Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda



We discovered another wonderful book through the Catholic Mosaic : Living the Liturgical Year with Literature,An illustrated book study for Catholic children by Cay Gibson.
Our book today was Saint Valentine by Robert Sabuda.

Amazon review: " It started in ancient Rome when a kind physician named Valentine took an interest in a young blind girl. With his healing skill and his deep faith he restored her sight. What we now call Valentine's Day began when he sent the little girl a secret message, which she received after the Christian martyr was executed. For this tale rich in sentiment, master illustrator Robert Sabuda has created exquisite paper mosaics to suggest early Christian art that resonates with both subtlety and power."

The artwork in this book is beautiful mosaics. We used this technique to make our own mosaic hearts. I cut a zillion little colored squares before we started this craft with our paper cutter.
We placed a picture of St. Valentine in the middle of our hearts, and then liberally applied glitter.
We really applied glitter....notice the pile.
Mark's beautiful mosaic heart.
Gracie's lovely heart.
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12 comments:

  1. RhondaFebruary 10, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    Awww those are just so pretty. Great job kiddos!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 10, 2009 at 10:11 PM

    Good job with the kids

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  3. LynnFebruary 13, 2009 at 4:31 PM

    Those look like a lot of fun, and it's so nice that you included the saint instead of just the usual hearts and candy. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. jennwaFebruary 13, 2009 at 4:32 PM

    Those are beautiful. I love that idea.

    Tthanks for paticipating in Showcase Saturday.

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  5. UnknownFebruary 13, 2009 at 8:53 PM

    Those are beautiful!

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  6. SandyFebruary 13, 2009 at 9:16 PM

    This is a beautiful project!

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  7. CindyFebruary 14, 2009 at 9:22 AM

    Those are really great!

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  8. HeatherFebruary 14, 2009 at 11:03 AM

    They did a wonderful job!

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  9. Jo ShaboFebruary 8, 2010 at 9:53 AM

    very cute! I have that book too and I really like it.

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  10. KristiJanuary 27, 2011 at 5:59 PM

    very cute

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  11. Lacy @ Catholic IcingJanuary 28, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    This is a great project to go with that book! I've linked to his before- great post! :-)

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  12. asliceofsmithlifeFebruary 5, 2011 at 9:31 PM

    Thanks for this idea as I just did it with our Pre-K through 2nd grade homeschool group this past Friday! When I saw your post through Catholic Icing, I said "Hey I have that book and that's a great activity!" We used all sorts of holy cards, not just St. Valentine because that's what we had on hand. And we skipped the glitter :)
    Here is my post if you want to check it out: http://asliceofsmithlife.blogspot.com/2011/02/we-heart-jesus-and-valentine-crafts.html

    Thanks!
    Tracy at "A Slice of Smith Life"

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