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Catholic Games and Crafts
NOTE:
All items on this page except Art 1 for YC are Provincial tax (8%) extra in
the Province of Ontario.
Click
here for advice about sports
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Heirarchy-the Game of Angels
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A charming new board game. Fun and educational.
Players travel though the choirs of angels and earn graces by answering
questions about angels. A learning tool for the whole family. Includes dice,
game board, "angel" cards. Boxed. |
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$28.95 ea |
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Art 1 for Young Catholics
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Crafts for the major feast
days of each month. Our children love it! They made Jesus’ tomb at Lent
and enjoyed placing the risen Christ on the roof Easter morning. Another
favorite was the Advent Christmas angel, Mother of Sorrows ribbon, nativity
scene and the Lourdes grotto. Unique, holy, fun and CATHOLIC! We are sure
your kids will enjoy it too! Great for catechism classes.
Ages 6-10 |
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$17.95
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Marian Grotto Kit
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Unique! Includes all the
materials needed to make your own mini grotto. Includes: wooden sticks for
frame, colorful polished semi-precious stones for decoration, illustrations
from a Marian apparition to color and put in your shrine, & assembly
instructions! Approximately 7” tall. Beautiful. Give young children a sense
of accomplishment with this simple craft idea! |
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$10.95 ea |
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Wooden Rosary
Holder |
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Everything included in a kit form for children to create their own Rosary
holder to hang on a wall: plaque, knob, paints and stickers. A fun craft with a useful
purpose. |
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$10.95 ea |
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Holy Habits Paper Dolls |
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Traditional paper dolls includes habits and
accessories of 10 different orders with one doll. Also included is a
description of each order's habit and their religious customs. Full-color.
Girls love to make up stories about them. |
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$17.95 ea |
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Saints Paper
Dolls - St Thérèse |
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14 full-color paper dolls of St. Thérèse and her family - each 10" high, 46
costumes of the period and a 4-page story. Beautiful and educational! A
great teaching tool! |
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$17.95 ea |
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Saints Paper
Dolls - Joan of Arc |
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11 full-color paper dolls of St. Joan, 16 costumes including peasant
clothing, armor, and prison garb. Also includes her family, soldiers and
Sts. Catherine and Margaret who appeared to her. Features a 2-page story of
Joan's life. Recreate her story. Beautiful! |
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$17.95 ea |
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Saints Paper
Doll - Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha |
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"Lily of the Mohawks" first native saint of N. America (we have her
biography as well). Includes 18 full-color paper dolls of Blessed Kateri, her
family, missionary priests, and Mohawk Indians, 27 costumes, and a 2-page
story. Great for role playing and story telling. |
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$17.95 ea |
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Spiritual Bouquet Cards
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A spiritual bouquet is a
gift of prayers and sacrifices gathered and offered for a loved one. A
flower sticker is put on the card for each prayer or sacrifice until the
bouquet is full. The card is then given to the person. This package includes
12 cards, with envelopes, full color flower stickers, instructions.
A treasured spiritual gift and a lot
of fun for children! |
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$7.95
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Sewing, knitting and embroidery will not
be lost arts when you get these wonderful kits! Our children love them! |
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Simple Sewing
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This kit has produced an
enthusiasm for sewing in our 8 year old daughter! It also encouraged her to
read! A great introduction, it includes all materials & instructions needed
for 7 craft projects: stuffed mouse & cat, strawberry pin cushion, sachet,
needle book, etc. No sewing machine required! Simple full color instruction.
We really like it. Perhaps your children will too! |
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$32.95/kit |
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Knitting
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Everything required to
learn to knit and make simple projects is included in this kit. Simple, full color instruction.
Give your children a craft that they can do and watch their delight when
they create something by themselves! 6 projects. |
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$32.95/kit |
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Simple Embroidery
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In a similar format to the
above items, but the child learns how to embroider. 11 stitches, many projects.
Everything that is needed is included - yarn, needles, frame, a piece of
cloth. Clear instructions. We love it! |
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$29.95/kit |
SPORTS
Many parents worry about their
children being involved in sports and may have been told by their priest to avoid
watching or being involved in sports. We would never advise anyone to go against
their confessor's advice but we do point out several things:
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Physical activities are a necessary outlet for children for physical, but also
mental and emotional fitness – especially boys. Exercise releases hormones that naturally calm a
child's demeanor and at the same time sharpens their mental acuity. Sometimes a
child's sleep problems and other emotional problems are simply due to not being
sufficiently active or engaged in things that interest them.
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The
problems with participating in sports are not generally on the field or in the arena but in the
locker rooms with coarse language and behavior or when coaches and referees
have lost control of the situation. Judicious selection of a sport, a coach, a
team, venues and personal monitoring can go far to eliminate these risks. By all
means get involved in your child's team to make sure that your child has a good and safe experience.
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Priests
are quite right to point out that sports can easily become an "idol" that
detracts from the proper exercise of a child's faculties. However, they can also be useful
for salvation if exercised properly. Like anything else, the proper use of
something can be meritorious; the improper use ruinous to the soul. Also, consider how
sports might be a lesser evil than what might occur if a child with idle time
just hangs around with their friends or stays in their room.
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Sports
provide an excellent opportunity for socialization and meeting others with the
same interests, possibly from distant places. Some of the more exotic sports
(archery, fencing, rowing, cycling)
might provide a great opportunity to meet very interesting people and open
future opportunities for contacts and relationships with other Catholics.
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Lack of
basic sports skills and physical clumsiness can be extremely debilitating in
many situations. Physical coordination can pay off in all sorts of different
ways in a child's future.
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If you
are worried about a particular sport, there are often "tamer" versions such as
House League teams or alternative sports that will serve the same purpose.
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If your
child does get involved in any sport, make sure that you acquire the best
protective equipment you can afford, that the child is properly trained in the
sport and conditioned before playing competitively and that they avoid dangerous situations. Make sure you attend all practices and games even if just
for moral support.
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If you are present at a sporting
event, under no circumstances should you give a bad example of yourself to your
child (or anyone else, for that matter.) Stay in control and provide
encouragement and support where needed.
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In many
sports, games or practices are held on Sundays. Use your own discretion but keep
in mind that sports are recreation – not servile work. However, a game
or practice is not
really a good excuse to miss attending Mass.
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