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Sneak a Peek at our Office, while we’re at IHM!

Welcome to Equipping Catholic Families! We are currently attending the Immaculate Heart of Mary Conference in Fredericksburg, VA.

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Catholic Family Calendar: Teacher Gift

 We have talked about this Catholic Family Calendar Catholic Printable before. It’s a Perpetual Calendar to use year after year. It is filled with Kelly Comics artwork (by my daughter when she was 11!) and it includes a month-by-month listing of all the Patron Saint Feast Days!

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Catholic Lingo Bingo Classroom Kit: Gift for Teacher

Up here in Canada…we still have a few weeks left of school.  I have been compiling a list of DIY Gifts you can put together for your favorite Catholic Teacher or Catechist.  These are unique, inexpensive and will be a welcomed go-to activity for years to come in their classroom! Teach the Faith in fun, new ways! You can even make a copy of the same Catholic Printable for your own family set, while you’re at it!

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Minute To Win It with FREE printable!

This is a sneak peek at our 2nd Minute To Win It party! The first one was a few years ago…with a number of 14 year olds. You can see Emily’s Minute To Win it Party from 2011.

This time…Emily was one of the activity leaders for the thirteen 7-year olds!

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a Year of Faith Gift for Teacher

 Continuing with our series Unique Gifts for Catholic Teachers and Catechists, here is another unique DIY Gift idea!

The Year of Faith Tower Tumble template includes 2 pages of Catechism categories and answers, specially formatted to fit the Jumbling Tower or  JENGA®  blocks.

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another Unique Catholic Teacher Gift!

Continuing with our series on Unique Gifts for Catholic Teachers, Catechists and Grandparents, how about creating a personalized Prayerbook with the help of our All Season Prayer Bank Craft Kit?

A few weeks ago, I shared my own Pinterest Prayer Book, incorporating awesome artwork collected on Pinterest with our favorite family prayers.  I used a travel photo album purchased at Walmart and added our favorite holy card images, prayer cards, unique religious artwork and printed prayers from the prayer-packed craft kit.

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Guess Who needs a Catholic Teacher Gift?

This post is a continuation of a new series on Unique Gifts for Catholic Teachers, Catechists and Grandparents! Our Guess Who?! series of FREE printables have been very popular this year: Guess Who?! The Saints! Guess Who?! The Cardinals! Guess Who?! The Popes! How about printing all three, laminating and trimming the templates and including them with a purchased game of Guess Who?!

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Catholic Teacher Gifts with Poker Chips

This post launches a new series on Unique Gifts you can print and assemble for your favorite Catholic Teacher, Catechist or Grandparent!

Catholic Teacher Gifts with Poker Chips!

I have made a few different games using poker chips from the dollar store! These are made quite easily with 8.5″x 11″ label paper (also from the dollar store) and a 1.5″ circle punch.  The label paper makes it quite easy to adhere images to poker chips. If you choose to have the images printed on regular paper and mod podge them to the poker chips…please either:

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BIG Winners of the All for Jesus LENT CHALLENGE!

Remember the All for Jesus Lent Challenge?!?

We’re just A LITTLE LATE announcing the WINNERS, but HERE THEY ARE:

Joy of Catholic Homeschooling Joy  and Chris of Campfires and Cleats have both chosen PLUNK! with the Saints!, the Converted 2 Catholic bundle that includes the Year of Faith Tower Tumble!

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