Have you participated in a Wooden Painted Saint Exchange? These seem to be popping up all over the place…and maybe you need a place for all your little Painted Saints to hang out! What better place than your own little Cathedral?
Feast Day Fun: St John Paul II
October 21, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Feast Day Crafts and Activities
Excerpts from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families , various posts at Equipping Catholic Families and our Saint Scripts Craft Kits (Series ONE and TWO).
Pope John Paul II was our Holy Father from 1978-2005. He wrote many important Catholic documents, traveled extensively throughout the world, welcomed millions of pilgrims and worked to reconcile denominations and restore democracy and religious freedom in communist countries.
Feast Day Fun Blessed Teresa
September 4, 2014 by 1 Comment
Feast Day Crafts and Activities
Excerpts from A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families , various posts at Equipping Catholic Families and our Saint Scripts Craft Kits (Series ONE and TWO). Blessed Mother Teresa is known for her virtue of compassion and for being the “icon of the Good Samaritan”, caring for the sick and the poor in India. She models for us the Scriptural Works of Mercy…meeting both the Corporal and Spiritual needs of each person she encountered. I received a copy of You Did It to Me: A Practical Guide to Mercy in Action from Fr Michael Gaitley and it seems to offer a practical guide for all of us to tackle the Five Scriptural Works of Mercy with the same fervor as Blessed Mother Teresa. He refers to Matthew 25:31-46 and recalls the practical insights of St Pope John Paul II, St Faustina and Pope Francis and offers Blessed Mother Teresa and the Missionaries of Charity as a key example of living a life of mercy (p20-21). Speaking of BOOKS, Thirsting for God is a book of 365 Daily Meditations, short stories and prayers, straight from Mother Teresa’s heart. They are short and sweet and inspire us to
7 Things to do with Wooden Painted Saints
March 27, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Recently, I painted our family members using the same little wooden dolls I paint for the Wooden Painted Saints. The kids have been enjoying playing with the whole collection of saints and family members and we have found them in various predicaments…in every corner of the house.
Painted Saint Passion Play
March 18, 2014 by 4 Comments
There is a reason I have been painting little wooden saints…and why Adam has had ample opportunity to put painted saints in the dungeon.
You see, I decided to set the stage for a Passion Play and I decided to fit all of Jesus’ Public Ministry on earth …into an egg carton.
A Meet and Greet with the Saints
March 15, 2014 by Leave a Comment
I just recently painted our family on wooden pegs, complete with Grandpa, Grandma and Uncle Steve.
I’m actually working on another special craft to use with the Wooden Painted Saints for Holy Week and I’ve had a lot of helpers eager to paint…and entertain the little painted peg people.
Wooden Painted Saint: Proper Tutorial
July 14, 2013 by 15 Comments
Our Wooden Painted Saints attracted a lot of attention at the IHM conference in Virginia! We had quite a few people asking to place orders for their own set!
These little wooden peg people are really fun to make so I thought that I would post a proper step-by-step tutorial. I have been particularly impressed with the tutorial picture style of this website and have tried to make my own version!
Playtime with the Saints
June 14, 2013 by 5 Comments
In 2012, I painted quite a few wooden dolls into saints.
I came up with a few fun ways to use the Wooden Saint Dolls…like the Saints-To-Go in an Altoids tin…for travel!
I decided to dig them out again…and once again find things my kids love to do…and add the Saints!
May Saints!
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
First, we’ve got the I Spy…the Saints collages…and this FREE printable now includes ALL 12 MONTHS!
For the complete FREE printable of 12 Months of I Spy…the SAINTS!, click the “Add to Cart” button right here (no discount code needed):
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe!
December 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe!
Do you like my St Juan Wooden Painted Saint?
Printing and gluing the little Our Lady of Guadalupe image gave me a big boost,
as I painted St Juan, trying to make him easily identifiable.
I think I will be using other clipart to help articulate these little 2″ Wooden Painted Saints!
Check out these crafts for Our Lady of Guadalupe!
Paper dolls at Paper Dali
These are my favorite handmade Tilmas,
carefully crafted as St Juan costumes,
but I think they would be excellent decorations and fun crafts to do!
The images are all a little different from each other…
and they are all SO CUTE!
St Juan Costume at Sometimes Martha, Always Mary
St Juan costume over at Catholic Icing.
St Juan Costume at Catholic Inspired.
If you would like to read an awesome story about St Juan
and Our Lady of Guadalupe,
check out these links:
Our Lady of Guadalupe at Catholic Online
Saint Fun Facts about St Juan Diego at Catholic Online
