{"id":4925,"date":"2010-02-02T17:01:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T23:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/?p=4925"},"modified":"2020-09-12T17:15:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T22:15:16","slug":"links-of-the-month-valentines-mardi-gras-and-lent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/?p=4925","title":{"rendered":"Links of the Month &#8212; Valentines, Mardi Gras, and Lent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a month! February 2010 features some major litugical celebrations, one right after the other. Here are a few choice links for a fun February:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/hsg\/blogart\/lit_year\/heart.jpg\" alt=\"heart\" width=\"94\" height=\"84\" \/><strong>February 14 is St. Valentine&#8217;s Day.<\/strong> These little hand made items are sure to win hearts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Head to <em><strong>Catholic Icing<\/strong><\/em> for some specifically <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicicing.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/catholic-st-valentines-day-crafts-feb.html\">Catholic Valentine&#8217;s Day ideas<\/a>, and a <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicicing.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/spiritual-bouquet-craft.html\">spiritual bouquet<\/a> craft just for St. Valentine&#8217;s feast day. You will even find some crafty gift ideas for <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicicing.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/religious-saint-valentine-ideas-for-you.html\">grown ups<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Paper Dali<\/strong><\/em> has a very cute <a href=\"http:\/\/paperdali.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/saint-valentine-matchbox.html\">Saint Valentine matchbox<\/a> craft.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/hsg\/blogart\/cc\/parade\/masks.jpg\" alt=\"masks\" width=\"96\" height=\"75\" \/><strong>February 16 is Mardi Gras.<\/strong> Feast and have fun:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Make your own parade of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mardigrasday.com\/mardigras\/mini.php\">shoe box floats<\/a> and don&#8217;t forget the <a href=\"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/?p=4780\">king cake<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/hsg\/blogart\/lit_year\/ashes.gif\" alt=\"ashes\" width=\"90\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>February 17 is the first day of Lent.<\/strong> Here are a couple of links just to get you started on your Lenten journey:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>I blog, therefore I am<\/strong><\/em> has an extensive <a href=\"http:\/\/catholicblogger1.blogspot.com\/2010\/02\/lent-lapbooks.html\">Lenten lapbooks<\/a> post.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/?p=2305\">chocolate crown of thorns<\/a> is a favorite in our home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a month! February 2010 features some major litugical celebrations, one right after the other. Here are a few choice links for a fun February: February 14 is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[93,5,48,257,267],"class_list":["post-4925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crafts","tag-lent","tag-liturgical-year","tag-mardi-gras","tag-valentines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thankevann.com\/homeschoolgoodies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}