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Easy Pentecost Craft for Kids (And a Pentecost Song!)

May 16, 2013 By Lacy

I have seen this craft all over the internet, and I think it’s just about the cutest and easiest craft for kids to make at Pentecost! Also, the kids love it, and it’s a great way to teach them about what happened on the first Pentecost!

penetcost flaming tongue hats craft for kids

Here’s the Bible story of the Pentecost from Acts 2, 1-4: “When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.”

For this craft, each child ends up with their own “tongues as of fire” that can rest right on their head.

tongue of fire hat

This craft is so simple to make, and I’ll bet you already have everything you need at home!

Supplies Needed for this Pentecost Craft:

Construction paper (a variety, but definitely “fire colored” paper)
Stapler
Tape
Scissors

Yep, that’s it! Just make a construction paper loop that fits around your child’s head, staple into place, cut out paper “flames” and tape them on.

pentecost craft for kids- tongue of fire hat

Also, you can try singing this Pentecost song with kids:

The Pentecost Song- Tune “Are You Sleeping”

Tongues of fire, tongues of fire,

driving wind, driving wind,

Holy Spirit’s coming! Holy Spirit’s coming!

Let Him in. Let him in.

We also love to listen to our Shine Like the Son CD from Christ Music Kids. Their song “Let the Fire Fall” is perfect for Pentecost, and my kids and I jam to this CD all the time in the van, so I’m sure we’ll listen to it on our way home from Mass. We also listened to it on our way home from Anabelle’s Baptism.

Our favorite Pentecost tradition in our home is making “Pentecost Sundaes” on Pentecost Sunday. My kids love ice cream, so it goes over well. See how much fun it is to be Catholic?

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Monstrance Craft for Catholic Kids

May 4, 2013 By Lacy

When my older class at Catholic Schoolhouse made the host and chalice craft, my younger class made these handprint Monstrance crafts. They came out so cute! This would be a great craft for First Communion.

monstrance craft for catholic kids

Supplies Needed for Monstrance Craft:

1/2 piece of poster board
pencil
yellow crayon or marker
washable yellow paint
white paper
scissors
glue stick
Jesus sticker or printed picture (small)
paper plate

Start with a half a piece of poster board, because the handprints will make this fairly large. Draw the bottom of the monstrance for younger children (older kids can do this on their own). In the simpilist form, this is a half a circle at the bottom, then a long skinny rectangle with a circle on top. Let the kids color this in with yellow markers or crayons. I was really surprised at how fast my preschoolers colored these in!

Once it’s colored, put yellow paint on a paper plate. Dip the child’s hand, and stamp handprints all the way around the Monstrance, turning the poster board as you work go around the circle. You only need to dip in the paint for every other handprint.

monstrance craft for Catholic kids

Isn’t it so nice that one of the mothers in our Catholic Schoolhouse group took pictures of me working with the kids? I rarely get pictures like these. Thanks, Kelly! Below is me with my daughter, Violet.

monstrance craft for Catholic kids

This next one is me with my beautiful niece. She and her family were staying with us for awhile, but they’ve moved out now. Such a cutie!

monstrance craft with handprints

Then we made little circle-shaped books with Jesus stickers inside, just like the ones that go with the silhouette chalice craft. This helps to show the true presence for the kids!

monstrance craft with Jesus

Attach the host in the middle with a glue stick. When we were all done, the kids got to walk down to the adoration chapel and see the real Monstrance. They loved it!

handprint monstrance craft

That’s it- hang it up in your kid’s room!

Adapting this project:

If you were brave enough to use acrylic paint rather than washable paint, you could sprinkle it with gold glitter while the paint was wet. If you’re working with older kids, they could paint the whole thing rather than using crayones. You could also decorate the Monstrance with glitter glue or stick on jewels. With older kids, you could also have them trace their hands on yellow paper and cut the handprints out, gluing them around the Monstrance.

My art class that I teach to the preschoolers is only a 30 minute class, and I have 8 of them, so this is all we had time for. It was awesome- the kids and parents both loved it.

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Lenten Crown of Thorns Transformed to Easter Nest

March 25, 2013 By Lacy

One of my favorite Lenten traditions to bring meaning to the season with my children is have a crown of Thorns. Each time you do a good deed or make a Sacrifice, you get to pull out a thorn.

Our crown is made from a grapevine wreath and toothpicks.

Hopefully, by the end of Lent, the crown is empty.

But once Lent is coming to an end, and the thorns have all been pulled, what do you do with your wreath? Well, on Easter morning, our wreath is transformed into a beautiful Easter nest full of Easter eggs!

The Easter nest of beautiful eggs makes a striking Easter table centerpiece full of meaning! Eggs are a symbol of the resurrection because they stand for new life, and the shells can be empty like a tomb.

What do you do with your crown of thorns for Easter?

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Pope Francis Craft for Kids

March 14, 2013 By Lacy

What an exciting week we have had! Welcome, Pope Francis! My kids were so excited to see him come onto the balcony, and what a blessing that we were able to pray an Our Father, Hail Mary, and Glory Be along with the world! We were so excited, we wanted to turn our Pope puppets we’ve been making into Pope Francis puppets, and here he is!

The templates for making these Pope puppets can be found in my Saint Puppet Ebook. To turn the Pope puppets you already made into specifically Pope Francis puppets, first draw on some glasses with a marker. Then, color his cross brown rather than gold. This is because rather than coming out in the fancy jeweled cross they had prepared for Pope Francis, he chose to come out in his own, simple cross, which I think is simply fabulous.

Here’s a picture of Julian watching Pope Francis yesterday wearing his Zucchetto that we crafted! So fun!

You can also make a Saint Francis puppet to go along with, and the templates for him are also available in the Ebook. You can also check out my St. Francis crafts here, and my round up of Pope crafts here. You could also celebrate with food or crafts from Argentina.

I’m going to be out of town at a blogging conference over the weekend, so I’ll see you all when I get back on Monday! God bless Pope Francis!!!