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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

Painted Saints Passion Play 2015

March 13, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

These little Wooden Painted Saints have been getting a lot of attention!

We recently made TWO different Churches with our new Cathedral Clipart Craft Kit

…one with a wooden barn from Michaels and the other from a family sized Goldfish Cracker box: Cracker Box Cathedral!

Filed Under: Easter, Holy Week, Lent, Saints, wooden painted saints

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

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

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

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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

Feast Day Fun: St. Agatha

February 4, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

St. Agatha’s Feast Day is February 5. She was a young Christian who refused to marry or break her vow of chastity. The young suitor Quintian had her arrested, imprisoned and tortured in the hope of changing her mind and she responded “Jesus Christ, Lord of all, you see my heart, you know my desires. Possess all that I am. I am your sheep: make me worthy to overcome the devil.”

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Feast Day Fun: St Veronica

February 3, 2015 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

February 5th is the Feast Day of St. Veronica!

St. Veronica is mentioned in the 6th Station of the Cross. She came to Jesus as He carried the cross and she wiped His Face. Miraculously an imprint of His Holy Face was left on the linen.

Filed Under: DIY Crafts, Feast Day Fun, Saints