Saint sketches

True to my word, I have been designing some more toddler friendly saint pictures. Here are a few:

Above: Saints Mary MacKillop, John Vianney, Therese of Lisieux and Michael the Archangel.

Above: Saints Monica, Augustine and Anthony of Padua.

Above: Saint Catherine of Siene, Blessed Mother Teresa, Saints Gianna Molla and Ignatius of Loyola.

Above: Saints Joan of Arc, Francis of Assissi, Teresa of Avila and Faustina Kowalska

 Above: Saints Kateri Tekakawitha and Patrick.

Above: Saints Maximilan Kolbe, Maria Goretti, Thomas Aquinas and Cecelia.

If there's any more you'd like to see let me know!

David and Goliath

This is a very quick activity and loads of fun to play with.

What you'll need:
1 toilet roll
1 cling wrap roll cut in half
coloured paper - plain and patterned
card
2 pipe cleaners
glue
scissors
masking tape
string
pen or texta

Instructions: Using skin coloured paper cut two strips about 5cm wide and long enough to wrap around your toilet roll and clingwrap roll (this will be the faces). Use another coloured paper cut into a wider strip to cover the rest of the rolls, this will be their clothes. We used blue for David, then cut another piece the same height but a shorter width to look as though David has a coat on. We used grey for Goliath so it would look like armour. Cut another strip of paper to cover half of Goliath's body and cut a fringe along the bottom and glue on about halfway up the cling wrap roll. Using brown paper cut a beard and hair for Goliath and some hair for David. In order to do this cut your strip of brown paper in the same way (and measurements) as you did for the skin coloured paper and cut out room for a face. For Goliath you can cut a beard out afterwards and glue on over the top. Using a pen or texta add details on the faces.
Using scissors punch holes in either side of both rolls and thread through the pipe cleaners for arms. Use masking tape to secure pipe cleaner on inside of roll. On some card draw a Y shape like this:

then cut out and attach string to make slingshot. Using the same card draw a sword and shield shape like this:

then cut out. We added a G on the shield but you can decorate it however you like.

Secure slingshot to David and sword and shield to Goliath using glue and bending pipe cleaner arms around firmly.

Detail of David and Goliath's faces:

Enjoy!