Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Celebrating Palm Sunday with your family is a great way to live the liturgical year at home with your kids! It begins the last week of Lent, and there are a lot of fun and meaningful ways to celebrate Palm Sunday with your kids. You can find all of my Holy Week resources for families here. But now let's see how to kick it off with Palm Sunday! Special For Those Who Can't Attend Palm … [Read more...]
I made a printable book that tells the story of Holy Week for children. The story is adapted from the book of Matthew, and the story is illustrated by your child and his or her handprints. :-) Each handprint picture is designed to be loads of fun, and easy to replicate! Even the youngest of children can participate in a handprint craft, and the craft also becomes a keepsake to be treasured. … [Read more...]
I love to teach my kids the stories from the Bible in fun and hands on ways, especially during Holy Week! Holy Week leads up to the most important day for Christians, which is Easter! It begins with Palm Sunday, and I like to make sure this is a special and memorable day at our house. We made these Palm Sunday crafts with handprint palms, and footprint donkeys. So much fun! You can find all … [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...]
Praying the Stations of the Cross is a great way to remember the true meaning of Lent with your kids. There are 14 stations of the cross, and it goes through the biblical passion story. It starts with Jesus being condemned to death, and ends with Jesus being laid in the tomb. Going through the stations of the cross is actually a special Lenten prayer, and it's a really excellent one to do with … [Read more...]
When living the liturgical year with kids, holy week is a really big and excellent week to include! The most important thing is to help keep your family focused on the true meaning of this season, and remembering that this is the last week of Lent. Easter starts on Sunday, but to help hold off on Easter celebrating until the actual Easter season begins, you can try to get your family involved with … [Read more...]
I thought I'd like to have a place to share my bible journaling pages with you, so I'll post them here (at the top) whenever I have a new one. For more bible journaling inspiration, be sure to follow me on Instagram and check out my bible journaling Pinterest board. Links to my commonly used supplies: You can also see my complete post of recommended bible journaling supplies here. … [Read more...]
We have been continuing on our journey of religious notebooking, and today we covered the topic of the last supper and the crucifixion! I have been creating these notebooking pages as a series to go along with the book Tell Me About The Catholic Faith, but you could certainly use these to teach kids about Holy Thursday and the passion of Christ whether or not you are reading that book. You can … [Read more...]
Palm Sunday brings out the crafter in every Catholic. It seems that everyone has something different to do with them. There are so many creative things you can do with your palms to display these beautiful blessed objects in your home through the year! We love to make crosses, roses, braids, and other designs from our Palms. You can find all of my Palm Sunday resources for families here. Today I … [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...]
