Free Printable Catholic Lenten coloring pages, Bible activities, Christian crafts

Hello my Omschool friends. Our family is Catholic and when I homeschooled our children, we followed the liturgical calendar and based our lesson plans around that. Our high holy day is Easter. For Catholic and Orthodox Christians, Easter is about more than just Easter baskets, bunnies and candy. Easter celebrates the Passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. During Lent, which is the 40-day period prior to Easter, Christians ready themselves for Jesus's coming with prayer, fasting and almsgiving. Lent begins in the Catholic liturgical calendar, on Ash Wednesday, following Fat Tuesday or Mardi Gras (also called Shrove Tuesday) The date of Ash Wednesday changes each year as Easter is a "movable feast." In 2025, Ash Wednesday was Mar 5.  

Lent "follows" Jesus's during forty days of fasting in the desert when He was tempted by Satan. in preparation for His sacrifice on the cross. During Lent, we try to imitate Jesus. We follow the "Way of the Cross" or Stations of the Cross and pray the rosary. To help children learn about their Catholic Christian faith and observe Lent, here are free printable stations of the cross, rosary, saints and Easter bible story coloring pages. Use these for Lenten devotions.

The Catholic Kid has dozens of free printable Catholic coloring pages for Lent. There are free printable Catholic saints coloring pages too. 

Catholic Mom has an entire liturgical year of free downloadable and printable saints feast day coloring pages organized by month. This site also has 200+ free printable Sunday mass worksheets and activities, gospel Bible story coloring pages and devotional guides that follow the Catholic liturgical calendar. 

St. Anne's Helper has free printable Catholic activities and coloring pages for Lenten devotions. Catholic Icing is a homeschool mom blog with all kinds of printable Catholic activities, games, crafts, lesson plans and coloring pages. Clip Art Library has even more Catholic Bible printables and religious coloring pages. Edupics also has a big assortment of free printable Christian coloring pages. 

Between these sites, you'll free printable and downloadable Catholic Lenten coloring pages across all categories related to the faith, plus Christian games, activities, crafts and lesson plans. Some images are cartoons but others are beautifully drawn stained glass windows in various churches. These would make good adult coloring pages as well as challenging coloring pages for kids.  Categories include: 

free printable rosary coloring pages--Joyful Mysteries from the Bible story of Jesus's life: the annunciation, the Visitation, the Birth of Jesus, the Presentation and Finding the Child Jesus in the Temple--Sorrowful Mysteries from the Bible story of Jesus's life: the Agony in the Garden, the Scourging, the Crowning with Thorns, Carrying the Cross and the Crucifixion--Glorious Mysteries (heavenly events) in Jesus's life include the Resurrection, the Ascension, the Descent of the Holy Spirit, the Assumption and the Crowning of Mary Queen of Heaven.--Luminous Mysteries: the Baptism of Jesus, the Wedding at Cana (Jesus's first public miracle), the Proclamation of the Kingdom and the Institution of the Holy Eucharist. These are Bible events from the life of Jesus. 

free printable Stations of the Cross coloring pages, one for each of the 15 stations

free printable Apostles Creed coloring pages

free saints coloring pages of St. Patrick, Mary Mother of God, St. Joan of Arc, St. Philomena, St. Tarcisius, St. Clare, St. Maximilian Kolbe, St. Joseph, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Valentine and other saints. There are several of Pope Francis. 

Use these free printable Catholic Easter coloring pages for Ash Wednesday, Lent devotions, Holy Week, Palm Sunday and the Easter Triduum: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and finally Easter Sunday. Make a Stations of the Cross coloring book for mass and to keep little ones quiet during devotions and to reflect during your stations prayers. These coloring pages make great lent devotional activities to prepare children for Easter.

Kids books and children's TV shows about broken bones, hospitals and childhood injuries

Hello my friends of the Omschool (omi-grama school). I'm worried today because my sweet 4 y/o grandson broke his leg on a trampoline a few days ago. Poor little guy is going to be in a wheelchair and cast for quite awhile.  And you know what this Omi does whenever anyone is in crisis. First I pray then I turn to bibliotherapy to find solace. So my first thought was hunt up books to help little man cope. Here are books about injured kids, hospital stays and all that goes into mending a broken leg.

Number one and two have got to be Curious George Takes a Job and Curious George Goes to the Hospital (H.A. and Margaret Rey) First, I like that in both cases, the injuries were preventable if George had listened and not been so snoopy. It normalizes what is very normal child behavior. A child's mishaps are often his own or someone else's "fault" in that they were playing too roughly, not following directions, etc. They (or the other person) may feel guilty and ashamed but can take comfort that they're not alone. Everyone makes mistakes and can learn from them. Kids will find it interesting to see what hospitals were like, with children's wards instead of private rooms, and how injuries were treated (broken legs in traction) years ago--in Omi's time! Hopefully there won't be an open ether bottle though! 

I Broke My Trunk (Mo Willems) Poor elephant has bent his proboscis and tells a silly story of how it happened. You'll love this one for the funny pictures alone!  

Sammy's Broken Leg (Oh No!) and the Amazing Cast that Healed It (Judith Wolf Mandell) This book will resonate with any child who's been in a cast all summer and has to deal with boredom, annoyance, being left out of activities and other frustrations. A little cheesy but I think kids will love it! 

Arthur's Knee isn't a book that I know of but a episode of the TV series Arthur. Our adventurous aardvark disobeys and goes to a junkyard. Predictably, he gets hurt and learns a lot about the body and how it heals itself. You can watch Arthur free with PBSKids subscription. Some episodes are available on Youtube and Amazon Prime. 

Caillou suffers his share of injuries and learns how to ask for help and how his body works. Here's another one about summer injuries. 

Daniel Feels Better In this episode of Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Daniel hurts his ankle and learns about how doctors help children with injuries and how an x-ray works. 

Use these resources to help children understand why and how accidents happen and cheer them when they do.