleaner on to make a cross shape for the end. This will also hold your last bead on. If I were going to make these with a whole class, I’d probably go with a version kinda like this:
We used red for the Sacred heart, and pink for the Immaculate heart. The orange and yellow beads around the Sacred heart chaplet symbolize fire, and the white beads around the Immaculate heart symbolize the white roses that surround Out Lady’s heart. You can also twist on pieces of orange and yellow pipe cleaner to the top of the heart to add flames.
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Sacred Heart Chaplet
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I really liked the addition of some heart-shaped beads. Lydia (of course) used pretty much exclusively the heart shaped ones.
If you’re looking for more ideas, check out my other resources on how to honor Mary with kids.
When it’s finished, it’s pretty easy to shape the pipe cleaner into a heart. Pair with some Valentines, or a Sacred Heart holy card. Now isn’t that a great craft for Catholics on St. Valentine’s Day?
You can find all of my Sacred and Immaculate heart resources for kids here.
Also, check out my at home VBS program with a Sacred and Immaculte Heart theme. So fun!
Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us!
Lacy, I love this idea!!! I stopped in to link your First Holy Communion ideas for an upcoming article, and I just fell in love with these heart rosaries! Thank you so much for doing such a great job at sharing all of these wonderful and inspiring crafts with us. The children will love making these!
God Bless!
I saw this morning that you shared them on Pinterest. 🙂 Thanks!
What a wonderful idea! We are always looking for ideas for our Daisy Scout troop, and particularly for next year when we work on our first religious medal!
Beautiful Lacy! I shared them at Familia Católica too: http://familiacatolica-org.blogspot.com/2012/01/haz-decenarios-en-forma-de-corazon-para.html
They are cute and easy to do, thank you!!
Thanks so much for sharing! 🙂
Thank you, thank you for sharing this wonderful project. I did it tonight with my kindergarten CCE class and it was perfect! I couldn’t get the right prayer cards, but made a printable kindergarten level one which I would love to share with you. I am going to see if I can find an email address to send the file to.
I’m so glad it worked out! I’d love to see your file: lacy {at} catholicicing {dot} com
I am very excited to do this craft with my 1st and 2nd grade CCD class this Sunday. Thanks for such a great idea! I wondered upon your website and I’m bookmarking it to get ideas for future classes. 🙂
We made these this week in my 3rd grade religious education class. They had a great time making these, so thank you so much for sharing. I’ve used some of your other ideas as well. I don’t know what I’d do without your site for inspiration! I started a blog to keep some of my plans/ideas in one place and linked to this project : http://auctusfides.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-time-flys.html. I’m REALLY new to this blogging thing, so if I haven’t done it correctly please let me know. Again, many, many thanks!!
Such cute stuff! Thanks for sharing the link! 🙂
Hi Lacy, I love your crafts. I started a Catholic Moms group and we are doing this craft on Monday! What a great idea. Thank you!
Hello Lacy. I really love this craft idea. I got all the materials including the crucifixes from Autom. Can you please give a little more detail on how you were able to attach the crucifixes? The holes in the ring seem too small. Thanks so much!!
I did use the rings that came on the crucifixes. Pipe cleaners will fit through smaller areas than you think they will because they are fuzzy. The wire inside them is actually quite small. 🙂