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Feast Day Fun: St. Patrick

March 15, 2015 by Monica McConkey 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 . St. Patrick was taken to Ireland as a slave and his faith grew. He escaped, went home to Britain, became a priest and then bishop. He returned to Ireland, preaching and converting many people, using the shamrock to explain the Trinity. A few years ago, we transformed a couple TY dolls to be Saints. Here is St. Patrick!

Filed Under: Catholic Crafts, Feast Day Fun, Saints, Treasure Chest crafts and activities

Poker Chips (Converted to Catholic!)

March 4, 2015 by Monica McConkey 6 Comments

Years ago, I made a Catholic craft out of some poker chips, a plastic picture frame and double-sided suction cups. We called it Plunk! with the Saints and posted a tutorial to make a Plunk! board.

Since then, our in-house artist (daughter) Kelly started drawing the Saints…and then the Mysteries of the Rosary and the Stations of the Cross. We’ve released a number of Cathletics Craft Kits with all kinds of templates to customize board game pieces, cake topper decorations…and we’ve finally got them ready for poker chips! Now, we keep coming up with new ways to use them! A little mod podge goes a long way! The Kelly Saints Stamps Craft Kit already includes a number of different templates of the Kelly Saints illustrations and bios, formatted to fit various game pieces, activities and crafts! The 1.5″ templates are a perfect fit for poker chips…but here are 30 ways to use the kit! read more...for Equipping Catholic Families!

Filed Under: Catholic Crafts, DIY Crafts, homemade gifts, Lent, Saints

Catholic Cake Toppers

February 26, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Two of our recent Cathletics Craft Kits have included Cake Topper Templates: 2.5″ circle templates presenting the Stations of the Cross and the Mysteries of the Rosary with the Kelly Saints.

Filed Under: Catholic Crafts, Lent, Rosary, Saints

Have you started to say the Rosary as a family? New Mysteries of the Rosary Craft Kit!

February 17, 2015 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

Lent is upon us! Have you decided what you are going to add or give up for Lent this year?

If you are thinking about adding the Rosary to family prayer time this year (even ONE decade a day!) we’ve got a NEW Craft Kit for you!

Filed Under: Catholic Crafts, family traditions, Lent, Liturgical Calendar Crafts, Printables

Stations of the Cross Votive Candles

February 14, 2015 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

I wanted to make some Stations of the Cross Votive Candles with our new Stations of the Cross (with the Kelly Saints) Craft Kit. I actually added two new templates to the kit*.

*If you have purchased the original Stations of the Cross Craft before February 13, please check your inbox for a link to the Upgrade Kit!

Filed Under: Catholic Crafts, DIY Crafts, Family crafts, Lent, Liturgical Calendar Crafts

Advent & Lent Quest: Laminated and Re-useable!

February 13, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

As mentioned earlier, I’ve been laminating Cathletics Craft Kits with this cool Scotch Thermal Laminator 2 Roller System (TL901)*. The laminated templates are bright, durable and SHINY…and perfect for displays of our craft kits at Catholic conferences, and for Adam-ready use in our house year after year!

Filed Under: Catholic Crafts, Lent, Liturgical Calendar Crafts, Saints

Thinking Outside the Lento Box

February 12, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Last year, I wrote this post: 40 Ways for 40 Days.

CRAFTS

I will likely post a Lent Gallery of Activities this year which will include a few ideas I posted last year including the Peg People Passion Play…

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CrackerBox Cathedral

February 10, 2015 by Monica McConkey 9 Comments

A few weeks ago, I was excited to post the Kelly Saints Cathedral Clipart Craft Kit I created to transform the Michael’s ArtMinds Wood Barn into a Church for the Wooden Painted Saints.

Well, I felt Julia’s frustration when she couldn’t find this sold-out wood barn at Michael’s…and I’m so excited to present this tutorial to make the Kelly Saints Cathedral

Filed Under: Catholic Crafts, Saints, wooden painted saints

LOVE like a SAINT Valentine: NEW Craft Kit!

February 8, 2015 by Monica McConkey 11 Comments

Releasing our brand new Love Like A Saint Valentine Cards Craft Kit for St. Valentine’s Day!

This NEW craft kit includes 48 unique cards with Kelly Saints matched with Love Quotes from each Saint! The cards are formatted to be cut into 2.75″ square cards or 2.5″ circle punched for unique little Saint badge cards.

Filed Under: Catholic Crafts, DIY Crafts, Family crafts, family traditions, Feast Day Fun, Saints

Decoupage Saints

January 28, 2015 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

So I’ve been creating my own collection of Wooden Painted Saints…and inventing ways to play with them for a couple years now:

Wooden Painted Saints Tutorial
What To Do With Painted Saints
Passion Play with Wooden Painted Saints
Snakes & Ladders with Wooden Painted Saints
Checkers with Wooden Painted Saints
Trouble with Wooden Painted Saints
Kelly Saints Cathedral for the Wooden Painted Saints (NEW! This Week with Printable!)