Celebrating Catholic Family and Faith with crafts, Catechesis and traditions!
Our 12 year old daughter likes to draw in cartoon. We think she’s great! She has even illustrated our newest book
Hand in hand with Jesus.
This is our family in cartoon.
Shortly after Adam was born (2010), Kelly began drawing what she imagined Adam to do when we’re not looking. I just love the expressions and poses and the fabulous things that he’s doing!
March 25 is the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord!
For a description of this important day, plus prayers, readings and great ways to celebrate,
check out this site. Also…check out these FREE resources to help teach about this great event, the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Angel Gabriel.
New! Stations of the Cross Craft Kit with Kelly Saints!
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My friend Lucia tranformed a TY doll into
this St. Joseph saint doll.
Aren’t his little
carpentry tools great?
We love kind, gentle, patient and protective
St. Joseph!
This is our favorite prayer for St. Joseph’s intercession.
This is our new St. Patrick TY doll.
Check out our introduction to the TY Saints dolls at this
Equipping Catholic Families post.
These are the before and after makeover pictures.
I took creative license and chose a doll with red hair for the irish St. Patrick, even though all the pictures I have of St. Patrick show an old bishop with gray hair. I choose to believe that he was a redhead. I gave the doll a significant haircut and transplanted some of the hair for the beard and moustache. This will be a big relief to my four year old who couldn’t understand how I could pretend that a girl doll could be St. Patrick.
A few years ago, dollar stores were selling off
TY Teenie Beanie Bopper dolls.
My friend Lucia began collecting these dolls and turning them into her family’s favorite saints!
She told me how she found the little accessories at dollar stores and craft shops.
Her 7 kids love playing with the dolls and learning about the saints.
She even sent me one of them…Blessed John Paul 2!
Inspired by the Shower of Roses Jesus Tree post, I came up with my own paper version. Although I used some of the images from the kit that Shower of Roses posted, I added my own images for many of the days and formatted them into little stamps. I also added some stamps for Ash Wednesday, St. Patrick’s Day, the Solemnity of St. Joseph and Jesus’ Birth.
As Moms, we have all worn bead bracelets and necklaces, proudly strung by our kids.
Also not exactly formal wear, these thick cord, pony bead
Good Deed Beads Bracelet will help us
with our Lenten sacrifices too.
Inspired by St. Therese, this bracelet works similar to other good deed bead bracelets, as the beads slide and stay in place, recording each good deed, extra prayer (foregone opportunity to complain) or sacrifice.
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