Free printable Mothers Day greeting cards, saints holy cards and prayer cards

Hello and welcome to Catholic Activities, the blog where we share all things pertaining to our Catholic faith, geared for children. I bring to it  44 years in various teaching roles, licensed in gen ed. and special education.  I'm a veteran homeschooling mom of four, and now an Omi (grandma in Dutch) to 13 whom I have the pleasure of "Omschooling" via my blog "Free Printable Lesson Plans." I'm also a convert to Catholicism (class of 1993). When I began homsechooling in the early 1990s, I dove into Catholic Christianity with joy. This blog is a culmination of all that. 

We just celebrated the Octave of Easter and now we make our way towards Ascension Thursday and we'll explore that further in another post. But first I want to focus on that beautiful holiday of Mother's Day which falls in May 10, 2026 in the US. In the UK it's called Mothering Sunday ( I love that way of phrasing it) and it fell on March 15 this year. 

Family is at the core of our life and our faith. So I'll be sharing some Mother's Day activities for kids shortly. First I have a special intention for those who struggle at this time of year when everyone else is celebrating mom. 

This is for those whose mothers have passed, who are unable to be with their mothers or who are estranged from them for whatever reason. I also offer a love to those who have lost children. My little Mary-Therese and Isobella Raine live in heaven now. The Blessed Mother holds us all in a special place. Know that I care and if you would like to share the name of a loved one in the comments, I'll offer up prayers for you all."

And now for the Mother's Day activities for kids. A great way to engage children of all ages in the festivities is by making greeting cards for mom. Even my youngest baby grands Flora, Max and Cassius can participate. Flora and Max you can color and baby Cash, your job will be to creatively fold the cards! 

• Free Printable Mother's Day Greeting Cards from Homemade Gifts Made Easy (they have 132 different designs!). These are free to print only for home use. 
• Visit HP Mother's Day Printables for coloring pages and craft projects to print free. There are games, puzzles, word games, craft projects and color your own greeting cards to celebrate mom also. 
• We can't forget Miss Marilyn, The Toymaker on Mother's Day! Visit her blog for charming free printable Mother's Day paper crafts. And click around because she has made free printable paper crafts for other holidays such as Valentine's Day, that you might like to make for Mother's Day. 
• Next, visit First Palette for an assortment of printable Mother's Day crafts for kids to make for mom. There are also free printable Catholic prayer cards for mom from the Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Washington. 

• This image is AI generated by Google Gemini specifically for my blog and that's another source for images to print free. Just ask your AI editor to create an image based on your description and you will have a beautiful image to print and share. If you want to turn them into coloring pages, just print in grayscale. You'll love how intuitive Gemini is about choosing colors. I love the rose, blue and purple shades of flowers that represent the Blessed Mother. 
• Lastly, here's a site I just discovered with free printable Catholic saints holy cards and prayer cards. The site is called Holy Reflections and the artwork on the holy cards is gorgeous. It's vintage pastel like the holy cards older folks like me will recall from childhood. The Sacred Heart image is stunning. You can print confirmation and baptism holy cards for greeting cards too. My favorite are the children's prayer cards. These are free to download and print for personal use only. You could use them in homeschool classroom too. 

Free Printable Rosary Coloring Pages, Blessed Virgin Mary Devotions

Catholic and Orthodox Christians have a devotion to the Mother of God, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Our Lady taught to the Catholic faithful to pray the rosary--the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious mysteries--to turn the focus away from selfishness and onto her son Jesus Christ. Here are free printable Catholic rosary coloring pages and Marian devotional activities. The events in the rosary are called mysteries because they are so miraculous that human beings can't fully understand them.

Family in Feast and Feria has made available in free printable PDFs a lovely little Catholic rosary devotional booklet entitled "The Rosary Color Book" written and illustrated in 1949 by Ettore Fattori. These free printable Blessed Virgin Mary rosary coloring pages feature vintage image. They evoke a prayerful, devotional sense of peace. The booklet has a prayer and meditation for each of the Joyful Mysteries, Sorrowful Mysteries, Glorious Mysteries and Luminous Mysteries of the rosary (added by Pope John Paul about 10 years ago). Each mystery is followed by a coloring page depicting each event. The booklet is one single book, but each set of mysteries of the rosary opens separately. You must open each set of mysteries of the rosary from attached links.

The Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary include: The Annunciation of the Angel Gabriel (the angel announces to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she has been overshadowed by the power of the Almighty and bring forth a Son who will be savior of the world). The Visitation (the Blessed Virgin Mary visits her cousin Elizabeth who is carrying John the Baptist), The Birth of Jesus (Christmas), The Presentation of the Child Jesus in the Temple (for circumcision and blessing) and The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple (Jesus, at 12 was found in the temple teaching the elders.) There are coloring pages for each

The Sorrowful mysteries of the rosary include The Agony in the Garden, The Scourging at the Pillar, The Crowning With Thorns, Jesus Carries His Cross, The Crucifixion. Free printable coloring pages details each sad event from the Bible story of the life of Jesus so they are called the Sorrowful Mysteries. Some of them are Catholic Stations of the Cross as well.

The Glorious Mysteries of the rosary include The Resurrection of Our Lord, The Ascension into Heaven, The Descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, The Crowing of Blessed Virgin Mary Queen of Heaven. These are the events that show the divinity of Jesus, so they are called Glorious Mysteries. The Catholic rosary coloring pages were made before the Luminous Mysteries of the rosary were added, so here are other links for free printable Luminous Mysteries of the Catholic rosary.

This free printable Catholic rosary prayer book is written with meditations. It includes a place for the child to write a response or promise to Jesus while praying the rosary as she reflects on each mystery of the rosary. When you pray the rosary with children, encourage each family member to go off into a private spot to meditate. Ponder what Jesus and Our Lady may be saying to you. Write your response directly to them. For example, "My Jesus, I promise to love thee more, pray more faithfully."

Free Printable Blessed Virgin Mary Coloring Pages

Mary, the mother of Jesus, is honored on several different Catholic and Orthodox Christian holidays. Some are holy days of obligation. December 8 is the Feast Immaculate Conception, January 1 is Solemnity of Mary and August 15 is the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Advent and Christmas honor Our Lady. She is revered in the Sorrowful, Joyful, Glorious and Luminous Mysteries of the Rosary, too.

May and October are dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Catholics believe Mary appeared as Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal, Our Lady of Lourdes in France, Our Lady of Medjugorie in Bosnia-Herzegovina; Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, Our Lady of Knock in Ireland and Our Lady of Czestochowa in Poland. There are other Marion feast days, too. Here are free printable Virgin Mary coloring pages and printables of Our Lady in her different titles and roles.

Vintage Holiday Crafts has beautiful antique religious clip art from greeting cards and holy cards. Click to print free images of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Christmasand in the nativity. Women for Family and Faith has a free printable Virgin Mary coloring page with children. The words to the Ave Maria are printed below.

Waltzing Mathilda is a blog with free printable Catholic coloring pages. There are printable images of saints, lenten calendars, Catholic games and activities. There are coloring pages of Mary, Mother or God (Jan.1), the Apparition of the Immaculate Conception (at Lourdes, Feb. 11), Our Lady of the Rosary (Oct. 8), Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Dec. 8) and Our Lady of Guadalupe (Dec.13).

Holy Spirit Interactive has several free printable Bible coloring pages with images of Jesus with his Mother, plus some other religious Christmas coloring pages with Mary. Coloring Pages has a diverse collection of Virgin Mary coloring pages to print. Printable Blessed Mother images are from stained glass, Gothic and modern pictures, holy cards, old Bibles and story books. Keep clicking for otherfree printable Virgin Mary coloring sheets.

Free Christian Wallpapers has several free printable Christmas coloring pages featuring the Blessed Mother and Baby Jesus, Mary and St. Joseph and the holy family. Family Feast and Feria offers free printable rosary coloring pages made from an old prayer book. There are printables of the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries of the Rosary, plus a link to the newer Luminous Mysteries. Look for the link to the printable Miraculous medal coloring page, too.

Pic Gifs is mostly a secular graphics website. Click the free printable Christmas coloring pages links. Scroll through for the religious Christmas coloring pages featuring Mary and Baby Jesus and St. Joseph.