What does this holiday really signify?
With so much talk of leprechauns and pots o' gold going on at school, I thought we better bring things back to what's truly meaningful about this holiday.
Inspired by fishmama's beautiful post, I hurriedly put my plan together in the few minutes before we picked up our oldest from kindergarten.
With their bellies full of yummy shamrock shakes, we sat down to make 3 leaf clovers, just like the ones Patrick used to tell people about the Holy Trinity. Since we had three shamrock to make, we also looked up names of Jesus and put 3 names along with the scripture on the other two.
As I wrote it out, the kids told me the three persons of God, how cool is that? Thank-you, Jesus for giving my beloved children ears to hear. Then we talked about all the different names of Jesus. As I wrote a name on the shamrock, my oldest looked up the scripture and read it to us. I love how he refers to the gospel of John as "Plain John" and first John as "One John".
Then we strung our beautiful creations on a string of shamrock beads and adorned our chandelier. What a lovely reminder of Patrick's wish, to point one and all to Jesus Christ.
May the Lord richly bless you and yours on this St. Patrick's Day.
You have beautiful children Jennifer :o)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute crafty idea!
We seriously need to hang out one day. I think we'd have a blast together!
I know we would, Nicole! My kids would love all of your critters, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great day to make memories! Yum!
ReplyDeleteThat is so wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThat is cool, what fun way to spend St. Pattys day
ReplyDeleteNice! What a wonderful way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day!
ReplyDeleteHow darling! I love this!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the sweet comment!
I love how you take every opportunity to share Jesus with your children! I'm looking forward to the day when my little one can make cute crafts with me! :)
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