CCD~ All Saint's Day Party

Every year around Halloween and All Saint's Day, we have a party in our CCD class.

We start out each class talking about Halloween, All Saint's Day, and All Soul's Day. I want the kids in my class to understand the Catholic roots of Halloween and the importance of the feast days of All Saint;s Day and All Soul's Day. 

While we waited for all the kids to finish arriving, the kids worked on coloring in a picture for All Saint's Day. I used this one from Catholic Playground. Catholic Playground has a wonderful selection of ideas on how to celebrate All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day for children of all ages.

For my class and for my own kids, I found this wonderful book explaining how Halloween has many Catholic traditions. You can find and print the booklet over at Look to Him and be Radiant. This site also had a fantastic selection of activities and worksheets for helping kids learn about All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day.

We always play a few saint theme games! Many of these games I found online while doing a search on Pinterest. 

Pin the Shamrock on Saint Patrick

Saint Anthony's Lost and Found

With this game, we teach the children all about Saint Anthony and his little prayer.

Saint Anthony, Saint Anthony,

Please come around,

something is lost and can not be found!

I fill a wrapped box with some goodies and styrofoam peanuts. The kids reach in without looking and retrieve a prize.

The Saints Candy Guessing Game from Catholic Inspired

This is a fun game for the kids and they get to eat the goodies when we are done. It's easy to do. Print out the labels from Catholic Inspired, tape the labels to the jar, and then fill the jars.

I had the following saints.....

Our Lady of Mount Carmel....Caramel candies

Saint Isidore.... Candy Corn

Saint Thomas Aquinas....DumDum lollipops

Saint Peter.... Swedish Fish or Goldfish

Doctors of the Church.....Smarties

Musical Chairs to When the Saints Go Marching In

This is always a fun game. It's just musical chairs to the tune of When the Saints Go Marching In.

Saint and Symbol Match Up Game from Catholic Playground

Saint Ring Toss

For this game you'll need some smaller saint statues, preferably plastic ones, and a few glow-in-dark necklaces. 

Form the necklaces and then have the children try to get the ring around the saints. Simple, easy, and fun!

After the games, we have a few treats to eat. Cupcakes, chips, pretzels, and candy. I try to have a variety of items so everyone gets something they like.

Till Next Time,

Monique