I found this craft here at Catholic Icing and bought the supplies, thinking it would be an easy one for Cecilia to do at some point, and then I had the idea to use it as a craft that is associated with St. Clare.
This was easy for the three year olds to do... they just glued a gold paper doily onto another paper and then glued a white circle of cardstock (for the Eucharist) in the middle. Then they used stick-on jewels that I found in the craft store dollar bins to decorate all around their monstrances however they wished. I made the stands for the monstrance by drawing them on gold cardstock, and then the kids cut them out and glued them on first, so the doily was on top.
After doing the craft, I turned on the St. Clare Glory Stories CD for them to listen to... although my kids ignored it since they've heard it enough that they go around reciting parts of it...
Caroline and her friends wanted to make a pattern with their jewels.
The three year olds eating their snack outside... I just thought this was such a cute photo of them!
Here are my girls with their finished monstrances... I forgot to get a photo of everyone with their finished work! Cecilia wanted to cut hers out... probably trying to get the most mileage out of the forbidden scissors, which she hadn't used since the unfortunate alterations she made to some dress-up clothes...
St. Clare, pray for us!
4 comments:
What a wonderful craft, Erin! Beautiful photos, too! :-)
God bless,
Lisa
Very fun day. That is a really cute photo of Leah and Cecelia. BTW, I did stop by an ATM yesterday and spend the ATM fee just to not have to go all the way home. I stocked up so that should last us a few weeks anyway. Hope to do it again soon.
Oh, good, so they had some beef left still. How many pounds did you get?
I loved seeing this post. Even though it is a couple of years old, I applaud you for sharing knowledge and symbol of St. Clare. I am a Poor Clare in Great Falls, Montana. Thank you!
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