Thursday, March 28, 2013

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!
















11 comments:

  1. This is BRILLIANT!!! I love your use of Catholic Artworks and I love the way you converted such a popular book...to be Catholic! Thanks for sharing over at www.equippingCatholicfamilies.com. It's a perfect fit! http://www.equippingcatholicfamilies.com/converted-2-catholic-games-and-crafts.html

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  2. This is so fun and such an inspiration!! Just subscribed to your blog! Love it! God Bless :)

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  3. This is brilliant!!! And the timing is amazing, I landed here via a Pinterest pin and "Catholic Inspired" and just today my 5 year old sister, who started kindergarten last week, read me "Brown Bear, Brown Bear"!

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  4. I'm working on my book, (and having a blast!) but I'm having difficulty finding the small icons on the Faith keepers disc. Do you recall where they were?

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    1. Oh, I mean the small icons you have on the last couple pages, like the palm branch and the Cross/M for Mary, those icons.

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    2. The small icons I used for the cover and the last page were not from the Faith Keepers disc. I just did an image search online (like with Google or Bing) and copied and pasted. I'm glad you are having a great time with this project!

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    3. Hi!! I am a kindergarten teacher at a catholic school and found this neat book!! Is there a place I can download it to use with my students? Thanks!!!

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    4. Hi! I'm glad you liked the book! I made this myself with a blank book from a local teacher store and lots of cutting as pasting. However my friend Jennifer over at Catholic Inspired did make a printable version you could use. http://www.catholicinspired.com/2013/10/saints-saints-who-do-you-see-printable.html

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  5. HI! Does anyone know how I can download this book for my classroom?

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