Equipping Catholic Families

I Spy: JULY! (Saints Collage)

July 1, 2012 by Monica McConkey 3 Comments

INSTRUCTIONS for MAKING PHOTO COLLAGES WITH A SCANNER: DIY: I Spy with a Scanner!

OK, I know I have posted THREE DIY I Spy pictures and posts over the last few days. This is my last one for a while, launching my monthly Catholic I Spy, featuring the Saints for each month. Happy July!

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DIY I Spy: with a Scanner!

June 30, 2012 by Monica McConkey 4 Comments

My brother took my kids with their favorite treasures and toys to a print shop (years ago!) and made this photo-collage with a photocopy machine. They made 11″x17″ photo-collages and they are so cool to look at…capturing the interests of the kids at the time.

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Fabulous Finds at Catholic Conferences: Links of Lightbulbs {13}

June 30, 2012 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

Just attended the NCEA…the National Catholic Education Association conference in Boston!
As always, I discovered some great products and awesome Catholic initiatives and wanted to add them to my list of Fabulous Finds at Catholic Conferences.

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Catholic I Spy: Holy Coins!

June 29, 2012 by Monica McConkey 5 Comments

Our kids have been collecting various ‘holy treasures’, especially on our Catholic Bookstore tours. We have been known to pack up the kids for a driving trip, solely planned around Catholic Bookstores we want to visit. This may sound odd, but when we discerned that we would self-publish the book A Treasure Chest of Traditions for Catholic Families, we were just very eager to get the word out and meeting Catholic Bookstore owners was a lot more fun than cold calling by phone.

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Get your Armor of God on: be a Dragon Slayer!

June 26, 2012 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

This unique bookDragon Slayers is now available through the
Arma Dei Shoppe at Equipping Catholic Families!

Check out these pages:
Peek-through-the-Helmet
LOOK INSIDE Dragon Slayers!

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This is a well-written, witty and imaginative book, the “How To Slay a Dragon” guide for faithful Christian soldiers, as they courageously put on the Armor of God (hey, that’s our company name… Arma Dei!) and prepare for the battle of their lives.

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IHM Homeschool and Parent Conference

June 22, 2012 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

Monica, Erika, Ann Marie and Hollie (+ adorable baby!)
Catholic Bloggers (+future Catholic Blogger)

Monica, Erika and Allison
Thanks, Maria!

Did you attend the Immaculate Heart of Mary Homeschool and Parent Conference

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The New Catechism Catcher

June 16, 2012 by Monica McConkey Leave a Comment

You can purchase the Catechism Catcher at the Arma Dei Shoppe! This is a paper craft kit, with permission to photocopy for your household or classroom and it has GROWN! It now includes TEN different templates, offering a quizzing tool for 10 different collections of catechism and Bible categories. Here’s a sneak peak at one of the new Cathletics Catcher templates, just to give you an idea of what the templates look like. Sorry! I’m not publishing pictures of the other designs…I’m keeping them as a surprise! Trust me…I think you’ll like the innovative designs of many of the 10 templates…like the Mysteries of the Rosary (fitting in all 20, with a proper quizzing format, descriptions and virtues!) and special graphics related to each category. These were fun to design and will be even more fun to use!

Create your free online surveys

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Review by Happy Little Homemaker of Sacraments Craft Kit

June 15, 2012 by Monica McConkey 1 Comment

I’m so excited to receive my second review of the Journey with Jesus through the Sacraments Craft Kit, by Happy Little Homemaker

Here are a couple excerpts from Jen’s Review:

Journey With Jesus Through the Sacraments is a printable craft kit that runs some 30 pages and is in black and white so that it can be colored by the kids and not eat all your ink!

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Family Traditions: our newest Homemade Gift

June 13, 2012 by Monica McConkey 2 Comments

Family Traditions: our kind of homemade gifts for our favorite people.

Over the years, we have made some pretty cool, customized gifts for family and close friends.

We’ve made family presents like a our-family-centric
Customized Perpetual Calendar (you can too!)
or customized board game (find templates for your customized Guess Who game here!)
…and made one for each of our sibling’s families and our parents.