Homegrown Catholics: Christian Crafts for Holy Week

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Christian Crafts for Holy Week

Go to HOLY WEEK 2012: http://stbrigidsacademy.blogspot.com/2012/03/holy-week-and-easter-plans-2012.html

I made some additions to old posts, with pictures and some printables! Here's a quick link to some of them, before I sign off for the weekend.
Stations of The Cross Coloring Sheets I made as found on Our Holy Week

We are making our Offering boxes and SONcatchers today, as seen on our LMNOPreschool post.

Last night I put together our Resurrection Story puppet show. It turned out quite cute. The printable characters are available at Catholic Icing's blog -where else!?

I used an envelope box, which fits perfectly all you create. I used fasteners (brads), for the nails on the cross and to swivel the rock on the tomb. The cloudy fluff is stuffing for making toys. Wrap the characters around cardboard tubes, or if you print them on cardstock, they'll hold their own. Yes, I laminated it all to last for years ahead.

I hope you enjoy making these crafts with your kiddos as do we.

May God Bless your Holy Week

and a Happy Easter to Christians everywhere!

2 comments:

Lacy @ Catholic IcingApril 26, 2011 at 11:01 AM
Every craft that I do, you totally approve on it! I love how the internet lets us all share ideas so they can be built on. :-) LOVE how all the characters fit into the tomb box- what a great idea! The brads as nails is also genius. I also love your printable stations. I'm going to save the link!
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Xhonane OlivasApril 28, 2011 at 5:32 PM
wow! You are truly an artist!! I loved your Stations of the Cross. I will add your post to a link I have of different coloring pages of the Stations of The Cross. congratulations!!!
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Thank you for reading about our family. I look forwards to sharing ideas, joys and struggles. God Bless you in your journey!

Homegrown Catholics - Our homeschooling experience

Raising our children at home 24/7 is quite the vocation. It requires inner strength, or as we call it "God's Grace." Each child is taken as a seedling, planted and nurtured right here in our home garden, watered with God's graces. One day God can harvest the fruit and let it sweeten the lives of others.

As a child, I wore a mustard seed with a bible verse [Mark 30-32]around my neck. I pondered the fragility and potential of that little seed. What amazing potential did I have, and now what of the potential of our children!? In high school, my favorite quote was: "When you take the time to do the things you have to do when you have to do them; the time will come when you can do the things you want to do when you want to do them!" - Zig Zigler

So we're taking the time to enrich our childrens' lives, so that they can someday be sent into the world not just as educated citizens - but more so messengers of God. It often takes all my energy and will power to get out of bed each day and have everyone at home depending upon me to entertain with lessons and activities. But I know the end result will be our confidence in knowing we did everything we could to give our children the best Catholic Education WE could provide.

I don't know that I'll ever retire from being a teacher to my family, and I don't want to wait until my husband retires and our children are all grown before we really live our life. Homeschooling allows us to live now, love better now, and give praise and thanks to God now for all that we currently enjoy.

Homegrown Catholics blog is a place for us to share this journey with you. Let it be a resource of renewal and inspiration!

God Bless,
Melissa & Tom
and our growing family

*Visit my other blog for more straight forward journaling about my life Growing in Grace, my Catholic Journey, and my take on world issues. My personal journey to evangelize despite opposition.
*To view samples of what I sew and craft for homework and sale, go to Modest Mommies.