Do your children like counting down the 40 days of Lent? Here are my favorite free printables that help them do just that. They can be colored or marked with stickers. Some of them have enough room on the circles or squares for writing down things to do, things to pray for, or citations for Scripture verses. When Easter comes, you can turn them into games with simple rules like moving one space every time you answer a question about Jesus correctly.
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. It’s unique because it continues on after Lent, starts with Easter and goes all the way to Pentecost.
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
Thank you! These help as we try to explain Lent to a kindergarten child.
Thank you!