Free Printable Catholic Saints Paper Dolls for Feast Days, Holidays

I've been blogging since 2008. I write a lot about holidays and it's inspiring to see that the holidays that draw the most reader are Catholic feast days. Ash Wednesday, Lent, Holy Days of Obligation--those are the biggees. I enjoy looking for free printable coloring pages, but my real passion lies in finding homeschooling and religious education free printables. I remember my early teaching days and late homeschooling career, sans computer. I must have made thousands of lesson plans. Alas, I am woefully inept as an artist, so the lesson plans that required drawing skills...lacked. With the Internet, we've printable lesson plans, coloring pages, cut and paste crafts, games and activities. Just in time for Valentines Day, here are Saints Feast Day Paper Dolls, Printables

Best Personal Calendar, Online Planner, Organizer Apps

If I have any success, my secret to it is organization. Family, finances, home management, events, jobs, religious observances, holidays and church activities, volunteer work--it requires coordination to juggle them all. So I admit it--I am an organizer-ophile. I find it therapeutic to wander the planner aisle in Barnes & Noble. When I get a new cellphone, the first thing I play with is the calendar function. But I am also a tightwad--I will not pay for organizer apps or software. And I don't have to, nor do you, when there are so many free utilities available online. Here are the best organizer apps on the net. Use these for holiday planning.  Read more

Free Printable Disney Easter Activities

Free Printable Disney Easter Activities Celebrate Easter with free printable Disney Winnie the Pooh, Dora the Explorer, Looney Tunes, Scooby Doo and Garfield coloring activities. Easter cards, Easter stationery and lots of Easter coloring pages!
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Free Printable Purim Activities

Free Printable Purim Activities The Jewish celebration of Purim is celebrated at sundown somewhere in late February to early March in the western calendar. Purim 2013 will be on February 23-14. Purim celebrates Queen Esther's bravery and love for her people, the Hebrews in Persia. Here are free printable coloring pages, activities, lessons, crafts, word searches, puzzles and lesson plans to help you explore Purim. Pictures of Esther, Mordechai, Haman, Ahasuerus, crowns, jewels and more Purim coloring pages. Read more...