Our Saints Alphabet Project

Formerly I had shared this project (or rather, the first 11 Saints) on my other blog site.  In an effort to keep our family affairs private, but still share craft ideas, recipes, and thoughts on faith and family, I created this blog.

So keep in mind that you are coming into a project that is nearly halfway done at this point, so don't be overwhelmed.  It is also not advisable to attempt to complete 12 Saint projects in one day...I am only showing you pictures so that you know we don't think the alphabet begins with letter 'L'.

St. Anne and St. Bruno

St. Cecilia and St. Dominic

St. Elizabeth and St. Francis of Assisi

St. Gianna and St. Helena

Obviously there are a plethora of Catholic Saints to choose from.  These are the ones that we have chosen thus far.  Essentially it is like creating your own paper dolls (except the clothes don't come on and off).  For now I have them taped to the papers where Kayla has colored in the appropriate letter.

We use clothes pins to attach them to a ribbon that hangs in the girls' bedroom

St. Isidore and St. Jane Frances de Chantal

St. Kateri Tekakwitha and St. Lucy

Lucy was our latest project.  We just finished her the other day.  Kayla was thrilled with St. Lucy because of the birthday cake on her head.  I explained that the wreath of candles she wears on her head is to show that her name means 'light'.  The white robe is for purity and the red sash is for martyrdom.  We talked about how St. Lucy loved God so much that she gave her life to him and some people didn't like that and tried to make her say that she didn't love Jesus.  St. Lucy didn't back down and the mean people had her killed.  St. Lucy is the patron Saint of blind people (spiritually and physically).  At Catholicicing, I found these awesome activities which we might just do this week because WE CAN...and perhaps in December on St. Lucy's feast day we can begin to make some of these traditions.

St. Lucy--- Pray for us!

When we finish the entire alphabet, Kayla will be old enough that we can carefully remove all the 'paper dolls' and she can use them in some gentle and quiet imaginative play without them all becoming shreds of garbage in two seconds.  It will be a fun Catholic paper doll set for her to expand her love of these great Saints even more.