Grotto Craft for Our Lady of Lourdes

Have you guys seen these Catholic grotto craft kits yet? You can get them for Our Lady of Lourdes, Fatima, and Guadalupe. I personally feel like they make most since for Our Lady of Lourdes because the grotto from that apparition is very famous! The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes is coming up on February 11. Here are the grotto craft kits Lydia and I made:

This craft would be a great pair with the children’s movie Bernadette, Princess of Lourdes.(I have and love that movie by the way- one of my favorites of the CCC collection!). I just love the story of St. Bernadette! (And if you’re looking for an adult movie, you can try The Song of Bernadette). 
The grotto kits we made were soooo much fun, so easy, and the results are striking! I couldn’t tell from the pictures in the catalog, but the finished project is actually very 3 dimensional and stands on it’s own! Also, it came with a great explination of grottos and information about Our Lady that was awesome! The instructions were very easy to follow. This craft kit would make anyone look like a professional crafter.

What I also couldn’t tell from the other pictures of this craft- these gem stones it comes with are just beautiful! Lydia loved them! (And I did, too!)

It was so nice to have everything ready to go for me. I think these kits would make excellent gifts for Catholic children (especially from Godparents) for sacraments and Baptism anniversaries! So cute! They recommend coloring the pictures with colored pencils, so I pulled out my all-time-favorite colored pencils… Prismacolor! They are a little pricey, but man are they awesome! I have been using them for more than 10 years and I would never pick up another crayola or rose art brand colored pencil. They’re great for kids because you can get such rich colors from them without too much pressure. They’re also great for blending and mixing.

Even though it said for ages 6 and up, Lydia is only 4 and this was an awesome craft for her! She did need help keeping the bottom flat, but she did the majority of this herself.

This craft kit was so much fun and kept Lydia busy for over 2 hours. We had a great afternoon making these together! I would fully recommend getting these kits for your kids! It’s very relaxing to have everything ready to go without a million trips to the craft store- a real luxury! For more ideas for celebrating the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, see my post from last year.

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Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe Crafts and Feast Day Ideas

The feast of San Juan Diego is December 9, and the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is December 12. Our Lady of Guadalupe appeared to San Juan Diego many times. She gave him roses as a miracle when there were none in bloom and he carried them in his tilma. When he opened his tilma, Our Lady of Guadalupe’s image was left behind! Such a great story for kids! Now here are some ways you can celebrate these upcoming feast days with your kids.

How cute are these Sombrero Cookies from Family Fun?

Paper Dali has a Printable Our Lady of Guadalupe, 
and a Juan Diego Paper Doll – tilma included! ;-)

Famila Catolica made liturgical folders with the printables
from Paper Dali and has printables of her own in Spanish!
(What a great time to throw in some Spanish!)

Find this great Juan Diego coloring page for free
from Relevant Radio.

Our Little Catholic Corner made this craft for the
Assumption, but she says it would make a great
Craft for Our Lady of Guadalupe and I think she’s right!

Request paper bags the next time you shop in preparation
for paper bag tilmas! Find directions from Domestic Church.
The picture is from Bountiful Blessings. They also made cookies!

I LOVE this Juan Diego movie from CCC.
We will be watching it on his feast day!

Don’t miss my post on Our Lady of Guadalupe from last year. Also, Homeschool Goodies is having an Our Lady of Guadalupe Link Up starting on St. Nicholas Day. I’ll be linking! Happy celebrating everyone!

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Our Lady of Guadalupe- Dec 12

The Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe is coming up on December 12. Here are some fun ways others have celebrated this day!

Check our this tutorial for Our Lady of Guadalupe

Tin Ornaments from O Night Divine.
Celebrate by making a Mexican Eye of God
Craft with these directions.

Cottage Blessings had an amazing Our Lady of Guadalupe
Tea!
Many great ideas here including San Juan Diego’s
“Tilma of Roses” given to him by Our Lady :-)

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