Soft Rosary Mat for Young Children {Great way to learn to pray}

These bags contain the most unsuspecting and most powerful weapon any kid (or adult) can own!

Yes, it’s a rosary!!

But it’s no ordinary rosary!

It’s a Rosary Mat-Bag!

I found this to be the most fun and effective way to teach young kids how to say the Rosary!

They love the size and the softness, as well as, the colors and the ”marker” or ”stick” which they use to keep their spot as they pray. 

To make one you will need:

•  clothe place mat or large felt sheet (about 18 by 12 inches)

• pom-poms (enough for Rosary beads ~ 58 any color)

• small piece of felt  (2 x 3 inch)

• hot glue

• Scissors

• 12 inches of ribbon cut in two equal pieces  (ends burnt if they tend to fray) ~ optional

• one pipe cleaner (any color)

First cut out a rosary center and cross from your small piece of felt. I made our Rosary centers heart-shaped.

Next lay our your pom-poms, felt cross, and center so a complete Rosary fits on your place mat.

You may like to use a marker to mark your ”Our Father” beads in-case your place mat gets bumped. 

With the hot glue, glue down the Rosary center and cross. 

Then glue down the ”Our Father” pom-poms.

Be sure to only put a small dot of hot glue on the bottom of the pom-pom and be careful not to burn yourself as you press it into its spot.

After the ”Our Father” pom-poms are glued down, start gluing the ”Hail Mary” pom-poms down. It might work better if you start on the pom-poms next to the ”Our Father” pom-poms and worked into the center of the decades. 

This will help you to keep the same amount of space on each end.

I glued 6 inches of wide ribbon to each end of the place mat to create handles.

(You could sew them on if you like.)

First add a small strip of hot glue to the spot you want the ribbon to attach. 

Press the ribbon down onto the glue with the metal end of some scissors.

Metal works well for this so it doesn’t stick to the glue. 

Then I added a little more hot glue around the edges of the ribbon and the place mat so it’s more secure.

You may need to press it down with the scissors again.  

Now, one last thing… Take your pipe-cleaner and bend it in half.  Leave a looped opening at the end, big enough for a pom-pom to fit into. Twist the other end together to make the ”marker” or ”stick” for the kids to use to keep track of their spot while they pray.

This ”marker” can be looped over one of the pom-poms when not in use so it won’t get lost.

Then, the kids are ready to go!!!

Any where, any place, any time!

Hope you and your kids enjoy this!!

Our Lady of the Rosary, Pray for us!

~JenMarie

By the Way: If you want one of these soft Rosaries but don’t want to make it yourself, I have some for sale on my Etsy shop. Stop in and see our selection…