Learning About Priest Vestments {Free Printable e-book and Activity}

Several months back a wonderful lady, Nannet, emailed me and asked me to create a craft that would teach kids all about the vestments that priests wear during Mass. Her craft idea didn’t sound too hard so I told her I’d give it a try.  I began to search for information about priests’ vestments, but I had no idea that there is so much more to vestments than meets the eye. My search for information turned into a big job!

Priest vestments may seem simple, but in reality, they have a lot of history and in-depth meaning. After learning so much I felt that a simple craft just isn’t enough to teach kids about this interesting part of our faith!

So I decided a mini book with pictures of the vestments would be a good way to help teach about the meaning behind each part of the priests’ vestments. So I created my very first e-book!

This printable book is simple yet it’s stuffed full of interesting facts about the priests’ vestments. Each page tells about one part of the priests’ vestments. It’s nice for kids to take along to Mass so they can see the priest wearing some of the vestments pictured in this book, although most of the vestment parts are hidden. It’s a great help to get kids interested in the Mass.

Vestment Craft {Change the Color}

I also created the craft that Nannet asked me to make. It’s a great companion to the vestment e-book!

With this craft, kids can change the color of the priest’s chasuble. On the back, there is a picture of the other vestments that a priest wears under his chasuble.

Instructions for craft:

• Print page 1 of the PDF onto stock paper / heavy paper.  Cut out the two squares.

• Cut out the chasuble area on the priest’s vestments. The lines are extra thick for easy cutting.

• Staple the two squares back-to-back, but leave one side unstapled.

• Create a 4 x4 ½ inch square of each of the liturgical colors from colored paper.(red, white, green, and purple – you can do black, too, but that’s rarely used).

• Slide the colored paper sheets between the squares in the opening of the unstapled side of the squares.

The color which you can see through the priest’s chasuble should be the liturgical color of the day. This color can be changed each day as the liturgical color changes.

*OR* If you wish you can put the square images on a CD case and add colored paper to the inside of the CD case. Note: All printers print differently, so check the size before using a CD case.

There are two versions of this craft: Craft with straight down stole Craft with a crossed stole

Because it would be very difficult to cut the Faddleback chasuble, I have only created this craft with a Gothic chasuble.

Vestment Coloring Page

You also might like these coloring pages:

Here are two coloring pages:

Choose the one that better fits your parish!

This ebook, printable craft, and coloring pages are all free below!

Download the vestment crafts and coloring pages:

vestment-learning-book-craft-coloing-page.pdf

Download PDF • 2.88MB

Our Catholic faith is brimming with so much information and rich symbolism. The average Catholic (myself included) has no idea how much symbolism our faith holds! The truths we can learn from our faith are overwhelming, yet so many of us barely scratch the surface.

I hope this helps you to see a little of this wonderful part of our faith!

God Bless. ~JenMarie