Category: Lego
One of the biggest challenges to creating a Biblical Lego scene is undoubtedly the minifigures. While super important to the scene, Lego minifigures sometimes don’t always fit in with their authentic ancient Israeli background! Catholic Playground’s solution? Printable Israelite clothing! Now you can dress your Lego minifigures to look like prophets, scribes, apostles, or anyRead more
And when Pharaoh had sent out the people, the Lord led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines which is near: thinking perhaps they would repent if they should see wars arise against them, and would return into Egypt. But He led them about by the way of the desert…and theRead more
Have your own Catholic or Biblical Lego masterpiece you would like to share on Catholic Playground? Upload your photo here! 4/27/2016: A shout out to Luca A. on a very detailed and colorful police truck! Keep up the awesome work! 3/19/2015: Thanks, Joshua, for sharing a picture of your Lego creation! What a beautiful sceneRead more
I’ve seen my younger brother reconstruct a church out Legos more times than I can count on both hands (you can see his Lego high altar here!) so I thought it’s probably time his minifigures had liturgical garb! 😉 You will need: -green, yellow, black, and white electrical tape (you can find every imagineable color at Amazon.com)Read more
Long ago, a village in Libya faced a serious problem… … a dragon. To satisfy the dragon and to protect themselves, the people of the town fed two sheep to the monster every day. But after a while, the sheep were not enough to satisfy the beast’s hunger- he wanted more. So the people ofRead more
“Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane… [H]e said to them, ‘My soul is sorrowful even to death. Remain here and keep watch with me.’ He advanced a little and fell prostrate in prayer, saying, ‘My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will,Read more
“Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days… …and forty nights… …and afterwards he was hungry. The tempter approached and said to him, ‘If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.’ He said in reply, ‘It is written: OneRead more
In one often told story of Saint Nicholas, Nicholas helped a poor family out of a very desperate situation. When his parents died, Nicholas was left a great sum of money. Nicholas was a good and holy man who wanted to use this money to help others.There was a very poor man living nearby. InRead more
“On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, ‘They have taken the LordRead more
In honor of the great saint, we bring you… …a St. Vincent de Paul Society truck! 🙂 St. Vincent, whose feast day falls on September 27th, was a priest who dedicated his life to serving others. In France, he founded the “Ladies of Charity,” a group made up of wealthy women who collected money forRead more
According to tradition, there was once a dispute between Stanislaus, a humble Polish bishop, and the King of Poland. The dispute was over a piece of land. Stanislaus, who wanted the land for his diocese, claimed to have purchased it from a man named Piotr (Peter). However, Piotr’s family also claimed the land. Only PiotrRead more
Remember last year’s tutorial on how to make Hobbit bookmarks? Well we decided to make a second set of bookmarks of some of our favorite dwarves… …because you can never have enough Lego minifigure bookmarks. 😉 Click the image below to print the bookmarks and then cut out each figure and glue them back toRead more
“Then a new king… came to power in Egypt.” “Accordingly, taskmasters were set over the Israelites to oppress them with forced labor.” “Thus they had to build for Pharoah the supply cities of Pithom and Raamses.” “Yet the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread. The Egyptians, then, dreaded the Israelites andRead more
From the Book of Exodus:“When she could hide him no longer, she took a papyrus basket, daubed it with bitumen and pitch, and putting the child in it, placed it among the reeds on the river bank. His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him.” “Pharaoh’s daughter cameRead more
And it came to pass, when the Lord would take up Elijah into Heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah and Elisha were going from Galgal. And as they went on, walking and talking together, behold a fiery chariot, and fiery horses parted them both asunder: and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into Heaven. And Elisha sawRead more
