His Girl Sunday
Oct 19, 20204 min
Updated: Oct 17, 2022
These are adorable ideas from Catholic Icing but here are a few more.
St. Bernadette's Firewood (Jumbo Pretzel Sticks)
St. Isadore's Pumpkin Patch (Small Candy Pumpkins)
St. Francis (Animal Crackers)
St. Nicholas (Candy Canes)
Our Lady of Mt. Caramel (Caramel Squares)
St. Joan of Arc (Flaming Hot Cheetos)
St. Lucy (Grapes or Olives for eyes)
St. Elizabeth of Hungary (Small Sandwiches)
St. Peter or St. Lawrence (Waffle Pretzels)
Mary, Mother of God (They have no wine, water bottles)
These printable saints from Happy Saints are perfect for cupcake toppers!
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Following the same food themes you could make a game out of it as well. Put those items in a jar and have your children or your guests guess how many!
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I like to do a mix of decorations but this year I integrated a Saint Shrine as well as a Saint Card Wreath to serve as reminders of the holy men and women that we are striving to be like.
You could also hang these adorable All Saints prints from KolbesLittleFlowers! Here is the Etsy link, go check them out.
Pick a saint to learn about during this season and dress up like them. I love St. Rose of Lima so a few years ago I pulled together some things that I had at home and borrowed an altar server robe to look like her for Halloween. I made the veil out of a headband and fabric that I hot glued together!
Confession... I dressed up like her for a school function, after I got off work I had to run by a parish that my husband was working at to pick something up. As I was waiting for him an older lady came up to me and began telling me how much she loved the Dominican sisters and how she was taught by them as a young girl. She went on to tell me her fond memories of the sisters and how happy she was to see one around, mind you this parish hardly ever has sisters at it. Y'all, I didn't have the heart to tell her that I wasn't a sister so I just stood there with a stupid smile on my face! Lord help me! Moral of the story, I am the queen of the hot glue gun.
Last year I was a bee, my favorite symbol of the faith, which also makes a little cameo in all of my graphics!
I found this PDF template that you can download, color, and cut out. Place your favorite saint card or print in the shrine and add an electric tea light in front of it.
http://www.ardanziger.com/2015/10/all-hallows-eve-shrine-templates.html
One of my favorite things to do is to read about the lives of the saints. Seeing that they could love God and strive for virtue in their own circumstances gives me hope and courage to do the same.
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For Adults...
All Saints is a solemnity and a holy day of obligation so go to Mass together. If you are social distancing take time to pray the Liturgy of the Hours as a family or pray a rosary.
Engaging children in hands on activities can help them learn about and retain information in a more meaningful way. Pick a saint that you are going to learn about and create something together that you can display or play with.
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While I suppose you could carve a saint pumpkin, why not have some fun with paint. You could trace an image onto a pumpkin or draw it free hand.
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Whether you are having a big party or at home with your own kids these games from Happy Saints look like a lot of fun.
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“The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint.” - Leon Bloy
Steffani