Do your children like counting down the days until Easter? Here are a few free printable calendars we found floating around online. They help children to visualize the 40 penitential days of Lent, and can also be colored. If there is room to write on the blank squares/circles, children can write things to do, things to pray for, or citations for verses read and studied.
Be sure to click on the links and not the screen shot images for larger, print-worthy images.
I like this cute, hand drawn version from Scribd.com:
This one comes courtesy of A Living Garden. The website is currently down, but here’s the PDF. Children (especially toddlers) might like marking each day with a small sticker, instead of coloring the circles in.
This one, in the shape of an Easter egg, has some great ideas for things that children can not only give up for Lent, but also good things they can DO (something we often forget).
This printable was shared by the Catholic Icing blog:
And another one from Catholic Icing, in the form of a cross:
I found this one online, courtesy Gael’s Crafty Treasures:
And from the Catechist’s Journey blog:
Thank you for the printable Lenten calendars.
You’re welcome, Joni! ~Anne
For all my years of being Catholic, I’ve never before seen Lenten calendars like these – they’re great!! Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂
Thanks! These will be great for my granchildren.
A little late here, but Im going to print the first one and let my toddler have fun counting down the days!
Saw this too late, but I am bookmarking for next Lent!!
That is my Lenten Path creation. http://gaelstreasures.blogspot.com/2013/02/lentan-path-calendar-printable.html?m=1
I’m glad people are enjoying it. My family still uses it and my boys are 13 & 11 now. Enjoy
Gael, thank you so much for providing the link so I can give proper credit! ~Anne
Wow, I really love the one in the shape of a cross! What a cool idea, I’ll definitely be using that one next year.
Thanks for the doing this round-up! We like to color one part of the calendar each day of Lent