Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
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...]
Today we have a step by step picture tutorial for starting with pysanky egg decorating! This is perfect for Pascha (or Easter). Beginning with something like this can be intimidating if you don't understand the process, but this post is full of tips and tricks for beginners so you can be successful right away! We will cover the supplies you need for pysanky eggs, what kind of eggs to use, what … [Read more...]
When I am planning fun Easter treats with the kids, I always love to include things that have symbols that point back to the true meaning of Easter, which is the resurrection of Christ. These easy bird's nest treats have "eggs" inside, which are one of the oldest symbols of the Resurrection! You can find all of my Easter activities for kids here. Today I'm going to show you my easy Easter cookie … [Read more...]
Years ago I developed Stations of the Cross eggs to help teach young children about the Stations of the Cross in a hands-on way that makes sense to them. This has been one of my family's most cherished Lenten activities year after year! I fully recommend checking out the tangible stations of the cross eggs where each egg holds a symbol from that station. I also wanted an easy option for families … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipes for kids here! Deviled eggs are a favorite around here, and we found a way to gussy them up a bit for Easter Sunday! Check out these colorful deviled eggs! Now I'm going to show you how to dye your own deviled eggs! It's super easy, and doesn't take that much extra time. Guess what? This recipe is now a part of my The … [Read more...]
Have you heard of the Resurrection? They're also know as "Via Lucis", "Stations of Light", or "The Way of the Light". There are 14 stations, and they the counterpart to the Stations of the Cross. Every station is something that happened between Easter and Pentecost, while the risen Jesus was walking around alive on the earth. Here is a list of the stations of light. For some of them, … [Read more...]
Check out all of my faith-based Easter crafts and recipes for kids here! Did you know that to us Christians, Easter is more important than Christmas? It can be so hard to keep the day focused on the true meaning of Easter, but not impossible! I designed these resurrection printables to be used at Easter dinner as part of a religious place setting! Each of these eggs has a piece of the … [Read more...]
I'm really happy to be writing and sharing my Easter-themed artwork with you all again! I had a lot of fun writing my last post here at Catholic Icing, about painting a Paschal candle, and this time I've been invited to share my Easter Egg Tree. I didn't grow up celebrating Easter with an Easter egg tree, but because our family cultures are so diverse, I wanted to start creating … [Read more...]
I've been trying to teach my kids about the Stations of the Cross this Lent, and it's going really well! I came up with these Stations of the Cross eggs, and I'm so excited about them!!! This is by far the best hands on way I have ever found to teach preschoolers how to pray the Stations of the Cross, and we use them year after year. You can find all of my Stations of the Cross resources for kids … [Read more...]
We love to live the liturgical year at home, and Easter is the most important day for Christians! We love to try to keep Easter focused on the true meaning of this day at our house, and the kids look forward to our fun Easter activities each year. So here we go- a whole round-up of religious Easter crafts for kids that focus on the resurrection! Printable peg doll resurrection set- The bodies … [Read more...]
