Saints, Saints, Who Do You See?

A while back my son and I checked out all the Bill Martin/ Eric Carle books from the "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" series from the library and he loved them. Then I had an idea! What if I made my own Catholic version of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear?" Well, I have finally completed this project as an Easter gift for my son. I started about a week ago since I was sick for most of Lent, but I buckled down and I think it turned out great. In our version rather then all the animals looking at each other, it is about the saints praying for each other and praying for you! For this project I used images from the Nippert and Co. Artworks Faith Keepers series. You can print these in black and white, or color. I chose to color them myself to add a more personal touch, but I will say that printing them in color would have saved me a lot of time! After that it was really just a cut and paste job. There is a great teacher supply store where we live that carries these nifty blank books in all different sizes, so that is what I used. you could also put them in a binder or scrapbook, glue into a notebook, or laminate the pages and staple them together. I even hear that there are some websites out there that will publish projects like these for you. All in all, I think that this will be a great way to talk about the saints with young children, and help teach them that saints are our special helpers and friends who we can ask to pray for us!

I chose eleven saints, plus Mary, that were significant to my son and our family. If you decide to try this project, of course personalize it for your child and/or family! I put them in reverse chronological order, (most recent to least recent), so that while the first saint was alive, the next one was already in heaven praying away!