St. Valentine's Day Scripture Bulletin Board and Crafts

There are so many good St. Valentine's Day ideas on Pinterest for Faith Formation and Youth Ministry.

I came across a great pin for a Valentine's Day Scripture Bulletin Board!


This great idea comes from the website mpmschoolsupplies.com

On the website I also came across the "I love you" hand print magnet craft for a Valentine's Day craft / gift that is not too difficult for most children.

Another easy Valentine's Day craft for young children is the "Open the Eyes of My Heart" craft - brought to us by Catholic Icing .  Inexpensive and easy to prepare.

Valentine's Day is a good time to remember the senior citizens at your parish by hosting a breakfast/luncheon or just donuts and coffee for them after a Mass close to Valentine's Day. Many times they are alone and appreciate the extra love shown them. What better can we do for St. Valentine's Day than to show our love for others?

Have the children take place mats and decorate them for the event or they can make centerpieces.

An inexpensive and easy centerpiece - Have the children make hearts and glue the on the top of pipe cleaners for flowers. Use red/pink construction paper for the hearts. Cut some leaves from green construction paper and put them on the pipe cleaners too.  Now stick the "flowers" (put 2-3 stems) into inverted styrofoam cups. You could even add ribbons on the "vases".  The seniors can take them home if they like.
What you need for this project:
styrofoam cups
pipe cleaners (preferably green)
pink, red and green construction paper
scissors
glue
ribbon (optional)

Bulletin Board for Lent

A few years ago I made a bulletin board for Lent so that the children could "walk" the path with Jesus.

I also put it on Pinterest

Look for images for Lent on free clip art websites.  Fish symbols were used on Ash Wednesday and all Friday's.  

There are many free foot print images that you can copy, or you can put ink on your hand and make the feet like we did on the bus when we were children on the frosty windows! Then  make copies. Make sure you have a left and right foot print so that the effect of "walking" shows on each day. 

I used a Cricut machine to cut the numbers and words that were used.  

The stones were each cut from a full sheet of black construction paper - each stone represents a day of Lent. The first stone is Ash Wednesday and the last being the open tomb of Easter Sunday.  Look for printable images for Holy Week and Easter too.

I found a wonderful free printable Lenten Calendar on another blog. Click here view and print it.  

Use the free printable calendar for ideas of how to decorate your bulletin board. 

Children learn from visual images/words and repeating the information. If you use this bulletin board on a daily/weekly basis during Lent, the children will learn from it and think about Jesus' journey and passion!