Year of Faith and October Saints Link-Ups and Resources

Join us at Equipping Catholic Families for the first ever Year of Faith Link Up!  Add your reflections, activities, Catechism teaching strategies and other Year of Faith posts here and help us build an awesome resource!

 

Do you have activities, crafts, celebrations or reflections on any of the awesome OCTOBER saints?

Please link your ideas at Cele-LINKY with the SAINTS: OCTOBER 

and check out the ideas of other Catholic Bloggers!

 

Watch for a Cele-LINKY: ALL SAINTS Edition coming soon at Equipping Catholic Families.

 






Monica is a wife, Mom of 5+ kids, a designer, an architecture school survivor, an author and a crafter who thinks it’s cool to be Catholic! Check out the Arma Dei Shoppe for solid Catholic, fun teaching tools and gifts to celebrate and teach the Catholic Faith and subscribe to Equipping Catholic Families for family-building and Faith-centred crafts!

 

 

Painted Wooden Saints...with a Purpose!

Over at Equipping Catholic Families, I have been looking for ways to

convert secular activities and board games to be Catholic! 

After finally painting little wooden peg dolls, I have found all kinds of ways to introduce them into family activities, integrating both family members and favorite patron saints!

A favorite is our Saints-2-Go travel pack! 

I think that these will be handy in our travels!

We've used the little characters in our favorite board games,

further integrating our favorite patron saints into our cast of family characters.

The possibilities are endless! 

... Checkers, Trouble

and Snakes & Ladders ...

More converted-2-Catholic Board Games

coming soon to Equipping Catholic Families!





I am a wife, Mom of 5+ kids, a designer, an architecture school survivor, an author and a crafter and I think it’s cool to be Catholic! Check out the Arma Dei Shoppe for solid Catholic, fun teaching tools and gifts to celebrate and teach the Catholic Faith and subscribe to Equipping Catholic Families for family-building and Faith-centred crafts!

Free printables available for Equipping Catholic Families subscribers and Arma Dei facebook "likers"!

Crafts to make in August

Baptism of Jesus

The Passion of John the Baptist {Aug. 29}

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Jesus Baptism Sea Shell Wreath

Passion of John the Baptist {Aug. 29}

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Jesus Transfiguration

{Aug. 6}

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St Jane Frances de Chantal

Printable Children's Book

"Love of Neighbor" {Aug 12}

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St. Philomena Symbol

{Aug. 10}

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Jesus is in the Eucharist! Straight Line Art Project

St. Clare of Assisi

{Aug. 11}

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Host Opens to reveal Jesus

St. Clare of Assisi

{Aug. 11}

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Mary's Heavenly Altar
 See how to create this grotto.

Assumption {Aug. 15}

July Saints!

Catholic I Spy...JULY! 

Check out this DIY photo-collage technique with a home scanner!

Watch for a special Catholic I Spy Link-Up and Contest available soon hosted by Jennifer at Crafolic and Monica at Equipping Catholic Families.

Link up your favorite SAINTS posts at the
CeleLINKY with the SAINTS!  

Lots of room in July....and April and June!!

Crafts and Activities for the Month of July! {Plus, a Link-up}-

Here are a few posts you might like for July:

Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha Felt Doll / Statue (July 14)	Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha  Bow and Arrow Game (July 14)
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha  Christian symbols headband  and a play (July 14)	St. Anne and Baby Mary  Felt Doll / Statue for Sts. Anne and Joachim  (July 26)
Large wall scapular craft and a St. Simon Stock play. (July 16)	Our Lady Star of the Sea Ocean in a bottle Craft AKA: Stella Maris Learn more at Wikipedia

You also might like to join in myLINK-UP PARTY!See and share your faith-centered home posts with us!
God Bless,~Jennifer

Saints by Month Link-Up open for JUNE

Just a reminder that the CeleLINKY with the SAINTS Link Up stays open for you to add your Saints celebrations, crafts and reflections within the month-by-month categories!
Add your favorite Saints posts for JUNE today!  Add your favorite posts for the other months too!

April in particular, needs your posts!

We also have 
 Cele-LINKY through the SEASONS
including Ordinary Time family traditions and activities.








We also have a SACRAMENTS Link-Up for your special Sacrament celebrations, crafts and teaching tools!

These LINK-UPS and MORE Catholic Link Ups are listed in the
CathoLINK LIBRARY...a special directory for Catholic Link-Ups! 
You can even add your own Catholic Link Up Parties within the categories
and discover new link ups to participate in! 

no more video games as Sacrament Gifts!

Check out Equipping Catholic Families for a unique gift for Confirmation, Holy Communion, Reconciliation or Baptism!

Know any parents or Godparents who might be scrambling to get that Sacrament gift for their child or Godchild receiving their First Holy Communion or Confirmation?

Rosaries, bibles and prayerbooks are always appropriate, but sometimes fearing duplicates, we resort to cash...or a video game.

This is a unique Catholic Faith Journal teaching and celebrating the seven Sacraments and the Catholic Faith.

Part One of Hand in Hand with Jesus traces all 7 Sacraments.

Part Two "Heart to Heart with Jesus" offers reflections

about maturing prayerlife and relationship with Jesus.

Plenty of family, Faith and life reflections throughout!

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First Communion Banners

I thought some of you might like to see the banners my older kids made the year they were receiving their First Communion. (I know a little bit of inspiration goes a long way!)

They made them from a variety of different materials and 

all of them created their banner with their own personal twist!

Click here to see a complete posting with more details of their creations. 

Enter to win a copy the Journey's End Game.

A game to help teach about Sin and the need for confession!
Head over to see Holly's at The Three Sided Wheel and enter to win! While you are there you can see her review of my game!! She has some great pictures of her homeschool co-op playing the game!

Don't forget to enter!  Holly will pick the winner of the game on Friday, March 30, 2012!

Thanks Holly! 

Easter Decorating with Peeps

Not much for eating Peeps.  Peeps make me laugh.  For me, they are a humorous part of my college graduation memories....

But for Easter decorating, well these Peeps take the cake! This is an Easter cake I made a few years back.

On Pinterest,  I have seen Peeps in wreaths

Source: spatulascorkscrews.typepad.com via Julie on Pinterest

and Peeps on skewers!

Source: ediblecrafts.craftgossip.com via we on Pinterest

It all has me imagining Peeps on swags like garlands and Peeps on sticks in flower bouquets and a college door...old, hardened Peeps on it and a night of revelry with my sistas!

Yeah, Peeps make me laugh....

a Holy Week link-up to refocus Lent...

I just posted a HOLY WEEK Link-Up as part of the Fiestas de Enlaces.
Here is the Holy Week Link-Up Announcement.

The Holy Week Link-Up is on the same page as the
What are you doing for Lent? Link-Up...

and incidentally...there is still time to add your Lenten posts, reflections and activities. 

Help us re-focus our Lent with your awesome ideas!