Pretty much last minute, as usual, but I wanted to share the 18 NEW All Saints Guessing Jar Labels that I came up with and made for this year's party at our parish! I think that puts the total count up to about 98 options between these and all the others that can be found in the archives from over the years.
Here is the link to all of my FREE All Saints Party Printables!
I was also so excited and relieved to finally find wide mouth jars after multiple online orders were cancelled and unsuccessfully searching many local stores! It's so much more fun for the children to actually get to keep the treats in the jar instead of getting them dumped into a ziplock to take home.
"Are there any saints who would work for Caramel Apples???"
.... google search.... St. Dorothy is the patron of gardeners and depicted with apples... Perfect!
St. Dorothy, Patron of Gardeners: Brach's Caramel Apples
St. Blaise, Patron of Wild Animals: Animal Crackers
St. Amelia, Queen of Hungary, Patron of Farmers: Brach's Pumpkins
"Saint Ulphia of Amiens is a Christian saint, venerated particularly at Amiens. She was said to be a young girl living on the banks of the Noye in the who became a hermit at what would become Saint-Acheul, near Amiens in the Kingdom of the Franks, under the spiritual direction of Saint Domitius (Domice). At the end of her life, she formed and directed a community of religious women at Amiens.
Legend states that Ulphe placed the frogs in the area around her hermitage (which was built in a swampy area) under interdict as a result of their loud croaking, which kept her awake at nights. Thus, in her iconography, she is depicted as a young nun seated in prayer on a rock with a frog in the pool near her.
A 19th century hagiographer noted that the frogs in the area around the oratory of Saint Ulphe were, indeed, very quiet. However, if these frogs were taken elsewhere, they became boisterous once again."
York Peppermint Patties work perfectly for St. Margaret Clitherow, the "Pearl of York, as well as for St. William of York!
Another random fact I learned this year: In the Maltese language, the Milky Way galaxy is called It-Triq ta' Sant'Anna, literally "The Way of St. Anne".
St. Anne: MilkyWay Minis
St. Luigi Scrosoppi, Patron of Footballers: Sport Balls *How many soccer balls are in the jar? ;)
St. Francis de Sales, Patron of Writers & Journalists: Alphabet Cookies
Once again I also made additional guess pages to go along with each of the jars.
"How about frogs... Any way to tie frogs to a saint?"
We ended up finding this:
Legend states that Ulphe placed the frogs in the area around her hermitage (which was built in a swampy area) under interdict as a result of their loud croaking, which kept her awake at nights. Thus, in her iconography, she is depicted as a young nun seated in prayer on a rock with a frog in the pool near her.
A 19th century hagiographer noted that the frogs in the area around the oratory of Saint Ulphe were, indeed, very quiet. However, if these frogs were taken elsewhere, they became boisterous once again."
St. Ulphia of Amiens: Gummi Frogs (I threw in some Mini Frogs too to complicate things!)
St. Anslem... who Protected a Hare: Annie's Bunny Grahams
St. Abigail, Patron of Bees & Beekeepers: Bit-O-Honey's
St. Margaret Clitherow, the "Pearl of York: York Peppermint Patties
St. William of York: York Peppermint Patties
St. Ignatius of Loyola... who was struck by a cannonball: Cannonballs (aka Whoppers)
"Five hundred years ago, Iñigo López de Loyola (Ignatius of Loyola) was struck by a cannonball during the Battle of Pamplona. What might have been an inconvenient and painful injury changed that soldier’s life and, ultimately, shaped our lives as well." - Source
My children LOVE KitKats and Reese's... so I picked St. Katharine and St. Thérèse whose names could be nicknamed KitKat and Reese! ;)
Doctors of the Church: Smarties
Aren't these Kodiak Bear Bites great! I included three saints with their bear stories last year, but two more to add this year.
St. Seraphim of Sarov: Kodiak Bear Bites
St. Maximinus of Trier: Teddy Grahams
This year the Alphabet Cookies are getting linked to St. Francis de Sales, patron of writers & journalists. If the kids look closely while counting they will see "PRAY" spelled out around the bottom and top of the jar. ;)
Another random fact I learned this year: In the Maltese language, the Milky Way galaxy is called It-Triq ta' Sant'Anna, literally "The Way of St. Anne".
St. Anne: MilkyWay Minis
St. Luigi Scrosoppi, Patron of Footballers: Sport Balls *How many soccer balls are in the jar? ;)
St. Francis de Sales, Patron of Writers & Journalists: Alphabet Cookies
