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Creating a  Liturgical Ornament for All Saints day proved to be a little more challenging than I thought it would be. I just had a mental block trying to come up with an easy way to depict ALL the saints in heaven, so I just created the gates of heaven and the symbols of the Holy Trinity – because when the saints enter heaven they are finally able to see God’s full glory for the first time. To create this you will need: yellow felt — with glitter* white felt — with glitter* plain white felt brown felt scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) a needle and thread for the looped hanger Glitter glue — *if you can’t get glitter felt you can use glitter glue on the felt and wait for it to dry. We used gold and silver glitter glue Cut out the parts for the cross, dove and crown. The crown is in two pieces so it looks more 3-D, but you can make one (2-D) if it’s easier for you. Cut out the gate from yellow felt and cut a piece of white felt big enough for the gate and Trinity symbols. If you don’t have glitter felt, you may like to cover the crown, gate, and white background with glitter glue. We used gold on the yellow pieces and silver on the white. Spread it around with your finger, popsicle stick, or paint brush. Allow all the glitter to dry before moving on to the next step. Glue the gate onto the white background. Over-top of the gate add the Trinity symbols. We added gold glitter glue around the cross and dove (mostly because the dove was kind of hidden on the white background.). After that dries, cut out around the gate and make a cloud-like top above the Trinity.  Now add the threaded-loop hanger to the top. God Bless, ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

This ornament for All Souls Day (Nov. 2) is meant to remind kids that we need to pray for the souls in Purgatory. Read more about that HERE .  Often Purgatory is pictured with fire, but I thought that might be confusing for kids (too much like hell) so I used thorns in our Purgatory instead.  I added Heaven to the upper corner so the kids can see that these souls are reaching out and desiring to enter into the glow and warmth of Heaven.   To make this ornament you will need: light blue felt peach felt tan felt yellow felt white felt black permanent sharpie marker orange permanent sharpie marker  yellow permanent sharpie marker gold glitter glue silver glitter glue scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) thread and needle for the looped hanger Cut out all the pieces like those above. Also cut out a white circle (not pictured here but it\’s seen later in these steps) Add the 3 rays and the cloud to the corner. Add the hands on the bottom of the blue background. Use the black marker to create the thorns and dark area around the hands. Use the yellow marker to added more color around the yellow felt rays.  Now write ”Pray for the souls in Purgatory” on your white circle. Do the writing before you glue it down, because you may need to redo it if you mess-up on the writing. When making the letters, use a series of dots side-by-side to form them. This gives them a less fussy look. We added a little yellow and orange to the circle’s edge to add character. Once you are happy with your circle glue it down to the upper left corner – beside heaven.  Add gold glitter glue to the rays and around the ’pray circle’. Also add silver glitter glue to the heavenly cloud.  Cut out around the edges to remove any extra felt and give it a cleaner look.  Add a threaded loop to the top and hang it up with your All Saints ornament. God Bless. ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

St. Martin de Porres, also known as, the Saint of the Broom, celebrates his feast day on November 3 (new and traditional calendars). He lived from 1579 to 1639 and he’s the patron of African-Americans; against rats; barbers; hair stylists; hotel-keepers; mixed-race people; poor people; public education; public health; racial harmony; etc. Read more HERE .  To create this ornament you will need: yellow felt white felt black felt dark brown felt medium brown felt light blue felt black permanent sharpie marker orange permanent sharpie marker  brown permanent sharpie marker scissors  (these  kind work well) glue (hot glue,  felt glue ,  or tacky glue – like  this  or  this ) thread and needle for the looped hanger Cut out the parts as pictured above. Use an orange marker to add an edge to the halo. Use a brown and black marker to add detail to the broom. And use black marker to make the hair and face on the head. Glue the robe and halo to the blue back ground add the black scapular to the front of the white robe. Glue the black collar to the top of the robe – only glue it in the middle. Lift the sides to add the arms. once you see the arms will be covered and look good, glue down the arms and outer edge of the black collar.  Add this head. Add the broom to one arm and a cross to the other. Cut out around the edge to remove any extra blue background. Add a looped hook to the top to hang it up. St. Martin de Porres, pray for us! God bless. ~JenMarie and Elizabeth

About Us Hello, from the wooded mountains in Southern Pennsylvania! Our Story Catholic Inspired started in 2010 as the Lawrence family blog. The main goal was to be able to share family events with an aunt who lived hours away. She was sick with cancer and sadly died not long after we started our blogging journey. In that short time we quickly saw how the Catholic crafts that we created as a family were well loved by other Catholic families and teachers! So we then switched our focused to sharing our Catholic crafts on our blog, It’s been an amazing experience to share our family’s Catholic activities throughout these past years! Now as our family has grown and we no longer have young children, our focus has shifted a bit again. Our once young artsy family now loves creating Catholic devotionals. We enjoy creating jewelry and home décor that focuses on the saints and Catholic faith. We are happy to share all our creations here on this site, either for you to purchase or for you to learn to create your own! We hope you will join us on our crafty and creative Catholic journey! About Our Family Jon and JenMarie first met while helping with their parish's religious education classes and were set up by a nun! They were married in 1997. Together they had 9 children (6 girls and 3 boys). The children were home educated. They currently live near Gettysburg, PA (The same area Jon & JenMarie grew up in). Now the children are slowly spreading their wings and flying off into the world. Meet The Team JenMarie (Mom) Founder, Web Design, Crafter, and Jewelry Maker Elizabeth Shipping Manager and Jewelry Maker Hannah Painter and Jewelry Maker More Family Pop-in occasionally Pause Family Moments What are our customers saying? Because selling on our website is new, we do not yet have reviews here. But be sure to see our excellent reviews on Etsy. CLICK HERE

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