The Catholic Mom Who Turned Kid Crafts Into a Faith Formation Empire
What happens when an Art Education major and homeschool mom realizes there's almost nothing out there to help Catholic parents teach their kids the Faith through creativity?
Meet Catholic Icing—the beloved website that has been providing Catholic families with crafts, printables, and faith formation resources since 2009. Founded by Lacy, a cradle Catholic, former homeschool mom, and professional Catholic writer, Catholic Icing has become the go-to resource for parents and teachers who want to make the liturgical year come alive for children.
With resources ranging from free printable saint crafts to a complete Catholic ABCs preschool curriculum, Catholic Icing proves that teaching the Faith to children can be joyful, creative, and beautiful—without breaking the bank.
A Creative Catholic Mom Fills the Gap
Lacy had the perfect background for what she would eventually create: she was raised Catholic, majored in Art Education in college, and spent eight years homeschooling her four children—Lydia, Julian, Violet, and Anabelle.
But when she looked for Catholic craft resources to use with her own kids, she found... almost nothing.
So she started making her own.
In 2009, Lacy launched Catholic Icing with a simple mission: to share the Catholic activities she was already creating for her own family. Her goal, in her own words: "to instill a love for God and the Catholic church in children, and I plan to reach them through their mothers and teachers."
What started as a simple blog has grown into one of the most comprehensive Catholic kid resources on the internet—a "sweet, creamy spread of creative Catholic ideas" including crafts, lesson plans, activities, songs, games, and coloring pages.
What Catholic Icing Offers
Free Resources
The heart of Catholic Icing is free content that any Catholic parent or teacher can use immediately:
- Saint crafts: Printable crafts for dozens of saints—print, color, cut, and assemble
- Liturgical year activities: Crafts and activities for every season of the Church year
- Holiday celebrations: Creative ideas for All Saints' Day parties, Advent, Lent, and more
- Mary activities: Crafts and activities to foster Marian devotion in children
- Sacred Heart crafts: Teaching children about the love of Jesus
- Printable coloring pages: Catholic-themed coloring for all ages
The Catholic Icing Monthly Membership
For families who want even more, the monthly membership provides:
- Printable activity pages delivered to your inbox
- Monthly crafts tied to the liturgical calendar
- Home altar pieces to print and display
- Everything needed to live the liturgical year—without the planning stress
Members say the subscription makes Catholic living "easy and affordable."
The Catholic ABCs Curriculum
Perhaps Catholic Icing's most ambitious project is the Catholic ABCs Curriculum—a complete religion curriculum for preschool and kindergarten.
This isn't just religion class. The curriculum integrates:
- Religion: Catholic doctrine at an age-appropriate level
- Language arts: Letters, phonics, and early reading
- Fine motor skills: Cutting, coloring, and crafting
- Art: Creative projects that reinforce each lesson
- Music: Songs that teach the Faith
The result is a holistic curriculum that forms the whole child—mind, heart, and hands—while laying the foundation for a lifetime of Catholic faith.
Parents love that it's designed by a real homeschool mom who understands the chaos of life with young children. Everything is practical, affordable, and actually doable.
Summer with the Sacred Heart VBS
Catholic Icing also offers a complete Vacation Bible School program called "Summer with the Sacred Heart."
The program includes:
- Crafts and activities for ages preschool through teens
- A focus on the Sacred Heart of Jesus
- Everything parents and parish coordinators need to run a successful VBS
- Flexible format for home use or parish groups
For parishes struggling to find solidly Catholic VBS programs—or homeschool families wanting a summer faith experience—this fills a real need.
Why This Matters
When Lacy started Catholic Icing in 2009, there was essentially no centralized, free library of Catholic craft resources for young children online. She built one from scratch, and it has become the default destination for homeschool moms, CCD teachers, and parish coordinators who need a printable saint craft or a liturgical-year activity on short notice. The Catholic ABCs Curriculum and the Summer with the Sacred Heart VBS program go further still, giving families and parishes complete, affordable programs that simply did not exist before. Catholic Icing is proof that one mom with an Art Education degree and a kitchen table can fill a gap that no publisher or institution had bothered to address.
How You Can Support
- Visit the site: Explore free resources at CatholicIcing.com
- Join the membership: Get monthly printables and activities delivered to your inbox
- Buy from the shop: Visit shop.catholicicing.com for individual printables
- Check out Catholic ABCs: Perfect for preschool and kindergarten religious education
- Share with friends: Know a Catholic mom who could use these resources? Send her the link
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Have you used Catholic Icing resources with your children or students? What's your favorite craft or activity? Drop a comment below—we'd love to hear your experience!
Find Catholic Icing:
- Website: catholicicing.com
- Shop: shop.catholicicing.com
- Teachers Pay Teachers: Catholic Icing Printables
- Curriculum: Catholic ABCs
- DCB Listing: Find Catholic Icing on Discover Catholic Business
Sources: Catholic Icing, About Lacy, Real Life at Home