Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Teaching the Eucharist to Children


I put together this lesson on the Eucharist with a little zine for our kids at church. I tried to make the book appropriate for a broad age range. It simply explains the Eucharist, with quotes from the services, and bubbles telling the children ways they can participate in the Liturgy, with an image to color on each page.









It prints on one page. Fold the paper in half, in half again and in half again, then cut just the center of the vertical fold. Then you can fold it into a zine. Better fold and cutting instructions here or here. I love this easy zine template and make books for my kids frequently with it. I've embedded the pdf below to make it easy to print (if you can't see it, try this link). Print it at actual size (not scale to fit) for the folds to line up correctly.






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6 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 30, 2016 at 5:51 AM

    We absolutely love this, but when we went to print it, it doesn't fit on a sheet of paper. I don't think I can edit it to fit. Any chance this could be fixed?

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  2. LauraOctober 30, 2016 at 12:03 PM

    Hi Rusty - your printer/application is telling you it won't fit because the pdf includes the margin in the image. But that's okay, tell it to print 100% anyway, even if it says some will be cropped. The only thing it will crop out is the white edge of the margin. You should be able to print it like this with an application like Adobe Acrobat (which you can download for free if you dob't already have it: https://get.adobe.com/reader/). If you shrink it to fit on the page, the fold lines won't line up correctly when you fold the paper in quarters.

    I hope that helps! Let me know if you still have trouble.

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  3. UnknownOctober 7, 2017 at 9:40 AM

    hello! Am I missing something? When I click on the picture to be able to print it- it get sa checkerboard of white and gray on it and I cn't print :( help!

    Thank you

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  4. LauraOctober 7, 2017 at 10:12 AM

    Okay, give me a minute and I'll embed a pdf. That should make printing easier...

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  5. Hannah JoyFebruary 27, 2018 at 3:32 AM

    Is it still possible to get the PDF for this little booklet still? It looks very useful :) Please?

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  6. LauraFebruary 27, 2018 at 8:30 AM

    Yes, it is embedded in the post, but if you can't see that, try this link: https://app.box.com/s/hao45jjijh1zwyhl0qafl88khmhhhfiz

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