The Queenship of Mary

The Queenship of Mary: August 22nd

To celebrate today's feast day, we had a tea party with the theme: “Coronation Tea with the Queen.” We served hot tea, a crown-cheese plater (idea from “Catholic Cuisine”) with pita chips, and blueberries. We then added two additional chairs to our table and reserved/labeled them for "Mary" and "Jesus." For our table's centerpiece, we placed a statue of Mary and dressed her with a crown and ribbon, then added a candle and flowers beside her.

During the tea party, we wore homemade paper crowns. We used these free printable king and queen crown templates from “The Crafting Chicks”. We cut these out and my kids decorated theirs with sparkly stickers and different colored pieces of construction paper. For a fun activity that could last all day, I printed off a picture of Mary and several crowns using this template from “Real Life at Home”, and then using a plastic page cover (or laminate), an envelope, string, and painter's tape (since I didn't have velcro handy), I made a "Pick a Crown Activity" that was a real hit with my four year old daughter. She was able to change Mary's crown and "re-crown" her for days! The last activity we did was learning how to write the letter "Q" using this practice page, from “The Catholic Kid” and our final crown-themed snack was watermelon slices carved to look like crowns (this idea came from Catholic Cuisine). We had a wonderful time celebrating the Queenship of Mary as a family!

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