Peeps Diorama Catholic Craft for Easter or Lent

In today’s tutorial, I walk you through how we made Peeps dioramas to celebrate Easter. I encourage you to get creative making your dioramas with supplies that you already have at home. A big thank you to a generous viewer who donated the Peeps from my art supply wish list.

https://youtu.be/NsXOC2yDud0

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Original artwork created by Amy Heyse.

Supplies needed:

Peeps
A box or something to display your Peeps on/in
Paper
Scissors
Glue
Something to color with like…
Crayola Washable Super Tips Markers
or Crayola Crayons
Small toys or items from around your house
And lots of creativity!

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How to Draw a Simple Cross for Lent or Easter Step-by-Step Catholic Art Tutorial

In today’s tutorial, I walk you through how to draw a simple cross step-by-step. Perfect for Lent or Easter! We use simple lines and shapes and you can color it with your favorite art supplies.

I also have a Lent/Easter playlist available with some oldies but goodies to help you connect creatively to the season.

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Original artwork created by Amy Heyse.

Supplies needed:

Crayola Washable Super Tips Markers
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Broad Tip
Micron Pens
Paper
Pencil

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How to Draw Our Lady of Lourdes

In today’s tutorial, I walk you through how to draw Our Lady of Lourdes step-by-step. We use simple lines and shapes and you can color her with your favorite art supplies.

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Original artwork created by Amy Heyse.

Supplies needed:

Crayola Washable Super Tips Markers
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Broad Tip
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Fine Tip
Micron Pens
Paper
Pencil

What I used for the Rosary Beads (Optional):
Dr. Ph Martin’s Bleed Proof White
QOR Gold Watercolor

My Cat Pencil Pouch

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How to Draw Saint Agnes Step-by-Step Catholic Art Tutorial

In today’s tutorial, I walk you through how to draw Saint Agnes step-by-step. We use simple lines and shapes and you can color her with your favorite art supplies.

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Original artwork created by Amy Heyse.

Supplies needed:

Crayola Washable Super Tips Markers
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Broad Tip
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Fine Tip
Micron Pens
Tombo Mono Eraser
Paper
Pencil
My Cat Pencil Pouch

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How to Make St. Lucy Crowns Catholic Craft (Paper or Foam)

In today’s tutorial, I walk you through how to make a St. Lucy crown using paper or craft foam step-by-step. You probably have all of the paper supplies at home already or you can swing by your local Hobby Lobby and buy an Advent wreath craft kit for only $2 that uses similar pieces.

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St. Lucy original artwork created by Amy Heyse.

Supplies needed:

Construction Paper
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Hobby Lobby Advent Candle Wreath Kit

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My True Love Gave to Me: A Catechism For the Twelve Days of Christmas Book by Katie Warner and Elizabeth Zelasko

Today we’re taking a look inside My True Love Gave To Me: A Catechism For the Twelve Days of Christmas written by Katie Warner and illustrated by Elizabeth Zelasko. You can take a look inside of the book by watching the video below.

The book is available through the TAN Books website and is also available at Amazon.

Katie Warner:
https://www.instagram.com/katiewarnercatholic/
Elizabeth Zelasko:
https://www.instagram.com/elizabeth.zelasko/

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How to Paint Advent Candles Step-by-Step Catholic Painting Tutorial

In today’s tutorial, I walk you through how to paint Advent candles step-by-step. A great project for your Catholic small group or family!

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Original artwork created by Amy Heyse.

Supplies
Canvas, Board, or thick paper of your size choice (I used 4×4″ mini canvases from Michael’s)
Acrylic Paint (I used Lamp Black, Magenta, Pthalocyanine Green, Titanium White, Metallic Gold, Metallic Silver, Magenta, Violet, and Pthalocyanine Blue Artist’s Loft Paints)
(Artist’s Loft, Master’s Touch, Dick Blick and Liquitex are all great cost-effective brands. Brands like Craft Smart and DecoArt can be too thin depending on the color)
If you want a non-permanent water soluble option for little kids, I highly recommend gouache or tempera paints. My kids love these gouache sets!
Paint brushes (One big, medium, and small brush)
Water
Paper Towels
Palette (or paper plates)
Apron or a Shirt that you wouldn’t mind getting messy

Optional: Hair Dryer

Once acrylic paint dries, it is permanent. If you get paint on your clothes, try to wash it out as soon as possible. I like to use Murphy’s Oil (Pine Sol, nail polish remover, or isopropyl alcohol work too) and the abrasive part of a sponge to scrub paint out of clothing. If it has dried, soak it in a little bit of one of the solutions listed above for at least 10 minutes before scrubbing off the hardened paint.

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Miraculous Medal Catholic Craft Tutorial

In today’s tutorial, you can draw along with me as I show you how to create a Miraculous Medal craft. We use simple lines and shapes to create the drawings on both sides of the medal and you can color it with your favorite art supplies. This would also be a cute craft to create using Shrinky Dinks if you want to take it a step further!

miraculous medal template-01 Download

Paper
Pencil
Micron Pens
Zeyar Twin Tip Permanent Markers
Scissors
Hole Punch

Optional:
Laminator (mine is the same brand as this one)
Glue
Crayola Washable Super Tips Markers
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Broad Tip
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Fine Tip

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How to Draw St. Cecilia Step-by-Step Catholic Art Tutorial

In today’s tutorial, I walk you through how to draw Saint Cecilia step-by-step. We use simple lines and shapes and you can color her with your favorite art supplies.

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Original artwork created by Amy Heyse.

Supplies needed:

Crayola Washable Super Tips Markers
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Broad Tip
Crayola Colors of the World Markers Fine Tip
Micron Pens
Paper
Pencil

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Our DIY Catholic Art Pilgrimage

I recently got to go to Italy to explore some of the incredible art and architecture in Rome and Florence. My family, friends, and I put together a DIY Catholic art pilgrimage. It was a quick trip, lasting only a week, but it reignited the creative fire in my soul.

Here are some of the places that we went…

In Rome:
The Spanish Steps
The Trevi Fountain
The Pantheon
The Colosseum and Roman Forum
Santa Maria Maggiore
Santa Maria della Vittoria
Vatican City
St. Peter’s Basilica
The Vatican Museums

View from the top of St. Peter’s Basilica

In Florence:
Santa Maria del Fiore
The Uffizi Galleries
Galleria dell’Accademia
Pitti Palace
Boboli Gardens
Ponte Vecchio
Santa Croce
Piazza della Repubblica
Piazza della Signoria

Outside of the Uffizi Galleries in Florence

Places we ate:
Al Passetto di Borgo (i rigatoni alla norcina is said to have been a favorite of Pope Benedict’s)
My Sugar
Pino’s
Retrobottega
Gustapizza
Acquacotta

In Florence, we stayed at this sweet little convent that was within walking distance of all of the places we visited. We highly recommend it!

Resources that were helpful:
Rick Steves’ Pocket Rome travel guide
Rick Steves’ Audio Europe Travel App (free audio tours of every major site we visited)

There are so many great YouTube channels that offer helpful planning tips. Here were the ones I referenced the most while planning:
RomeWise’s YouTube Channel
Kacie Rose’s YouTube Channel
Gregor Brown’s YouTube Channel
Stay Fabulous’ YouTube Channel
Happy to Wander’s YouTube Channel

Filming Gear

Camera: Insta 360 Go 3

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