Catholic Crafts and More for Kids
Since St. Francis is the patron Saint of animals, we usually eat animal cracker on his feast day as an easy celebration idea. This year, I wanted to dress it up a bit and make a dunkaroo dip to go with them! You can find more resources for celebrating St. Francis' feast day here. Now let's take a look at this animal cracker dunkaroo dip recipe. I have some free printable Saint food … [Read more...]
Today, I'm going to show you how to make the world's most ridiculous sugar cookie ever. This recipe is extremely relevant when you have a kid that has had a bad day for whatever reason, and your mama heart can't take it. You want to do something for your kid, but you just feel powerless. Well... let me tell you. In that moment, it's time to make the world's most ridiculous sugar cookie … [Read more...]
If you have never tried Arepas, you're in for a treat! They're easy to make and an absolute staple food in both Colombia and Venezuela. They can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. They're kind of a mom's dream because they're an easy staple, they're cheap, and they're filling. This is a great recipe to fall back on if you're trying to come up with some meatless meal ideas, budget meal … [Read more...]
I love to make fun recipes around here that the kids can participate with, and these play dough cookies turned out to be super fun, and also delicious! You could make these into any shape you wanted, which is amazing, because you can basically make any cookie shape without needing a specialized cookie cutter. These rainbow cookies are fun for kids to make, and they can totally shape them on their … [Read more...]
When celebrating the liturgical year with my kids, we just love to celebrate Marian feast days! Sometimes there are specific foods we eat for individual feast days of Our Lady, but these beautiful blue feast day cookies will add some festive fun to any Marian feast day. You can find more resources on honoring Mary with your kids here. Now let's take a look at this Mary cookie recipe! These … [Read more...]
Honoring Mary in your family is a beautiful devotion to instill in your children. I always love celebrating the liturgical year with fun food and recipes! The kids always think it's a party when there is cake, as it is a traditional celebration food. You can find my post all about how to plan a May crowning with kids here, although this cake recipe is perfect for any Marian feast day or … [Read more...]
We love making resurrection rolls (aka empty tomb rolls) to celebrate the true meaning of the Easter story every year! You can find all of my resurrection roll recipes here, including how to make them from canned crescent rolls, biscuits, and even peeps! You can find all of my meaningful holy week recipes for kids here. Today I'm going to show you how to make resurrection rolls from scratch in a … [Read more...]
I recently shared our family's absolute favorite cookie recipe for the most delicious cookies ever, and one of the things I love so much about these cookies are that they can be made in any color to be festive for a variety of feast days! We like to make them for Mardi Gras as kind of a big final delicious bang before we begin our Lenten fasting, and they are quite beautiful in purple, green, and … [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...]
