Lent is a penitential season that lasts for 40 days! In all my experience with kids, they love counting down the days to a special time, and today, I wanted to share with you some family-friendly activities that last the length of Lent. Best of all, most of these activities encourage extra sacrifices and good deeds throughout the season! So here we go- Lenten activities that last 40 days!
Lenten Countdown Calendar
My printable Lenten calendar for kids is always a huge hit! You can print the Lenten calendar for free, and see all the most important days of Lent coming. This is perfect for kids of all ages!
Crown Of Thorns For Sacrificing
Sacrifice Bean Activity
Lenten Home Altar For All 40 Days
More 40 Days Of Lent Activities
You know the awesome tradition of an Advent wreath? Well, Lent has its very own version, and it’s called a Lenten candle cross. Same concept- add one candle per Sunday, counting down the weeks to Easter. We love this tradition! 
Check out this days of Lent printable paper chain from Real Life At Home. Each day prints with a Lenten activity idea!
Here is another version of a Lenten paper chain- with prayers! This one comes from Sara J Creations and I love how colorful it is!
This printable Lenten resolution tracker is perfect for the 40 days of Lent! One color for every day that you are successful, another color for each day that you didn’t quite meet your goal.
This 40 days of almsgiving craft is fun and perfect for littles! Each day one coin comes out and goes in the offering box.
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This printable good deed tracker is a super easy way to encourage extra sacrifices and good deeds during Lent. Also, it’s free to print!
This is a free printable sacrifice with St. Therese pack that is very interactive for kids and perfect of the Lenten season.
Have you heard of a Jesse Tree during Advent? Well, there is a similar tradition for Lent, and it’s called a Jesus tree! Catholic Sprouts has an affordable printable version of a Jesus tree, so check that out here.
Catholic Inspired has this really cool (and free) Lenten Sacrifice Tree craft. I love this concept!
Kinder-Craze has this adorable and colorful good deed tracker for Lent.
This free Lent printable from Look To Him And Be Radiant is great for encouraging more prayer, fasting, and sacrifice in kids.
I just love your blog!!! Thank you so much for putting these all together for us!
I really like your blog. You have a lot of great info here!
Thanks so much for all the compiling you do of the great ideas for celebrations. Its so awesome to have a place to come for lots of Catholic ideas. 🙂
Oooooooooooooooo I really like that salt dough crown of thorns with toothpicks! Great idea! 🙂
Thanks for the great resources! You have done a great job of adding pictures and I will be using that Crown of Thorns recipe myself tomorrow!
Mary
St. Anne's Helper
Thank you for all the Lenten resources that you are sharing. We have found it easier to use a grapevine wreath for our Crown of Thorns. A photo can be seen here, http://catholicmemories.blogspot.com/2009/02/pre-lent.html
Lots of terrific ideas — thanks so much!
nice post. thanks.
nice post. thanks.
I love all your ideas! I wish I would have found this earlier! Thank you!
Thank you so much, for sharing, it’s not easy to find good free ideas.