Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
I love coming up with fun and creative ways to live the liturgical year at home with kids, and June is full of fun Saint feast days to celebrate! Keep scrolling to the bottom of the post because it also includes other fun June feast days and faith filled Summer activities for kids! Now let's look at these highlights of fun June Saint feast days to celebrate with links to crafts, food, and … [Read more...]
Happy June, everyone! I wanted to round up everything that's useful for this June and put it in one post for you. Our First Friday linky is at the bottom of the post can't wait to see what you all have to share! The dates of some of these Liturgical days change from year to year (based on when Easter is) so these dates are for the year 2012. June 3- Feast of The Most Holy Trinity Triangle … [Read more...]
Y'all... these little printable Saint blocks are one of my favorite Saint resources for kids EVER! These things are so adorable, super easy to put together, ridiculously affordable, and did I mention adorable?! Every month, we come out with 2 new Saint bloks, so let's take a look at all of the printable Saint blocks that we have so far. Here is what some of them look like from the … [Read more...]
I was looking for a fun way to celebrate St. John the Baptist with my kids, and nothing seemed like more fun than making some fun edible grasshopper snacks! These are healthy, a great summer activity for kids, and a fun way to bring the bible to life a little bit for them. This snack would go well with my St. John The Baptist notebooking pages. So today I'm going to show you how to make your own … [Read more...]
During the month of June which is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, I wanted to make something really big and fun to celebrate- a giant Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary out of pool noodles! These can be used as a large yard ornament, a door hanging, and also a fun outdoor game for kids! This is actually a small part of my full Sacred Heart VBS program for kids to use at … [Read more...]
I tried to look up some fun staycation ideas for this summer since we are doing a lot of staying home and limiting our access to people due to the pandemic. You know what I found? People telling me to clean out my closets and visit "virtual" museums online. Ok, gotta say... I was hoping to find something more fun than organizing my home and staring at a screen. I mean the whole idea of playing … [Read more...]
As you may or may not know, Catholics believe in the true presence of Christ in the Eucharist or communion. A Monstrance is an ornate golden vessel that displays the consecrated host for adoration. Monstrances are generally beautiful and decorative, lending themselves to all kinds of beautiful crafts for children. Let's check out these monstrance crafts for Catholic kids. There are so many … [Read more...]
Today I want to talk about some Catholic VBS ideas for Catholic churches looking to have an awesome and wholly Catholic vacation bible school program available for their parishioners. Many parishes end up creating their own programs, as one of my past churches did. Today we are going to look at some vbs theme ideas and resources that would be specific for Catholic churches planning their own VBS. … [Read more...]
Did your kids have some of their favorite activities canceled this year? Yeah. Mine, too. As a mother, have you been looking for some fun and safe activities you can enjoy as a family this summer? Me too! So why not have an at-home VBS program with your kids this year?! I put this Catholic vacation bible school program together for Catholic kids during this quarantine, and I sincerely hope it … [Read more...]
The church year is so intricate and beautiful! And sometimes... a little hard to keep up with haha. Before Catholic Icing was my full time job, there was so much that I failed to understand about the church year, but I'm here to bring you in on a little secret today; there is a whole string of super cool feast days following Pentecost Sunday! So I made the little image above to help … [Read more...]
