Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Collecting holy cards as a child is what started my love for the Saints. I love that through the internet, these kinds of things become so accessible to everyone! You can find all of my St. Valentine resources for kids here. Today I'm going to share with you a free printable Saint Valentine prayer card. It seems like the internet would just be flooded with printable holy cards, but I … [Read more...]
St. Valentine's day is more than an excuse to eat candy hearts and give out cards, it is the feast day of an amazing Saint! I would encourage Catholic families to stay focused on the true meaning of this fun feast day. You can find all of my resources for celebrating the feast day of St. Valentine here. Today I'm going to share 7 easy ways to celebrate St. Valentine's Day as … [Read more...]
When celebrating with kids, I always love to include some fun food! Doesn't delicious food always seem to take an ordinary day and make it more into a party? Cake is one of our favorite ways to celebrate, and I love this strawberry sandwich cupcake recipe. It's also a winner with the kids! Simple, includes actual fruit, and no decorating skills are needed. This is my kind of recipe. I … [Read more...]
My kids love cookies and I have a soft place for them in my heart as well! They're so small and adorable and I love how special they seem on feast days, like St. Valentine's day. Cookies can take on almost any personality and this heart shaped shortbread cookie recipe is absolutely perfect for St. Valentine's day! These cookies are adorable and certain to please a crowd and put a smile on your … [Read more...]
As you may have seen, I shared my family's favorite cookie recipe- the most delicious cookies ever! Besides being absolutely the yummiest cookies at all time I love how they can be decorated with different colors of sugar to take on totally different looks. We bake them for various feast days and special occasions, including St. Valentine's day. This year we made the most delicious St. Valentine's … [Read more...]
St. Valentine's day is a beautiful Catholic feast day to celebrate with your kids! We can remember that this day of love really is a Catholic feast day by remember the Saint himself. You can find all of my Catholic St. Valentine's Day resources for kids here, along with some quick facts about his life, but today I want to to share with you a bunch of actual Saint Valentine printables for Catholic … [Read more...]
I am so excited to bring you this week's Catholic how to draw video, how to draw Saint Valentine! I have been listening to the requests that ya'll send in, and Saints have pretty much been the top requested thing. I think it's so important to make sure that kids understand that Valentine's day is not invented by Hallmark, but in fact a Catholic feast day celebrating a Saint. You can find all of my … [Read more...]
I was thinking about St. Valentine's Day coming up, and I couldn't believe that I don't have St. Valentine in my Alphabet Saint pack! So I decided to make a separate pack for 'ol St. Valentine. This download was free for a limited time, but is now a paid-for download. It is $2 for the whole pack, and I hope you and your little ones enjoy it! The Saint Valentine Pack is 8 pages. It … [Read more...]
So a few years back, I designed a scripture countdown chain with one love bible verse for each of the 14 days in February counting down to the feast of St. Valentine, and now, it's even better! :-) This craft is printable, and easy to assemble. Each day in February you just tear off one link and read the scripture about love with your children. That's it! A fun and easy way to … [Read more...]
Each week, we have a "poetry tea." I need to write a post about it sometime, but essentially, we just have tea with lunch and take turns reading poetry while we eat. We've been doing this for a couple of years now, and absolutely love it! You can find all of our liturgical tea parties here, along with my tips for making tea parties extra fun for kids! I usually keep it simple, but sometimes get … [Read more...]
