Christmas Cards for the Homebound and Those in Nursing Homes

To provide an opportunity for the children to reach out to others and be a gift to those people

The children should become aware that by creating a card and offering prayers, they can bring happiness to someone they do not personally know.

• 9" x 12" construction paper (seasonal colors)
• Markers, crayons, and pencils
• Glue
• Scissors
• Christmas stickers
• Covers of old Christmas cards

• Distribute the construction paper (one piece per child).
• Instruct the children to fold their papers in half, vertically.
• Have the children decorate the outside covers of their cards using the stickers, covers of old cards, markers, and crayons.
• Inside the cards have the children write a seasonal message that ends with the sentence, I am keeping you in my prayers.
• Remind the children to sign their names.
• Tell the children: We will pray for these people in our prayer services in the month of January.
  

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Check with the Catechetical Leader for a list of homebound individuals in the parish and make arrangements for the delivery of the cards.

The children may want to talk about elderly or ill people whom they know.