The Madeline book series is one of my daughter's absolute favorites. We've been reading them together for over a year now, and Liesl can recite most of the lines by heart. Once I saw how much she (and I) loved reading these books, I decided to use 'Madeline in Paris' as the theme for her 3rd birthday party.

Learn about France with this France preschool unit! Activities, crafts, food, songs, etc to give your child a taste of France.

Anjos são criaturas divinas e que estão presentes em várias histórias, como mensageiros de positividade entre o mundo espiritual e terreno e também simbolizam pureza. Por isso é comum que os anjinhos de papel façam parte da decoração de ambientes e festas como natal, batizados, chás de bebês e casamentos, que possuem na sua origem […]

One of our most practical and blessed, liturgical crafts has been our miraculous medal prayer petition mobile. It can be a blessing for mothers whose brains are flagging and full of so many other things in the course of a busy day and for the children also, who really connect to the 'visible & tangible' when praying for others. The miraculous medal prayer is so simple for families ~ "Oh Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee." The mobile is there to remind us to recite that prayer often throughout the day and also for the children to see the individual prayers pinned up onto the mobile, a reminder for the times we forget what we are praying for and a beautiful visual for the children. At the time of the making, it was made very fancy and durable. The durable I recommend, the mobile looks like the day it was made which is what you need, use wood and you won't regret it. The fancy can put some people off, 'can I do this, do I have the time?' is what can come to mind. I feel that instead of using fabric for Our Lady and felt for the back, coloured in pictures of the front and back can look just as beautiful. If you decide to colour in the pictures (which I have put further down in this posting) you can make it even more attactive, depending on time and resources by doing the following: ~ laminate the images once coloured in. ~ use glue on/stick on stars ~ maybe some gold foil stuck around the crown or some little beads? ~ the use of beads/foiled or decorative paper to highlight sections of the hearts ~ still use beads for the ends of Our Lady's fingers ~ use some sort of stick-on alphabet images instead of painting on the words around the edges You will still need to buy a little material that will come from Our Lady's hands, where you stick the prayer petitions, anything that is sheer and shiny will help create the look of streams of graces and blessings. So here are my previous posting on the creation of our mobile: . . The making of the mobile I broke into a two part series, here is Part One. . Here is Part Two. Here is my posting with the finished mobile hung and showcased for the first time. Here is the first of my practicalities postings - how do you make putting up those prayer petitions, easy and doable? Part of praying the miraculous medal prayer daily is the wearing of the miraculous medal itself. This is not easy with rough and tumble children. They all wear scapulars but medals fall off, so this is what I did in my second practicalities posting. . Now below is the images I drew for the front and back of the miraculous medal mobile, feel free to use and pass this free resource onto others. (Click on the images to enlarge and print.) For the front of the mobile. For the back of the mobile. I'd like to add as well, a link to Jenn Miller's posting over at Family in Feast and Feria, she shares a link to free online images to the front and back of the medal, you may prefer to use them! I hope you have found this tutorial helpful, especially for those who would like to do this craft for the up-and-coming feast day (November 27th) and need planning time in advance.

A Bastille Day Party Jetting to Paris for the honeymoon? Get in the mood early, enjoy French bliss at the wedding shower. Pop real champagne, forget calories and think melt in the mouth pastries and the creamiest brie. Get the Look Going French at a bridal shower is the next best thing to getting on the Air France jet. Luckily talented French style pastry chefs have opened pâtiss'eries far and wide so it’s one stop shopping for the most delightful nibbles. Made in France Search for inexpensive gifts that were Made in France, they are easy to find in cookware specialists, cosmetics stores and wine shops. Faire un tabac (be successful, go over well, be a hit) Although those girls in Ab Fab knew a thing or two about delicious Bollinger, you don’t have to turn into Patsy to get into the mood; just a flute of pricey real French bubbles is worth every penny. For the Parisian mood, invest in French music, the superstars like Edith Piaf, Charles Aznevour and Vanessa Paradis will set the scene. Run a Jacques Tati classic film on your plasma with the sound turned down as wallpaper. Enjoy the Day - Eat Lean Tomorrow Fromage is French for cheese and the French have cheese all sorted. A collection of delightful creaminess will be a treat to turn into a memory. We have reduced the price of our archived 2007 magazines. You can download 2007 Issue 1 to Issue 4 (instant access) for $1.95 each or purchase the printed magazines Issue 1 and 4 only (2 and 3 are sold out) for $4.95 each plus postage (Australia Only). Click here for more information. HOW TO BUILD A FRENCH CHEESEBOARD •Go to a specialised cheese shop or deli, always buy from a round, not pre cut. •Allow about 60g of cheese per guest. •Offer contrasting tastes and textures, soft cheese, hard cheese and blue vein. •Take the cheese out of the fridge a couple of hours before serving so that it’s at room temperature. •Put a knife out for each cheese so the flavours don’t mix. •Add nuts or fruit (fresh or dried) to complement the cheeses. •Serve with a variety of breads and crackers.

Conheça a história da medalha milagrosa e da aparição de Nossa Senhora a Santa Catarina Labouré, num momento bem difícil da história para nós cristãos.

At Seminole Science Charter School in Lake Mary, Florida, they had their Annual International Night. The entire school was transformed into a global adventure as all of the classrooms ranging from K

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