Saturday, October 31, 2015

All Saints Party

Yesterday around 50 children from our Catholic homeschooling community gathered for an All Saints party. The children each gave a clue for the others to guess their identity, and then we prayed a Litany of Saints including the saints represented. Moms set up games and a snack table, and everyone had a good time.

My boys were St. Luke, St. Francis, and St. Pope John Paul II. For St. Luke, we attached props of a paint palette and an empty vitamin bottle, since he was a doctor by trade and later an artist. St. Francis had a stuffed squirrel and duck pinned to him. JPII was very simply a pope who liked to play soccer. I wasn't going to try to keep a 17 month old from tripping over a long costume.


The game I brought was St. Anthony's Lost & Found. I made a sensory bin with about 10 pounds of rice and 12 small objects hidden in it. The younger ones really enjoyed digging around, and the older children were challenged by finding some of the smaller items.


It's been nice getting together with our Catholic homeschool community and watching friendships form between the children as they spend more time together.