i really wanted to do something with madison this year to help her start to understand the lenten season & easter. it’s nearly impossible at her age, i realize to grasp the magnitude of t…
Too many children go straight from the Palm Sunday parade to the Easter alleluias and totally miss what happened in between. They are conspicuously absent from Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and the …
Brittany Balke shares step-by-step instructions for a toddler-friendly, sturdy and inexpensive Divine Liturgy book.
Lenten prayer chain to help kids countdown the days of lent but also build their prayer life
Looking for a printable with activities for Lent? This Lent activity page is a fun free printable perfect to use throughout Lent with children.
Here are links to all of the Lent resources that I have previously posted about. Click on the pictures to go to the original post with instructions and printables. Lent Notes Foldable: Lent Word Cloud printable: What does Lent Look Like? Printable coloring page: Give Up & Take Up youth lesson on Lenten Sacrifices. ***This post also contains links to some of my favorite Lenten videos and online resources. Youth Group lesson connecting the Stations of the Cross and Lenten acts of mercy: Youth Group lesson connection the Passover and the Passion, using the movie Prince of Egypt: The Gospel in an Eggshell: Connecting the infant Christ with the Christ that died to give us eternal life- great especially as we have such a short time between Christmas and Lent. Ideas for making your own Resurrection Eggs, which are great to tell the story of Holy Week: New Life Seed Printable: Great for making the connection to "unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it bears no fruit." Plant the seeds, see them die, have flowers by Easter!
A simple craft to teach about the season of Lent with young children.
Looking for a fun activity during Lent for kids and teens? This post contains two versions of a free Lent crossword puzzle printable.
Did you know that the pretzel is a traditional food for lent? In fact, the pretzel was actually invented in order to be a simple Lenten snack! Enjoy this simple soft pretzel recipe during Lent.
A simple worksheet showing the symbols of Lent...
Are you thinking about What to Give up for Lent? If you are looking for things to give up for Lent, you've come to the right place. During the 40 days of Lent, while making our preparations for Easter, you can do something to better yourself and the world around you. A Lenten fast doesn't
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Lent is just a few days away. I have rounded up a few activities for our family to do. I planned each week with a gospel account of Je...
Help your students to have an organized, focused, and intentional Lent by creating your own Catholic Lent Lapbook. Using the Bible, students will learn about the events of Holy Week. They will also focus on prayer, fasting, and almsgiving for kids. Stations of the Cross mini cards will be helpful as they pray this devotion. Read more and see this beautiful resource up close.
This packet includes 11 coloring pages and 11 prayer cards for the season of Lent. Each coloring page has a matching (aprox.) 4x6 full color prayer card. Each prayer is inspired by Scripture that is referenced at the bottom of the prayer card. Use this as a devotional with the coloring page. The packet also includes a Lenten Guide listing the themes and Scriptures corresponding to each coloring page and the order in which to follow it on the calendar (like below). All coloring pages and prayer cards are handdrawn and inspired by Scripture. Lenten Guide (Scripture will be included in the packet): 1. Ash Wednesday 2. The Wild 3. The Kingdom 4. The Wonder 5. The Prayer 6. The Lamb 7. Palm Sunday 8. Maundy Thursday 9. Good Friday 10. Holy Saturday 11. Resurrection Sunday Instant Download Coloring Pages - 1 File - You will receive a .pdf file* with 12 pages: 11 coloring pages + 1 guide page - Print on plain 8 1/2" x 11" paper - Color with markers, crayons, colored pencils or even water color! - Please limit 10 copies per purchase per household -Do not share/send downloaded files to others -Churches, please contact me directly about ordering for your ministry. I can make custom orders and give you a great deal! Instant Download Prayer Cards - 2 Files -You will receive TWO .pdf files*: one has 6 prayer cards and the other has 5 prayer cards -Print on white 8 1/2' x 11" cardstock -Cut out each card leaving a small white margin around each for best look -Use the prayer and Scripture reference as a devotion for each coloring page -Frame or hang in your home or mark your Bible The coloring page and prayer card files are for personal use only. The images included in the file are protected by copyright. Do not alter, reproduce, distribute or sell the digital image. Do not distribute or sell printed copies of the file. * Acrobat Reader needed to open the file. Available for free download online.
What better way to go through Lent with your Catholic kids than to do crafts and activities with them? Hands…
Help your toddler understand Lent and grow their faith in Jesus with these 10 simple, hands-on Lent activities for two and three year olds.
(Western) Lent in 2020 begins on Wednesday 26 February This is the first proper weekly post of our Lent with Kids series. If you’re reading this after the first week of Lent, or if you want to see the range of other Lent ideas we’ve got, you can also head here, to the series index to see what’s […]
After lots of sweet response to my newest Lent printable, I thought I'd share a quick round up post with other ideas for Lent. So if you are looking for some videos, or an art project, or an info coloring page, click on the images below to go to the original posts. If you are already thinking ahead to Easter, check out this post or the list under The Church Year tab. The Sound of Lent: A Song Playlist (my personal go-to music during Lent, but great for a classroom as well) Videos for Lent, Holy Week, and Easter Sunset & Shadow Stations of the Cross Project (one of my students' annual favorites!) Resurrection Eggs (Tell the story of Holy Week with items in each egg) The Gospel in an Eggshell (Object lesson connecting Advent, Lent, & Easter) Lent Notes Foldable (notetaking device for the Season of Lent) Lent Word Cloud Notes (print mine or use as an example to have students make their own) Give Up, Take Up (Lent goals printable and ideas for Youth Group lesson) I don't have a link for this one, but we will have a sacrifice crown of thorns in my classroom. It's a simple grapevine wreath with large brown toothpicks. When the students make a sacrifice, they can pull a thorn from the crowns and place it in the bowl. Student created Lenten Acts of Mercy organized by the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy (It's a great time of year to teach about the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy. Find printable coloring pages and mini books here and here.) Using the Stations of the Cross as Inspiration for Lenten acts of charity What Lent Looks Like Coloring Page (Also available in the Liturgical Year Coloring Book) What The Triduum Looks Like Coloring Page Lent- Pray, Fast, Give Activity Lent- Pray, Fast, Give Coloring Pages Passion & Resurrection Peg Doll Set Connecting the Passover and the Passion (Youth Bible Study, can use movie Prince of Egypt) New Life Seeds Printable Fulton Sheen Good Friday & Easter Sunday Quote I pray you have a blessed and fruitful Lent!
