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Home Stretch of Lent: Holy Week!

Here are a couple reminders of some of our activities for Holy Week

Palm Sunday…and every day of Holy WeekEgg Carton Passion Play

An Egg Carton backdrop for Jesus’ Public Ministry and Passion Play with Wooden Painted Saints.

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Kelly Saints Stamps: Converted 2 Catholic Classics

 NEW Cathletics Craft Kit released! Convert your favorite boardgames to be CATHOLIC with the Kelly Saints Stamps Converted 2 Catholic Classics Craft Kit! 

I’m sure I’ll be posting more detail about the over 15 ways to use this kit…but for now I’ll give you 7 Quick Peeks!

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Catechism Cube! Teach Catechism the FUN way!

Are you looking for new ways to teach Catechism?

This craft has 12 templates of Catechism Categories to make your custom quizzing cube.

Choose from Virtues, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Charisms of the Holy Spirit, Fruits of the Holy Spirit, Commandments, Sacraments, Mysteries of the Rosary, Mysteries of Faith, Nicene Creed (New Roman Missal), Stations of the Cross, Spiritual and Corporal Works and Precepts of the Church.

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DIY Catholic Kinder Surprise

…for the 50 Days of Easter!

We’re about HALF WAY through LENT! How are your Lenten resolutions and programs going? Are you doing any of the 40 Ways for 40 Days?

Some of our resolutions and Lenten practices have been difficult to sustain and I am reminded once again for the need to recommit and refocus…each of these 40 days of Lent!  Looking ahead to Easter…I remember that

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7 Most Unappreciated Craft Kits

No, Mom…not a shameless plug of our 7 most unappreciated Craft Kits…

Afraid so.

Here are some of our coolest Catholic Crafts (I thought!)…that haven’t received much attention!

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Advent and Lent Quest now has THREE different themed paper chain link sets: one with family prayer challenges, another with Year of Faith Catechism and another with Saint biographies. Despite its’ name, Advent and Lent Quest is great all-Liturgical Season-round and can be used as a countdown (or count-up?) activity towards Christmas, Easter or ANY favorite Feast Day!  In fact…this craft kit will be GREAT for the continuous stream of celebrations for the 50 Days of Easter! Keep the Season going with Advent and Lent Quest!

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Guess Who? The Feast of the Chair of St Peter!

 

Today is the Feast of the Chair of St Peter. How many Popes do YOU recognize?

Check out the  Guess Who?! 24 POPES! template with 24 of some of the most popular and well-known Popes, to use with your family Guess Who?! Game!

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Catholic Conversation Pieces with SAINTS and SACRAMENTS!

Conversation Pieces is a packed craft kit of full color templates, illustrated with Kelly Comics and offering inviting prompts for meaningful and fun table talk! The CATHOLIC Edition includes Kelly SAINTS and Sacrament prompts as well, along with the popular Sacrament Celebration Toppers, for recording Sacrament dates and celebrating year after year!

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Review: The St Valentine Kit by Emmanuel Books

I was offered the opportunity to review Emmanuel Books’ 40 page St Valentine Activity Packet and I am VERY impressed!

This kit has ready-to-assemble cards and story, history and symbolism notebooking pages and mini-books …with multiple ways to use the kit!

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Saint Mail: St Blaise! February 3

If you read our Review of Saint Mail last month, you’ll know that we are enjoying a monthly subscription to Saint Mail and it’s helping us delve in deeper into the Liturgical Calendar. Each package comes with a special letter from the Saint, along with a holy medal, a craft, a coloring page, a holy card, a list of dinner talk starters and other activity ideas…along with a couple special little toys representing our newly discovered facts about the saint!

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