Homemade Top Trumps Saints Edition

Frozen Juice Lids converted to Saint Disks : Part Two

Once I created the templates of saints to fit the frozen juice lids, I decided that I wanted a cooler way to use them, with the kids.  I decided to make my own version of
Top Trumps:  Saints Edition!
Yes, that's my template of saints...you can download 4 pages with 12 images each, plus a blank template for you to add your own favorite saints!


We have several decks of Top Trumps.

Top Trumps is a specialized card game,
a little like "war". 
Two people play with a stack of cards,
each placing down one card at a time,
the player with the higher card, wins the two cards
and adds them to their pile.
Top Trumps has a gazilion different themed packs,
offering categories of numerical facts to form the basis of competing. 


The player to go first chooses the ‘best’ statistic (usually the highest) from their top card and all the other players read out the SAME statistic. Whoever has the best or highest value wins and places all the top cards including their own to the bottom of their pile. Check out how to play here.
In a game of Superheroes, the statistics include intelligence, strength, speed and agility. 
In the Skyscrapers edition, statistic categories include height, date completed, elevators, floor space and  climbing difficulty.

I created a template to categorize the Saints, showing the year of birth, death and canonization, the official Feast Day and what each saint is patron saint of.  I included a few facts or details reminding us of what each saint is known for.  I came up with my own "Vocation Index" to categorize the Saints. You can click on this image to actually read the print.

I'm not trying to assume that some vocations are holier than others, I was just searching for a way to categorize the Saints.  I'm expecting that we will ask "which saint was born first?" "which saint's Feast Day occurs earlier/later in the calendar year?" "which saint was canonized most recently/long ago?" 

Again..."which saint ranks higher?" is not supposed to be a judgment on holiness
...although Mother Mary is ranked #1!

It's not perfect...but it sure is teaching me alot about the Saints.  I haven't found any neat Excel charts or cards with all the details on the saints in an easy, consistent format, so I'm researching one by one, using alot of resources.  It's tedious...but inspiring to learn more about the saints and I'm hoping that the kids will enjoy this as much as I am. I would love to match a virtue with each saint, but I haven't found any authority on that either.  I also wouldn't want to presume to rank virtues!

Here is a sneak peek at the Super Saints back template for the first 12 saints and the blank template for your choice of saints.  I haven't decided whether I'm ready to unleash this whole project, in case it turns into another product that we will sell one day. 
Please comment though, so I know if there is interest in all this work!

I can include a real bibliography, but for now these are the resources that I have used:

The Encyclopedia of Saints by Howard Loxton

Saints for Young Readers for Every Day, Volume 1 & 2 revised and edited by Susan Helen Wallace

Patron Saints Catholic Cardlinks by Thomas J. Craughwell

Holy Traders by Aziriah Co.

http://www.catholic.org/saints/

http://saints.sqpn.com/