A color by number picture that focuses on the liturgical color of Lent!
This fun Easter craft is a great way to teach your children or Sunday school class about The Easter Story. Makes for a great Easter basket stuffer or activity for Easter weekend. This printable activity allows you to print as many copies as you need. It includes a blank page to add your own messages or questions about Easter. These crafts are sometimes called Fortune tellers or cootie catchers. Available in Letter size and A4 Size PLEASE REMEMBER - This item is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD item. - NO PHYSICAL item will be shipped to you. - Digital items cannot be returned so we do not offer refunds. - Colours may vary slightly due to different monitors. - The file is yours once you purchase, so you can print it as many times as you like, but please do not distribute. This is for personal use only! You will receive high resolution PDF image files at 300 dpi, designed to fit on regular letter or A4 size paper. TERMS OF USE Product cannot be reproduced, resold or distributed. The artwork in this shop is the property of Stored Up Treasure. The artwork offered here is for personal use only. Thank you for visiting! Stored Up Treasure Copyright © 2021 Stored Up Treasure
Observing Lent in our home is a cherished tradition to our family and an important season for us as Catholics. Celebrating the faith with kids in meaningful and engaging ways is a passion of mine,
Only a couple of days remain until we enter into the season of Lent, a time to return to the Lord, to fast, pray, and give, and a time to clarify and strengthen our relationship with Christ. The Liturgical Seasons that our Church has put in place create a beautiful rhythm for Christian life. I also love the signs and symbols of the seasons, and plan to create a resource to use with kids as a reminder of the meaning of each season. Up first is the Lent printable. I have it in black & white, partial color, and full color. You can print it out to hang in your home or classroom, or use it for a notebooking or lapbook project. I hope you and your family experience a fruitful Lent this year! Click here for the black and white printable: Click here for the color copy: Click here for the color copy on lavender:
Our Lent activities consisted mainly on stories and re-telling them. And so will our Holy Week activities. We will be continuing...
What is it that makes lapbooks so addictive? I think they're just so much fun! Here are some ideas for your kids to put together some lent lapbooks. :-) I have seen multiple people using
Did you know that there are 50 days in the Easter season? Not one, but 50! That's even more days than there are in Lent! The Easter season begins with Easter Sunday and ends with
This is a project I do at Easter time with the students. These are done by Grade 1. I also did this with Grade 4 this year using sm...
Prepping my Youth Group kids and 5th grade students for the coming of Lent involved this little foldable: We talked about sacrifice and why they Church asks us to pray, fast, and give during the season of Lent. Discussion led us to remember that it is worthy to make a sacrifice and offer it to Christ in connection with the ultimate Sacrifice He made for us. It is also good to sacrifice because by removing something from our lives, it creates a hole that Christ can then fill. Each student was challenged to make a promise to both "Give Up" and "Take Up" something this Lent. The back of the pocket-sized foldable also has the verse from Scripture as a reminder: "Then Jesus said to His disciples, 'If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.'" ~Matthew 16:24 Click here for the printable: (four foldables per page) Also in my prep this week, I wrangled together some of my favorite/recommended resources, and wanted to share them with you here. They would be useful for ages varying from Middle School- Adult. At the bottom of the page is a downloadable pdf with a collection of all of these links so that they can be easily accessed and shared in one place. Here are some favorite videos: Some good studies/emails/etc. Best Lent Ever: free videos from Matthew Kelly sent to your inbox Word on Fire:Lent CDs, Books, DVDs from Fr. Robert Barron: The Way: Video series from Real Life Catholic- Chris Stefanick Lentsanity: App, all kinds of Social Media, articles, etc., all from FOCUS #ShareJesus: Videos meant to be shared as evangelization tools this Lent Blessed is She: Not just a study for Lent, but reflections are based on the daily Mass readings specifically for women Still stumped about what to do this Lent? Outside the Box: 66 ideas to give up or take up this Lent from Catholic All Year What to do for Lent: Worksheet and ideas for living Lent out in community from Held By His Pierced Hands What Should I Do For Lent? Pope Francis’ 10 Tips from FOCUS Pray Fast Give Calendar from Busted Halo Here is a nothing-special document that can be easily shared for ideas on Lent resources:
If you're looking for an intentional and simple way to celebrate Lent as a family, then you are going to love using this Lent Paper Chain Scripture Countdown. The countdown begins on Ash Wednesday, journeys through Holy Week, and ends with the best news ever on Easter Sunday.
Catholic mini book bundle is the perfect printable activity for kids to teach them about the Catholic faith, the Bible, Jesus and more!
